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  1. TurkeyOnRye

    DEI driven community college curriculum, argh!

    Thanks for proving my point in practice.
  2. TurkeyOnRye

    DEI driven community college curriculum, argh!

    The problem with the woke mindset and DEI is that despite its flowery language, it is extremely divisive in practice, as it sets racial, gender, and class differences as the basis of all interactions, and the basis of all decision-making. The result is a society that is hyper-aware of collective...
  3. TurkeyOnRye

    Do you expect to reach enlightenment in this life?

    Thank you Aupmanyav. :praying:
  4. TurkeyOnRye

    Do you expect to reach enlightenment in this life?

    There is no sand. There is only... whoa...I'm getting dizzy! :fearscream::tearsofjoy:
  5. TurkeyOnRye

    Death is an Illusion of change

    Are you saying your belief that I'm real is a matter of faith? Do you think I'm real or do you know that I'm real? Yes, you do know. So, how do you know?
  6. TurkeyOnRye

    Death is an Illusion of change

    What faculty are you using to assess reality, if it's not through your perceptions? Even if what you say is true, how could you possibly validate it?
  7. TurkeyOnRye

    Death is an Illusion of change

    Honestly, I've come to assume that consciousness is deathless, given that linear time is fundamentally an illusion. If all perceptions are relative to the consciousness that perceives it, how could it be any other way?
  8. TurkeyOnRye

    Do you expect to reach enlightenment in this life?

    Aren't we already enlightened? And if so, doesn't that mean in all literal senses that there is nothing to strive for or not strive for? Aren't we just building castles in a sandbox?
  9. TurkeyOnRye

    Black Cops Persecute White Man For Legal Speech

    Speaking of prejudice...
  10. TurkeyOnRye

    Black Cops Persecute White Man For Legal Speech

    I think poor training may play I role, though I think there is something to say about the corrupting influence of power. I would guess that most people assume incorrectly that given power, they would wield it justly and without bias. I've seen people's personalities turn when their Twitter...
  11. TurkeyOnRye

    Can animals attain moksha?

    I would agree with that. I think humans have more in common with animals (especially mammals) than they care to admit.
  12. TurkeyOnRye

    Can animals attain moksha?

    No, I was suggesting (and guessing) that the dog does share the same consciousness, but from the acute perspective of the dog, is unaware of that.
  13. TurkeyOnRye

    Black Cops Persecute White Man For Legal Speech

    Perhaps that was the intended message, but that is not what I heard when I read this: Perhaps you meant to say something like "behaviors which could be construed as being racially motivated are not the exclusive province of whites."
  14. TurkeyOnRye

    Black Cops Persecute White Man For Legal Speech

    I didn't see any racism. I saw police officers over-extending their power and being petty. I think the power differential between police officer and citizen is far far greater than the power differential between the average white person and the average black person. I do think that the citizen...
  15. TurkeyOnRye

    Should Denmark Ban Qur'an Burning?

    Without question, all forms of book burning should remain legal (assuming it's your own copy).
  16. TurkeyOnRye

    Can animals attain moksha?

    Perhaps from the perspective of what I can best describe as unified consciousness in (whatever) nirvana (is), yes. From the perspective of the dog, no.
  17. TurkeyOnRye

    Very nice to see you, Ymir. Hope life has treated you well. Welcome back. :)

    Very nice to see you, Ymir. Hope life has treated you well. Welcome back. :)
  18. TurkeyOnRye

    Biden tanking

    Biden's asleep at the wheel. His teleprompters tell him to support war, child sterilization, and the woke mafia. Utterly unelectable, but if they have to, Democrats will vote for him regardless. It's not about competence anyway; it's about those bullet points.
  19. TurkeyOnRye

    Do you expect to reach enlightenment in this life?

    I was just going to suggest that, so thank you for bringing it up. When discussing matters of the Self, I try to emphasize personal experience because that is where the transformation ultimately takes place. Transcendent perception can and does happen spontaneously in all sorts of settings, but...
  20. TurkeyOnRye

    Raymond Moody: Consciousness Survives Death

    You are giving examples of what you interpret to be hallucinations, but I would like you to define it, if you can. I don't see a distinction between your use of "hallucination" and the "illusion" of ordinary reality. Does reality need to be corroborated by science or your fellow human to be...
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