I see. The Buddhist emphasis on a strategy to end suffering by seeing things as they really are and developing compassion would be the better approach. Nursing the ego is not?
On Dec 6, 2010, at 12:50 AM, 118 wrote: > Yes, there are happy drugs of course. But this whole notion of > creating a structure for how we think and behave I find ridiculous. > How can one person tell another how they are thinking? It is all > projection. It is also a spiritual dead end. It cannot survive the > inner nature of man. It completely blocks growth of any kind. > > Certainly the aspect of confessionals at a psychiatrists office > followed by advice are useful, but this massive academic explanation > of the way things are in our heads is nonsense. This was already done > thousands of years ago. Now we claim it is science therefore we must > abide by it. Baloney. > > Mark > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:46 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Mostly pill pushers, but not all. >> >> >> >> On Dec 5, 2010, at 1:44 PM, 118 wrote: >> >>> Hi Marsha, >>> >>> Yes, open in a way, but very directed by the concept of psychology. >>> This is a construct that is used to control and confuse. In today's >>> world it is very prevalent, and our saviors are now psychologists. >>> What a racket! >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:46 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Mark, >>>> >>>> I'm not sure what you mean. My point was the influence of Eastern >>>> thought. James seems to have been open to new ideas and quite >>>> dynamic. >>>> >>>> >>>> Marsha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:53 PM, 118 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Marsha, >>>>> Yeah, James was pretty smart until he got into psychology. Then he >>>>> just became another hack. What a waste. >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:21 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Buddhism planted the seeds in James: >>>>>> >>>>>> James's biography clearly states he had read and reread >>>>>> Upanishad and Buddhist texts, texts that belonged to his >>>>>> father. This would have been around 1870. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's a list of some of the books: >>>>>> >>>>>> Modern Buddhist - Alabaster >>>>>> Religion des Buddha (Vol.1) - Koeppen >>>>>> Le Buddhisme - Taine >>>>>> Weltauffas der Buddhisten - Bastian >>>>>> Brahma Somej: Four Lectures - Sen >>>>>> >>>>>> (William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism >>>>>> by Robert D. Richardson) >>>>>> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
