Posts by JamesThomas

i went to a free internet opportunity meeting yesterday and of course they were there to sell you something, but you got a free daily planner book and a free lunch.

i went since i've always believed money can be made by using the internet if you approach it properly.

i didn't buy anything since i know there are cheaper ways to start an online buisness.. anyway, just wondering if any of you have tried it or are currently doing it.

JamesThomas

Hey Gumboat, I'm in the process of presenting some new products to the world, which will be marketed via the Internet and brick and mortar stores.

Here, will be the corporate website which will link to others specifically geared to the products.

j

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Spirituality without Faith- Is It Possible?

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spirituality without faith.

what would it mean to naturalize spirituality?

how can naturalism inspire spiritual experience and provide us with a satisfying cognitive context within which to address our ultimate concerns?

JamesThomas

RAF, thank you; you're very sweet; and like I told you before, you keep this up and I'm taking the next train to France.

Open Mind, actually, far more than not, I am in agreement with what Terry says. He eloquently shows us how much BS our belief structures can be. Perhaps, I just take it one step further, is all.

It almost sounded like we need to "respect God" only you used the word "infinite".

Probably what I was trying to say was something along these lines:

Generally there is an identity with the phenominal level of thoughts, emotions, sensations and experiences; and in this unquestioned identification there is seemingly a very real and concrete confinement to a pod: a separate and individual sense of "me" somehow cut off from all the rest of existence. Yet, during all this, there is the endless-ness, a boundless vastness, an INFINITY of being/existence in and around the sense of small "self". What appear to be walls and boundaries which separate the little "self" from infinity -- are they real, or illusion? Certainly there appears to be identifiable separate forms walking around, but is this really the beginning and end of what the genuine "I" is?

What if there are no walls, no valid separation from: anything and everything? Perhaps seeing that the walls are unreal, reveals our true nature, our true Self, which is one in the same for all existence. Without definable walls how can you be defined and individualized? You can't, really. You are everything, but no particular thing. Which does not mean that the phenominal level of endless forms is less beautiful and interesting...for without definable walls, you are this too.

All I have ever really said is that we investigate openly, honestly and thoroughly into the ideas and concepts of "self", and then look into that which is looking, that which is undeniably real and true. That which is most close.

So, it's not about some image or concept called "God". But rather about that which is seeing these words.

What is true? I can't say. It doesn't matter what I see. Find out for yourself. Observe, examine and investigate into the most intimate beliefs and senses of "self", and see if there is a you that can be found as a real and valid isolated thing. Are you really the shard of existence that is believed to be?

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Spirituality without Faith- Is It Possible?

by nvrgnbk in

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spirituality without faith.

what would it mean to naturalize spirituality?

how can naturalism inspire spiritual experience and provide us with a satisfying cognitive context within which to address our ultimate concerns?

JamesThomas

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Spirituality without Faith- Is It Possible?

by nvrgnbk in

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spirituality without faith.

what would it mean to naturalize spirituality?

how can naturalism inspire spiritual experience and provide us with a satisfying cognitive context within which to address our ultimate concerns?

JamesThomas

Open Mind:

I'm still clinging (just a little) to my spirituality doll.

I hope Terry and Narkissos, cut your little doll to pieces.

Rather than give you some more conceptual baggage to carry around, I suggest simply letting go of your doll. Let go of everything which can be let go of...and see what remains.

What witnesses experiences, be the they "spiritual" or other wise?

What beholds all the concepts and opinions in this and every other thread?

What quietly sees all the products of the mind, emotions and senses?

When the individual "me" that desires its cherished beliefs, judgments and appraisals to be heard and valued by others -- is seen as only a house of cards built of the beloved concepts, what sees that?

What is closer than all words, emotions, thoughts and experiences?

What am "I", genuinely, authentically and truly?

What is REAL?

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Underground Lurker....Coming up for air.....

by Bourne in

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i have been a lurker for the last year...finally got the courage to post.

i guess you could say that i have successfully completed a "fade", although that was not my initial intent.

due to my being in an "unscriptural" separation for a number of months, (that, combined with my paranoia, hence, the alias) i have been forced to go underground.

JamesThomas

Welcome, Bourne.

You have a kind and gentle way about you.

Rather than see the world as a frightening or evil place, see it as a hurting child that needs your understanding and compassion.

Glad you are here.

j

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Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David

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requiring a temporary head removal, i imagine.. j.

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Requiring a temporary head removal, I imagine.

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Fuel From a Garden Hose - Hydrogen Fuel

by BlackPearl in

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has anyone here thought about the possibilities of getting all of our fuel needs from the unlimited supply of hydrogen in our water?

you see, there two parts hydrogen to every single part oxygen in h2o.

what that means is, if we can extract the hydrogen from the water, we can burn it as a fuel, just like propane or gasoline.

JamesThomas

What people often forget to count is the material production and energy usage in producing and the raw material and finished products which take advantage of these forms of energy. Sometimes the materials which are specialized are petrochemicals, meaning basically it was produced by the oil industry. Plastics esters epoxies urethanes etc etc... It is much harder to brake ones dependence on "OIL" than one may think. What will you use for engine oil, electric wire insulation or numerous other petro products? I don't think the world except for the most diehard tree hugger is prepared for what you will have to give up.

Plastics can be made from canola oil. Actually making products -- other than fuels -- with petroleum, is not nearly as unhealthy as burning the crap. Indeed petroleum products degrade over time, but much can be recycled. It's not that big a problem. Perhaps if we opened our minds to healthier alternatives, rather than discrediting and discounting low pollution technology, we'd actually have a healthier place for our children to live. It's amazing that one has to actually argue this. j tree-hugger class

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Fuel From a Garden Hose - Hydrogen Fuel

by BlackPearl in

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has anyone here thought about the possibilities of getting all of our fuel needs from the unlimited supply of hydrogen in our water?

you see, there two parts hydrogen to every single part oxygen in h2o.

what that means is, if we can extract the hydrogen from the water, we can burn it as a fuel, just like propane or gasoline.

JamesThomas

Are you kidding? What do you think water is? It is burned hydrogen. Also, water vapor is much more of a 'greenhouse gas' than CO2. Do you know what the CO2 percentage in the atmo is?

Just before you burn hydrogen or hydroxy (hydrogen/oxygen gas mix), you have separated the hydrogen and oxygen molecules from water. Upon burning hydrogen or hydroxy, the by product is water. No more than what you started with. What's the problem? Is carbon and sulfur emissions some how better? Of course CO2 would be generated if fossil fuel plants where being used to supply electricity for electrolysis. However, there are other pollution free means. Little wonder we are stuck in fossil-fuel consciousness with the fear and negativity exhibited by many people. Personally, I don't feel that hydrogen is the big wave of the future, so much as up coming developments in new high efficient solar and wind technologies to produce electricity, and new generations of fast charging super-capacitors as energy storage. It's not unlikely that in ten years we'll have exceptionally practical, pollution free, electric vehicles with range and speed better than gas powered cars. It would likely be sooner if there was more help from the government, but they are the epitome of foolish-fossil-fuel-consciousness. They are a dying breed. j