Verisoph

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  1. You think it isn't? :lol:

    Um, think what isn't what? Think reality isn't illusion? Every time I stub my toe, I'm pretty convinced that reality isn't illusion.

    There are plenty of head games that could lead me to believe otherwise, but all the mental posturing notwithstanding, reality always manages to remind me that it's still there.

    I guess that's the pesistence thingy that Einstein was talking about.

  2. ~ It's a quote by Albert Einstein...

    "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one."

    Now I think that an interesting thought! What think you on that thought?

    Reality really is dreadfully persistent, so much so, you have to wonder why anyone would ever consider it an illusion. The strongest argument for the non-reality of reality of which I can think, arises when existence is observed in the context of time.

    The past is gone -- it once existed, but it no longer does. The future has yet to arrive, so it doesn't exist, either. All that exists, is what exists now. And what is now?

    Now is a fleeting, one dimensional point, moving along a line. Theoretically, any segment of time can be divided in half an infinite number of times. The non-existent future springs into existence and then moves into the non-existence of the past, a million times, and more, in the blink of an eye.

    I'm not bold enough to site this as proof that everything is illusion, but it sure does make me think that there's something fundamentally flawed in our perception of reality.

  3. Sounds good, except that it doesn't fit the analogy, which is admittedly obscure.

    It's said that the way of the Tao is a watercourse way -- that one should go with the flow. Gold nuggets do this in a moving stream. But, when the stream hits a bend, on the far outside edge, the flow is interrupted. There, gold nuggets collect, and can be gathered.

    I guess what I'm trying to say is that some of life's best lessons are to be found, by those who are willing to look for them, in the troubled spots.

    I'll go with this:

    Placer

    Come along my friend

    to a place just past the bend.

    Where flow hits a wall

    there the golden nuggets fall

    gladly waiting to be found.

    :D

  4. I'll bite. :lick:

    Placer

    Come along my friend

    to a place just past the bend.

    Where flow hits a wall

    there the golden nuggets fall

    waiting to be found.

    Sorry, I like to rhyme.

    Oh, it's about panning for placer gold in mountain streams. 'Course it's an analogy, too.

  5. CHARLIE by Mick

    Charlie hated God.

    Many years ago in his teens he'd been neutral, but as the years passed he'd looked at all the pain and suffering and destruction in the world and slowly decided he'd be an atheist because there couldn't be a God to let such things happen, and he threw himself into charity work, animal rights and environmental campaigning...

    As the years slowly rolled by, his grandparents died, as did his aunts, uncles, and parents,some with painful illnesses,and his coldness towards God turned to sheer hatred.

    Then, in his old age his beloved wife fell ill with a terminal illness and he tenderly nursed her for months before she too died.

    Broken hearted, he himself died soon after, and found himself face to face with God, but as God smilingly held out his hand for him to take,Charlie backed away quickly saying - "Don't come near me! Where were you when my gran was riddled with cancer, I sat at her bedside day and night comforting her!

    "And when my auntie had a stroke you deserted her too,but i travelled a hundred miles every day to visit her in the nursing home!

    "And what about my dad, reduced to an empty shell of a man with Alzheimers, I called round every evening to tend to him,where were you then?

    "And my darling wife withered away before my eyes, I saw to her every need in her final months because you weren't there!

    "I gave my dying relatives and animals and the planet all the love and caring it was possible for me to give, but you just stood by doing nothing! What did you ever give them?"

    And God, still smiling, softly replied- "I gave them you"...

    That's sweet! :wub:

    And then what happened to dear, kind Charlie? Did he live happily ever after in Heaven with his family, to whom he was a gift, and of whom he took such loving care? :)

  6. less decorum than a 3 yr. old

    astounding one could be so bold

    and if I should let the truth be told

    I wish you to suffer at least

    cant let it die gotta keep it on life support

    be like the astronaut and just abort

    your mission is has failed but you are to blind to see

    finally admitting you've failed will be the sweetest music to me.

    Yep:

    If ever there was true love in this world that would be my love for you.

    The pains and sorrows I've suffered just to watch you dance in the moonlight.

    The nights I've wept with pangs of pain from my heart over you.

    You are the night dancer, one that could never be touched.

    If I could trap your essence in a bottle I would but too strong is your essence for the mightiest metal.

    Long brown hair waving in the wind. Oh for just one feel of it against my face and I could die in ecstasy.

    Your eyes so deep and shining that I could float to the heavens with one bat of a lash.

    Death isn't so bad when your souls can unite in the moonlight as one

    Lovely work, Fred!

    I especially like the second - very haunting imagery.

  7. if this topic makes it to three pages i will give up donuts for a month hehe

    Careful about making promises that you might not be able to keep.

    Perhaps you should instead say that if the topic makes it to three pages, you'll double your consumption of donuts. And not just for a month, but indefinitely. You can always add some bogus replies if necessary.

    whats a molson ? eh ? :shift:

    I think it's the Canadian equivilent of a soul, or a human essence.