tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post4652826339042752123..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: On the New Left’s Hatred of Ugly RealitiesPaññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-30868148804580449222022-02-22T23:48:31.423-08:002022-02-22T23:48:31.423-08:00"Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc...."Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc. are nothing more than delusional and ignorant ideas that have flourished from the seeds Chaos psychically planted in the weak-willed thousands of years ago. "<br /><br />Far from it. Although chaos is a reality of the universe as we experience it, Judaism over the centuries has collected much wisdom within it's traditions, giving birth to very rich cultural insights, and practices. <br />Yahweh commanded the end of human, and child sacrifice which was a major step forward out of human brutality inspired by superstition.<br /><br />That was just one major step. There have been many more. <br />Get rid of our religious wisdom traditions, and celebrations, our basic religious grounding of Judaism, and Christianity in the west, and you destroy the west. <br />Notice how this illogical, hysterical left has infiltrated so much when more, and more people, and society at large has become secular. As mentioned in the article, it's often the more conservative religious minded these days that are the ones speaking up, and being critical of the absurd. <br /><br />Humans need ritual, and meaning. Take ritual grounded in wisdom away, and you will get ritual filled with madness.Anonymous2https://www.blogger.com/profile/06513857915532856156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-46605700024499310862021-03-15T07:57:28.923-07:002021-03-15T07:57:28.923-07:00Nobody is entitled to anything, except to reaping ...Nobody is entitled to anything, except to reaping the fruit of their kamma.<br /><br />The fact is you can try to make any sort of society you wish as long as you are aware of kamma being a factor. The fact of the matter is that a certain society (Western civilization) is dependent on certain things (creative, smart, healthy men,unity, morality, etc.). Dependent origination.<br /><br />You can try to make the same sort of society with different ingredients, but it's going to come out shitty if at all. It's like trying to bake a cake with guacamole, hummus, and watermelon, and wondering why the final product sucks. It's delusion and ignorance.<br /><br />It would be nice if anything were possible, but it's not. That's The First Noble Truth.ABTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-84718017218521923422021-03-14T23:19:41.528-07:002021-03-14T23:19:41.528-07:00So, I don't think the problem is so much that ...So, I don't think the problem is so much that the squirrel ran out into the road so much as it is that we apply a particular set of standards to the squirrel and call him dumb for running out into the road for which he wasn't evolutionarily equipped to deal with. There really isn't anything wrong with the squirrel as he is - he is perfectly a squirrel - and there really isn't anything wrong with pointing out that it was a squirrel that ran into the road. Unless, of course, by doing so you're attempting to imply that the squirrel is less deserving (and entitled) to a peaceful existence than yourself simply because you understand that cars drive down roads and don't brake for squirrels. Anjoliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371238893992657240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-3940497587101814512021-03-12T19:30:37.518-08:002021-03-12T19:30:37.518-08:00The Chaos gods knew they could not yet send their ...The Chaos gods knew they could not yet send their forces to destroy Terra, so they came up with a clever plan to have man destroy himself. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc. are nothing more than delusional and ignorant ideas that have flourished from the seeds Chaos psychically planted in the weak-willed thousands of years ago. Uncontrolled craving and ignorance wrapped up in lies about how things really are.<br /><br />Perhaps this world can be saved if the right people see that The Buddha was right and propagate The Dhamma (Theravada Buddhism). Not all men are created equal. Via the doctrine of dependent origination, a developed, strong, and moral world arises from intelligent, strong-willed and moral men. The kind of men The Buddha's teaching creates. No such men, no such world. Which is what we are seeing now. The thirsting gods laugh.<br /><br />ABTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-45217282375019943762021-03-10T13:36:22.284-08:002021-03-10T13:36:22.284-08:00Cognitive testing has been conducted all over the ...Cognitive testing has been conducted all over the world for several decades (in the USA by the military since WW1), and has been refined over and over again by (mostly leftist) academic psychologist types to make sure that only innate cognitive skills are tested and not cultural additions like education. It involves pattern recognition, memory and recall, etc. It turns out that the results are stark, with removing cultural elements actually causing some groups to score worse. And no matter how the academics refine the testing techniques (some in a desperate attempt at "equity") the results don't change significantly. Australian aborigines score near the bottom, in the mid-60s IQ-wise, on average of course, and by western psychological standards, on average, would be mentally handicapped. There are significant brain differences also. It would be very nice if it weren't so, but it is so.<br /><br />On the other hand, I am sure that Australoids are better adapted to some non-western, non-technological circumstances than are Europeans, East Asians, or Ashkenazi Jews.Paññobhāsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-11411955096495157852021-03-10T11:15:47.774-08:002021-03-10T11:15:47.774-08:00Regarding natural IQ versus cultural conditioning ...Regarding natural IQ versus cultural conditioning (nature versus nurture), it would be interesting to have the aborigine swap places with a white laborer, for example and compare results. I'm not disputing your reference to empirical data so much as wondering how the data was collected, under what conditions, etc. Too busy to go digging on my own, apologies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-12002748453347383282021-03-10T10:16:13.652-08:002021-03-10T10:16:13.652-08:00I'm not sure that a yogic adept would be able ...I'm not sure that a yogic adept would be able to outclass a person with higher IQ with regard to ALL fields of cognitive excellence, but I suppose it may be possible. A simple village boy who becomes a meditation master may still not be able to do math very well, or learn foreign languages with the same facility as someone who simply has the intelligence and talent to master it easily. Then again, being a meditation master may simply raise one's IQ. Also if one is a real adept one may be able to accomplish the miraculous, and all bets are off.Paññobhāsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-83938105060754933112021-03-10T02:47:10.472-08:002021-03-10T02:47:10.472-08:00I have this line of thinking....That a person who ...I have this line of thinking....That a person who is very proficient in accessing the mergence states, absorption,Jhana and samadhi can successfully outclass a person with much higer IQ (15+ points of advantage) in any field of cognitive excellence....Do you think my hypothesis is warranted or its a foolish way of thinking? for me a person with high IQ is a race car with big powerful engine ........but a car that has been thoroughly lightened (mechanical analog to Jhana states) can successfully compete against the big powerful race cars inspite of having reduced power and smaller engine...things like that actually happened in real life when British engineer Colin Chapman won with his light efficient Lotuses against big,heavy,powerful FerrarisTurbolag Panjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588337373998480646noreply@blogger.com