Are we mirrors?

[HeartCore]

I think so, yes, because in fact there is nothing wrong with this world. It is a matter of interpretation/perception. You perceive what you want to perceive, either if you think the world is a mad place where only the insane are sane or if you think that all that exist is an expression of joy.

Try imagining waking up in Gaza or some other violent and unbalanced place and then state this again with a straight face.

 

[Forkbender]

^You pick out this statement and pull it out of its context, claiming things I never said (like war being 'okay' and violence being 'not wrong'). My point was that eventhough there is endless suffering, one can still be happy, compassionate, aware, thoughtful, etc. I was responding to robhR's statement that there was something wrong with the world, and that his view on it was okay and completely right, therefore enforcing the structure of the ego (i.e. I am right, you are all wrong). My statement was a general statement, saying that the way the world works isn't wrong, but that we judge it to be that way (we interpret the world to our own advantage, claiming to be better than the rest). This leaves room for people being stupid and violent. And it could very well be that these actions are wrong, but you cannot lump everything together (the world) and say something about it in general (that it is wrong).

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

I agree that people should find out what their body needs and take it. However. You cannot expect everybody to dig through a heap of medical reports,

There are lots of shops around where people know at least the basics about nutrition, and you can easily find books, brochures and internet pages about brain nutrients. It will not be difficult finding information about EPA, DHA, lecithin, ginkgo, zinc, electrolytes, trace minerals, B-vitamins etc. For these substances there's not much disagreement regarding dosage, or where there is disagreement, ingesting orthomolecular doses isn't dangerous. To help rid the brain of heavy metals (like mercury), chlorofyl in the form of spirulina, barley grass, wheat grass and chlorella are recommended, along with ascorbyl palmitate (fat-soluble vitamin C), selenium and zinc.

 

[Forkbender]

Yes. But how does a person go from being a brain dead automaton to being a person that actually wants to find out this stuff? = The people who need it the most won't dig deep enough.

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

It takes some good fortune...

 

[Forkbender]

I'm sorry, but a brain dead automaton doesn't ingest illegal substances.

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

Brain dead automatons are very unfortunate. They are generally from families and communities where digging deeper (in whatever way) are not encouraged. I actually don't see why brain dead automatons would need the knowledge of brain nutrition most. I think the ones who need it the most are people like you and me, people who are interested in intellectual and 'spiritual' development. Those who just want to use their brain for watching soap operas and Fox News (or Al Jazeera) don't 'need' to nurture their brain, for they are literally using less than 10% of their brain capacity anyway. It's psychonauts who aim for exploiting the full potential of the human nervous system, and that requires optimal nutrition, detoxification and (mental) exercise.

 

[Forkbender]

Dude, where's the compassion!

But I guess good brain nutrition is a means to an end.

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

Dude, where's the compassion!

Military doctors who engage in triage do not lack compassion, they're simply realistic about who can be helped and who cannot.

 

[magickmumu]

I think so, yes, because in fact there is nothing wrong with this world. It is a matter of interpretation/perception. You perceive what you want to perceive, either if you think the world is a mad place where only the insane are sane or if you think that all that exist is an expression of joy.

Try imagining waking up in Gaza or some other violent and unbalanced place and then state this again with a straight face.

And that's why I have so much respect for people who have lived trough violent times, but despite all stay positive.

If you woke up in Gaza what would you do. :?:

I am not saying the world is a paradise. What I am saying is try to make the best out of it. Stay positive.

 

[restin]

Leibniz vs. Voltaire????

 

[magickmumu]

What world do you want to live in :?:

 

[Forkbender]

What world do you want to live in :?:

Good question.

 

[restin]

neither nor if the question was asked for my question

 

[Forkbender]

The choice isn't between Leibniz and Voltaire, there are many possible worlds, even your own private world. I guess thinking about this question can really be an eye-opener on a high dosed trip, because it examines the way the world works and how you relate to it, that's why I said it is a good question.

 

[restin]

I see it in the exactly same way and I also see your avatar, Fork.

 

[Ahuaeynjxs]

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Voltaire

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
Voltaire

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
Voltaire

I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity.
Gottfried Leibniz

Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory.
Gottfried Leibniz

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.
Gottfried Leibniz

Hmm... hardly opposing views, I do not exactly agree.

 

[restin]

wow you QUOTE them and you think you KNOW them? You are sooooo great. -.-

 

[Ahuaeynjxs]

You obviously just though you could judge my mind. Your sarcasm hits me strongly.

I am considering leaving the boards now. This is getting nowhere.

 

[restin]

Listen, you obviously never heard of Leibniz' theory of Optimism or read Voltaire's Candide. How do you now want to discuss the difference? If you don't know them, say so, the whole discussion is not about them.

And don't be a pussy.