I look great in a cloak and huge boots. Does this mean I'm The One?
And to the OP, you are David Icke and I claim my £5!!
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Are you a believer of the Matrix?
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And to the OP, you are David Icke and I claim my £5!!
I'm just ribbing you as a cheeky little regular. I'm not a moderator but I did report the poll so they could edit it for you.
Why are you rubbing me?
Yes! At least there are 2 people now who say 'Yes'. I was a bit worried just now...
I look great in a cloak and huge boots. Does this mean I'm The One?
If it's cloak and huge boots only, it probably means you are a flasher.
Sound to me that you are drawing an analogy with Buddhism (Matrix = Samsara)
I like Buddhism as a practical method for cultivating mindfulness and compassion, but I personally don't follow any of the religious metaphysics.
who said anything about rubbing? dodgy teeneagers! I said ribbing, as in teasing but with good intentions.
Yes, you are right. It's quite a waste of time trying to point out when is the beginning of the Universe.
Have you heard about the arrow story? I remember reading it from a lot of places and I tried to write it but then I decided to Google it anways. Here it is:-
'If we are concerned about 'what created the world?' and 'why are we here?' then consider the parable of the poison arrow.
A man went to the Buddha insisting on answers to these questions, but the Buddha instead put a question to him: "If you were shot by a poison arrow, and a doctor was summoned to extract it, what would you do? Would you ask such questions as who shot the arrow, from which tribe did he come, who made the arrow, who made the poison, etc., or would you have the doctor immediately pull out the arrow?"
"Of course," replied the man, "I would have the arrow pulled out as quickly as possible." The Buddha concluded, "That is wise, for the task before us is the solving of life's problems; until the problems are solved, these questions are of secondary importance."
Life does not depend on the knowing how we got here or what will happen after we are gone. Whether we hold these views about these things or not, there is still suffering, sorrow, old age, sickness, and death. '
Source:- http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/aharfield/entry/the_parable_of/
iBlue:- Am not a teenager. I am already 28...haha...whereabouts in London can I stalk you? ;P
Yes. The Buddha was concerned with how we can choose to live right now, not how or why we exist.
I generally think it's best to leave the science to the scientists. We may not know how the universe came into existence, but at least we can be comfortable in the knowledge that our best minds are working on it.
I generally think it's best to leave the science to the scientists. We may not know how the universe came into existence, but at least we can be comfortable in the knowledge that our best minds are working on it.
I said ribbing, as in teasing but with good intentions.
But will they tell what they have found. What we see from the Media and official Science publications are the information that they want us to see...
This is another Matrix altogether...
I have no reason to mistrust the scientific community, which is massive in scope, international and rabidly competitive. The peer review process is completely transparent (which is fundamental to how it works).
Perhaps you might want to lay off teh intrawebs
Perhaps you might want to lay off teh intrawebs
I look great in a cloak and huge boots. Does this mean I'm The One?
TPIWWOP.
I've seen a lot of Neoalikes in London. All of them looked unable to punch their way out of a wet paper bag
Me, my preferred dress is dark suit, white shirt and usually a dark plain tie. I might wear a pair of shades, and I might have a look on my face that implies constipation.
You mentioned peer review. That's quite interesting. You reminded me of that control process. I should have researched more on their control process. I will bear this in mind before I agree with any other conspiracy theories in the future.
Sorry, what do you mean by laying off the intrawebs? Thanks!
That's because they realise the truth. There is no paper bagTPIWWOP.
I've seen a lot of Neoalikes in London. All of them looked unable to punch their way out of a wet paper bag
I was alluding to the fact that the internet is chock full of ill-informed nonsense.
haha...actually, I read all those 'nonsense' from books bought from Borders...Wild Things They Don't Tell Us by Reg Presley and Children of the Matrix by David Icke..hahaha
Oh dear... It's worse than I thought...
I wasn't quite aware the level of crack-pottery you were into, so I'll eject myself from this thread forthwith.
Sounds like a good way to get those who suspect it to stop because now they will think it's not possible because it was really just a movie.
Those running the Matrix see that there are some inside it who are starting to question it. So, they have some of their "programs" or "agents" create a movie that will be seen in the Matrix which will make people think the idea is all just a movie plot and could never be real, thus concealing the fact that it IS in fact real. After all, just look at this thread and you'll see that some could never believe now because they think it was all just some wacky story from the minds of the W. brothers.
Hide the truth by telling us all the truth and ending the statement with something like "see, it's just a movie, a story, a fake, now go on with your lives and keep thinking it's just a movie..."
Once people believed that the world is flat. Anything is possible. Hope you will progess well with your mindfulness and compassion practice.
-With metta...
my bad, I suppose I just figured only a teenager would get that big of a mind screw out of the matrix. I have to admit, it's a bit alarming how seriously you're taking this.
no stalking please or I will be forced to deliver a Neo-style asskicking. kthxbai!
nice thinking...
Another reason I posted this thread here because I thought Apple's community are very responsive and at the same time critical to new ideas. It's amazing that I didn't get burnt or flamed on this thread as I have feared the worst. Imagine me putting this in Microsoft's community website...
And Winston Churchill also said, "It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious middle temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the east, striding half-naked up the steps of the viceregal palace, while he is still organizing and conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the king-emperor."
So I take his statements with a grain of salt.
Gandhi is drastically overrated. He said it would be better for the Jews to permit the Nazi's to kill them than to resist or something to that effect. He's certainly not a hero of mine.
I think your comment is referring to the following article.
http://www.kamat.com/mmgandhi/mideast.htm
In it, Gandhi contends that "the German persecution of the Jews seems to have no parallel in history. The tyrants of old never went so mad as Hitler seems to have gone." He goes so far to as to say that "if there ever could be a justifiable war in the name of and for humanity, a war against Germany, to prevent the wanton persecution of a whole race, would be completely justified." However, given his opinions on war, he went on to state that he did "not believe in any war. A discussion of the pros and cons of such a war is therefore outside my horizon or province." His belief that satyagraha-like action would have worked in Germany was, in my opinion, a colossal failure to understand the situation and a greater faith in the power of non-violent resistance than justified, but I do not think that it was the product of malevolence or disregard for the atrocities occurring.
Was Gandhi a flawed leader? By all means. But so has every other leader, and indeed, every other person in human history. Has he been overrated by many? Definitely. But I think your attack might be bordering on an unfair characterization of his position.
This is a huge digression, but I thought I ought to respond.