posted July 23, 2015 06:14 AM              

(Pardon me for playing "devil's advocate" here -- I'm a Libra Sun, what else can be expected?)

posted July 23, 2015 01:54 PM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:
Hrm. I've got a question about that, hypatia.

(Pardon me for playing "devil's advocate" here -- I'm a Libra Sun, what else can be expected?)

What if... what if... you do exactly that for a really long time, and no one responds? Then what?

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I think some people will always respond, maybe not the overwhelming majority all at once but more in the style of a butterfly effect.

Like everyone is stuck in this republicans versus democrats dichotomy but little by little the numbers of libertarians, minarchists, anarcho capitalists etc are growing in number.

Maybe none of those groups will ever be the majority but they are growing in number yearly so maybe not in this life time or the next but at some point none the less there will be a transformation in our current system as we know it, change is inevitable.

posted July 23, 2015 07:31 PM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:
What if... what if... you do exactly that for a really long time, and no one responds? Then what?

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posted July 23, 2015 07:58 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Then nothing, you just continue with yourself.

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posted July 23, 2015 07:59 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
Then nothing, you just continue with yourself.

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posted July 23, 2015 11:35 PM            

Not going to share my thoughts about a comment here because it probably wouldn't be taken well, but I like what the last three posters said.

Was thinking about putting together a digital collage of favorite buddhist (and other) quotes to add here....

posted July 24, 2015 12:38 AM            

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Originally posted by T:
I love a good quote, especially a pictorial one.

Not going to share my thoughts about a comment here because it probably wouldn't be taken well, but I like what the last three posters said.

Was thinking about putting together a digital collage of favorite buddhist (and other) quotes to add here....

Will post it if i do.

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That would be cool.

posted July 24, 2015 12:46 AM            

Sorry for the confusion.

posted July 24, 2015 01:30 AM            

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Originally posted by T:
Hi! No, i loved the original quote and mentioned liking the three responses before my last post.

Sorry for the confusion.

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posted July 24, 2015 01:43 AM              

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Then nothing, you just continue with yourself.

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Right. The Aries moon in me is saying, "That's not my job. Peace.

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Exactly, you continue with yourself enjoying the gift of enlightenment.

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Hrmmm... I'm starting to intuit something "fishy" in this implication that life is supposed to be one long spiritual masturbation session. That there's something unworthy about the desire for human contact...

posted July 24, 2015 02:00 AM            

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Originally posted by hypatia238:

Well thanks.

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posted July 24, 2015 02:37 AM            

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Originally posted by hypatia238:

So true!

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posted July 24, 2015 03:05 AM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:
Hrmmm... I'm starting to intuit something "fishy" in this implication that life is supposed to be one long spiritual masturbation session. That there's something unworthy about the desire for human contact...

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That's an implication that you have perceived for some reason, but not one that is implied.

posted July 24, 2015 04:16 AM              

Anyone else who feels this may be pointed at them: that's your guilty conscience, so, yes, it's pointed at you.

No matter how subtle your ill-intent, I will recognize it. No matter how you cloak it in sarcasm and New Age phrasing, I will recognize it. If that's what you want to do at this site, you're going to offend my sense of rightness. If you want to play games, I'll beat you at them -- because I can and because you deserve it.

Sorry to derail a thread (which I do a lot of lately), but hypocrisy gets under my skin. I could contribute a lot to a thread on Buddhist quotes (heck, I'd even whip out Photoshop and contribute my time, energy, and talents to it), but I hate that there are bad-hearted people here, for whom this site is a re-run of their high school days, and they want to form cliques and intentionally hurt people's feelings to bolster their egos, covering the actual lack of self-worth bubbling up from their subconscious.

posted July 24, 2015 07:13 AM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:

No matter how subtle your ill-intent, I will recognize it. No matter how you cloak it in sarcasm and New Age phrasing, I will recognize it. If that's what you want to do at this site, you're going to offend my sense of rightness. If you want to play games, I'll beat you at them -- because I can and because you deserve it.

Sorry to derail a thread (which I do a lot of lately), but hypocrisy gets under my skin. I could contribute a lot to a thread on Buddhist quotes (heck, I'd even whip out Photoshop and contribute my time, energy, and talents to it), but I hate that there are bad-hearted people here, for whom this site is a re-run of their high school days, and they want to form cliques and intentionally hurt people's feelings to bolster their egos, covering the actual lack of self-worth bubbling up from their subconscious.

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I couldn't have said it better myself

posted July 24, 2015 07:31 AM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:
(No worries, I wouldn't hire you for it, anyway.)

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Just wow!

One of the saddest things is to watch highly aggressive people constantly projecting this aggression by feeling personally attacked by everything, including different opinions and/or posts which are not addressed to them.

Time for a gym session, sir!

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I seem to have loved you in numberless forms...

AstroMandala

posted July 24, 2015 07:37 AM            

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I seem to have loved you in numberless forms...

AstroMandala

posted July 24, 2015 09:44 AM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:
Sorry to derail a thread (which I do a lot of lately)

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Are you sorry? You can prove it by stopping.

posted July 24, 2015 09:56 AM            

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Originally posted by LeeLoo2014:
I have one too (not Buddhist though, but quite Zen :

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Thanks for reminding me...I'm not too clear on the distinctions between the two.

Well here's a contribution:

posted July 24, 2015 11:04 AM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:
Hrmmm... I'm starting to intuit something "fishy" in this implication that life is supposed to be one long spiritual masturbation session. That there's something unworthy about the desire for human contact...

BTW, what are y'all's tumblr usernames?

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posted July 24, 2015 11:11 AM            

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Originally posted by the7thsphere:

Anyone else who feels this may be pointed at them: that's your guilty conscience, so, yes, it's pointed at you.

No matter how subtle your ill-intent, I will recognize it. No matter how you cloak it in sarcasm and New Age phrasing, I will recognize it. If that's what you want to do at this site, you're going to offend my sense of rightness. If you want to play games, I'll beat you at them -- because I can and because you deserve it.

Sorry to derail a thread (which I do a lot of lately), but hypocrisy gets under my skin. I could contribute a lot to a thread on Buddhist quotes (heck, I'd even whip out Photoshop and contribute my time, energy, and talents to it), but I hate that there are bad-hearted people here, for whom this site is a re-run of their high school days, and they want to form cliques and intentionally hurt people's feelings to bolster their egos, covering the actual lack of self-worth bubbling up from their subconscious.

Saggie Moon no like.

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