You can believe in nothing or you can believe in everything. What has always been of salient interest is the cohesion of belief, and the flexibility of perception.
After all we seek power, but what empowers you blinds and limits, so you need clarity, but clarity by itself has no power. And hence we hit the maze of contradiction upon which very few understand, let alone master. All I know are slaves to the causal, to death.
If I understood correctly the "anything truly fundamental" according to you is the EGO then? The EGO is the foundation which is badly built. And the attachments are things that the EGO doesn't want to let go and which cause us suffering?
So we should let go of attachments to stop suffering?
It's sounding more and more like Buddhism.
I'll refrain from commenting here and I'll continue onto the next video... we'll see where all of this leads us.
@KevinSolway Ok, so you're a Buddhist apologist. Why not come out and say so?
All the philosophical construction based on so many unsubstantiated claims is a means of tricking people into accepting one premiss without proof and lead them onto the next, which is called manipulation and lies.
There are no fundamental delusions. Only liars and inventors of dogma. Nature and proof is the bottom line.
You're not an Atheist. You're a Buddhist. Don't mess with Atheists we're smarter than you!
@ruirodtube I have several videos on this channel which slam the Buddhist belief in reincarnation, so I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist apologist.
You haven't demonstrated that anything said has been unsubstantiated. And yes, there are fundamental delusions. These are delusions that lead to the formation of the ego. (In fact, there's only one fundamental delusion)
And all Buddhists are in fact atheists. There is no God in Buddhism.
@KevinSolway If you advance concepts such as " fundamental delusions" then you have to prove them. The burden of proof is upon you, not me.
If I claim there is a pink wale living in the bottom of the ocean, I must present evidence to support my claim. Just saying it doesn't constitute proof.
So prove the " fundamental delusion". Prove the link between it and "ego" and prove the link between all that and the "attachments".
the problem with society is that people, in general, dislike change.
quick fixes can cause more harm than good in the long term, and in my opinion a complete social reform is needed. we need to throw away the old and sit down to start afresh no matter how painful it may be.
to lead this we need people who will thing about their long term descendants more than their immediate self-gratification.
Totally agree. The problem is that people with such willingness are somewhat rare. People dislike change because of their ego-based attachments. They basically need disaster of some kind or for change to be imposed upon them for anything to happen. This is one of the sad consequences of our ego-based natures.
Tolle doesn't impress me greatly. He says things that are sound because he speaks about ideas that are prevalent in Zen, which has a lot to offer, but he's way too New Agey for me. Nothing Oprah puts her name to can be all that good.
His overall theme has merit because he borrows from worthwhile Zen/Buddhist tradition, but really, he's become a media tart and that is the end of anyone.
How so? I thought that places like Norway and Sweden in Europe have way more scientists than us, not to mention Japan, China and Korea.
I do know, however, that in Australia, Buddhism is the fastest growing "religion," followed by Agnosticism. That's an improvement, considering that Church attendance is dropping and I would think that people are leaving Islam faster than Muslims can have babies...
Also, Spirituality appears to be on the rise, so I guess that things are looking up!
It's likely true there's more scientists in those nations, but of course there's no wisdom in science. As for the movement to Buddhism, this could be in part due to immigration, but I think also because of spiritual experimentation. How serious these people are remains to be seen.
I'm rather doubtful that a large scale resolution will occur. But with courage and striving for insight, we can, as individuals, stand apart from the folly of it and at least put some measure of sanity into the mix. One can do worse with one's life than to not contribute to the insanity, even if one can only chip away at its edifice in a proactive sense.
This is quite true. Unfortunately, there is currently very little hope of achieving permanent, workable solutions to human problems, because the vast majority of people (including the various "luminaries") refuse to address the fundamental issues which underlie the whole menagerie of conflicts, disasters, abuses, and outrages which continually plague our societies.
How this impasse will be resolved on a large scale is the most important question facing all of us.
You can believe in nothing or you can believe in everything. What has always been of salient interest is the cohesion of belief, and the flexibility of perception.
After all we seek power, but what empowers you blinds and limits, so you need clarity, but clarity by itself has no power. And hence we hit the maze of contradiction upon which very few understand, let alone master. All I know are slaves to the causal, to death.
What is the answer "Man of the Infinite"?
SanguineSuns 8 months ago
Clever, you force a knife into the girlish thighs of truth.
Nothing is sacred, except your own consciousness. Yes i'm an egoist and self delusion leaves me bereft of real feeling.
SanguineSuns 8 months ago
If I understood correctly the "anything truly fundamental" according to you is the EGO then? The EGO is the foundation which is badly built. And the attachments are things that the EGO doesn't want to let go and which cause us suffering?
