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Jamesvsteel23

Username: Jamesvsteel23
Date Joined: July 10, 2014, 11:16 a.m.
Last Login: 2522 days
Public Posts: 58
Public Votes: 38 (+38-0)

Feb. 21, 2018, 2:57 p.m.

Lol so many typos, oh well. **nor**, second comment was meant to be a fix of the first

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Feb. 21, 2018, 2:55 p.m.

No does engagement with metaphysics automatically signal insufficient rationality.

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Feb. 21, 2018, 2:53 p.m.

Antipathy toward certain kinds of metaphysics does not mean freedom from metaphysics, nor does engagement with metaphysics automatically signal sufficient rationality.

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Feb. 21, 2018, 2:49 p.m.

Non-empirical beliefs in visiting extraterrestrials, government conspiracies linked with a search for meaning in choosing not to subscribe to traditional religions. May be linked with energetic, wiccan, and technospiritual belief systems as well.

http://www.psypost.org/2017/04/study-finds-belief-aliens-religious-belief-share-similar-psychological-motivation-48675

Sept. 11, 2017, 12:02 a.m.

"The conflict model of science and religion offered a mistaken view of the past and, when combined with expectations of secularisation, led to a flawed vision of the future. Secularisation theory failed at both description and prediction. The real question is why we continue to encounter proponents of science-religion conflict. Many are prominent scientists. It would be superfluous to rehearse Richard Dawkins’s musings on this topic, but he is by no means a solitary voice. Stephen Hawking thinks that ‘science will win because it works’; Sam Harris has declared that ‘science must destroy religion’; Stephen Weinberg thinks that science has weakened religious certitude; Colin Blakemore predicts that science will eventually make religion unnecessary. Historical evidence simply does not support such contentions. Indeed, it suggests that they are misguided."

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Oct. 24, 2014, 10:48 a.m.

I had a dream last night where I spent innumerable dream hours frantically searching high and low for the keys to unlock the Saw-like bomb contraptions from the bodies of several frightened friends. For whatever reason I was not strapped with one, but I was locked in the same labyrinth and oppressed by the anxiety and guilt of being the one who was free to save them but probably couldn't on time. When I stopped running and was about to give in to the guilt, I noticed that each person had their own key hooked to the back of their own devices. I was so busy and worried about leading each to their separate deliverance that I never thought to stand back and follow them.

Oct. 15, 2014, 9:15 p.m.

I having a recurring dream motif that I'm sure is far from rare. It usually begins in some kind of trivial social or isolated situation where I sense some sort of danger and sure enough, some vague something begins to chase me. Whether it be a sinister sock puppet that can wiggle its way out of my grip and through any obstacle, to a band of aboriginal tribesmen bent on skewering me, to a sweeping hooded figure gliding along a constant pace behind my molasses gait. A vast majority of the time I run in fear for a while, and upon realizing that I can escape I wake up. Other times I realize that the thing I am running from is my own fear, and I stop running to face the creature, only to find that once I do, it no longer exists. What remains is an entirely new and often deeply insightful "choose your own story" kind of adventure that leads to a kind of epiphany or moral lesson. I usually forget it when I wake up, but recognize at the time that it is a profound truth locked within my own su...

Oct. 5, 2014, 1:35 p.m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OgeC-Q7HB8

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Sept. 30, 2014, 12:33 a.m.

Read a book that you love again. If it's the second or third time, try to think about what kind of world the author believes in and how their writing reflects that belief.

Sept. 18, 2014, 1:09 p.m.

Try to improve one aspect of your health every day, be it physical, emotional, psychological, social, spiritual.

Sept. 13, 2014, 9:14 p.m.

Call it over stimulated chakras, call it being too cerebral, call it introversion, introspection, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsion, insomnia, dehydration, high blood pressure, call it preoccupation, call it loneliness, call it unsynchronized vibrations or stress. The truth is you think that you can think your way through life and out of this mindset, and continually finding out that you can't. It's not yoga or mediation, it's not pills or constructive hobbies, exercise or organization. You need to let go.

Sept. 8, 2014, 4:05 p.m.

Find your vital pulse

Sept. 5, 2014, 1:54 p.m.

I basically meant that there are those who have not embraced a certain path and are testing the waters of many different teachings where as others have come to follow a single path already and a farther along it than beginners.

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Sept. 5, 2014, 11:14 a.m.

I also browse and contribute on HE occasionally, there are some truly amazing people out there for sure, but there are also tens of thousands of others still trying to find a path like me. I wouldn't suggest holding back in relating to anyone there, but to certainly remember that just because some says or believes they are loving, wise, compassionate, balanced, enlightened, etc. doesn't mean they know what they're talking about.

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Sept. 4, 2014, 10:28 a.m.

http://lifeprocessprogram.com/lp-blog/library/love-can-be-an-addiction/

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Aug. 29, 2014, 11:28 a.m.

Most likely these kinds of experiments are more useful in their assertion that experiential life and even most of science and physics takes place in a collective illusion about the characteristics and function of the universe. Ultimately the only provable observation we can make is that reality displays many layers of information to our awareness and hides others.

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Aug. 28, 2014, 11:29 a.m.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/science/experiment-tests-whether-universe-actually-hologra/nhBH4/

Aug. 25, 2014, 2:23 p.m.

I posted this a while ago but I'm pretty sure nobody read it.
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/science-through-buddhist-eyes

Aug. 23, 2014, 1:12 p.m.

"The organic periodicity of the sexual process has persisted, it is true, but its effect on mental sexual excitation has
been almost reversed. This change is connected primarily with the diminishing importance of the olfactory stimuli
by means of which the menstrual process produced sexual excitement in the mind of the male. Their function was
taken over by visual stimuli, which could operate permanently, instead of intermittently like the olfactory ones. The
taboo of menstruation has its origin in this organic repression, which acted as a barrier against a phase of
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Aug. 21, 2014, 2:50 p.m.

It's not your fault, but it is your responsibility.

Aug. 13, 2014, 10:39 a.m.

Lived life is essential to informing those periods of thought too. I like to think that the best time for thinking is while your doing, and when you're not doing, that's the best time to consider HOW to think.

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Aug. 8, 2014, 6:16 p.m.

An idea that came from lots of caffeine and appeared to sort of work when I tried it. When alone, with no distractions, try to think of random and creative things. You will soon notice a sort of limitation to the form and rapidity that these things have and come into your mind. At that point, consciously choose to stop and think more outside of the box, with broader shapes and ideas. Feel out the edges of where this new approach can take you and you will soon encounter another wall of sorts past which your mind isn't really creative enough to go. At this point, again consciously stop imagining strange things and focus entirely on your senses and spatial awareness. For me I noticed that by trying to push the limits of the inside of my head I felt a noticeable difference in the way I percieved the "real" world. I felt as though the space my body and mind occupy have been given more room, more fresh air, more fluidity. This was especially noticeable with my hearing, which seemed much sha...

Aug. 7, 2014, 4:22 p.m.

What do you do when you discover that life itself is a narrative? Learn to write.

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Aug. 7, 2014, 4:19 p.m.

If you sit quietly long enough, you'll hear yourself telling you stories about who and what you are, and why you do the things you do. In fact, you'll never be able to stop telling yourself these stories.

July 28, 2014, 4:06 p.m.

The spark was selfies, people taking 2-3 pictures of themselves a day. Especially people traveling. Why on earth would you take a picture of yourself instead of the unique landscape or ephemeral surroundings. It can't even be masked under another classification, its a cry for attention which may be the defining characteristic of a child.

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