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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 1:13 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2012 at 1:14 pm by Epimethean.)
Incorrect, Abra. Love is not free. It is a medium of exchange.
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2012 at 2:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The problem with that Abra, is that I don't conditionally tolerate my wife. I love her, and she did earn it (there was a point where I just liked her a lot). So, at least in the case of my love for my wife your definition does not apply.
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:33 pm
(February 11, 2012 at 1:13 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Incorrect, Abra. Love is not free. It is a medium of exchange.

I have proof positive that it's not.

I love my cat. I can say that because I truly care about it's welfare, I care that it's well-fed, I care about it's health. I feel really bad if it is harmed, etc.

Yet my cat couldn't give a rats ass about me.

So it can't very well be a medium of "exchange". Wink

But I will agree that love is not exactly free. Cat food is expensive!

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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Just how many cats do you have btw? Angel

Kidding, kidding..ignore me.
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm
(February 11, 2012 at 2:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Just how many cats do you have btw? Angel

Kidding, kidding..ignore me.

Some of them are spirit cats.

But the spirit cats do love me.

They also don't required physical cat food.

So I guess spiritual love is free after all. Wink

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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:42 pm (This post was last modified: February 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Do you leave milk on the doorstep in the evening and find it gone in the morning, leaving you to conclude that the only possible explanation is ghostly kittens? Angel Cloud

I have a confession, it wasn't kittens, it was me...




No, seriously though, I am responsible for your spirit cats, and you can't rule that out.
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm
My great grandmother started hallucinating cats near the end of her life. Just how old are you, Abra?
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:46 pm
62 years young right Abra?
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm
(January 31, 2012 at 3:07 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote:
(January 31, 2012 at 2:06 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(January 31, 2012 at 2:58 am)Bgood Wrote: If you don't study Buddhism, don't meditate, and don't believe in anything but in how much your meaningless life sucks, then don't say you know what Buddha is, because it just makes you look stupid and shallow.

And hello to you too.

By the way my meaningless life is great, I have a lovely family and a beautiful wife.

Why should I 'study'something to have an opinion on it?

I often that by studying something you can see things that arent really there. like seeing a face in the pattern of wood.

The more I read Bgood, the more I realize how innefectual Buddhism can be.

I thought meditating was supposed to rid you of those hateful thoughts?

(February 11, 2012 at 2:33 pm)Abracadabra Wrote:
(February 11, 2012 at 1:13 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Incorrect, Abra. Love is not free. It is a medium of exchange.

I have proof positive that it's not.

I love my cat. I can say that because I truly care about it's welfare, I care that it's well-fed, I care about it's health. I feel really bad if it is harmed, etc.

Yet my cat couldn't give a rats ass about me.

So it can't very well be a medium of "exchange". Wink

But I will agree that love is not exactly free. Cat food is expensive!

Your love for your cat is not the same as your love for a human being-um, unless you're weirder than even I think. Nice try, but no cigar.
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RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 2:51 pm
(February 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm)RW_9 Wrote: My great grandmother started hallucinating cats near the end of her life. Just how old are you, Abra?

I'm living on borrowed time, so I'm actually past the end of my life.

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