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Re: Re: Re: Aba Brother - Fantastic! Just brilliantly told and written.
You're a real dear one, sis. I find you to be so absorbed a reader that it is almost unusual. And not only do you try to understand sincerely and deeply (your comments are a proof), that it becomes a pleasure for the one who contributes. They do make fine and analytical comments. Thank you so much, Didi.
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anib
on June 18, 2018 at 4:11 AM
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Re: Corbin
I'm glad you find it interesting. Thank you.
posted by
anib
on June 18, 2018 at 4:05 AM
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Re: Friend GM
That was exactly the crux of my write. We cannot, because they get consumed ... overwhelmed by their own ideas and the disillusion that surfaces at the end of their is a proof that the disease lay dormant in their brains their entire lives.
posted by
anib
on June 18, 2018 at 4:03 AM
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An interesting thread to follow......keep it up!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 18, 2018 at 4:02 AM
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To answer the posit of your post.... can we trust those philosophers that go mad..... I would say that we cannot trust them at all. If their philosophy led them over a cliff to madness, then we should not follow them. Further, we should be highly suspicious and critical of all the writings they did, when they were still the stars of society, when they were celebrated as celebrities, before they drove themselves over the cliff. My next post about Kant will express my great suspicion and criticism of him.
posted by
GoldenMean
on June 18, 2018 at 12:05 AM
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Re: Re: Aba Brother - Fantastic! Just brilliantly told and written.
It did hold my interest, and I shall comment another time when I have more time, and I thought the humor was well-placed, appropriate, and added just the right touch to lighten it up, yet not lost your point(s). Great job! 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 17, 2018 at 10:47 PM
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Re: My friend Anib
I am now thinking of the other interpretations one could draw from the exquisitely rich philosophy of the Gita. What all psychological factors are involved, that is, delving deeper than the surface meanings that words carry. it'll be quite an exercise but worth giving it a try on my part and sharing these with you all for fine discussions in comment. Many thanks GM but I see it as being a somewhat difficult endeavour, LOL. 
Cheers ...
posted by
anib
on June 17, 2018 at 4:15 AM
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Re: Aba Brother - Fantastic! Just brilliantly told and written.
Thank you big sis for your patient reading of my post. Except for a few I did not think many would be able to appreciate and enjoy a long write. But I couldn't help it too, because the subject demands so and it is difficult for me to encapsulate such voluminous works. I take even two/three days to read and re-read to shorten these. That is why I thought of incorporating a bit of humour to hold my readers' interest. And that you could detect, I am happy. These days I am relatively free and am spending my time writing vigorously which I will share with my dear readers like you. Thank you once again.
posted by
anib
on June 17, 2018 at 4:06 AM
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My friend Anib
I would be delighted to read and discuss anything you might want to write about the Gita.
posted by
GoldenMean
on June 17, 2018 at 1:21 AM
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Aba Brother - Fantastic! Just brilliantly told and written.
Wow! I am amazed. I'll have to come back to comment further. Quickly though, I detected a bit of humor here I'd not seen you use in your prior writings, which made your post even more enjoyable to read. Thank you. Many salient points. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 17, 2018 at 12:40 AM
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Thanks Shams so right you are, Om tat sat.
That which you are, so am I. I am Brahman, the Cosmos but an infinitesimally small part, not quantitatively and not qualitatively. I'm happy the way you put it.
posted by
anib
on June 16, 2018 at 5:24 AM
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Re: Anib
It would have then become too big an article to hold a reader's interest. Excepting you and I and a few others none would probably read these attentively. That is why you compliment mine and I, your's.
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anib
on June 16, 2018 at 5:18 AM
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Re: Anib
No doubt these were super brains in their own rights, and also that their understanding was acutely sensitive. Shopenhauer found his own clarity upon having drunk from the fount of the Gita which we, as common people may not appreciate so soon. We had done in our previous arguments only the background aspects. There is a whole lot more to absorb from that book. I am now thinking of doing a completely different version as they (the verses) can have multiple interpretations and when a scientist or a pacifist or a politician or philosopher reads it, he will say 'right, just what I think are all here'. It will be intersting to once again dwell upon. Don't you think ... what do you say? Cheers?
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anib
on June 16, 2018 at 5:14 AM
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Anib
I was a bit surprised that you had nothing to say about Kant's punishing by the Lutheran Church, because in his philosophical passion, he came afoul of their Church doctrines, concerning reincarnation and Hell. He was much closer to the truth in these topics, I think, than the Church was. He was in alignment with you and I, to large degree, and we should give him credit for that, even if his overall philosophy was a disaster. This is what I meant, when I said earlier that we should not throw out the baby with the bath water. Please stay tuned for my next post about Herr Kant. Cheers
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GoldenMean
on June 16, 2018 at 2:42 AM
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Anib
Thanks to you, I now have this image of Schopenhauer, a strict German or other Prussian variety, dancing around the room with a book perched upon his head. But I like that, and I remember our arguments about the Gita, and I think the Gita is far more important than these European philosophers who tried to tell us how to think and feel. They were mostly wrong, but they did have a few good points, so let us not throw the baby out with the bath water, LOL. Cheers
posted by
GoldenMean
on June 16, 2018 at 2:11 AM
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Om tat sar
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on June 16, 2018 at 12:45 AM
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