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Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:51 pm
by snipelfritz
alexa. wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-zdh_bQBo[/youtube]

:hobbes:

Seriously, I can't get over the floor part (2:30). Maybe I'm misinterpreting the story, but what a dick. It doesn't matter if your son has been in a coma for however long. Don't be a dick.

That's my philosophical advice. Don't be a dick and don't be a bitch, and life will be much easier because people will actually want to be around you.

Maybe it's because I'm an absurdist and pragmatic, so I, as an individual, shoot for more attainable goals.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:48 pm
by alexa.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o[/youtube]

This is what I aim for.
She's a brilliant person. ^^
I also like how experiments confirmed eastern philosophy :lol:

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:41 pm
by alexa.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:48 pm
by Derelict78
alexa. wrote:I also like how experiments confirmed eastern philosophy :lol:

Where? not that im not into eastern philosophy but I dont think this video had prof of any kind.
she does seem to be a very interesting lady and I did enjoy the vid.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:52 pm
by alexa.
Derelict78 wrote:
alexa. wrote:I also like how experiments confirmed eastern philosophy :lol:

Where? not that im not into eastern philosophy but I dont think this video had prof of any kind.
she does seem to be a very interesting lady and I did enjoy the vid.


Not all of it ofc, try to view a different perspective of it, as one integrative system, it may make more sense now.
Also, she didn't provide evidence, but she provided a result of a research - based on, like, facts, and good systematic reports.
It's not information that's hanging in the air, it's pretty straightforward.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:20 pm
by Derelict78
I saw no evidence in that video, not that I disagree with what she is sayin but I saw no evidence or even experiments for that matter.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:41 am
by D.o.S.
alexa. wrote:http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/waking-life/
zing!


Bleh.

Great when you're a fifteen-year-old learning about philosophy for the first time, but that movie is brutally bad.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:44 am
by Chankgeez
D.o.S. wrote:
alexa. wrote:http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/waking-life/
zing!


Bleh.

Great when you're a fifteen-year-old learning about philosophy for the first time, but that movie is brutally bad.


Disagree ... and I liked the music a lot ... it does drag on a bit towards the end though.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:29 am
by Derelict78
I got about 5 min. into that than had to turn it off

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:16 am
by Derelict78
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Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:35 pm
by gunslinger_burrito
"To go from one tradition to another does not have a true effect, because one god is equal the other. It is another caricature, another limitation. It is necessary to rise above the limitation in order to be open to life. The age we are living in has to stop being religious so it can be mystical." -Alejandro Jodorowsky, Psychomagic

He is answering a question about whether or not he thinks some traditions or religions are "better" than others.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:03 pm
by Derelict78
Have you read any Peter J. Carroll or Phil Hine? if not you should check them out you may dig.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:56 am
by gunslinger_burrito
I'm not presenting this as "proof" of anything, since we've already discussed that....but I felt like it belonged in this thread.

http://mysticpolitics.com/study-time-an ... k-rituals/

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:07 am
by Derelict78
I love mystic politics.
cool article.
I would think that the longer stepped rituals seem to work better because more time is spent where your subconscious is focused on solving the problem and you conscious mind is spending lots of time working on mundane things.

Re: Esoterics // Superstition

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:03 pm
by gunslinger_burrito
Agreed. Your subconscious probably "feels" as though since you're spending so much time on something, on purpose, then it must be of consequence.