So we should let go of attachments to stop suffering?
It's sounding more and more like Buddhism.
I'll refrain from commenting here and I'll continue onto the next video... we'll see where all of this leads us.
ruirodtube 1 year ago
@ruirodtube Let go of fundamental delusions, and the ego and all attachments go with them. Yes, this is the essence of Buddhism too.
KevinSolway 1 year ago
@KevinSolway Ok, so you're a Buddhist apologist. Why not come out and say so?
All the philosophical construction based on so many unsubstantiated claims is a means of tricking people into accepting one premiss without proof and lead them onto the next, which is called manipulation and lies.
There are no fundamental delusions. Only liars and inventors of dogma. Nature and proof is the bottom line.
You're not an Atheist. You're a Buddhist. Don't mess with Atheists we're smarter than you!
ruirodtube 1 year ago
@ruirodtube I have several videos on this channel which slam the Buddhist belief in reincarnation, so I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist apologist.
You haven't demonstrated that anything said has been unsubstantiated. And yes, there are fundamental delusions. These are delusions that lead to the formation of the ego. (In fact, there's only one fundamental delusion)
And all Buddhists are in fact atheists. There is no God in Buddhism.
KevinSolway 1 year ago
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@KevinSolway If you advance concepts such as " fundamental delusions" then you have to prove them. The burden of proof is upon you, not me.
If I claim there is a pink wale living in the bottom of the ocean, I must present evidence to support my claim. Just saying it doesn't constitute proof.
So prove the " fundamental delusion". Prove the link between it and "ego" and prove the link between all that and the "attachments".
Present evidence! Not just bla bla bla! Evidence!
Or I walk
ruirodtube 1 year ago
Brilliant, David. You are making a great contribution to our progress :)
alexxarian 2 years ago
uhm...
yupiie 2 years ago
the problem with society is that people, in general, dislike change.
quick fixes can cause more harm than good in the long term, and in my opinion a complete social reform is needed. we need to throw away the old and sit down to start afresh no matter how painful it may be.
to lead this we need people who will thing about their long term descendants more than their immediate self-gratification.
bignastydragon 2 years ago
Totally agree. The problem is that people with such willingness are somewhat rare. People dislike change because of their ego-based attachments. They basically need disaster of some kind or for change to be imposed upon them for anything to happen. This is one of the sad consequences of our ego-based natures.
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
have you ever heard of Eckhart Tolle? He talks about EGO.
PS, are you Australian? You sound Aussie, or possibly British.
Symbaoe 2 years ago
Tolle doesn't impress me greatly. He says things that are sound because he speaks about ideas that are prevalent in Zen, which has a lot to offer, but he's way too New Agey for me. Nothing Oprah puts her name to can be all that good.
Yes, I'm an Aussie.
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
Yes, he is rather New-Agey.
I'm Australian too.
Symbaoe 2 years ago
His overall theme has merit because he borrows from worthwhile Zen/Buddhist tradition, but really, he's become a media tart and that is the end of anyone.
All wisdom resides in OZ :)
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
Lol
Symbaoe 2 years ago
I'm serious, it really does :)
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
How so? I thought that places like Norway and Sweden in Europe have way more scientists than us, not to mention Japan, China and Korea.
I do know, however, that in Australia, Buddhism is the fastest growing "religion," followed by Agnosticism. That's an improvement, considering that Church attendance is dropping and I would think that people are leaving Islam faster than Muslims can have babies...
Also, Spirituality appears to be on the rise, so I guess that things are looking up!
Symbaoe 2 years ago
It's likely true there's more scientists in those nations, but of course there's no wisdom in science. As for the movement to Buddhism, this could be in part due to immigration, but I think also because of spiritual experimentation. How serious these people are remains to be seen.
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
agreed
Symbaoe 2 years ago
I'm rather doubtful that a large scale resolution will occur. But with courage and striving for insight, we can, as individuals, stand apart from the folly of it and at least put some measure of sanity into the mix. One can do worse with one's life than to not contribute to the insanity, even if one can only chip away at its edifice in a proactive sense.
MenoftheInfinite 3 years ago
This is quite true. Unfortunately, there is currently very little hope of achieving permanent, workable solutions to human problems, because the vast majority of people (including the various "luminaries") refuse to address the fundamental issues which underlie the whole menagerie of conflicts, disasters, abuses, and outrages which continually plague our societies.
How this impasse will be resolved on a large scale is the most important question facing all of us.
Naturyl 3 years ago 2