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If the answer is really within you, why would you need to go anywhere to find the answer?

Absolutely. My question was about the way advertising works in general and how manipulating human psychology in order to sell products or ideas is anathema to anyone who leans toward a deontological ethic. I realize the statement by Eclectic Mystic seems a little untoward considering the impact...

Which variety of ethics are you talking about? Deontological or utilitarian?

Which, as pointed out, is a cultural difference. It is nearly impossible to separate religion and culture, and thus, as you intimate, the psychosocial behaviors from one culture to another are radically different in many respects. I often wonder if the incidences of shame issues, self-loathing...

Personally I think it says much more about the person making the statement than it says about you. People tend toward self-enhancement as a usual practice and often believe they need to project an ideal picture of themselves, one that usually masks an underlying insecurity. I have seen this kind...

Hello Stranger, It helps to have contact with other people, especially when moving into another stage in one's life. Middle age is an interesting time, and it may mean re-evaluating quite a few things. As ungrounded as it may feel I find it a very intriguing stage of life. Feel free to explore...

There is an old Zen story that for me, captures the essence of the point between conventional and ultimate reality. I'm not sure of its origin, but it goes something like this: An ambitious monk in search of enlightenment traveled to the foot of a great mountain on which, it was said, lived a...

It sounds like you have cultivated a healthy sense of who you are and how you move through your world. I respect, and enjoy that in you. For me, the verse speaks to a very specific context in which to remain silent, using bare attention simply to be without things like speculation or even worse...

Sorry, I thought you might be familiar with the Tao Te Jing since you quoted it. ACOT has it pegged though. :)

What would be really sad is if you ever felt pressured to do otherwise, and no there is nothing simplistic about genuine inquiry. Indeed, this was the practice Nisargadatta Maharaj was given by his guru. I think the conventional sense of subject and object are part of our life and part of our...

Yep. I was thinking about verse 56 as well. ;)

Seems like most folks around here just want to know the difference between a good pinot noir and a pinot blanc. :D

I've already done a good deal of research on it. I've honestly tried to help you understand what an actual scientific reference is, and others have pointed out that you are misunderstanding a great deal about the scientific method, all of which you have rejected or ignored. My feeling is that...

She cannot respond to this ACOT. It is imperative for her sense of self that she ignore anything that does not confirm or validate her world view, or schema. This includes understanding what science is and what it is not. Since she has obviously invested a great deal of emotional energy in...

I wonder if this is the reason why silence is considered sacred. Even acknowledging that a divine revelation is possible, it can also be a convenient cover for a simple case of intuitive or heuristically derived thinking. If I remember correctly, wasn't there a doctrine of "near enemies" in...

You know, the more I learn, the more I agree with you. :)

Where does one draw the line between ethical and unethical advertisement?

A valid point, however, remember when I said that we are inherently part of the landscape we survey? From that perspective there is still a certain sense of being, and being an integral part of what is happening. What is left behind is the sense that " I am that" transcending into something akin...

:) Somehow, the original sounds better. I recently saw a version in which Puck's soliloquy was cut short, and I thought it very strange. Anyway, happy Midsummer!

@ ACOT: I had no idea that English was a second language since you use it with grace and are adept at the vagaries of the language. If you don't mind, what is your primary language? @Wil: If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended, that you have but slumbered here, while...