In a world filled with stupidity and spaghetti monster beliefs, that even plagued this forum, I'm glad to hear a sane intelligent and logical individual every now and then. I'm so sick and it makes me angry af that bullshit these people say, I don't even want to rant too much to not break the rules and I'm about to go sleep.
But yeah, I got this dude on ignore for several days already, and others who preach the same bullshit with different ways, it works wonders dude. That way you just don't see their posts and don't waste anger on them. If it wasn't for the ignore function I wouldn't last much here lol. Cheers mate.
Haha yeah, that kid is so thick headed, at least we are only annoyed with him in a forum. Imagine all the poor people who have to deal with him in real life. I'm sure he gets to interact with plenty of like minded people in his local youth group though. He might as well just be honest and admit he's here to try to "save" people through the power of Jesus.
It's true you are NOT your thoughts and even emotions are temporary waves of the "flow" of energy that is "you."
Sounds like some Deepak Chopra type bullshit.
I feel pretty lucky to have ran into a book by the Dalai Lama as a kid.
"The planet does not need more 'successful people'. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." ~H.H.The Dalai Lama
Funny for someone who makes millions off of his name to be so contradictory. And he's got over 100 books. Quantity over quality. Just like any other self proclaimed self help guru making millions off of suckers.
"The Dalai Lama seeks sympathy by proclaiming that he is "the unluckiest Dalai Lama" because he is not able to live in Tibet. Based on 300 years of the 14 Dalai Lamas, his bad luck is the good luck of the Tibetan people. Their rule was a theological dictatorship complete with a serf-based culture that kept 95% or the population illiterate and in involuntary servitude. Slave sales were the order of the day as was torture and execution for dissenters. Sitting at the head of this abomination was the Dalai Lama, who resided in a sumptuous palace offering the theological rationalization of karma. Karma says we are where we are because of how we lived in a prior life. For the Dalai Lama Karma is easy to believe in when you're the one who was in the palace ruling everyone else in a theological dictatorship."
"None of the Dalai Lama's raised hundreds of millions of dollars benefit Tibetan citizens in the slightest. He gives most of it to unrelated charities, and that's a fine thing; but his only prerogative in Tibet is to get himself back into Power. The rest of the money he raises go to his pet project: metaphysical spirituality. In many ways, he's no different from Deepak Chopra; except that instead of misstating quantum physics, he allows his donors to misperceive his mission. The Dalai Lama is a highly successful self-help and metaphysical author. "
"The Dalai Lama himself was on the CIA's payroll from the late 1950s until 1974, reportedly receiving $US15,000 a month ($US180,000 a year).
The funds were paid to him personally, but he used all or most of them for Tibetan government-in-exile activities, principally to fund offices in New York and Geneva, and to lobby internationally.
Details of the government-in-exile's funding today are far from clear. Structurally, it comprises seven departments and several other special offices. There have also been charitable trusts, a publishing company, hotels in India and Nepal, and a handicrafts distribution company in the US and in Australia, all grouped under the government-in-exile's Department of Finance. The government was involved in running 24 businesses in all, but decided in 2003 that it would withdraw from these because such commercial involvement was not appropriate. Dalai Lama at one time received $500,000 for guerrilla fighters and $400,000 for a training center in America all from the CIA:"
Fuck that guy. He's no different than any other cult leader or self help conman. And you fell for it.
