RichardY

More of an Old Boys' club; not a member. But they often recruit from business leaders involved with councils. Had 2nd Uncle that was a Masonic member who worked for the Bank of England, my dad remarked on the fact he had a Steinway Piano, but would be wearing an old vest with holes in it. Cult would be something like taking a religion and perverting it. Jehovah Witness or Mormon, for example. All cults are satanic in nature. Originally had thought of kind of a dark cloak thing, something like the movie the DaVinci code or Ninth Gate.

Lot of projection. Even in Buddhism a person has relative freewill, if logically thought through. There is "no self"(Noble disciple) which I agree with. There is soul(could be wrong), the I pertains to God, Buddhism has no souls. Middle way no longer applies. Law of excluded middle. Buddhists aim for Moksha(Liberation), they are aiming to be as God/Perfect. (Absolute Freewill), the Bodhisattva. But then only for a limited time and then that "there can be only one" (perfect). Jainism asserts multiple Gods. In Buddhism a conscious effort is made to extend the distance between input and response, a state of detachment. To recognise projection, and things asserted, like a self-referential nature of consciousness, a kind of meta-data, like registry entries on a computer. Once recognised to break down the chain of habit.

If someone is a mass murdering sociopath, who finds murder funny. I don't vote for them. Or those aligned with them.

@Jcent The Scaleability problem would effectively solve itself, being more of a psychological problem, lateral as opposed to top-down, Cult like....... There is always some kid who's good at Art or Maths or whatever, if they teach to 2 or 3 that helps distribute the load. The important thing being that they are willing to do so, which would depend on various factors. Teachers in the UK and USA are probably the most unionised and vocal profession there is, you never ever see teacher layoffs, ever. Police and military can all be more easily made redundant despite being life and death. Or numbers dramatically reduced and outsourced. The video game thing was more of a joke, in reference to a video game of the same name. Although there are online schools developing, especially in the USA where homeschooling is more accepted. The sheer weight of available reasoning and referencing has got to have some sort of impact, if not censored or drowned out. Say this and that though. This is one big mammoth of an undertaking, whose ramifications are massive. Treat it with the respect it deserves. At the moment it's a very thin line between fantasy and vision and I would say the former, Jedi Academy.........

@Jcent Look into Buddhism, Jedi are basically Buddhists in the star wars universe. Don't reinvent the wheel. Buddhism from what I have read so far is flawed, however it may still provide some useful information, it's treatment of consciousness like a registry entry that can be deleted, like in a process to help free up processing power was interesting. Perhaps the darkside, Jainism also provides some useful information. As for scale-ability the students should effectively teach themselves, as was done in the Victorian era, through some form of incentive(money). Or perhaps through love of the order, which might only happen in East Asian countries where orphans are adopted to orders, rather than parents. I would say design a video game, but that has already been done. Would be useful perhaps if everyone on a forum patronised one historical intellectual to augment their knowledge for the collective.

@DayProv You miss understand me, optimistic; meaning the optimal, the best. Is different from being positive. You can be positive, and still utterly suck/perform-poorly at something. As I said Optimistic people generally haven't fared too well. Was thinking about how best to structure my being, given that Optimates were murdered at the end of the Roman Republic, and vast numbers of people murdered by genocidal regimes throughout the world. Being optimistic or indeed pessimistic does not seem a good way of going about things. I kind of prefer what the term "The Whigs" meant in the UK; "Cattle Herder".

Being positive is a good thing. I would distinguish it however from being Optimistic, as both Optimates in Ancient Rome, and optimistic people in Cambodia, Germany, France etc were generally killed/butchered en masse.

Health, Legs, and Mind.

