Quote from: Aether on May 11, 2016, 01:23:34 PM

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Quote from: Aether on May 11, 2016, 12:00:12 AM

Quote from: Desty on May 10, 2016, 11:51:56 PM

nobody is allowed

If rights don't exist then allowance doesn't exist either. There's no supreme law of the universe stating that you can or can't, only consequences if you do or don't.

Exactly, but what right do you have if rights don't exist? Literally none.

It's an interesting way to think, because it turns you into an optimist. You will continue to live, and thus you choose to take action, and knowing that nobody has any rights, openings appear everywhere. Suddenly constitutions don't have much power, atom bombs seem deflectable, bullets are only gonna go in one distance with a certain amount of force. Everything you see will be objective truth seen through glasses that help you see the edges clearer. There is no god able to rightfully control you, "nature" loses its power and is lowered to our levels. You can no longer point and say that something happens in nature and thus is the right way, 'cause nature is another law breaker like us.

Understanding the ultimate emptiness of rights, ethics, morality etc. has revealed to me that the only objective truth I can truly acknowledge without any doubt what-so-ever is that "I am."

Or perhaps maybe it was the realization that the only objective truth I can acknowledge without any doubt is "I am" is what helped me to see the emptiness of rights, ethics, morality etc.

There are other truths which have their objectivity alluded to by the observable mechanics of reality, such as the interdependence of reality, the impermanence of all phenomena, etc. but I cannot reveal these things as absolutely objective, as they must be deduced from a subjective perspective. That isn't to say, however, that I deny their objectivity, I merely realize that these phenomena just are how they are, and that it is my subjective interpretation of them that prevents me from establishing them as absolute.

I really dislike the whole cogito ergo sum philosophy, because it doesn't lead anywhere. Either you distance yourself from all things and become miserable because nothing has any value, or you choose to engage fully without caring about it. It's borderline nihilistic.

The philosophy (rationalism?) shouldn't be used as a guideline to live your life. It should exist to let you know that what you're experiencing can be false, and you shouldn't be shocked by it. What it shouldn't be is a philosophy that makes you question your existence while living a content life which you feel no uncomfort towards. It should be in the back of your head so that once you realize that you've been under the illusion of being right when wrong, you'll come to understand that there exists truth outside of what you perceive. You won't be dumbfounded because of the notion that your senses may betray you.
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Morality doesn't exist, only morals do. Morals are for people who don't do philosophy. Pragmatic thinking leads me to think that moral shouldn't stand in the way of my ethics; ethics being my set rules for what I see is right, and what I see is wrong. Morals would make me feel bad for the guy that got shoved away for blocking the exit, but my ethics would tell me that justice was served. Ethics would tell me not to be a nuisance to other people, not to stand with a group of friends in the middle of a narrow path, or stop while walking down the stairs to do something. I don't want to see other people do these things to me, so I don't do them to other people.

Boiling it down to simply 'cogito ergo sum' seems like more the result of predisposed notions about the concept of "I am." Try to look at the concept from an unbiased perspective, without the notion of any philosophy or ideal.

Personally I feel that there is a single absolute truth that supersedes all other truths. Interdependence dictates that everything that exists is rooted in something else. All things are the result of their conditioning, ergo one can logically deduce that for anything at all to be conditioned there much be one single absolute to which all is rooted in, otherwise nothing at all would be conditioned. No phenomena would arise.

I recognize that the only objective truth that I can say without any doubt is, "I am." However, I do not believe one can simply convey the one absolute truth, that which all other truths are rooted in, simply by "I am." No, in fact I would say that such a truth is beyond any measure or definition, as in subjecting it to such is to bring it into the realm of our subjective interpretation and thus inadvertently defiling its absolute nature in our explanation of it.

None of this dominates my morality or ethics, however. What dominates that is my desire to be free of suffering, and my understanding of cause and effect. action and reaction, consequence.

Fuckin' hell there's too many.

I'll just post one I've been binge listening to lately:

Quote from: Aether on May 11, 2016, 01:05:27 AM

Very little of the 'wisdom' I spout is the result of drug experience. The vast majority of it is the result of studying and practicing non-dualism/advaita, as it is what instilled me with the will to be mindful and discern truth.

That post was underwhelming, I was hoping for more, damn.

Shit, I'm really disappointed that the basis for the criticism was still just, 'drug experience.' I was really hoping for something more concrete that would've possibly enlightened me to some real character flaws that I could work on.

Even after having given up drugs, not advocating them, and even changing my username, I'm still associated with them and brushed over as such. Eh w/e what can I even do . . might as well not even worry about it.

if you want some more, i can certainly give it to you, but it'll have to wait

but i think you might be taking this a tad too seriously

I'm not gonna freak out over it or anything. It's just disappointing to be perpetually associated with drugs when they really aren't that big of an influence on my core beliefs at all. I just happened to have experimented in past years and used pot to help with anxiety and my digestive problems.

tbh I emphatically recognize that, in general, repeated use of psychoactive substances leads to a lack of mindfulness.

nobody is allowed

If rights don't exist then allowance doesn't exist either. There's no supreme law of the universe stating that you can or can't, only consequences if you do or don't.

This thread is gonna take a long time. . .

You just did this though and had nothing to say at all about me.  . What's gonna make this time different?

Just don't let it be for drugs because I'm sober.

There's some new information in here you'll find helpful.

That's pretty awesome actually. Thanks for enlightening.

Quote from: Aether on May 10, 2016, 10:10:12 PM

Oh look another thread trend.

Do you want an opinion or nah

Eh sure w/e.

ftr an observation doesn't equate to criticism.

Maybe I'm a just cunt. . . okay I am a cunt but. . it's just amusing to me that he's locked up.

Quote from: Aether on May 10, 2016, 06:09:48 PM

Mega doesn't sound any greater than hyper, to me.

Why not giga or something?

Giga car sounds just as bad tbh

Yes, but giga still sounds greater than mega, generally speaking. If they're going to coin another name for these cars, why not make it something that at least has the connotation of 'greater than hyper' and doesn't make them sound like Tonka toys.

I believe a teacher's top priority in life (aside from taking care of loved ones, of course) should be the spread of knowledge and helping the next generation find the will to want to learn and grow into better people.

Is that your top priority?

Mega doesn't sound any greater than hyper, to me.

Why not giga or something?

Maybe it'll be something non-generic.

Slightly generic for an internet personality.