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Barcode
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 11:06 [#02206313]
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I respect what you're saying, but we keep coming back to thought observing itself. I maintain that it's impossible for thought to observe itself "objectively" because of its conditioning.
You agree that you are inescapably conditioned, therefore your thought is irrefutably contaminated - to what degree differs from individual to individual, but contaminated it is. All experiences are further contaminated as soon as they enter the domain of thought, as a contaminated mind can only bend and distort the truth and your contaminated accumulated experiences can only contaminate new experiences the minute they are experienced.
What you perhaps need to see is, you ARE that conditioning - it's your very essence, and the ability to divorce yourself from your condition using a conditioned mind is the illusory factor in all this.
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2008-05-14 11:11 [#02206314]
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i dont refer to thought observing thought, i refer to the mind observing thought.
even as you sit there, im sure you are conscious of present thoughts. i would argue that that consciousness is a function of the mind, not a function of thought.
we experience another really good example of the stream of consciousness when we dream. the contents of our dreams represent thought. it is the mind that experiences those thoughts. we can be without thoughts, but we cant be without the mind.
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2008-05-14 11:13 [#02206316]
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so i would have to disagree one again. 'i' am not the conditions; 'i' am the mind that is subject to conditions.
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Barcode
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 11:28 [#02206321]
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The mind cannot observe thought, it is only a container for thought. Thought is your only true means of evaluating any sort of perception. I'm not sure why you are separating mind from thought as if the mind has separate thought processes to thought itself. You mind cannot experience anything - that's like saying your leg experiences something, it is thought that interprets and creates experiences.
Of course as long as the mind is functioning, so can thoughts. So when you dream the mind is active and the thoughts are expressing themselves in a jumbled way, the content and purpose is not fully scientifically understood.
You mention the "i". The "i" is the ego, a pure manifestation of thought, nothing to do with mind whatsoever.
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PORICK
from fucking IRELAND on 2008-05-14 11:32 [#02206322]
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drunken mastah could have a fucking field day here
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2008-05-14 13:24 [#02206384]
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haha you guys are chasing your tails,
Barcode i think what Sun Ra meant by the use of the word Creative, was him trying to say the unknown factors in this world that we really do not have the capacity to understand.
It was just an interesting thought, not concrete philosophy.
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2008-05-14 13:25 [#02206385]
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i think Sun RA was just being wordy for saying he wants to challenge the norms
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 14:11 [#02206420]
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Oh pack it in you tarts, I settled all this hours ago. I have also completed 2 rubix cubes
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Barcode
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 14:12 [#02206421]
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We're all chasing our tails aren't we? That seems to be what it's all about :)
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glasse
from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 14:21 [#02206425]
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By the way, again apologies to anyone i was rude to. I was a bit stoned last night and not sure what I was on about.
I have been reading most of this throughout the day and found it quite interesting.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-14 14:25 [#02206429]
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But you were the coolest one Glasse...until halo
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Raz0rBlade_uk
on 2008-05-14 14:26 [#02206431]
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tl:dr
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glasse
from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 14:28 [#02206434]
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no I was quite a dick. however i did kick a lot of ass on halo.
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vlari
from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2008-05-14 14:30 [#02206438]
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THEÂ STATEÂ OFÂ XLTRONIC
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PORICK
from fucking IRELAND on 2008-05-14 14:32 [#02206439]
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indeed. the fucking state of it.
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glasse
from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 14:34 [#02206442]
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sorry its all my fault.
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Raz0rBlade_uk
on 2008-05-14 14:37 [#02206444]
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you have shamed the cools
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noseburger
on 2008-05-14 14:37 [#02206445]
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iirc in the last xlt cull you were high on the agenda :)
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cx
from Norway on 2008-05-14 15:03 [#02206459]
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its kinda tl; dr for me too. im kind of tired but ill reply since its my thread. no philosophy for me though.
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Cliff Glitchard
from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2008-05-14 15:04 [#02206460]
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glasse
from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 15:07 [#02206465]
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sorry for my ignorance but what is tl dr?
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glasse
from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-05-14 15:09 [#02206466]
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too long didn't read. the internet is pretty fast.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2008-05-14 18:17 [#02206543]
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basically buddhists are fine cos they don't give a fuck - who can blame em
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rockenjohnny
from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2008-05-14 18:43 [#02206564]
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i guess well have to agree to disagree :) although im speaking from experience, thats not to say that my experiences are going to apply to you.
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Barcode
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-15 07:43 [#02206717]
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true, and it's also true that one who experiences through a distorted lens cannot imagine that the lens is distorted or see that the experience has become distorted. perhaps your lens is clean, but for me this seems doubtful or to put it more bluntly, completely unachievable.
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