IF you do not mind, Terrapin...so that we are on the same page when we talk...I would prefer you use MY language when addressing what I say. — Frank Apisa
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IF you do not mind, Terrapin...so that we are on the same page when we talk...I would prefer you use MY language when addressing what I say. — Frank Apisa
I do mind, because for me to think that a conversation is worthwhile, I need to know that you can think about things off-script.
You need to be able — Terrapin Station
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↪Frank Apisa
So it would follow that I'm not interested in a conversation with you, right? — Terrapin Station
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What I'm trying to explore is why you'd think that I don't know the true nature of reality. — Terrapin Station
Tell ya what...I will acknowledge something else: My guess is that NOBODY on the planet knows the true nature of the REALITY of existence. In fact, my guess is that NOBODY in history...nobody who has ever lived...has known the true nature of the REALITY of existence. — Frank Apisa
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Tell ya what...I will acknowledge something else: My guess is that NOBODY on the planet knows the true nature of the REALITY of existence. In fact, my guess is that NOBODY in history...nobody who has ever lived...has known the true nature of the REALITY of existence. — Frank Apisa
Right. So what would be interesting to me is to figure out why you would say this. — Terrapin Station
So...do you...or anyone you know...KNOW the true nature of the REALITY of existence? — Frank Apisa
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So...do you...or anyone you know...KNOW the true nature of the REALITY of existence? — Frank Apisa
Via observations and reasoning basically.
(I don't want to answer more than one thing at a time, because I want to focus on stuff so that we make progress with it.) — Terrapin Station
Are you actually saying you DO KNOW the true nature of the REALITY of existence? — Frank Apisa
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Are you actually saying you DO KNOW the true nature of the REALITY of existence? — Frank Apisa
Yes. Many aspects of it. — Terrapin Station
Either the answer is "YES"...without that qualifier... — Frank Apisa
For instance...are there any gods involved in the REALITY...or are there none? — Frank Apisa
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You mean as a thought or an obsession sort of thing that is happening with this thread? — Wallows
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I'm trying to draw out the motivation behind or driving this thread... — Wallows
On your home page, you mention that you are a NYC guy.
Most people from NYC know the Frying Pan. It is probably the most famous watering hole in the town during the summer months...a former lightship moor against a pier that juts out into the Hudson River at 26th Street. — Frank Apisa
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On your home page, you mention that you are a NYC guy.
Most people from NYC know the Frying Pan. It is probably the most famous watering hole in the town during the summer months...a former lightship moor against a pier that juts out into the Hudson River at 26th Street. — Frank Apisa
Ah--no, I'm not familiar with it. I'm not much of a bar person. — Terrapin Station
I'm trying to draw out the motivation behind or driving this thread... — Wallows
Hi, already shared with you the essence of Christian mysticism. I can't bid against myself, I can't advance a bid against a bid which has not been beaten. — Daniel Cox
How can one try and top mysticism with "Everything is natural." There is something mystical about that claim, — Daniel Cox
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