If my WANTING ( wanting what.. creation? ) is in the LEAD... CREATION ( it's what I want, here, right? ) will never be mine.
First off, I'd love to know where you got that from. How do you know that if I want something ( anything at all.. I guess ) I wont get creation?
Two things that aren't...
I would have MUCH preferred the Shakespeare.
But thanks for calling me Jr.
I feel all too old these days.
( I guess the Monty Python's Argument Clinic Skit parody I wast trying to make went .. unappreciated? )
Please explain how an inanimate object can "control" someone.
Say... My TV..
Or a rock.
Or a flower.
I don't see how an inanimate object with no BRAIN can "control" anyone.
Maybe you MEAN the very opposite. that PEOPLE with BRAINS can control inanimate objects.
"We agree there can be a bad...
Thief's idea of self-indulgence is called self-denial.
I agree with you.. having a DESIRE to deny himself, he indulges himself in it.
And SOMETIMES, it's good to not be so completely in control of things and better to LET GO... Give it a break, rest, let other take charge.. just BE .. control...
OH COME ON PUDDING.. thief is so plain... it's SO obvious.
He says...
you can't HAND creation. Of course, this means that creations are from the feet.
Next, he says something SO simple.. how can you MISS the truthiness?
Creation is given to his own desire. What did you THINK theif means...
That's what I was saying..
You don't care enough about YOUR methods to tell us what they are.. so no worries....
Don't think you CAN force your methods, now, can you?
Was ANYONE here saying you were forcing your methods?
Was ANYONE here talking about forcing methods?
BUT....
If you come...
Good plan. Let him talk for himself. His ideas are vague enough as it is.
RIGHT.. me too. Avoid the bad, go for the good.
BUT Thief's idea seems to be just avoid. ANYTHING. AVOID IT ALL....
Maybe he should clarify.
I think it's rather DELUSIONAL to think that inanimate objects can "control"...
Well, feelings by definition aren't rational.
Doing "whatever feels good" isn't what i would describe as a very advanced form of morality. I think we can do a little bit better than that..and in MOST civilized societies.. we do. Much better than going on feelings.
HOWEVER,
That isn't what I...
He never OFFERED any reasons..
I've been accused of being pedantic once.. so pardon me.. this IS a small point.... BUT
WHY NOT get the latest bestest niftiest TV possible if you could?
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And this is wrong because...?
Maybe they don't NEED it.. but maybe they LIKE it a heck of a lot...
But you said material temptations. I guess you meant BAD ones? Because we know that addictions aren't all that good.
But what about the nice things? .. are you adverse to those in any way?
I bought a new smart TV the other day.. should I have avoided that temptation?
Thief seems to imply...
Can you explain why you material temptations are wrong and NOT to be aspired to ?
Take food for example. .. or any pleasurable temptation.. what's WRONG with that.. why should we DENY material temptations at all costs?
... Your wink seems to indicate that you AREN'T too serious about this...