Ski Trip
On 16 Mar 2014, at 09:13, Chris de Morsella wrote:
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Hence, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Franklin D Roosevelt got
On 15 Mar 2014, at 18:48, Chris de Morsella wrote:
You know I love the french (a bit cynical) poem:
'man had the good,
but he sought the best,
he found the bad,
and kept it,
by fear of the worst.'
Kind regards,
Bruno
Nice... I mean bad :)
Fear becomes, within the hidden unexamined
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On 15 Mar 2014, at 18:48, Chris de Morsella
On 16 Mar 2014, at 09:13, Chris de Morsella wrote:
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On 16 Mar 2014, at 09:13, Chris de Morsella
You know I love the french (a bit cynical) poem:
'man had the good,
but he sought the best,
he found the bad,
and kept it,
by fear of the worst.'
Kind regards,
Bruno
Nice... I mean bad :)
Fear becomes, within the hidden unexamined recesses of mind, a self-driving
psychological mechanism,
Hence, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Franklin D Roosevelt got
that one right.
On 16 March 2014 06:48, Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com wrote:
You know I love the french (a bit cynical) poem:
'man had the good,
but he sought the best,
he found the bad,
and kept it,
by
The other thing that occurs to me concerning happiness is that many feel that
happiness is something bigger than or more important than a simple feeling
or emotion. To say that smoking cannabis makes you happy will almost certainly
cause some to react that I am trivialising happiness. Nothing
On 13 Mar 2014, at 09:19, Kim Jones wrote:
The other thing that occurs to me concerning happiness is that many
feel that happiness is something bigger than or more important
than a simple feeling or emotion. To say that smoking cannabis
makes you happy will almost certainly cause some to
Kim, during my escapades in 1944 anti-nazi underground I met a bum in Nazi
uniform who p[roclaimed: I was SSOOO happy when I killed those Jews
I s that really the MEANING OF LIFE?
JM
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
Hang about. The jolly old joyful Dalai
Liz, please!
don'[t you think pursuit of happiness is indeed UNHAPPINESS??
Why would a happy person pursue happiness?
I would not vote for 'unhappiness' as the meaning of life, although it
looks like it frequently.
JM
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:40 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Happiness
On 13 March 2014 09:47, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote:
Liz, please!
don'[t you think pursuit of happiness is indeed UNHAPPINESS??
Why would a happy person pursue happiness?
I would not vote for 'unhappiness' as the meaning of life, although it
looks like it frequently.
It's closer to
On 3/12/2014 2:14 PM, LizR wrote:
On 13 March 2014 09:47, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com
mailto:jami...@gmail.com wrote:
Liz, please!
don'[t you think pursuit of happiness is indeed UNHAPPINESS??
Why would a happy person pursue happiness?
I would not vote for 'unhappiness' as the
On 13 Mar 2014, at 7:44 am, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote:
Kim, during my escapades in 1944 anti-nazi underground I met a bum in Nazi
uniform who p[roclaimed: I was SSOOO happy when I killed those Jews
I s that really the MEANING OF LIFE?
JM
Happiness is an emotion. When all the
Hang about. The jolly old joyful Dalai Lama is correct. The meaning of life is
happiness. Is there any point disagreeing with that? I mean, which life forms
strive for sadness?
Kim
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Happiness isn't a meaning. He should have said the pursuit of happiness
or something to at least be in the ballpark of giving something that could
be construed as a meaning. You might as well say few organisms strive for
death, so life is the meaning of life (which would probably be more
accurate,
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:08:39 AM UTC, Liz R wrote:
I feel there's a category error here somewhere...
I wonder what the Dalai Lama would make of Brave New World ?
I think he'd make another killing out of it, on the LA lunch circuit . I
don't really buy that guy. Don't see a lot in the
From The Dalai Lama
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/02/dalai_lama_at_a_santa
_fe_ski_resort_tells_waitress_the_meaning_of_life.single.html 's Ski Trip:
The Slate article is a pretty funny read this is its final passage; which I
think brings a certain perspective to everything
I feel there's a category error here somewhere...
I wonder what the Dalai Lama would make of Brave New World ?
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