“Optimistic Nihilism” and Whistling Past

[+Hammerclaw]

10 minutes ago, Sherapy said:

My thoughts too. 

It could be that Will aligns with code law, that which is mandated by imposition. 

I was curious as to what he was avoiding. 

 

Some people lead; some people follow. Some like to stray off the main trail with eyes seeking sign and traces of roads not often travelled. I was always a free-roamer, in my youth, seeking the solace and serenity of Frost's "Road Less Travelled By". I'm not much of a follower, myself. I learned not to become too enamored of the words of others, having the will and skill to forge better ones of my own.

Edited December 13, 2017 by Hammerclaw

[+Sherapy]

1 minute ago, Will Due said:

 

Sheri, I don't want to be rude. Everyone has their capacity to understand certain things or not.

My dad asked me the same thing several times. 

I'm sorry, but I don't scratch my head anymore when I'm asked about what's to me, and I'm also pretty sure is to many others, one of the most basic things to percieve as a human being. Spirit realities. 

No disrespect. Everyone isn't the same in that regard, I'm begrudgingly coming around to understand. 

 

 

Will, how does this address my question? 

[Will Due]

Just now, Sherapy said:

Will, how does this address my question? 

 

What is spirit?

It's what is projected from the greater reality above that casts a shadow down, which we percieve as the material world.

That's how I see it.

 

 

[+Sherapy]

Just now, Will Due said:

 

What is spirit?

It's what is projected from the greater reality above that casts a shadow down, which we percieve as the material world.

That's how I see it.

 

 

Okay, thank you. 

[+Hammerclaw]

3 minutes ago, Sherapy said:

Okay, thank you. 

It's Plato's, Allegory of the Cave, to which he refers.

[+Sherapy]

3 minutes ago, Hammerclaw said:

It's Plato's, Allegory of the Cave, to which he refers.

Good pull, he is Plato's Allergory of the Cave. 

It must be how he survived his conditioning. 

Edited December 13, 2017 by Sherapy

[Will Due]

Just now, Sherapy said:

Good pull, he is Plato's Allergory of the Cave. 

 

Funny. How you guys judge me. 

Must be my cover. 

 

 

[+Hammerclaw]

2 minutes ago, Sherapy said:

Good pull, he is Plato's Allergory of the Cave. 

I have Carl Sagan to thank for first knowing of it.

[+Sherapy]

9 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

Funny. How you guys judge me. 

Must be my cover. 

 

 

It is an observation, not a value judgement. How you cope is your call and right. I have no dog in your fight.

Edited December 13, 2017 by Sherapy

[+Sherapy]

1 minute ago, Hammerclaw said:

I have Carl Sagan to thank for first knowing of it.

For me, when I took Philosophy of Mathematics, it was used to analogize learning and how it applies to math. It has always stuck with me. 

[+Hammerclaw]

1 minute ago, Sherapy said:

For me, when I took Philosophy of Mathematics, it was used to analogize learning and how it applies to math. It has always stuck with me. 

Mathematics was always a bug-bear, for me. Thinking mathematically made my mind feel like it was being contorted into a shape it was not meant to be. It became a lot easier when I learned how to use a slide rule.

[+Hammerclaw]

Will, you are a fine fellow, albeit with all the enthusiasm of the recently converted. Sheri is wise beyond her years and I'm an old fellow, a gentleman scholar without portfolio. We're rather above average in discernment and with discriminating tastes for what we intellectually ingest. We set the bar rather high, that's all.

[Illyrius]

35 minutes ago, Will Due said:

 

What is spirit?

It's what is projected from the greater reality above that casts a shadow down, which we percieve as the material world.

That's how I see it.

 

 

me too. "spirit" - maybe not precise. but a "higher" archetypal reality. yes allegory of the cave comes to mind.

Edited December 13, 2017 by Mr. Argon

[+Sherapy]

2 minutes ago, Hammerclaw said:

Will, you are a fine fellow, albeit with all the enthusiasm of the recently converted. Sheri is wise beyond her years and I'm an old fellow, a gentleman scholar without portfolio. We're rather above average in discernment and with discriminating tastes for what we intellectually ingest. We set the bar rather high, that's all.

I concur, Will is a nice guy I'd say with his own demons, my opinion is whatever helps him is his call and I wish him the best. 

We do not stand in judgement of him, au contraire we wish him the best. 

[+Hammerclaw]

2 minutes ago, Sherapy said:

I concur, Will is a nice guy I'd say with his own demons, my opinion is whatever helps him is his call and I wish him the best. 

We do not stand in judgement of him, au contraire we wish him the best. 

la verete est dans vos paroles!

[Illyrius]

1 minute ago, Hammerclaw said:

la verete est dans vos paroles!

can you say that in french?

[+Hammerclaw]

1 minute ago, Mr. Argon said:

can you say that in french?

Uz uzasan naglasak Yankee.

[Illyrius]

Just now, Hammerclaw said:

Uz uzasan naglasak Yankee.

loooooolllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[+Hammerclaw]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Argon said:

loooooolllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

To je lako izgledati poput genija s racunalom.

[Illyrius]

7 minutes ago, Hammerclaw said:

Uz uzasan naglasak Yankee.

still laughing at this...

lol

lol

[Illyrius]

Just now, Hammerclaw said:

To je lako izgledati poput genija s racunalom.

znam. vidim te.

[+Hammerclaw]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Argon said:

znam. vidim te.

Naravno da--of course you do.

[Illyrius]

Just now, Hammerclaw said:

Naravno da--of course you do.

[+Hammerclaw]

Just now, Mr. Argon said:

A lot of Latin root words in your language.

[Illyrius]

Just now, Hammerclaw said:

A lot of Latin root words in your language.

yes, latin.. haven't studied that much but slavic languages do have some roots even in sanskrit. but not so sure about it.