Made perfect sense to me. See, it's addressing the Karma issue. What he's
trying to say is that, if you behave in ways that will incur negative
karma, you won't be the best person you can be. You will be someone of
lesser quality, and that in itself is a punishment.
Right, Squid?
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posted on 9/11/2006 at 09:26 AM
"I think a far more common-sensical idea is to simply accept that if you're
a positive person, you attract positive energy, and if you're a negative
person you attract negative energy."
But it is opposite charges that attract, pixi.
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posted on 9/11/2006 at 11:45 AM
Yeah, basicly. Though I'm not trying to place any universal judgement on
it. What yoo do makes yoo what yoo are. If that's a problem for yoo then
yoo need to evaluate what the person yoo want to be does.
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i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
I feel that my question is still valid... it is not an indictment... nor an
accusation... I attempting to understnad thist
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Kira
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posted on 9/11/2006 at 04:33 PM
I think he means that being a douchebag is a punishment in and of itself.
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posted on 9/11/2006 at 05:14 PM
douchebag is as douchebag does
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posted on 10/11/2006 at 01:58 AM
*grins*
I think everyone's pretty much said what I believe, although in different
ways, and possibly slightly more eloquently.
I was talking about this on another forum and someone suggested that it was
a bad idea to try and apply the laws of physics to the Threefold Law,
because the energy it refers to isn't physical energy, but
spiritual energy instead.
What do you think about that idea?
I don't see how spiritual energy would be anything other than plain
old energy with a different name tacked onto it. I mean, energy is energy
is energy. If spiritual energy isn't energy of the type we talk
about in physics, then what would it be? And why would it be called energy
at all?
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There is no difference between physical energy and spiritual energy... lets
start with some basic scientific facts.
Fact: When they have studied Psychic ability... those that showed a marked
ability above the rest show an advanced alpha wave state identical to that
experienced when in REM sleep. This state lasts for a small time after
waking from the dream state. Ironically, most inventors come up with their
innovations at this time.
Supposition: Ever had a dream that came true? Ever dreamt an entire
conversation then had it? The advanced alpha state could be responsible for
that.
Fact: A computer can be effected by EM radiation. The process is called
induction. It's the foundation for how radios and televisions work. As
anecdotal evidence - in my home town, there was a Hardees that had an
awning over the entire drive through. WHen anyone with a CB or similar
tranceiver would "key up" (transmit) in the drive through, their register
system would crash. This phyical phenomenon is the reason you will find FCC
compliance stickers on many appliances
Fact: Any strong magnetic field will leave its mark on an ambient magnetic
field. We live in an ambient magnetic field - the earth's. Lines of weak
magnetic force can be distorted by a stronger source. An example of this is
a television. if you drag a magent over the screen it will remain
distorted. This can destroy older sets because it will leave the
distortion there... It won't work on plasma and lcd set, but most modern
CRT televisions have an automatic De-gauss function because of this.
Fact: The human brain, during times of stress, can put out a magnetic field
that can be read across a room and far exceeds the 2 miligauss of the
earth's magnetic field.
Fact: In essence, the human brain and a computer are made up of the same
thing, a series fo switches that are on or off. Yes, the brain has chemical
flavoring to its firing, but in essense a transistor and a neuron are
either on or off. It has been proven, in modern psychology that the brain
responds to certain EM frequencies in certain ways. i.e. the brain reacts
to certain colors in certain ways.
Fact: there are animals on the planet that are excessively sensitive to
magnetic fields already. Birds that migrate, fish that swim back to the
place of their birth to spawn, and dogs that navigate continents to get
home.
Supposition: Why does it have to be metaphysical when physical laws allow
for the same experience? Strong emotion marks the magnetic field. Brains
that are sensitive enough can pick up on these changes in magnetic
fields.
Theroy: The big bang... everything was part of one subatomic super
particle
Fact: When we split a particle, there is a phenomenon known as quantum
entanglement, where the fragments are linked, permenantly. When quark a
goes spin down, instantly, quark 2 will go spin up. What is done to one is
reflected by the other.
Supposition: by prayer, spell, wish... we invoke that key alpha state that
seems to be the underlying structure of the universe. Since we are all
matter from teh same subatomic super particle, we have learned, at least in
part, to control the entanglement of ourselves with the rest of the
universe. In short, there is no difference between phyical energy and
spiritual energy... all energy springs from the same source, the core of
the nuclear furnaces of stars...
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posted on 10/11/2006 at 02:30 PM
Define "Spiritual Energy?"
Kira interprited what I meant correctly except that it's only a punishment
if yoo percieve it to be such. I don't like people who act like douchebags
so I try not to act like one myself.
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i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
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posted on 11/11/2006 at 11:39 AM
lets douche the douchebags and their douchebagginess
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bitchy people, rarely care about people's reaction to their behavior... as
such, the douvchebag... while not happy... is not punished and very
often... NOT unhappy
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posted on 13/11/2006 at 03:32 PM
It is sad that most douchebags actually ENJOY throwing shit at others. So
while it might be a punishment for you or I, Squid, to behave as a
douchebag, to a true douchebag, it's like a fucking carnival. Especially
since many people will give a douchebag anything it wants, just to make it
go away, since it's easier than fighting.
It's like with smells - if you smell something putrid, you gag and vomit.
But if you yourself are putrid, you really don't smell it anymore - you
just make other people gag and vomit.
The real curse of being a douchebag is the fact that only weaklings and
fellow douchebags bother to associate with you. And weaklings are useless,
and fellow douchebags will treat you as badly as you treat them. But
douchebags rarely realize that they are missing out on having positive
relationships with intelligent, strong, and worthwhile people. They're too
busy being douchebags.
even that is nto a course... most dbs want a croud of dumbass yes men all
around them to stroke their ego
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posted on 14/11/2006 at 03:13 AM
No, I think it's still a curse - the DB just doesn't realize what it's
missing out on. Plus, behind all the satisfaction they reap from their
douchebaggery, there is also (if they are intelligent enough) a deep inner
fear of losing their power to get away with it. Being a douchebag is a
dangerous occupation - if you do it unwisely, or to the wrong person, it
can have serious repercussions. Of course, the smell of danger generally
gives the DB a nice adrenaline rush, and a wise DB will choose its victims
carefully.
I am told haggis is a delight... but I chooe to remain ignorant of it's
glory... I am cursed by this...according to some... personally, I am
relieved that I have this particular curse
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posted on 15/11/2006 at 05:21 AM
As I said, it's only a punishment if one percieves it to be such.
It's natural to hope that the Universe will avenge yoo but the reality is
the system isn't happy smiley let's frolic with dafodils and fuck like
bunnies karma. In fact there isn't a system at all. Typically however, if
yoo look fro trouble, yoo'll get it. If yoo don't look for trouble, yoo'll
still probably have to put up with a certain amount of it.
The trick is to not think of yorself as a victim. Overcome yor obstacles
rather than identify yorself with them. I realize this is often very
difficult, especially if yoo have had some shitty things happen to them.
Nevertheless, every crisis can be beneficial if used it to yor benefit.
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i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else
to