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Now I hope you're going to take this in the spirit Colin... :) Why would you be worried about diseases? *innocent look*
Dammit - I did that post without being logged in - the peril of using a laptop. Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^]
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. So, when did you get psychic? Surely an enlightened religion should rely even less on the personality of its leaders than a revealed one. Ryan
O fools, awake! The rites you sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old, Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness—and their law is dust. al-Ma'arri (973-1057)
Ryan Roberts wrote: So, when did you get psychic? You don't need to be. A guy like that Lama is always happy, because he doesn't know to how dislike anybody. Since they believe in reincarnation, and that has happened many many times, anybody could be their mother from another life. Since he loves his current mother, then why not love his former mothers? And why should he not love others, who may be their aunts, or uncles? Anyway, a person with such an attitude has a charisma that you don't find in everybody. And it does affect you, because you are empathic (unless you're a sociopath). Psychic skills not needed. :) -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
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I don't want to be cynical, but the Billy Graham crusades have the same effect on people, and it passes just as quickly. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Christian Graus wrote: I don't want to be cynical, but the Billy Graham crusades have the same effect on people, and it passes just as quickly. I'm sure you're right. :( Jorgen's post reminded me of a television show I had seen a while back. Penn and Teller have a show called "Bullsh*t" ( Link[^] ) where they look at all kinds of claims (horoscopes, psychics, etc) -- admittedly, they have their own axe to grind. In one episode, they were talking about self-help groups. There was one scene involving fire-walking where (just after fire-walking) this woman says something to the effect of "I feel like a new person! Like all my troubles have just vanished!" Turns out that she has been going to these sorts of self-help groups for a long time. It became clear that it was a sort of cycle, and these groups provided only a temporary sensation of overcoming her problems. Though, I'd like to think there's a little more permanence to at least some of these things. (I have to admit, that I certainly don't look to any of these things for feelings of enlightenment, but I would like to think that it works for some people -- assuming that it doesn't lead to dogmatic "I know what's right because I had an experience that made me feel good".) Although, I think attitude does affect one's happiness, if you can train yourself to have the right attitude. ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
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I've just come home from an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. :) Anyway, it started with 2 x 20 minute meditation sessions in the Karlstad cathedral. Odd place for meditation it seemed. But it turned out that the church has had regular meditations for quite some time. I was surprised that the meditation sessions are inspired by Zen-buddhism. After the meditation, which was quite stress relieving(!), we went across the street to another of the church's buildings, where the Lama (Geshe Pema Dorjee[^]), talked to and with us about topics such as love, compassion and meditation for about 1.5 hours. We also had tea and sandwhiches, and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. What I took with me from that was not christ, buddha, or anything else in that magnitude. What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. *drum roll* A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. Merely the presence of such a person, makes you happy. It's as if it's a highly contagious disease. And right now, I feel like I've gotten a really bad infection with this disease, because I feel great. I can only hope I'll carry the disease tomorrow, so that I can spread it around. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
*Elaine sneezes* That didn't take long :love: The tigress is here :-D
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. And now you know why Buddhism is often combined with other religions without problems. :) Meditation is an absolute necessity at times, and in some cases can do more than a good night's sleep. congradulations, sounds like a wonderful time, I hope eventually to do the same. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Buddhism is more a philosphy than a religion by western labels. I just try to be someone I would like to know. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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Dammit - I did that post without being logged in - the peril of using a laptop. Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^]
And you were silly enough to post another message admitting it was you ? :laugh: The tigress is here :-D
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hmmm, I'm considering getting some Alpaccas soon. (small relative of the llamas) From the little research I have done they don't appear to carry any real bad diseases. Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
ColinDavies wrote: From the little research I have done they don't appear to carry any real bad diseases. Rhode Island was in the national news again--what is it with this tiny little state, anyways? An organ donor had some nasty virus that she caught from her pet hamster. Her organs infected and killed four other people. Healthy people never even notice if they have the virus, apparently, but organ recipients, with immune suppression drugs, weren't as well off. Marc My website
