It's one of the reasons this list is so interesting. My search for libre hardware lead me to eoma which led me to this list. I came for libre hardware I stayed for libre hardware and philosophy :)
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:40 AM, John Luke Gibson <eaterjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/24/17, John Luke Gibson <eaterjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4/24/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > > > >> lyberta, do look up eckart tolle's story, it's very very funny (and > >> relevant). ok ok i can't resist telling the tale: he was an academic, > >> in some of the worst (bitchiest) back-stabbing in-fighting for funding > >> and "status" academic environments it's possible to be in, and it was > >> really *really* getting him down. so one day he woke up and said to > >> himself, intending to kill himself, "i can't live with myself". > >> > >> except, the academic in him went, "hang on a minute, what the hell? > >> what the hell is the damn difference between this "I" and this > >> "myself"?? in that stupid sentence! *I* can't live with my "self"?? > >> wtf??" and the sudden and revelationary recognition of the incredible > >> cognitive dissonance between two "things" - two "selfs" - in his mind > >> which he *wasn't even aware were separate" resulted in what's known in > >> the trade as a "kundalini whiteout". > >> > >> when he came to he found he was still sitting on the bed but he could > >> perceive things in a totally new way. i won't go into the rest of the > >> story but he's now one of the western world's best known "spiritual > >> masters", so his books (including audio books) are well worth reading. > >> > > > > I'm not sure how my feedback on this is valued, but : > > Believe it or not, I'm not a fan of Eckhart not just 'cause I always > > despised the definitive "all knowing" rhetoric used by both Church's > > AND spiritualists, but because I felt Eckhart et-all frequently made > > the habit of making individuals feel better about themselves by > > demeaning and incessantly talking about how worthless and powerless > > so-called "oppressive" forces are, literally as an abstract. Life's > > meaning (in my opinion) is literally based around conflict as an > > abstract (not just violence), so it kinda feels like their > > interpretation of life is a bit pointless if one doesn't make being > > spiritual a part of their identity (since to them conflict with one's > > self seems to be the only conflict that has any meaning, and kinda > > implies if a person views themselves as good human beings just the way > > they are that they are living a life with nothing but pointless > > conflicts). That's just my opinion xP > > > > Oops I meant to send that just to Luke, Not the whole list, sorry > everybody for any bit derailing mt comments may be here xD Sorry > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk >
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