Re: Coming to Fairfield, seek to learn - OffWorld answers --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/post?postID=Ia5XQFZZOcH8XmE\ 2y1TvVTjJWhaKb9JYS716GQCU9ZO2Wt27VZvN94p4L-bqBPKYNdebSjuKBRj2ERLJczazYan\ 8mbTrFQ> , Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote:
> 1. In which religion were you raised? Paganism/Atheism. > 2. In which other religious movements have you been a true believer? > List them in chronological order.> None. > 3. Do you believe in reincarnation?> No. Death is an illusion, therefore reincarnation is impossible. > 4. Do you believe in an omniscient, omnipotent, God Who is running the > universe down to the least aspect?> Depends. Does he have big tits? How far can he pee? (seriously, the question of god or no-god is a child's question. 'god' is three letter word in the English language...it means many things to many people, it means nothing to me.) > 5. How do you define soul?> I am the soul. > 6. How do you define enlightenment?> Impossible to define. Therefore, ignore it. > 7. Nature or nurture?> Determinism. Humans think they are something special, until they realize they are just overgrown worms. Then they become special. It is a paradox. > 8. List the gurus in who's physical presence you've been.> Define 'guru'. > 9. What country do you live in now?> The New World. > 10. How many children have you parented?> Its hard to say. Not many I think, and the women seduced me anyway, so it is their fault. > 11. How many times married?> Define marriage. (the jyotishis seem to think every serious girlfriend you had is a marriage.) 12. Years spent in the TMO?> None. > 13. Years spent living in Fairfield, Iowa?> Ten. > 14. Vegetarian? What rules? Eggs, fish, dairy, chicken allowed as > exceptions?> Vegetarian. Rule: I don't eat any animals or animal eggs. I eat bacteria and occasional insects by accident. > 15. Do you watch entertainment that portrays raw and graphic violence?> No. Entertainment is just actors with tomato ketchup. There is no violence. > 16. Can drugs be spiritually useful to the ordinary person on the > street such that regular use could be supported?> No. Occasional use may be good for trained shamen. Westerners took shaman ceremonial drugs like tobacco, mushrooms, and pot and turned them into fetishes. > 17. In which places of the world have you lived a year or more?> N. America, Europe. > 18. On a 1 - 10 scale, rate how much of your spiritual journey you've > accomplished so far. 10 would be "all the way."> Between 0.5 and 9.5. Not sure, but the beginning point is also the end point, so either way I am close to one or the other. > 19. How much time do you spend per day in formal spiritual practices > that are not common-everyday human activities?> 3-6 hours - some of it is practiced when I am alseep. I know people will say that is not possible, but the irony is that it is possible. When you are asleep. > 20. List the recreational activities, hobbies, passions that get more > than 10 hours per week of your time.> Ski-skating --- watch video --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brGZlZkCwyk <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brGZlZkCwyk> ---- also hiking and swimming. > 21. What do you expect to get out of posting here at FairfieldLife?> Entertainment. Checking for news about TM or other related news items. Occasional attacks by retards. OffWorld