Ah, the only brave soul among us. Actually, I did open it and, yes, it is what the author says it is. I started to read, but it ain't anything I did not hear before. I would just advise the author to keep an open mind as these sorts of things evolve with experience. Writing stuff down tends to fix the subject matter in time. I wrote an entire book on a philosophy 25 years ago and find it to be rather underdeveloped compared to what I have learned since.
Critique My Philosophy of Life?
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Thanks for taking a look.
How would you respond to the arguments presented in the document that support any positions with which you disagree?
Looks fine to me. I'd like to read it all but no want to sign up to download. Like to print material so I can get comfy and read till I sleep.
From the brief glance I can tell you're wrong and need a good arguing. The earliest schools maintain that we are the dead and this earth is the underworld and that our purpose in life is to remember and return to the lake of fire after enduring the trials and tribulations on the cross of flesh, we are not the meat and bone but the mind/soul and this existence on earth is the finishing school for souls. The body is the souls tomb or mummy case.
I book marked the page, I'll sign up and download tomorrow. It'll be fun to discuss it with you. We are not savages here. honest
From the brief glance I can tell you're wrong and need a good arguing. The earliest schools maintain that we are the dead and this earth is the underworld and that our purpose in life is to remember and return to the lake of fire after enduring the trials and tribulations on the cross of flesh, we are not the meat and bone but the mind/soul and this existence on earth is the finishing school for souls. The body is the souls tomb or mummy case.
I book marked the page, I'll sign up and download tomorrow. It'll be fun to discuss it with you. We are not savages here. honest
I did glance through the part on atheism. It is pretty standard fare. My personal experiences tell me that we are far more than just "meat bags", as the Beav like to say, and that there is far more to reality than just the 3rd dimensional physical world. To justify that understanding though, I would have to counter with my entire book, and then perhaps we could have a starting point to debate on. I will try to get farther into your tome and get back to you later.
We are far more than our vehicles, the we is not the meat, the we is the mind and you can be we without a body but you can't without a mind. So there.
If there's an error please be specific when you point it out, and please allow some latitude for poetic license.
we can be we is better than you can be we, but
That took too long, proving your point, no it dosn't hurt much.
A problem with semantics arises with the use of the word mind. Most people, including the OP, think the mind resides in the brain. The brain is just a computer. The mind resides in and is the sum consciousness of the entire body.... at least I think so. :lol:We are far more than our vehicles, the we is not the meat, the we is the mind and you can be we without a body but you can't without a mind. So there.
PS: the body is not just a meat sack but a multidimensional entity.
Contrary to your claim, I take no position with respect to philosophy of mind.
You are implying that I am a physicalist. In fact, I am officially agnostic on the physicalist/non-physicalist debate.
I look forward to any further feedback you may have.
Death is only harmful to one that lives. All your experience of death will be gleaned while you live.
Mortal death is the end of mortal harm, release from the torments of flesh,
The ancients defined death as the process of life in the material body. The mind cannot die, it (mind) being radiant energy. It (mind) cannot be created or destroyed. Are you mind or body?
see---The Lost Meaning of Death
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I love the story of old teacher Socrates . Legend has it that he would listen to each students philosophy of life and the way things are and why. Then it is said that he would systematically dismantle and break down each one of his students ideas about things until he could bring them to a point where they would simply say, "I don't know". It was then that the old teacher felt his students could begin to grow. Takes some of us, me included a long time to admit that "I don't know".
Cliffy must be sleeping. I will hazard a comment till he recovers. The idea of multiverse is Steven Hawkings gibberish. There is only one. However the theorized cleveage into adjacent but separate planes has feet.
The Google Docs link in the OP is now inactive. My philosophy is now available at:
philosofer123 | My Philosophy of Life
philosofer123 | My Philosophy of Life