That would necessarily involve damage to connective tissue. You cannot simply prolapse at will unless you have been subject to earlier trauma.Făkünamę wrote:That would explain what I've heard about advanced Yogi's being able to prolapse their anuses to cleanse them in streams.. strange as that sounds.Brian Peacock wrote:The vagus nerve is the one that fires when you need a poo. Holding on to a loose stool when all around are losing theirs is among the highest achievements for an adept of Stoicism.
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
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Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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I just had a serious lol.. I heard that from Pappa about two years ago.
The bit about the prolapsing, not the previous trauma..
The bit about the prolapsing, not the previous trauma..
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I like the first principle of stoicism which is the acceptance of things beyond your control
The biggest thing that that is of course is death. Last year I decided to accept it with out
reservation. As a consequence I am now as free as is possible to be whilst still being alive
When I do eventually die I will as free as it is actually possible to be so it just gets better
The biggest thing that that is of course is death. Last year I decided to accept it with out
reservation. As a consequence I am now as free as is possible to be whilst still being alive
When I do eventually die I will as free as it is actually possible to be so it just gets better
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN
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Bollocks, stoicism is happy with the mundane and average, It is anti-creativity. Go to an art gallery and see some pre-raphaelites, read some nineteenth century Russian literature, watch a play or see an opera. I remember when I was in Tokyo in early 2006 they had Vincent's Bedroom in Arles on display, I queued for several hours just to see it. As a load of Japanese schoolgirls glanced at it and hurried past on what must have been a boring school trip. I was transfixed by the beauty of such a work of art. I stood there for what seems to be an hour just taking in each brush stroke, I was so close I could have touched it but the security guard didn't look like he was going to give anybody the benefit of the doubt. I still wont look at a copy of said painting incase it takes away from my memory of that wonderful hour. Still be happy with the basic.DRSB wrote:This!To me, stoicism is simply the ability to calmly appreciate life, whether luxurious or not. Its antithesis is not luxury per se, but the obsessive pursuit of material values and mindless pleasure at the expense of all else...
It is also about daily meditations contemplating things like nature, death and the bigger scheme of things, great for putting things into perspective.
The event is wonderfully organized: daily reading lessons, a nice collections of guided meditations and a lively forum with participants from all over the world.
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read Seneca's plays
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What utter crap, stoicism has nothing to do with either the presence or absence of creativity. It does not forbid emotional involvement or creative endeavours, it simply says that such involvement should not dominate one's life.DaveDodo007 wrote:
Bollocks, stoicism is happy with the mundane and average, It is anti-creativity.
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Here's to Stoicism
alcohol deferred as I'm currently out, but tomorrow I drink to Stoicism, among other things.
alcohol deferred as I'm currently out, but tomorrow I drink to Stoicism, among other things.
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Nah, it is the mundane so loved by ordinary minds (stoicism.) As it doesn't dominate my life. It makes me feel so alive that I welcome the respite of everyday living.JimC wrote:What utter crap, stoicism has nothing to do with either the presence or absence of creativity. It does not forbid emotional involvement or creative endeavours, it simply says that such involvement should not dominate one's life.DaveDodo007 wrote:
Bollocks, stoicism is happy with the mundane and average, It is anti-creativity.
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That's Asceticism smart guy.
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No. if you can't explain why stoicism is 'a good thing' then sucks to your advice.Svartalf wrote:read Seneca's plays
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Since when was pure entertainment and comfort dominate in one's life?JimC wrote:What utter crap, stoicism has nothing to do with either the presence or absence of creativity. It does not forbid emotional involvement or creative endeavours, it simply says that such involvement should not dominate one's life.DaveDodo007 wrote:
Bollocks, stoicism is happy with the mundane and average, It is anti-creativity.
We should be MOST skeptical of ideas we like because we are sufficiently skeptical of ideas that we don't like. Penn Jillette.
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If you're too lazy to read it from a guy who explains it better than I ever could, suck it yourself, plus, IIRC, you're answering completely beside the reason I posted that, so eff you.DaveDodo007 wrote:No. if you can't explain why stoicism is 'a good thing' then sucks to your advice.Svartalf wrote:read Seneca's plays
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That's the most ridiculous reply I encountered in quite a while. What next? If you want to understand what communism is about, read Das Kapital?Svartalf wrote:read Seneca's plays
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and a merry Christmas to you too.Svartalf wrote:If you're too lazy to read it from a guy who explains it better than I ever could, suck it yourself, plus, IIRC, you're answering completely beside the reason I posted that, so eff you.DaveDodo007 wrote:No. if you can't explain why stoicism is 'a good thing' then sucks to your advice.Svartalf wrote:read Seneca's plays
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That's the way our corporate masters would like it to be...DaveDodo007 wrote:Since when was pure entertainment and comfort dominate in one's life?JimC wrote:What utter crap, stoicism has nothing to do with either the presence or absence of creativity. It does not forbid emotional involvement or creative endeavours, it simply says that such involvement should not dominate one's life.DaveDodo007 wrote:
Bollocks, stoicism is happy with the mundane and average, It is anti-creativity.
Consumerist opium, plus bread and circuses, via mass media...
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