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I think of myself as be more of a Neutral Good alignment.
Originally posted by ExquisitExamplE
If we were to use the Dungeons and Dragons system of alignment, I would consider myself as Chaotic Good, and you would perhaps be Chaotic Neutral.
Rose colored glasses are meant to distort your perception of reality not enhance it, so thanks, but no thanks for the suggestion.
Perhaps you should put them back on, because your will is one of the strongest factors influencing your reality. It has been shown time and time again that prayer and/or meditation has significant effects and can improve the condition of sick people, bring you wealth and success, etc...
Perhaps it's not really your will that's shaping your reality, but your subconscious manipulation of the facts..
Traditionally, when flipping a 100 times, you statistically have a roughly 50/50 chance of coming up heads or tails, but they have shown in studies that if you concentrate on coming up heads every time, it improves the chance of that happening. This is because your will is shaping the reality around you.
Philosophy is all and good, but I have little use for it in my day-to-day existence. It won't keep me safe, and it definitely won't put food in my family's mouth. It's a luxury few can afford in today's trying times.
So perhaps instead of seeing things for what they are, you should see them for what you want them to be, for this is what they shall become. Now is this going to stop me from getting robbed tomorrow, or losing my job, or any other potentially horrible things that may happen to me? Of course not, but what it will do is increase the potentiality of them not happening. As above, so below. As within, So without.
Originally posted by LLoyd45
Perhaps it's not really your will that's shaping your reality, but your subconscious manipulation of the facts..
Originally posted by LLoyd45
It's a luxury few can afford in today's trying times.
It's no big secret that many researchers consciously or subconsciously try to make their results conform to their own personal theories and hypotheses. Nobody likes to be proven wrong, especially those who consider themselves to be much smarter than the average bear.
Originally posted by ExquisitExamplE
I fail to see how you can be subconsciously manipulating facts when you are flipping a coin over and over, trying to land heads, while a researcher is sitting there recording which side the coin lands on, and of the course the experiment is repeated many times with many different test subjects. Would you care to elaborate?
I consider my time a valuable commodity, so I have little patience for mind games or the pursuit of esoteric concepts like the "true" meaning of life.
Originally posted by LLoyd45
How can you not afford something that costs nothing?
Originally posted by LLoyd45
If you truly believe your powers of positive thought work, you shouldn't fear walking down those downtown areas alone at night. Just flash those bad guys your friend-winning smile, and all should be well..
[edit on 15-1-2009 by LLoyd45]
Originally posted by LLoyd45
I think of myself as be more of a Neutral Good alignment.
Originally posted by spaznational
I suggested 2 8 oz bottles. She said she had to have 1 16 oz, 2 8 oz was not fine. I insisted we had no 16 oz bottles. She then sat down on the floor and began to cry! I just ignored her after that.
Originally posted by ExquisitExamplE
Originally posted by LLoyd45
I think of myself as be more of a Neutral Good alignment.
Interesting, why would you act altruistically when you have such a dim view of your fellow man? I'm sorry to bring this up after I have formally finished our discourse, but it came to mind as I was studying.