Philosophy - May 2007

2007-05-27 02:26:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 02:20:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

When someone's sense of spirituality is so great that it acts to push that person to self discipline, self-criticism and therefore, at its presence make the individual be efficiently moral... could it in the end be more powerful that the rules a religion imposes?

Isn't it true that when someone is moral out of own ethical judgements, it holds more value than if someone does it out of fear that he will be punished if he does not obey the rules?

Where should the emphasis lie? in truly believeing that the morals we follow are ethically correct? or in being accepted in a religious society in which morals are shared, and if u follow them, then you were in the right?

2007-05-27 02:01:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I myself never thought of myself as being very religious, but my sense of right/wrong and living life in line with nature peacefully, respect and love is far more sensitively developed than a lot of ppl who claim to be religious around me.... would you classify that as spiritual?

2007-05-27 01:46:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 01:40:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 01:38:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 01:37:37 · 7 answers · asked by mushymeeh_31 2

2007-05-27 01:35:40 · 19 answers · asked by saga 2

In what circumstances would you allow another to learn a life lesson on their own rather than giving them the answer?

2007-05-27 01:06:31 · 29 answers · asked by guru 7

Prefer to be alone?
Prefer to be with others?
Split between being with others and being alone?

2007-05-27 01:04:41 · 13 answers · asked by guru 7

I am a businessman i got many thing because i was very poor and i have nothing but I thought that i will get stability in my life which i don't i want to relieve and want to get some relax for some days i can not .
If I leave every thing and go out side for two to three days and i return i feel more problem
when I was in childhood my dream was I will be an example and i have got it but for this success i have lost my relax

I have search many god father (Guru) but my bed luck

I think it will stop with my death beacuse my nature is hard working and hard working return more mud place

2007-05-27 00:50:08 · 23 answers · asked by saga 2

I mean in any way. How can I help?

2007-05-27 00:49:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Knowledge

Mind, a beautiful spider, is at work.
It has woven a deadly trap.

Perceptions are painting the walls of reality,
Everyone known to me breathe predictably.
Just few sentences with them,
And, I start thinking about leaving.
World outside seems so boring,
It is mirroring my inside.

Everything smells alike,
When its not, somehow.
Life appears to be ugly,
Instead fingers pointing my own eyes.
My feet are running by themselves,
Is this really a still ground?

Reality blinded by explanations,
Or, is it my own mind?

2007-05-27 00:21:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

am writting an essay about the role of art in todays society. Thought it is important to look at "society" first to answer this question.

Thanks Tim

2007-05-27 00:14:32 · 8 answers · asked by Tim h 1

2007-05-27 00:05:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 00:03:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Were they once a friend?

2007-05-26 23:54:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-26 23:30:43 · 27 answers · asked by enki 4

as you look at the energy of actors, comedians, singers, and the such...what is it (energy, the soul's experience??) they have that a normal human being lacks, that creates their ultimate success?? how can i obtain hightened enlightenment as they do?

2007-05-26 23:13:45 · 8 answers · asked by theonlyjasmine 2

lets say you met a guy like van gogh or some crazy artists who want to end thier lives and they feel justified in doing so because they feel like they have accompolished thier goals in life. like they have left thier legacy and feel like life to them its just routin and vicious cycle of pretension and phoniess.
what can normal people do to change thier mindset to make them believe that life is not about legacy or connecting with other people by sharing or trying to communicate with yourself but other things like getting enjoyment out of material things or doing stupid things over and over?

2007-05-26 22:48:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whether you are interested in Moksha, Liberation, Freedom, Transformation, you name it, you are interested in happiness without one moment of unhappiness, pleasure without pain, it is the same thing"
We don't want to be free from fear. All that we want to do is to play games with it and talk about freeing ourselves from fear.
The knowledge you have of the world creates the objects you are experiencing. The actual existence or non-existence of something "out there" in the world is not something you can determine or experience for yourself, except through the help of your knowledge. And this knowledge is not yours; it is something which you and your ancestors have accumulated over a long time. What you call the "act of knowing" is nothing other than this accumulated memory. You have personally added to and modified that knowledge, but essentially it doesn't belong to you at all.
There is nothing there inside you but the totality of this knowledge you have accumulated.

2007-05-26 22:38:20 · 7 answers · asked by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5

as Schpengler, Fukuyama and Baudrillard suggested (all for the different reasons)?

2007-05-26 22:05:18 · 9 answers · asked by aileen_the_last 1

Ambition: NOUN: 1a. An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. b. The object or goal desired

Greed: NOUN: An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth

2007-05-26 22:01:14 · 28 answers · asked by govner_24 1

He therefore got rid of all of his possessions. Wasn't that a sure fire way to end up wanting something?

2007-05-26 21:48:32 · 7 answers · asked by Trumptonboy 4

2007-05-26 21:14:16 · 6 answers · asked by ketan p 1

I could've sworn it was right here!
*looks down scratching head*

2007-05-26 21:11:18 · 10 answers · asked by The Terminator 1

i heard that the world will end in 2012. is this true? or will the world be like doctor who and go on till the year 5 billion? if its at 2012, i hope its after the olympics. lol.

2007-05-26 21:09:23 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

born out of human thinking is destructive.
Thought is opposed fundamentally to the functioning of this living organism.
All insights, however extraordinary they may be, are worthless, because it is thought that has created what we call insight, and through that it is maintaining its continuity and status quo.
Thought is not the instrument to help us to live in harmony with the life around us. That is why you create all these ecological problems. But the planet is not in danger; we are in danger.
The certainty that I have that there is no mind is something which cannot be transmitted to anybody, however hard I may try. You are not ready to accept this statement because the very thing which we are using to communicate is in jeopardy.
Thought is something dead and can never touch anything living. It cannot capture life, contain it, and give expression to it. The moment it tries to touch life, it is destroyed by the living quality of life.

2007-05-26 20:45:06 · 17 answers · asked by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5

i cant explain the creation of the universe or what came before it. but to believe this entity who exist nowhere, but everywhere (i guess) created it all. i hear that the universe in endless. eternal. if this is so, how small, really think about this, are we really. if intelligent design by god is the culprit, would he care about something virtually nonexistant?

2007-05-26 20:34:33 · 14 answers · asked by perfect_imperfection 2

2007-05-26 19:55:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous