Religions > Atheism > I've only met a few Buddhists as arrogant and self-absorbed as you quibbler
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"V" |
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22 Dec 2006 03:42:18 PM |
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I've only met a few Buddhists as arrogant and self-absorbed as you quibbler |
From:quibbler - view profile
Date:Wed, Dec 6 2006 4:51 pm
by this author
In article <1165434089.117520.238...@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>,
v...@aol.com says...
While doing my pool laps at the gym today, I was able to get into a
Zen like rhythm and relax my brain.
Q:
As though your brain was doing any work to begin with.
V:
As you wish quibbler .
Computer addiction does wonders for
'over stimulating' the brain and putting a kink in your neck, so I am
glad to get moving with sport and movent based actives whenever I can.
Q:
I ride my bike at least 5 miles every day. I get plenty of other
exercise too.
V:
I'm glad to here that Q. Good to have healthy pastimes I feel sorry for
MKB and a few others here as they have lives that are controlled by the
puter.
Q:
What's this prejudice you have against people with
computer hobbies? You do realize that computing will eventually become
ubiquitous, don't you? One day we will likely all have some sort of
implanted computers and will effectively be on line every waking
minute.
V:
I do not have prejudice against any hobby. It is up to the persons to
decide the benefits or damage hobbies provide them. We can ask the
question is the activity placing unreasonable demands on our time and
energy, will it place us in legal jeopardy or endanger our mental,
physical or spiritual health? But it is not my place to force anyone
to stop.
Regarding a chip in my head will pass. Neal can have mine.
BTW, check out:
http://www.computeraddiction.com/
http://www.rider.edu/suler/psycyber/cybaddict.html
http://cse.stanford.edu/classes/cs201/Projects/computer-addiction/
Q:
Do you also have prejudices against people who read books? Maybe there
are some shut-ins who do nothing but read, but they aren't hurting
anyone
else and are likely improving their minds.
V:
No, I do not have prejudices against people who read books. You are
correct in your thoughts above. But if the reading of books is placing
unreasonable demands on their time and energy and place them in legal
jeopardy or endanger their mental, physical or spiritual health I will
comment on it.
Q:
Why are you so focused on other people's business?
V:
Their business is my business since I am an addict and susceptible to
all of the above as well and need to stay balanced. This relationship
of interdependent balance can best be visualized in the 3 corners of a
triangle which represents the spiritual realm, other persons and
ourselves At the top goes Higher Power / God / Buddha / The Dharma /
Nature / Karma or whatever you choose as the unseen force behind all.
On the bottom right corner of the triangle goes other people. On the
left bottom corner of the triangle goes yourself. Keeping this
relationship in harmonious balance helps develop compassion for others
and humility within ourselves.
We learn to think about others and the spirit as well as our own needs
and we can then see we are all interdependent and not independent with
all. Once you see this balance you will realize that we all share the
same breath and no need to practice hatred or develop ill will towards
others. It is much better to develop compassion for others. For as we
develop compassion for others we develop peace within. This also helps
me with keeping an open mind for peace generators in my life. As such,
I practice from any spiritual tradition without problems or prejudices
and readily look for such gifts irrespective of what label they come
under.
In discussing this topic of 'can a Buddhist also be an atheist',
Q:
I've only met a few Buddhists as arrogant and self-absorbed as you.
Needless to say, they never made it very far. Most Buddhists actually
do
obtain some sort of philosophical perspective. But you're in the
minority of Buddhists who seem to just not get it. Going through the
motions isn't going to help you. I suspect that you're attracted to
Buddhism because you recognize your overpowering arrogance as a problem
and thus are attracted to a religion that denies the ultimate reality
of
the self. But man you sure have a long way to go.
V:
There is a joke that sheds some light on this subject:
"People that practice religion are worried about going to hell - people
that practice spirituality have already been to hell and don't want to
go back."
In any case, whether a believer, agnostic or atheist there are
spiritual tools that can bring us peace. I am content to trudge the
road to being a better person with my work and can only hope to one day
meet your expectations of me.
Q:
But you're in the minority of Buddhists who seem to just not get it.
V:
I am not a Buddhist. I am freethinker that usees some tools from
Buddhism.
Will answer the balance of you remarks under a sperate thread.
Good Luck,
V (Male)
Agnostic Freethinker
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: I've only met a few Buddhists as arrogant and self-absorbed as you quibbler |
22 Dec 2006 05:43:57 PM |
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On 22 Dec 2006 13:42:18 -0800, "V" <vfr44@aol.com> wrote:
I've only met a few Buddhists as arrogant and self-absorbed as you.
I've only encountered one as arrogant and self-absorbed as you, and
that would be you. Do you really think that being an obnoxious jerk is
helping to get your point across?
--
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
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