Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 At 12:15 PM 7/28/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Man eats for pleasure. Your food orgies are not >different from your sex orgies. Everything that man >does is for pleasure. And for pleasure you have to use >thought. This creates problems because you cannot have >pleasure without pain. It's physically impossible to >make pleasure last forever. So the religious man steps >in and says, 'You should be free from thought,' and >you imagine that a thoughtless state is a very >pleasurable state to be in. That's why you pursue it. >You cannot have pleasure without thought. You guys >live in a world of ideas, and that's why your ideas >are so important to you. You yourself are an idea ! > >- UG Yes, well, so are you, and so is this. And the idea of being beyond ideas is also an idea. So there. Where? -- WHO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 At 06:22 PM 7/29/00 -0400, you wrote: >At 12:15 PM 7/28/00 -0700, you wrote: >> >>Man eats for pleasure. Your food orgies are not >>different from your sex orgies. Everything that man >>does is for pleasure. And for pleasure you have to use >>thought. This creates problems because you cannot have >>pleasure without pain. It's physically impossible to >>make pleasure last forever. So the religious man steps >>in and says, 'You should be free from thought,' and >>you imagine that a thoughtless state is a very >>pleasurable state to be in. That's why you pursue it. >>You cannot have pleasure without thought. You guys >>live in a world of ideas, and that's why your ideas >>are so important to you. You yourself are an idea ! >> >>- UG > >Yes, well, so are you, > and so is this. >And the idea of being > beyond ideas is also > an idea. > >So there. > >Where? > >-- WHO? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't think I can ever get to the thoughtless state....:-), uh, whatever that is...oh well, that's ok, I can live with it. --Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 At 05:54 PM 7/29/00 -0500, you wrote: >At 06:22 PM 7/29/00 -0400, you wrote: >>At 12:15 PM 7/28/00 -0700, you wrote: >>> >>>Man eats for pleasure. Your food orgies are not >>>different from your sex orgies. Everything that man >>>does is for pleasure. And for pleasure you have to use >>>thought. This creates problems because you cannot have >>>pleasure without pain. It's physically impossible to >>>make pleasure last forever. So the religious man steps >>>in and says, 'You should be free from thought,' and >>>you imagine that a thoughtless state is a very >>>pleasurable state to be in. That's why you pursue it. >>>You cannot have pleasure without thought. You guys >>>live in a world of ideas, and that's why your ideas >>>are so important to you. You yourself are an idea ! >>> >>>- UG >> >>Yes, well, so are you, >> and so is this. >>And the idea of being >> beyond ideas is also >> an idea. >> >>So there. >> >>Where? >> >>-- WHO? >> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >I don't think I can ever get to the thoughtless state....:-), >uh, whatever that is...oh well, that's ok, I can live with it. > >--Michael %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sweet music! Live on!! (Yes, this 'thoughtless BEING' is just this LIFE itself ;-) -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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