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Ryan Roberts wrote: So, when did you get psychic? You don't need to be. A guy like that Lama is always happy, because he doesn't know to how dislike anybody. Since they believe in reincarnation, and that has happened many many times, anybody could be their mother from another life. Since he loves his current mother, then why not love his former mothers? And why should he not love others, who may be their aunts, or uncles? Anyway, a person with such an attitude has a charisma that you don't find in everybody. And it does affect you, because you are empathic (unless you're a sociopath). Psychic skills not needed. :) -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: And it does affect you, because you are empathic (unless you're a sociopath) Its a possibility, I'm the kind of guy who would suspect Yoda of having an alterior motive. Cultivating that kind of reaction in people is whats kept them in saffron and gold statues for 2,500 years. Ryan
O fools, awake! The rites you sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old, Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness—and their law is dust. al-Ma'arri (973-1057)
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. I met a lama once, the furry and spitting kind. It sort of fell in love with me, and followed me everywhere I went (it was a large children's petting zoo). We spend a couple hours together, me and that lama. I talked to it about all sorts of topics, and it listened very attentively, all the time looking at me with adoring eyes. It's so rare to find such unconditional love, even for an animal. To this day, I can picture that beautiful furry face, it so affected me. But I sure hope it didn't give me any diseases! :-D Marc My website
Latest Articles: Undo/Redo Buffer Memento Design PatternMarc Clifton wrote: met a lama once, the furry and spitting kind How about a 2 el lama. Or is that a big fire in Boston? ;P Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Remember that in Texas, Gun Control is hitting what you aim at. [Richard Stringer] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
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I've just come home from an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. :) Anyway, it started with 2 x 20 minute meditation sessions in the Karlstad cathedral. Odd place for meditation it seemed. But it turned out that the church has had regular meditations for quite some time. I was surprised that the meditation sessions are inspired by Zen-buddhism. After the meditation, which was quite stress relieving(!), we went across the street to another of the church's buildings, where the Lama (Geshe Pema Dorjee[^]), talked to and with us about topics such as love, compassion and meditation for about 1.5 hours. We also had tea and sandwhiches, and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. What I took with me from that was not christ, buddha, or anything else in that magnitude. What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. *drum roll* A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. Merely the presence of such a person, makes you happy. It's as if it's a highly contagious disease. And right now, I feel like I've gotten a really bad infection with this disease, because I feel great. I can only hope I'll carry the disease tomorrow, so that I can spread it around. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad[^] Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Karlstadtm Warn your mayor that use of my name without my express written permission is prohibited. Please contact my legal team immediatly of you will face either nuclear retaliation or annexation by Norway.
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I've just come home from an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. :) Anyway, it started with 2 x 20 minute meditation sessions in the Karlstad cathedral. Odd place for meditation it seemed. But it turned out that the church has had regular meditations for quite some time. I was surprised that the meditation sessions are inspired by Zen-buddhism. After the meditation, which was quite stress relieving(!), we went across the street to another of the church's buildings, where the Lama (Geshe Pema Dorjee[^]), talked to and with us about topics such as love, compassion and meditation for about 1.5 hours. We also had tea and sandwhiches, and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. What I took with me from that was not christ, buddha, or anything else in that magnitude. What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. *drum roll* A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. Merely the presence of such a person, makes you happy. It's as if it's a highly contagious disease. And right now, I feel like I've gotten a really bad infection with this disease, because I feel great. I can only hope I'll carry the disease tomorrow, so that I can spread it around. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. You could try here[^]. I think it means something like that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when a new C++ class compiles clean for the first time. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Remember that in Texas, Gun Control is hitting what you aim at. [Richard Stringer] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