Not really, just recently came back from the Far East and thought of it as a topic for conversation, if you were looking at a language it would provide structure to a plan. As it's not really a plan, but a template. If it's going to be expanded, more of a journal. In which case why not write a blog. Read a while a go there are four base processing methods of information. I can't remember the names, but I think they relate to the following. A) Integration of old information with new. Integral. Inductive. Dialectical. (very slow). My default. B) Integration of new information with old. Integral/Systematic. Deductive. Rhetorical. (slow) C) Addition of expanding chains of new information. Journaling. (Fast) D) Random allocation of space. Fragmentary. (Very Fast) All processing methods have advantages and disadvantages. I think they ascend in incidence, consciously being aware may provide some ability to alter the method. Buddhism seems to seek to breakdown chains of thinking, of which I tend to think of a Schopenhauer or U.G Krishnamurti, personality wise. A) I like the commonplace book suggestion of Leo, I have heard the suggestion before referenced by a New York teacher, Gato something, to Benjamin Franklin. The booklist is only a tip of the iceberg of what needs to be read, some discarded, others studied intently. B) may benefit from a systematic approach, commonplace book.... C) From expressing their journalism, or transcending that way of thinking. D) I'm not fundamentally sure, what can be done, journaling may help.

"As one of your great Actors Edmund Kean once said, Dying is easy, Comedy is hard." -Twilight Zone. (a small talent for war). So many facets to that quote I wasn't initially aware of. I suppose there are other dimensions, then the 5 or so initially aware of. Kind of disturbed. Where is Commander Keen when you need him.

Yes good for attracting the birds....

How do you know it's the nature of the language that is deceptive, and not your own unconscious? Desensitised does not mean unaffected. In fact desensitised makes things worse. Par exemple; if a person has leprosy, slicing off a digit becomes less noticeable, although that's probably the least of your worries.

@CreamCat Have you been to Japan or Asia?

Allow them to think they can get away with things, so it destroys their soul.

Morning Glory is a good one......

All mainstream sources of news information are garbage. Occasionally, there might be something precious, in with the junk. If they are all saying it, it's probably pure garbage. Like with a river the most salts are at the end, I like to go for the fountainhead or Spring, less people, purer, older springs being better. The media are the priests of the new world. Looking recently at 18th Century Literature, in specific "The Spectator". Can see the difference between old and new. Took one glance at the new and it's spiel and thought no. Besides the media is totally censored, with connections to Intelligence agencies, Youtube is hardly exempt. Dr David Kelly and Diana were obvious assassinations. Shutdown of the London underground maybe a decade a go can't remember when, blamed on a power cut, was also suspicious given it runs on a separate power generator. Yeah anyway, keeping up with the narrative can be important. I find it more like a pantomime, but instead of the kids staring intently, worrying etc "he's behind you". I'm laughing manically inside, perhaps even relishing it a bit. Except it's not a pantomime.

It's a dichotomy that is impossible to reconcile consciously. Was reading a review of Robinson Crusoe in a collection of essays on 18th Century English Literature. Anyway in the book he wants to engage in the slave trade, as being the best return on capital at that time. Sells a Moorish boy into slavery when marooned, for 30 pieces of silver to a Portuguese slave trader on the condition he frees him if he converts to Christianity. My point being that Capitalism is built on necessary evil, which results in a greater good. The Flip side it is also impossible to reconcile socialism consciously.

In Jest. The vampire. Even got an extra extra.... set of teeth, all symmetrical. Wisdom teeth sure, but didn't know you can have an extra set behind the adult teeth. Referred to as supernumeral teeth. Pretty small currently though, 2 upper and 6 lower. Became more aware of them after coming back from a cruise in Far East Asia. Cambodia. Thailand. Vietnam. Malaysia, Singapore. Basically stuffed myself with all inclusive food on board ship, plenty of sugar! and all you can eat smoked salmon! (for breakfast). Evolutionary speaking, people are perhaps descended from lampreys(a blood sucking eel), I remember a science technician at highschool/college mentioning it once. Something to do with how the oesophagus is positioned. Lampreys look a bit like those creatures off the Stargate series. Although as Buddha says you are going to die. Though if the Buddha was perfectly enlightened and was reincarnated 100,000 thousands of times, as it says in the Pali Canon, or at least the audible anthology of it. How does number admit of perfection? Wouldn't some sort of game of charades be more fun?

