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  1. Phasmid

    Could someone help me get my head around Buddhist literature?

    Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me understand more of the background of Buddhism. I understand the basic principles from reading books by contemporary authors, but when ever I hear mention of cannonical sources I get extremely confused. Could someone help me out with something like...
  2. Phasmid

    Did God make us broken?

    If so, why?
  3. Phasmid

    BP spills coffee

    WARNING. CONTAINS A COUPLE OF EXPLETIVES. 2AAa0gd7ClM YouTube - BP Spills Coffee
  4. Phasmid

    Can someone please explain the Buddhist view on the 'self'

    If there is no self... then what is it that feels emotion? Also bonus question. If you have a problem for example, loneliness, is the Buddhist idea of living in the moment basically a way of ignoring the problem rather than solving it? For example if you're lonely, would Buddhism prescribe...
  5. Phasmid

    What does the RF Muslim community make of this video?

    And what do the rest of you think? ZHdMlT3E7cg YouTube - 3 Things You Should Know About Islam ما يجب أن تعرفه عن الإسلام
  6. Phasmid

    A few questions on Kemeticism

    No real order of importance to the questions, I just find anything to do with ancient Egypt fascinating. 1) How do the gods manifest? For example if you saw a chaotic scene would you say, "Ah, there's Set" or do you believe the gods are physically the way they appear in Egyptian art? In other...
  7. Phasmid

    Scrap capitalism? *dives out of window*

    A quick and interesting video on the economic crises and it's causes. A friend linked me to it, I'm no expert on the economy but I thought the points raised in this video would lead to some good discussion amongst our members here... which is exactly what the video encourages at the end...
  8. Phasmid

    Tyson sums up my feelings on religion quite nicely

    I don't think religion is a problem, I think fundamentalism is. The video describes a period in history in which people from diverse religious backgrounds were all united in trying to understand the world around them. Then came along fundamentalism and screwed the whole thing up. If only...
  9. Phasmid

    Symphony of Science

    A series of music videos put together from excerpts of science documentaries... for some reason they are extremely compelling. XGK84Poeynk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk&feature=related
  10. Phasmid

    Life without passion

    What does it mean to live without passion in the Buddhist sense? Is life without passion only half lived? Can passion be beneficial?
  11. Phasmid

    Anyone here ever tried giving up caffeine for extended periods?

    I've set myself the challenge of going 2 months without caffeine... it's day 2 and I'm already a broken man (I say day 2 but this has been almost a week since I only had a small coffee a couple of days ago). On the plus side I find it much easier to sleep and am not as easily kept up by the...
  12. Phasmid

    My housemate accidently melted a plastic pizza base in the oven...

    The house stinks of burnt plastic and needless to say the oven is the worst for it... I didn't know what had happened until half way through cooking my dinner. The question is, do you think my food is safe to eat? Or am I better off just chucking it at this point?
  13. Phasmid

    Are any of you opposed to porn for non-religious reasons?

    I'm an apatheist, I don't really think about the existence of god, I don't see it as important... so I'm kind of an atheist but at the same time not really completely... *shrugs* call me what you will. The point is, despite not explicitly believing in god, I do find that I hold common values...
  14. Phasmid

    What genre of music is this?

    I love the MGS theme music, I was wondering if there's any more like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVCD1dsnJI Kind of orchestral with moments of... ... ... I don't know...
  15. Phasmid

    Do I have a stupid attitude to relationships?

    Basically, my mindset seems to be, "If there's doubt, then there is no doubt" i.e. if I'm not 100% certain about being with someone, then I shouldn't persue a relationship. This isn't something I've decided, it just seems to be the way it is. For example, there's a girl back in my home town...
  16. Phasmid

    I just ate 2 raw eggs...

    What are the chances of me getting really sick?
  17. Phasmid

    Question on the self and... stuff... I suck at titles

    To what extent is the person we want to be, indicative of the person we are?
  18. Phasmid

    Cognitive dissonance

    As a Buddhist, do you find you often suffer from cognitive dissonance or get confused about who you are/what you like? For example, I get in a muddle about tiny details like, "Do I prefer tea or coffee?" Or I'll be playing a game and have to choose something like a colour for my character, and...
  19. Phasmid

    If religion was the ancient's way of understanding the world around them...

    then how come it doesn't make more sense? For example, if the ancients didn't understand that Earth revolves around the Sun, why invent a fantastic notion of a gian Scarab beetle moving it about? Why not simply admit ignorance on the subject and try to understand it through observation and...
  20. Phasmid

    Anyone had any odd experiences during meditation?

    I had one just a moment ago... it wasn't anything particularly Earth-shattering. After about 15 minutes my thoughts had calmed significantly and I felt good (usually when I stop meditating) but I figured I'd carry on since I was waiting for my dinner to cook. After a while my thoughts became...
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