tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post4147393577603771242..comments2023-10-24T09:51:27.658-04:00Comments on The Peaceful Self.com: The Certainty of Every Choice Ever Mademikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-92042841948812896112012-12-04T20:51:06.556-05:002012-12-04T20:51:06.556-05:00"You're not here to make the choice. You&..."You're not here to make the choice. You've already made the choice. You're here to understand it." The Oracle<br /><br />Indeed, the quintessential quote.<br /><br />Thanks for the link,<br />Mikemikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-9670042733567836132012-12-01T17:12:56.316-05:002012-12-01T17:12:56.316-05:00Glad you liked it. If I remember right, it's a...Glad you liked it. If I remember right, it's also one of the premises (I'm sure he would shoot me in the face for using a term that implies logical system, but who cares, he's dead anyway) of U.G. Krishnamurti. I vaguely remember a statement about consciusness (or was it reasoning in specific?) being some kind of evolutionary inherited brain functioning disorder, that created ego, self-reflection and abstract thinking. Anyway, if he didn't state that, in any case it would fit his uniquely funny way of putting things.<br />Cheers!<br /><br />DragoradAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036212028118057636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-886005968157520182012-11-30T20:47:41.549-05:002012-11-30T20:47:41.549-05:00"You're not here to make the choice. You&..."You're not here to make the choice. You've already made the choice. You're here to understand it." The Oracle<br /><br />Hey mike, I found a prototypical guide to being an infinite player. And it's written in the devil-may-care attitude of an infinite player. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory: http://www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory2.0/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-5272520316803209632012-11-27T10:11:24.108-05:002012-11-27T10:11:24.108-05:00Thanks for the link Abe.
Will check it out....
Mi...Thanks for the link Abe.<br /><br />Will check it out....<br />Mikemikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-47753549333504500852012-11-27T10:10:59.918-05:002012-11-27T10:10:59.918-05:00Dragord,
Consciousness as "illness"?
...Dragord,<br /><br />Consciousness as "illness"? <br /><br />Excellent perspective. I think I'll play with that awhile.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Mikemikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-30795441045173976442012-11-27T10:09:14.881-05:002012-11-27T10:09:14.881-05:00Thanks Gonz,
Yes, "So?" is apropo. I ju...Thanks Gonz,<br /><br />Yes, "So?" is apropo. I just like writing. My posts are just posts, before and after enlightenment.<br />Mikemikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-79944417577284576652012-11-26T12:53:53.254-05:002012-11-26T12:53:53.254-05:00Wad up Mike ? ...
Here is something I found on int...Wad up Mike ? ...<br />Here is something I found on internet. <br />http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/31/the-self-illusion-bruce-hood/Lazy Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05170548076729640515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-25461567411152806452012-11-24T06:24:33.504-05:002012-11-24T06:24:33.504-05:00A lovely line from "Mr Nobody" movie jus...A lovely line from "Mr Nobody" movie just crossed my mind:<br /><br />"Before, he was unable to make a choice because he didn't know what would happen. Now that he knows what will happen - he is unable to make a choice."<br /><br />and then, in a split of a second, a line from Dostoyevskiy's "Underground":<br /><br />"I'm strongly convinced that not only a high level of consciousness but actually any kind of consciousness is - an illness."<br /><br />Nice read, as always. Thank you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036212028118057636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-32719922673849430792012-11-23T08:48:57.415-05:002012-11-23T08:48:57.415-05:00OK. So? I think it's possible to examine the...OK. So? I think it's possible to examine the whole business of human existence down to it's most minute and eventually dismiss it as all fantasy and mostly bullshit. After having done that, however, one (or some THING, some awareness) continues to exist. In some ways it's rather like taking a wild psilocybin "journey"...but that journey ends, and whatever we are, returns "here" for "this". I think it really is very like the Zen quip about the mountains being mountains both before and after enlightenment. Perhaps enlightenment is just the acceptance of what you have said and a response of "So?", and one continues on. I suspect, however, that process has a subtle effect on the quality of awareness, and certainly on whether anything at all really matters - maybe on to Richard Bach's "otters of the universe".Gonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275500668341934755noreply@blogger.com