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  1. Papoon

    To Ignore

    Just take a break. It is too easy to turn on the 'distraction machine'. I learned after years on different forums that it is easy to use up a huge chunk of your daily potential engaging in virtual relationships. And that is unhealthy, because it stalls you and keeps from facing up to how you...
  2. Papoon

    Sikh ok without safety helmet?

    Which of course it doesn't. A Sikh badly injured as a result of not wearing a helmet will require emergency medical treatment, tying up doctors and surgeons who could be looking after someone else. For example.
  3. Papoon

    Psychoproprioception

    Yeah. You may have no idea of how others actually see you. But you live with your idea...
  4. Papoon

    Psychoproprioception

    Not supposed to. It's possible because the OP didn't refer to an objective reality, whether or not such exists, but to a person's view of themself, vs their own view of how they are seen.
  5. Papoon

    Psychoproprioception

    That is a huge and important lesson to learn.
  6. Papoon

    Psychoproprioception

    I'm certain that I'm less confused than I appear to be, but on probability I'm more confused than I'm prepared to admit to. How closely does your view of how you are perceived by others match your perception of yourself ?
  7. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    Get over it. Read this...
  8. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    I think you are mostly right. However, some kinds of power may change the ego at a neurophysical level. Dr Timothy Leary wrote an essay on this subject entitled 'The Curse of the Oval Room' in which he postulated that becoming the POTUS made a man THE alpha male, and that primate derivatives...
  9. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    Well said. I was going to write a similar post, but you stated it well. I would only add that commentaries and critiques of his work probably more accurately represent the barrow being pushed by the commentator. Either a particular political slant, or even mere attention-getting from academics...
  10. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    It wasn't a challenge. I'm curious to know if anyone has actually read it.
  11. Papoon

    I can only accept being somebody if...

    Lots of people. That was the thought that led to this thread. Being attached to your sense of self, or obsessed with yourself, is not the same as liking yourself. Why are so many people seeking 'liberation' from self with 'spirituality', or drugs, or plain distraction, if they really like...
  12. Papoon

    I can only accept being somebody if...

    Hang on Ymir, I'm not suggesting sex.
  13. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    I have just embarked on reading Capital (Karl Marx). It is a huge work. Almost nobody has actually read it. So I thought I'd give it a go. Has anyone here read the whole three volumes ?
  14. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    It isn't. It's just succinct.
  15. Papoon

    I can only accept being somebody if...

    I wish you could hear the device I designed and built in 1989. I called it Kinetic Audio. DSP chips had just hit escape velocity - Texas Instruments first released the 32010, then the 320C25, which I used in my first nontrivial digital project. In those days 20 MIPs was awesome. But it still...
  16. Papoon

    I can only accept being somebody if...

  17. Papoon

    Why go through Spiritual Stress?

    A DJ on TripleJ (Aus) said "it's so hard for lifeforms to get comfortable"
  18. Papoon

    What political/economic system promotes religious freedom?

    Freedom is embracing reciprocal maintenance.
  19. Papoon

    I can only accept being somebody if...

    I'm somebody I really like
  20. Papoon

    Are you okay with prostitution and porn and are you fine with your family practicing them?

    An easy point to miss is that a lot of sex workers deal with the 'special needs' category of clients, by which I primarily mean people with disabilities. Social support organisations use the services provided by brothels to allow their clients to have a sexual life, which is for most people...
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