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Originally Posted by Deoxyan
the law the law the law the law.....
there is no laws, laws are human inventions, there is only freedom.
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The laws most people come to understand the term by are yes human inventions, along probably with many other 3rd dimensional being inventions. It's a natural course of action. However, the laws we refer to are universal, and are the only true laws which cannot be denied. The question about what exactly those laws are I would have to say is still up in the air for us humans (The end of this post is one law I am proposing).
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Originally Posted by Rareheart
Nice post Gregor,
I too have a younger brother who graduated from Bucknell and went on to achieve his MBA at The Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.
His first move after graduting: he started his own business in China. A logistics consulting firm.
The difference between us is simple...we define the word "abundance" differently. It seems all I have to do to feel fulfilled inside is to step outside and experience fresh air, sunshine, and marvel at the glorious sky.
Many of us are convinced that "personal fulfillment" exists as a goal to be reached by seeking outside ourselves. We are not complete until those goals are met. The search for fulfillment outside the self is one based on chasing illusion. Satisfaction is a thought, unattainable by those who seek outward.
Understanding the difference between wants and needs is critical to this concept as well.
The 'objects' of true satisfaction are not "ownable"...Air, water, sun. sky...etc.
They fulfill our Earthly needs, without them we would surely perish.
All physical possessions are borrowed. I had the hardest time with this concept when I was 25 and in the process of buying a house. I faced paying for something for the next 30 years that I understood I could not truly own.
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Ownership is an abstract and erroneous concept that has no true solidity with this universe. The number 6 does not own 4. They are each their own infinities within an infinity.
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Originally Posted by raulduke
I've been quoting this from Oliver Cromwell alot lately,
"I beseech you in the bowels of christ think it possible you may be mistaken."
It seems in conversing w/ many adults and young adults (from my exp.), that they are often simply to certain of their certainty for any argument to be effective. I find many are simply waiting to reply rather than listening.
I try as much as possible to see arguments (which I disagree w/) from another point of view, before I refuse them completely. The next step ( and only recourse at that point) is actions. Walk the walk of the talk that you talk, and you will be more likely to gain their respect and thus their attention.
Imo, knowledge is not finite. There is no end all. There is always more to discover, and an open mind is indeed the key to discovery.
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Yes, that's why I let her due 70% of the talking. One, there was no winning anything. Two, she is a damn good talker and has thirty years on me in the professional job field. I listened to, and then analyzed her point of view. And I realized, she never even bothered to take mine into any form of consideration or analysis. I learned a lesson. She only boosted her pride and ego in thinking she can out talk a 23 year old in philosophy. But as she said, "this isn't abstract concepts. Screw abstract concepts. This is concrete." And I replied, and which she denied, "My dear, all philosophy for the most part are abstract concepts. That's why we use metaphors."
Also, here is a universal law I came to realization upon All Hallow's Eve that I am referring to as the Law of Natural Progression:
[If] the reason of life is to learn and grow; to understand all that is, however, because knowledge is infinite, one will spend an eternity learning, thus propagating the cyclical cycle of life forever.