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loss - the fact or process of losing something or someone.
Which is a hilarious definition.
I'm such a klutz when it comes to the feelings.
Either we think of my disability as a strength and therefore I am and do feel good (better) about it.
Or we say weakness is good and I am worthy of special consideration because of my lot in life yadda yadda.
Arcturus Descending wrote:Who would say that weakness is good except for those who seek self-pity or the pity of others. All that does is weaken one all the more.
Arcturus Descending wrote:On the other hand, seeing that we do have our weaknesses - that at times we are weak - reminds us that we are after all only human. But we don't stop there.
The ability of "seeing that we do have our weaknesses" I would actually consider a strength.
Arcturus Descending wrote:Are you asking me to thinkor is it you who is pondering that?
Arcturus Descending wrote:One of those weaknesses can be our biases.
A.D. wrote:The first definition is for dummies.
A.D. wrote:Maybe that is not such a bad thing. That realization might make you tred more lightly.
Sometimes what people are looking for is more understanding than simple sentimentality.
Is_Yde_opN wrote:As for the rest,
- computing malfunction -
phyllo wrote:It makes no sense to talk about strength and weakness separate from intention, goals and purpose.
If you want to win an Olympic goal in Weightlifting, then you need lots of muscular strength. If you want to win an Olympic goal in Marathon, then that same muscular strength is a weakness. You need other 'strengths' to win Marathon.
phyllo wrote:It makes no sense to talk about strength and weakness separate from intention, goals and purpose.
If you want to win an Olympic goal in Weightlifting, then you need lots of muscular strength. If you want to win an Olympic goal in Marathon, then that same muscular strength is a weakness. You need other 'strengths' to win Marathon.
Is that an advocation for conspicuous consumption, greed?MA: We want MORE.
MA: You need to sum everything. Don't be selective.
pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:The West has yet to learn this lesson.
pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:The Chinese people(s) learned a very very long time ago that contradiction(s) ... weakness/strength ... dialectic(s) ... weakness/strength ... given enough time without intervention ... without hostility and violence ... would work itself/themselves out.
encode_decode wrote:pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:The West has yet to learn this lesson.
I am interested to know why you think this - I have noticed that you have made a few negative comments about the west. I see a whole different set of mistakes that the west makes.
pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:I don't recall posting anything negative about the West ... perhaps you could explain your use of the word "negative".
Do you find the comment ... "The West has yet to learn this lesson" ... negative?
I suppose it may fall under the revelation JSS delivered recently ... "Truth is destructive"
encode_decode wrote:You have a good point here and I could be mistakenly identifying something here . . .pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:I don't recall posting anything negative about the West ... perhaps you could explain your use of the word "negative".
Do you find the comment ... "The West has yet to learn this lesson" ... negative?
I suppose it may fall under the revelation JSS delivered recently ... "Truth is destructive"
I only find "The West has yet to learn this lesson" a little negative, nearly pessimistic - I am certainly not saying you are wrong but rather less objective than you should be. What about the truth of the East?
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Chill . . . I just like to be objective about things is all . . . that does not mean you have to or should . . . I might be falsely detecting negativity for that matter.
I do have some thoughts on this for example, some things would have changed but most would have stayed the same. As per the quote of George Sand's it seems that it does resemble the modern day in a few ways; where the palaces are even more numerous as well as more diverse*; the people still envy the rich**; the wealth is still in a few men's hands; avarice, immorality, and ineptness remains***;
* by this I mean the old palaces are still there but new palaces have arisen like palaces of corporation.
** Even at the expense of there own happiness.
*** People want everything the easy way these days. Sometimes they will break the law to achieve it.
In some ways it seems we have reached a cultural and spiritual entropy by keeping specific "imprints" strong. Hence a paradox.![]()
Enter the new banana republics - makes you wonder that is for sure.
His overwhelming theme is that the East is spiritually superior compared to the West.I am interested to know why you think this - I have noticed that you have made a few negative comments about the west. I see a whole different set of mistakes that the west makes.
pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:encode_decode ... I mostly enjoy our bantering ... though I'm still looking for a coherent position that glues your thoughts together ... or at least threads them together.
For example ... you rebuke me for being negative concerning the West ... is the term "Banana Republic" pejorative?
Mags wrote:
I am simply a statistic of a product of a toxic world.
pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:
Mags ... you are a flicker of light ... a glimmer of hope personified ... during a dark and gloomy night for humanity.
Mags wrote:
I think that's you.
WendyDarling wrote:MA,Is that an advocation for conspicuous consumption, greed?MA: We want MORE.![]()
MA: Ask yourself why do you have these self-defeating thoughts.
pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:Mags wrote:
I am simply a statistic of a product of a toxic world.pilgrim-seeker_tom wrote:
Mags ... you are a flicker of light ... a glimmer of hope personified ... during a dark and gloomy night for humanity.Mags wrote:
I think that's you.
WendyDarling wrote:MA: Ask yourself why do you have these self-defeating thoughts.
What self-defeating thoughts?
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