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I've just come home from an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. :) Anyway, it started with 2 x 20 minute meditation sessions in the Karlstad cathedral. Odd place for meditation it seemed. But it turned out that the church has had regular meditations for quite some time. I was surprised that the meditation sessions are inspired by Zen-buddhism. After the meditation, which was quite stress relieving(!), we went across the street to another of the church's buildings, where the Lama (Geshe Pema Dorjee[^]), talked to and with us about topics such as love, compassion and meditation for about 1.5 hours. We also had tea and sandwhiches, and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. What I took with me from that was not christ, buddha, or anything else in that magnitude. What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. *drum roll* A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. Merely the presence of such a person, makes you happy. It's as if it's a highly contagious disease. And right now, I feel like I've gotten a really bad infection with this disease, because I feel great. I can only hope I'll carry the disease tomorrow, so that I can spread it around. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. You could try here[^]. I think it means something like that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when a new C++ class compiles clean for the first time. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Remember that in Texas, Gun Control is hitting what you aim at. [Richard Stringer] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
Chris Meech wrote: I think it means something like that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when a new C++ class compiles clean for the first time. Exactly! :-D -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
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I've just come home from an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. :) Anyway, it started with 2 x 20 minute meditation sessions in the Karlstad cathedral. Odd place for meditation it seemed. But it turned out that the church has had regular meditations for quite some time. I was surprised that the meditation sessions are inspired by Zen-buddhism. After the meditation, which was quite stress relieving(!), we went across the street to another of the church's buildings, where the Lama (Geshe Pema Dorjee[^]), talked to and with us about topics such as love, compassion and meditation for about 1.5 hours. We also had tea and sandwhiches, and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. What I took with me from that was not christ, buddha, or anything else in that magnitude. What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. *drum roll* A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. Merely the presence of such a person, makes you happy. It's as if it's a highly contagious disease. And right now, I feel like I've gotten a really bad infection with this disease, because I feel great. I can only hope I'll carry the disease tomorrow, so that I can spread it around. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
And the first place you thought of sharing was the soapbox?!!! Somehow, that just doesn't seem right... :~ "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."
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I've just come home from an evening of meditation and a meeting with a Tibetan Lama. To clarify: I met a buddhist monk, and not the furry and spitting animal. :) Anyway, it started with 2 x 20 minute meditation sessions in the Karlstad cathedral. Odd place for meditation it seemed. But it turned out that the church has had regular meditations for quite some time. I was surprised that the meditation sessions are inspired by Zen-buddhism. After the meditation, which was quite stress relieving(!), we went across the street to another of the church's buildings, where the Lama (Geshe Pema Dorjee[^]), talked to and with us about topics such as love, compassion and meditation for about 1.5 hours. We also had tea and sandwhiches, and a generally gemütlich (what's the proper english word...?) time. What I took with me from that was not christ, buddha, or anything else in that magnitude. What I took with me, was a very valuable lesson. It transcends religion. The simplicity of it is so elegant and beautiful, that anybody can do it. *drum roll* A genuinely good person, without hidden agendas, and nothing but unconditional love for everyone, changes people. Merely the presence of such a person, makes you happy. It's as if it's a highly contagious disease. And right now, I feel like I've gotten a really bad infection with this disease, because I feel great. I can only hope I'll carry the disease tomorrow, so that I can spread it around. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
:-D Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. Eric Hoffer
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And the first place you thought of sharing was the soapbox?!!! Somehow, that just doesn't seem right... :~ "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."
Well, since it touches on the topic of religion, and I don't want to stretch it in the lounge, I figured the soapbox would be a good place. -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
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:-D Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. Eric Hoffer
Yeah, I noticed my mistake this morning. I was hopping nobody would notice.. :D -- An eye for an eye will only make the world blind.
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:-D Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. Eric Hoffer
He probably could have spelled it with a 'y' and I wouldn't have noticed it. That is why they hire a tech writer to fix my papers at work. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I don't want to be cynical, but the Billy Graham crusades have the same effect on people, and it passes just as quickly. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Christian Graus wrote: I don't want to be cynical, but the Billy Graham crusades have the same effect on people, and it passes just as quickly. So do Benny Hinn's "Healing" Crusades. Kyle Edwards
Benny Hinn is an idiot. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++