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  1. Papoon

    Arjuna's Dilemma

    I nevertheless construct meaning from my joys and sufferings. I can construct a meaning from my face in the mirror too.. It's what we do, otherwise the situation is just too weird ;)
  2. Papoon

    Arjuna's Dilemma

    There is none. It's just the way it is.
  3. Papoon

    Arjuna's Dilemma

    I don't think there is an Ultimate Purpose in the Hindu world view.
  4. Papoon

    Arjuna's Dilemma

    I think asking 'what is the point ?' is not the intent of the Gita. It is more a question of 'what is the nature of this struggle'. The nature is prakriti and paraprakriti. Krsna says that the material energy is prakriti, but reveals that the Superior Energy, paraprakriti, consists of "all...
  5. Papoon

    Good and Evil

    I can add nothing to clarify this subject. It seems imponderable.
  6. Papoon

    More Fun Than Sex Itself! Logic Quiz #3!

    Everything I say is a lie.
  7. Papoon

    "Love Trumps Hate"-rs

    Probably funded by George Soros. It's all smoke and mirrors now.
  8. Papoon

    What makes someone "an occultist?"

    An occultist seeks to make conscious what is hidden from view - particularly in relation to their own psyche.
  9. Papoon

    Laws in the USA concerning BDSM?

    Cover those love bites, you crazed animals !
  10. Papoon

    Laws in the USA concerning BDSM?

    I just googled 'bdsm illegal US' Lots of articles. The general gist of the article I read .. pridelegal.com/assault-consent-bdsm-law/ ...is that under state laws, use of physical force is assault regardless of consent.
  11. Papoon

    Consciousness Collapses In On Itself At Death?

    I read that description with interest, because it so accurately corresponds to the onset effects of the dissociative anaesthetic ketamine. The effect, neurologically, coincides with the shutting down of the frontal lobe - in fact most activity apart from the deep limbic system. In clinical...
  12. Papoon

    What is wrong with sharia law?

    Agree. Generally speaking, anything is normal if everyone is doing it. Two points. Firstly, I doubt that Muslims would support an enclave of Aussies like me in a Muslim country, Indonesia perhaps, demanding our own court system there. Secondly, I think a major concern for non-Muslim people in...
  13. Papoon

    What is wrong with sharia law?

    Immersive conditioning, a life where anything not prescribed is proscribed, in a cultural context where all around you are acting according to the conditioning... It may be impossible to overestimate how difficult it would be to see things any other way. Move over Milgram and Zimbardo ...
  14. Papoon

    What is wrong with sharia law?

    Good response. The argument that the overlap of secular and theocratic law makes them more or less equivalent is very misleading. By the same logic - since both science and religion discuss the origin of the universe, and the life within it, theology and science should get equal time in the...
  15. Papoon

    What is wrong with sharia law?

    That comes down to "Better ways to achieve exactly what ?" Different cultures, and individuals within those cultures, have numerous ideas about purpose, values, diversity etc. My point is that "better" is very slippery, perhaps too multivalued, to define. So generally speaking, the definitions...
  16. Papoon

    What is wrong with sharia law?

    What is wrong with Sharia Law ? Theocratic interference with my life. Only I will determine my moral principles. Anyone who claims authority to determine my morals for me is insidious, dangerous, and afraid to think and feel authentically for themself.
  17. Papoon

    (Aliens Only) Quetzal's victory represents the fulfillment of all that is awesome.

    Like most alien-human hybrids, I have simian creases on both hands. I am not supposed to reveal that, but we're about to immanentise the eschaton, so it hardly matters any more.
  18. Papoon

    Are You Divine?

    You yell me. I didn't start the conversation about proof. I made observations that some posters use the term pretty much meaninglessly. In fact I am ignostic, so words have no meaning we haven't agreed on.
  19. Papoon

    There are no space aliens

    Actually your response didn't indicate any consideration of my post. Merely reactive.
  20. Papoon

    Are You Divine?

    Yeah ? Tell that to Frank Zappa. Wait, you can't... he died of prostate cancer after multiple medical tests which 'proved' he was fine.
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