Close? Comfort? Er, are we really talking about British Railways here?Ophiolite said:They can carry you close to where you wish to go, in comfort.
Ok, sorry, couldn't resist. Nice metaphor, nonetheless.
Close? Comfort? Er, are we really talking about British Railways here?Ophiolite said:They can carry you close to where you wish to go, in comfort.
mouse said:No, I find many of them very convenient. And I've to admit, some I just find extremely cool without good cause.
mePPPwithout good 'cause'? MAYBE yu arebeing secretly manipulated to want and buy stuff you dnt reall need?
The application of science through technology i find far more siginificant in the medical sphere. Without it, I'd have been blind due to an eye infection in my youth. From the top of my head, I can count five persons in my immediate surroundings who are still alive because they were lucky enough to live in a society advanced enough to cure them. No medium or spiritual ritual, would have stopped the cancer from growing or would have stopped the infection from spreading.
me))))))we are not saying that all apliances of sciencemust be stopped. that is rather a limited understanding. it is when attitudes disregard all other evidences of healing from alternative sources. can you not accomadate that insight, or must you ridicule, dismiss, claim supeioroty-over as most materialists
seem wont to do?
That's the real power there, to overcome our boundaries, to not let nature take us
me))in that statement you reveal a vast amountof data to me
away whenever she pleases.
me)))))you reveal MUCh to me, saying that.
'to notlet nature take' us. tis is implying that Nature is some kind of adversary. some sinister phenomenon that is against our well-being?
By that rationale, you could justify the existence of just about anything by stating "that it had billions of years to evolve". Just because humans have been around for a long time, and life itself a hell of a lot longer, does not automatically imply we would have more senses or capabilities than those we usually know.
me)))how do YOU know that what you 'usually know' isn't the effect of the cause of many hundreds of years of matrerialistic indoctrination?
Given that we rigorously look at ourselves with keen interest and insatiable curiousity, I'd have guessed that by now we would have found some evidence for capabilities like telepathy if they'd really existed.
Manipulated? Yes. Advertising is everywhere. Secretly? No, I don't think so. In fact, I believe we have laws against that.duendy said:without good 'cause'? MAYBE yu arebeing secretly manipulated to want and buy stuff you dnt reall need?
Good.we are not saying that all apliances of sciencemust be stopped.
If an alternative practice of medicine can be shown to work, of course it should be investigated.it is when attitudes disregard all other evidences of healing from alternative sources. can you not accomadate that insight, or must you ridicule, dismiss, claim supeioroty-over as most materialists
Certainly not. I find nothing sinister about nature, nor do I think of it as an enemy of some sort, but obviously it not always acts in our (may it be as an individual or as a species) interests. Actually, I regret my earlier phrasing. Indeed it sounds like I have personal grudge against nature. I don't.'to notlet nature take' us. tis is implying that Nature is some kind of adversary. some sinister phenomenon that is against our well-being?
I'm not sure what you exactly mean with materialistic indoctrination? What are typical examples of it? How and by who do you think we are supposedly brainwashed?how do YOU know that what you 'usually know' isn't the effect of the cause of many hundreds of years of matrerialistic indoctrination?
Just let me assure you, I did not mean anything by using a female form. I was probably wrong in doing so, and to add to the confusion, in a later post I used the neutral "it".duendy said:i notice you call Nature 'she'.
caught ya wid yur conscious pants down...!mouse said:Just let me assure you, I did not mean anything by using a female form. I was probably wrong in doing so, and to add to the confusion, in a later post I used the neutral "it".
Ophiolite said:We can't see it shaman. Our materialistic, paternalistic, scientific demand for unspiritual objectivity blinds us. Sorry, my mistake. BLINDS us, to even the most obvious of evidence.
me)))oh myy god, LOOK! he mocks his own prison-house. i am deadly serious when i point out this is the epitome of STIR-CRAZY
Duendy, if anyone has a mantra going it is you. The sceptics deny it: it must be true. The sceptics deny it: it must be true. The sceptics deny it: it must be true. The sceptics deny it: it must be true. The sceptics deny it: it must be true.
me))true
Works very well to the rhythym of a railway train. I am a fan of railways. Marvellous way to travel. But limited. They can carry you close to where you wish to go, in comfort. But then you have to get off and walk, away from the narrow restrictions of the parallel steel tracks that have guided your way till now, but heneceforth constrain you.
mouse said:Manipulated? Yes. Advertising is everywhere. Secretly? No, I don't think so. In fact, I believe we have laws against that.
mouse said:I'm not sure what you exactly mean with materialistic indoctrination? What are typical examples of it? How and by who do you think we are supposedly brainwashed?
