Yup. Cheers, mate.realsmoothie said:I think I just splooged in my pants! Great stuff. Did you really write all that yourself?
I never said that. Logic is pivotal and highly effective when asking the big questions. The point is that fear, as we experience it is not a logical process. It is a runaway process of the rational mind that is driven by a powerful emotion. It is both, essentially. Both working against each other, each feeding the other. The rational process build up the fear to be something bigger than it is, and that in turn fuels the negative emotion, which in turn increases the impetus behind the rational process.realsmoothie said:It's a very interesting twist on Eastern philosophy that logically probably doesn't work... after all you're trying to convince us with logic that logic is actually ineffective when it comes to the big questions.
This is not about logic. It is about when logic goes wrong.
And you can use logic to reprogram someone's negative beliefs. That's why Gunwitch's Dynamic Sex Life is such a brilliant book. I've never seen someone write that way before. The guy is such a big influence on me, stylistically as well as in terms of my own abilities with women.
Try it if you want to. I've done Kung Fu, with all the meditation that involves - it's just not very effective at overcoming fears with women. Sorry. It just doesn't really work very well, in my experience. Something far more drastic, far more direct is called for, I fancy.realsmoothie said:Most Eastern philosophy would argue for a more passive way of coping with fear... rather than take it head on, find out where that fear comes from and it's certainly some form of desire... so reduce that desire.
That's not necessarily a bad thing. You might want more and more opportunities to help people. More opportunities to be surprised by joy. More laughter. More love.realsmoothie said:But reducing desire has never been a big facet of Western philosophy, no? We want more and more and more.
I certainly shall. I meant to read it loads of times. I just hate reading books you're 'supposed' to read. Pisses me off.realsmoothie said:Anyhow... I'm going to read this again in a day or so. It's pretty long.
My question for you, Jekyll... is whether or not you have read Robert Pirsig's (The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) "Lila". He puts up a pretty fascinating, though elementary, philosohpical system based largely on a static/dynamic view of the world. Check it out, it's a great read.