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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Leon Hoeneveld
Date: Jul 12, 2008 10:30

bigfletch8@gmail.com schreef:
> On Jul 12, 5:35 pm, Leon Hoeneveld
> wrote:
>> bigflet...@gmail.com schreef:
>>
>>> How can you wrestle it if you dont know what reality is?
>> Wrestling is reality.
>>
>>
>>
>>> The answer is simple. If you are in combat, what you are fighting is
>>> not real.
>> I cannot step out that easily.
>
> Who said it is supposed to be easy:-)

No indeed, most say it's hard, even it's supposed to be hard, because
otherwise you would not learn. But of course there are also people who
learn from watching others struggle.
>>
>>
>>> Non realities are built on beliefs, expectations, regrets, the win/
>>> lose mentality, second hand viewpoints and desires.
>> To be loaded with all kinds of beliefs is making you shine. Who doesn't
>> want to shine?
>
> There's a difference between shining and reflecting.

A big difference. For someone shining the outside world doesn't reach
inwards.
>>
>>
>>> Ever felt as though you are wrestling with yourself? Very tiring and
>>> frustrating, and of course, there is no 'win', just increasing trauma
>>> and disappointment.
>> You wouldn't want a world without obstacles would you?
>
> No more than I would, a world without gravity.
>
> It is not about wanting, but realization. That obsacles are in fact
> stepping stones.

I like that vision. Although harm is something you can't step on.
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