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[cryowizard]

My slight disagreement with baffled_pumpkin as to the virtue of accepting what "is".

http://baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com/7521.html?style=mine

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[baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com]

oh, now i see what prompted that "comment shower" in my post. vas medom ne kormi, tol'ko daj s kem-nibud' posporit'

[cryowizard.livejournal.com]

Hey, I like what I wrote there. You may disagree with the content but it's eloquent. It's good English. And I am my own best promotion agent :)

[baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com]

yeah, especially considering the fact that you are basically disputing a point that you yourself created -- cz whatever you are so passionately disagreeing with in that "eloquent content" of yours has nothing to do with what the author meant by that quote.
but again, as long as it makes you happy, sweetheart :)

[cryowizard.livejournal.com]

You are coming in all high-minded because you have read the rest of the source. You are therefore interpreting his words in a very different way. Maybe since I haven't read the entire thing, I'm off base. But given the snippet, I dont think I "totally misinterpreted" the whole passage.

I just dont want to argue with you :)))

[baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com]

I just dont want to argue with you :)))

-- isn't it what you've been doing the whole time?

yes, true, reading the whole book definitely sheds more light on the subject. i watched "what the bleep do we know" movie (http://whatthebleep.com/ -- rent it, it is great), and bought this book because it was one of many mentioned in the movie. there are some interesting concepts.
and yes, you misinterpreted the passage. the key word in it is "Now". you totally missed the point.

the only thing that i would add is that it is not that "our thirst for "more" will only die if we die as a species" but rather our thirst for more will finally kill us as species. it is a collective disease, really.

[(Anonymous)]

Like I said -- I dont know how this will end. It may end badly. Or not. Who knows. All I'm saying is that we are born with thirst for more. And going the other way is against our nature as a species. And dont call it decease. Talk about judgements!

[baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com]

yes, never to be satisfied with what you have at the moment is a disease. most wars are the result of this collective disease.
by "satisfied" i do not mean complacency -- this is the other side of the extreme. if the ability to find joy in the current moment without constantly rushing and wishing for more means going against human nature, then i must admit that i am going against my nature every day (and i enjoy it very much :))
i don't think that you mean what you say, really. i don't believe that you would say to your child something like "you should never be happy and always long for more. and if you love your life, you are going against your nature". then what is the point of living?
the point of my post was just to share something that i found interesting and helpful for myself. there is no right or wrong here. it is right for me. it might be wrong for you. just a difference of opinions, and arguing about them is silly -- i will continue living according to my principles and you according to yours. the only reason why i started this chain of explanations is that it was obvious to me that you misinterpreted the quote. but now it became an argument, and this is extremely boring.
i am going biking.
lots of love :)
pumpkin