Sure, yes, I've made an error using the English language. That happened before, and will happen again. I apologise for it. My native tongue is Dutch, and at least in that language the word "nature" is female. You are, of course, free to fantasize all you want about the origin of that.duendy said:caught ya wid yur conscious pants down...!
Nobody ever told me any of these things. Had they done so I would have ignored them. Why? Because I received some excellent scientific training in school and at University, that led me to be sceptical, to demand the evidence, to scrutinise it thoroughly. I imagine the reason you don't do the same is that your education has been inadequate. This can be corrected.Happeh said:Being told that a law means no one ever does the specified act. Told to believe no one unless they have a college degree. Told to believe nothing unless it is 100 pages of paper, with seals and certificates, signed by 100 government approved scientists.
mouse said:Manipulated? Yes. Advertising is everywhere. Secretly? No, I don't think so. In fact, I believe we have laws against that.
me)))))'law' is PART of that. all i can do mouse is strongly advize you to research about this man, who was nephew of Sigmund Freud and has been greatly responsible for the ' SECRET manipulation of the masses'. his name is, Edward Bernays...!
Good.
If an alternative practice of medicine can be shown to work, of course it should be investigated.
me)))by WHOM??
Certainly not. I find nothing sinister about nature, nor do I think of it as an enemy of some sort, but obviously it not always acts in our (may it be as an individual or as a species) interests. Actually, I regret my earlier phrasing. Indeed it sounds like I have personal grudge against nature. I don't.
me)))))why do you assume that materialistic man's mindset is benevolent in comparison with Nature?
I'm not sure what you exactly mean with materialistic indoctrination? What are typical examples of it? How and by who do you think we are supposedly brainwashed?
Did I state that it didn't happen, because we have laws against it? No, I didn't.Happeh said:There are laws against torture. There are laws against invading a sovereign country. There are laws against stealing your companies assets.
We know from the front page news that all of these things happen anyways. Trusting is laws is for the simple.
No one ever told me the above, so I guess I'm not that indoctrinated after all.Being told that a law means no one ever does the specified act. Told to believe no one unless they have a college degree. Told to believe nothing unless it is 100 pages of paper, with seals and certificates, signed by 100 government approved scientists.
I use the Internet as my primary source of daily information. Due to its very nature, no one controls all the content of the Internet. Among numerous other factors, this alone makes it extremely difficult to control what I read and see.How? The media. How else. The input to your senses. Sound and vision.
duendy said:typical examples are the claiming science has proven abc, when of course ithasn't and when this indpctrinatin isdrilled into us by Insitutions, parents. guardians, peer ssince when we couod learn to talk and walk
UnderWhelmed said:science has NEVER claimed something to be absolute...at least not recently, that is not how is works...
UnderWhelmed said:science has NEVER claimed something to be absolute...at least not recently, that is not how is works...
sorry, i am not understanding the supposed correlation from the above wit telepathy. why does the above cancel out possibility of telepathy?Stryder said:Myth: we only use 10% of our brain.
For all intense purposes we probably do, however that 10% is spread out over the 100% area. Theoretically, If we did to much work in one area at maximum usage it would cause overheating. Overheating in turn would lower our efficiency and either cause people to want to pass out or act irrationally.
me)))you describe us like machines!
As for telepathy:
As mentioned in other threads, the suggestion is that Telepathy will never be "Natural", otherwise other Animals would use it and it would be "Measurable". The suggestion of communication between two points with no medium (i.e. signals, waveforms etc) is improbable.
me)))That doesn't make sense to me. for a start, how do you KNOW animals cannot be telepathic, and what do you mean if they were it could be measured?
It is however possible to "tap" waveformations from the brain, however they do need alot of filtering to be made into anything useful. This has resulted in Cybernetic studies into allowing people with disabilities and disorders to attempt to operate with able bodied people at either the same level or surpassed level.
(Such experiments have been carried out for usage with Paralysis Patients so they can interact with their environment with nothing more than thoughts and eye movements)
For all intense purposes, if people suggest Telepathy is apart of spirituality they should perhaps rethink their understanding of "What is real and what is metaphysical".
mouse said:I use the Internet as my primary source of daily information. Due to its very nature, no one controls all the content of the Internet. Among numerous other factors, this alone makes it extremely difficult to control what I read and see.