If I can, I like to try and get at the root of books on knowledge. Sure there's repackaged modern stuff, but What can I fillet that has stood the test of time? and hopefully avoid retreading old ground. How many self help books are based off of various religious texts or novels, why not just read them direct. If many self helps books are like energy drinks, I'm looking more for fine wines, trying to contrast and build a palette. There's a systematising element to books, so sometimes can be interesting to see references to various texts and try and get a through overview of what's available. I think religions can deal with various psychological aspects so various arteries to explore.

Fairly sure pragmatism is Evil, or at least undesirable. Although seductive. “Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.” (Henry David Thoreau) Sounds, like Keith Ledger's Joker, from "The Dark Knight". Although do not drink poison, and then drinking alcohol, or Arsenic maybe a good rule. Listened to "Walden" a while a go, I think Thoreau makes a few good points. The demand side of the goods produced by slavery I think is under addressed.

Break down habits. Although if someone is addicted to poor habits, probably good luck to identify and get anywhere. If you only knew the power of the darkside. I guess psychedelics could break down habit/neurons. I remember a video I watched by Peter Ralston talking about cooking a piece of toast over a fire by habit. The simplicity of just buying a toaster not occurring straightaway. Getting stuck in a chain, rather then originating action. I think I see the point of how a long chain of habits may make you less then you can be, although, sometimes leading to excellence. "Shadows and Dust Maximus!" Gladiator/Horace.

Vanity.

Some distinctions I noticed. Could be wrong, intuitively I feel the categories have relevance. ----------------------------------- Hinduism: Moral Relativism. Pantheistic God(Brahman). Enlightened caste holier than thou. Avatars. Buddhism: Amoral, No God/Atheistic, overcome Maya/Illusion(Evil). Accountability. Life negating, birth control (anti-clockwise swastika) Taoism: No Morality, if one follows "the way" how is morality relevant? It's not. Character Virtue: 3 Treasures; Kindness(Frankincense), Humility(myrrh), Simplicity (Gold). Islam: Moral Absolutism, Pantheistic God. Evil as spirits, such as jin. External Evil, those that will not submit to Allah and his prophet. Jainism: Moral Pluralism. Focus on habit, Karma Evil to be overcome. Accountability. Life affirming. (Clockwise swastika). Some form of ascension. Judaism: Morality. Messianic. Christianity: Transcendental Morality, Transcendent God. Accountability. Internal Evil, to be overcome, Risen Lord. Tengrism: No Morality. Sky god (Maya). Will to Power. Nordic Paganism: No Morality. Maya, Hall of the Mountain King, Narrative. A Pantheon of Gods(but flawed....), , . Aesir(lifeforce) fight the Vanir (Presumably, the Vain Beings) Will to Power Satanism: Amoral, Life affirming, Logical outcome of Objectivism, Will to Power. Scientology: No morality, ascent to godhood. Maximum Optimism. Conflux: Mad World, Donnie Darko or Nietzschean Universe. Heraclitus (the weeping philosopher) Maximum Pessimism. Drew the short straw, in absolute infinity. Eternal recurrence. Tangent Universe. --------------------------------------- Pantheism or Atheism, are functionally no different, As Spinoza noted,.... or even Deism. Spinoza's universe is absolute, as the one substance is God, which confers with a Newtonian(a Deist) absolute universe. However, I agree with Leibniz that the Universe is relativistic, as confirmed, but initially rejected by Einstein(bias towards Spinoza). Moral Relativism becomes obsolete as soon as people articulate moral judgements. Absolute Morality involves knowing, and is therefore a contradiction.

How you process information matters. I thought it was interesting looking at, neural activity scan, heat or something. No eyes and you're not reading this forum.