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Right on! That's big of you. Not to say you're big...or...anything. I've appreciated the forgiveness of people here when I went too far. (note to self: never drink and post!) Chris

Well, attracting and holding on to a mate is a sort of game. You have to understand the unspoken rules. You have to understand that what is said and what is meant are often two very different things. You have to know how to offer value and wait. Gotta know how to wait and shut up. You have...

Well look, if your only exposure to golf is TV then I totally understand. I used to feel that way too. I started out playing video golf. This was back when super NES was brand new. What I liked about it was that it was a thinking person's sort of video game. For every shot there were a...

Oh, I see. You're riffing off me. Carry on then... Chris

Huh? Chris

OK, interesting. I'll have to think about that! BTW, I didn't say golf is my religion, I said it's the closest thing to religion I have. Chris

What is the religious model, then? Chris

Hi! Would you mind expanding on that? Chris

That sounds totally cool, Mark. I'm 4 years behind you and I feel that I'm rapidly approaching that state as well. I just need to work through a couple of residual, sort of middle age crisis issues. Actually, things are really blooming for me and I'm almost off the angst treadmill, as it...

Well, I would say that (and this kind of goes to another discussion nearby) there are two methods of approach that are essentially counter-productive, or at least don't work for me. One is placation through the building up of security mechanisms, and the other is the dampening of inhibition...

Yes, I agree that there is no sense of self- emotional or otherwise in the peak experience. There is not even awareness of awareness, it's that pure. Oceanic is a good description, although the experience to me feels like unlimited, un delineated space with no shells, no layers, no substance...

I agree that metaphysical modeling and quantum physics theory gel quite nicely. The main problem holding up the reintegration of religion and science, it seems to me, is two-fold. Religion contains a lot of anthropomorphic and anachronistic garbage which it insists on bringing to the table...

Hi Sally, That's actually what I meant. Are you afraid of being dead rather than alive? I'll put you down as a no. Chris

I have read the Urantia book and I'll just make this brief observation: if I wanted to present a new spiritual theory without having to attribute or make reasoned theological arguments I would present the materiel as "channeled." Presenting material as revealed from some extra-earthly source...

Well, Cyrus was a messiah. He was a guy who came along at the right moment and turned history in a beneficial way. "Anointed" basically means "officially chosen." Not sure what the big hoo hah on this is. The Bible narratives recycle certain archetypal characters. Jesus is a sort of...

Golf is the closest thing to religion I have. Golf is like a dialog between all the inner angels and demons. It's a personal quest for self-mastery and control. Much better holistically than meditation. It's liquid physics. It's anger management. It's sheer Zen. It's a lifelong pursuit...

Well Mark, I'd love to hear you expand on that. I often find myself taking a rather stark position on things, but there really is an overabundance of plattitudinal pablum in most discussions and I'm mostly just trying to take one of the other unoccupied positions. My experience so far is that...

It's said that all civilizations had three basic things in common in some form: Religion, prostitution, and some way to get f*cked up. Chris

To wit: The Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans et al. Chris

I dunno Crossy, so far you and I are the only ones. I wasn't afraid when I was younger. Somehow reaching the mid-point got me thinking about how much time I might have left. I'm 47. If I have, optimistically, 40 more years, I think about how quickly the last 40 went. And now time seems to...