(December 1, 2009 at 1:42 am)Purple Rabbit Wrote:(November 30, 2009 at 7:10 pm)theVOID Wrote: What you described as 'spiritual' i call appreciation for reality - As for 'Enlightenment', it does not exist, it is the foolish idea that one can achieve some profound understanding of the universe which is quite frankly impossible given our current situation and impossible entirely in the sense that most people try to achieve it, they believe that it is from inner contemplation alone - in reality they are deluding themselves.You seem sure. One question though. How do you know they are deluded?
What isn't deluded about convincing yourself of something you have absolutely know way of honestly knowing is true? People are free to speculate about and contemplate whatever possible scenario they want without my criticism, but when they take their purely internal contemplation and treat it as if they have discovered some universal truth from no other place than their own minds then i will rightly call them a fucktard.
The only truth you can garner from your own mind is a personal truth, a statement of intent or action that you the individual control - the idea that knowledge about an external event can be obtained solely through the mind is blatantly retarded, all knowledge outside of ourselves can only be obtained from observing outside ourselves, no exception.
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