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What is currently on your mind?
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Nothing kinky, just good old fashioned scared of your true feelings for Greta.Dude, I'm not into that kinky psychological stuff like you. If I say I hate somebody, I HATE THEM!
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What would Freud think? LolDude, I'm not into that kinky psychological stuff like you. If I say I hate somebody, I HATE THEM!
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Really?
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Here is something strange, it is said the eyes are the window of the soul.
Viewing the whole of this image her eyes are as dark clouds,
Roll the picture to just above the eyebrows and eyes tell a different story.
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Also maybe a diffrence in real life a picture is only a captured moment even so it is strange.
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Some things I read today. At least they made me think.
"When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind of the one who was wrong). And how can this be beneficial (to the other)?
Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand portion of the record of the engagement and does not insist on the (speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. (So), he who has the attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions of the engagement, while he who has not those attributes regards only the conditions favorable to himself.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good." Tao te Ching, Chapter 79
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. ’But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Gospel of Matthew 5:43-48
"The sage has no concern for himself but makes the concerns of others his own.
He is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good. He is faithful to people who are faithful. He is also faithful to people who are not faithful. That is the virtue of faithfulness. The sage is one with the world, And lives in harmony with it. People turn their eyes and ears to him, And the sage cares for them like his own children." Tao te Ching, Chapter 49
“Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. But I who have seen the nature of the good that it is beautiful, and of the bad that it is ugly, and the nature of him who does wrong, that it is akin to me, not [only] of the same blood or seed, but that it participates in [the same] intelligence and [the same] portion of the divinity, I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him. For we are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lower teeth. To act against one another then is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away.” Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Chapter 2
"When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind of the one who was wrong). And how can this be beneficial (to the other)?
Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand portion of the record of the engagement and does not insist on the (speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. (So), he who has the attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions of the engagement, while he who has not those attributes regards only the conditions favorable to himself.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good." Tao te Ching, Chapter 79
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. ’But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Gospel of Matthew 5:43-48
"The sage has no concern for himself but makes the concerns of others his own.
He is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good. He is faithful to people who are faithful. He is also faithful to people who are not faithful. That is the virtue of faithfulness. The sage is one with the world, And lives in harmony with it. People turn their eyes and ears to him, And the sage cares for them like his own children." Tao te Ching, Chapter 49
“Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. But I who have seen the nature of the good that it is beautiful, and of the bad that it is ugly, and the nature of him who does wrong, that it is akin to me, not [only] of the same blood or seed, but that it participates in [the same] intelligence and [the same] portion of the divinity, I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him. For we are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lower teeth. To act against one another then is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away.” Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Chapter 2
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What is currerntly on my mind (for a moment? for a day? whenever someone reads the forum ?)
Sin grows on the forums (like mold on bread?) .
There is no righteousness promoted, or even welcome, on forums.
Rather, truth is silenced, censored, opposed ........
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Yes, Athens is a good example (of sinfulness filling).
The small number of righteous are unable to change the city, and are eventually run out.
So to on forums even if they seem to go on and on and on in unending battles - the righteous and truthfulness is eventually gone.
The small number of righteous are unable to change the city, and are eventually run out.
So to on forums even if they seem to go on and on and on in unending battles - the righteous and truthfulness is eventually gone.
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