Can you clarify what a thought is, for me? Of course I can, but I'm not an altruist. Here's something instead: https://youtu.be/BFBjY_Kj2ko By the way I trained with Dean Witter at the world trade center in NYC in 1995 as a series 7 licensed registered rep. I quit working as a broker in 2000 prior ...

The 'evidence' of The Code shows itself with there being three distinct classes of individuals: Pirate Crew Captain A pirate is one who has no commitment on board ship, be they Passenger or Marauder. Crew are those who have committed themselves into a voluntary agreement with a Captain, who owns th...

Doug, Here is an example of purpose fixation. https://youtu.be/c-GiWoDGhJM Being that I choose to live straight edge, no tobacco, no alcohol, no drugs, in chronic daily pain, performing heavy physical labor daily to avoid atrophy, I don't see common ground in rhetoric of "magical, autopilot, transmu...

Doug wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:24 pm

You had me up until the thoughts part.

Sophistry. It is irrational to seek the conversion of others.

Woodchuck Pirate
aka Raymond J Raupers Jr USA

Reality is where conflicts manifest and through self-reflection of reality we can come to the cause of the conflict. Is that a fair statement? If faith is rejected, in all forms, is the universe dead? Do you know the difference between sophistry and philosophy? Philosopher means lover of truth. Sop...

Is ego always dysfunctional? I would think an ego could be in a state of dysfunction, but it would have some purpose. Or is it like the tonsils, cut it out!!! Hahaha The ego is a biological mechanism of the mind. The ego is not real, but it wants to be real. Ego is just story, and can't be real. Eg...

I contend that a Captain has the right to give the old heave-ho to any Crewman, and no Crewman has the right to remove a Captain from his boat. Number five of the Code does not account for this exception, and I am bringing this discrepancy up in the forum here before I put out a call for others to ...

There is never dialogue (flow of meaning) between ego and true self, as true self arises as ego dies. Ego is always dysfunctional, collective ego is enhanced dysfunction. It appears the "habit" Doug's ego is identifying in story as "money", speaks to the concept of "Pain-body" explained by Eckhart T...

I don't harbor any desires other than to actually start talking about all the affects of money, not just the ones wanting to be used to mold a crypto-currency. "Freedom isn't for all men, it's only for those who seek it. " - Ayn Rand Have you stated that you harbor no desire for freedom? If so perh...

Doug,

There is a pdf of the book "Against Intellectual Property" posted at Church of Zer.

Woodchuck Pirate
aka Raymond J Raupers Jr USA