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I would hate to make my meaning in life dependent on the conflict and suffering of others. eudaimonia, Mark

I'm normally a positive and optimistic person, but I have to regard this is an unachievable goal. You'll never find such a story, unless of course your goal is to convert people away from their personal truths. No story will be compatible with all religions, and certainly not all peoples...

No doubt, this result will get entangled with psychic claims very quickly. eudaimonia, Mark

Oookay. If they get togther with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, there could be a tasty meal there. eudaimonia, Mark

It's quite a bit better than most. eudaimonia, Mark

That simply confirms what I've thought for some time -- that bliss doesn't properly exist in Maslow's heirarchy. It's an entirely separate issue. I find a form of bliss from what Maslow would consider episodes of self-actualization, but it might not be the same thing as your bliss...

How should people have behaved? If I were engaged in an internal debate about whether or not to give a violin-playing beggar money, it would not likely be decided by the quality of music. eudaimonia, Mark

Personally, what I see is speculation that there are many, many universes in existence, each with different properties, and we just happen to be in one of the universes that appears "fine tuned" for our sort of life. To put it another way, the chance of winning the lottery yourself might be...

Sounds great! But this has nothing to do with evolution. eudaimonia, Mark

Sure, and the same thing could be said of Amway. I was an Amway network marketer two decades ago for about a year and a half. I believe that I benefitted from their self-improvement concepts, and their energetic rallies. (Like Scientology, all of Amway's self-improvement concepts were taken...

Austria: brawl in Sikh temple leaves preacher dead - Yahoo! News eudaimonia, Mark

IMV, the consistent usefulness of reason shows that reason is efficacious and therefore reality-oriented. It confirms that there is indeed truth available to us. We couldn't have gotten to the Moon unless we possessed truths, for instance in physics. We might not understand physics perfectly...

Not to defend Scientology, but I think that Tom Cruise is a fine actor, even though he is not a great one. There are far worse out there. eudaimonia, Mark

As simple cause and effect, sure. Your personal dynamic, created in large part by your past deeds, will create good or bad outcomes by its very nature. However, this is never a guarantee that kind deeds will ward off bad events like magic. The events that take place in the universe, even in your...

More specific? Okay. Getting over some stomach problems (a gastritis), finding a new girlfriend, and excelling at work would be great achievements right now. eudaimonia, Mark

I'll tell you what. I don't believe in divine beings, but if you like praying for people, then you can pray for my happiness and well-being. Knock yourself out. :) eudaimonia, Mark

Not if it means that are are non-human. We are human beings having a human experience. We have "spirit" in that we have conscious minds, so we are also spiritual (human) beings have a spiritual (human) experience. It's the same thing to me. eudaimonia, Mark

Why do you ask? Is it because of Saltmeister's description of spirituality? According to that view, I would think that dreaming is spiritual only if you believe it provides messages to you from some otherworldly source. According to my view, dreaming wouldn't itself be spiritual. That would...

I'd be interested to hear speculation about why that is. eudaimonia, Mark

Yes, I tend to use those terms interchangably. That's a fair statement. Yes, precisely. I see this as quite a big problem. This is certainly true. I'm more anthropocentric (and even biocentric) than you, but I think there is much truth to what you write above. Thanks for sharing...