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Sue Hindmarsh

(Australian thinker, mid-forties, unemployed)

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Genius Forum: March, 2004 - March 2006

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Femininity and masculinity need not have anything to do with what sex you are. These concepts used here are all to with quality of mind.

The minds of most men are equally propelled through life by woman. He is subject to the same mindless pursuits as she. He is as much her as she is him.  The fact that modern men are becoming more and more feminine has nothing to do with women and everything to do with their own lack of integrity. 'Reason', in the past, was held high. Now the emotions are thought of as being supreme.

Living through your emotions is fine, as long as you don't expect any rational or consistent outcome from them. Men who think highly of themselves because they contrast themselves with women are fooling themselves. The only true benchmark for how masculine you are has to do with your relationship with Truth - nothing more, nothing less.

It is Reality that defines what is truly masculine and truly feminine.

We have not seen a woman sage as yet, but the jury is "still out" on the question of one arising.

 

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Women take things up and then drop them with the greatest of ease. She doesn t discriminate between things, she just goes with the flow. So whatever is next on offer, she ll pick it up and make it her .

Even when women find themselves in situations where there are no things (people, etc) to define them; that is to say, when they are completely alone - they still come up trumps. Because it is then that women go into the very core of their being and come back with tears. Blubbering and wailing, even if no one else is there to see it, makes her feel better. Through her tears her femininity flows freely, keeping her connected to everything, and thereby providing her with an existence. So, the upside for woman is that femininity is always with her, and she is never truly alone; the downside is well I suppose for any woman, there really is no downside it s all good .

I suppose the only people that truly experience the downside of woman, are those that are used by her. If you are in a relationship with one of them, realizing that the woman you are with is nothing but a puff of air, can be quite disconcerting - especially when you have pinned your hopes and dreams for the future on her.
 

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Woman s personality is flexible, as is her appearance. If a chap prefers his woman big-boobed and well read - I m sure she can accommodate him. Does he like her to be simple and energetic no problem at all. Does he want her to be more noble and courageous than he well, hold on a minute who said anything about a man wanting his woman to be more than he is himself.

 

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Women love to keep mementos and souvenirs from past relationships, or events. Many of them place framed photos of their loved ones on every available surface, or hang them on their walls, or they ve kept every doll they were ever given as a child, or they collect knick-knacks and fill cupboards and side-tables with them, or, like Elizabeth, they like to keep gifts from ex-boyfriends. All this 'stuff' surrounding them is a constant reminder of how special and wonderful their life really is. It also makes the transference from one object of desire to another object so much easier. She can still hang on to something before crossing over to the next.

It s like they re rock climbers, they never let go of one hand-hold before getting a grip on the next, otherwise they might fall; or in the case of women - disappear.

 

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Like little children, women believe, in a fluffy, half-formed sort of way, that everything is theirs. Nothing else is, or could be, more special or important than they are. And also like little children, they are only aware of what is immediately in front of them, and once involved, they can get very upset when the thing is taken away but only for a moment; they quickly cast an eye around and there! is always another thing.
 

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Lacking an internal life; women have no direct relationship with anything. The closest she can come to it is through others. You only have to look at most media, or television, to see how that works. Soaps and magazines are full of stories and gossip about other people. These others become one with her through her femininity. It works like this: woman is linked to everything by an invisible bond that s femininity - which is the unconscious. The feminine mind could be described as like being in the early stages of Alzheimer s; you know all the needs and wants of your family, you hold down a good job, you analyze, theorize, and speculate on many matters, you love and hate, you pay your taxes and vote, you are a leader in your community, you drive a car and fly a plane - but your mind isn t actually making proper connections. Yes, connections are being made, but most are half or badly formed; meaning that any loving, analyzing, leading or speculating done, is only superficial. That s where men come into the picture. Through their masculinity, women are given direction. This gives them the appearance of possessing conscious minds. The whole world is set up the way it is to make everything easily available for woman s use. That s also why there must always be a masculine influence in her life; either through male relatives, (fathers, brothers, husbands and sons) and, or; governments, police, soldiers, and the man next door. She needs one, or all of these male influences to move through life. Men are mostly ignorant of, or chose to ignore, the influence they have on women - but sometimes it is made evident through the violence they inflict upon them, or the jokes they tell about them, or the way they patronize them. All this, of course, does nothing to change women - it just gives femininity more room to grow.

 

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Because philosophy is a purely masculine pursuit, and only then for those males with the strength of mind and heart to stomach it; I d always be extremely sceptical of any female interest in this area.

You are spot on in your evaluation of Woman using philosophy as a crutch - because, at base, philosophy is no different from any other area of life, and is therefore, at her disposal. Her involvement may be a way to show off her intellectual muscles, or her compassion, or her passion, or how proud and principled she is all of which, at most, could make her a good catch for anyone out there looking; or, at the least, allow her to have a bit of fun, or as a filler between work and TV.

There is, of course, one way of sorting this wheat from the chaff , and that is through Truth itself. Woman doesn t thrive in the pure masculine realm, so any woman who gets close to any real understanding of Truth, (which is completely accidental) quickly turns and runs back to her giggling girlfriends. You see it happen again and again, for example; the concept of cause and effect is so simple and pure, and not at all difficult, even woman can understand it yet, mention the next logical step - because all things are caused, then cause and effect isn't real well then

Hello, where has everyone gone?

As, I was saying: the simpler the truth; the harder for woman to have anything to do with it. So if any woman starts philosophizing in your direction; just speak some of these simple, profound truths, such as; love is evil, woman has no true existence, compassion is the vomit of the weak, children are useless creatures unless brought up to become wise men, the feminine must die, marriage and coupling is the same as getting a lobotomy, there is only one Truth and men can only know it, Well, you get the picture. I wouldn t be the least bit surprised if that after speaking just a couple of those truths, you would be halted, and then told, You are a sad little man, with no real understanding of anything, because you have never known love, or felt the warmth of another human being by your side, and anyway, everyone is equal and everyone has the right to their own truths, and all truth is subjective, and who do you think you are telling me what is true, you should get a life and stop bothering people with this truth nonsense . And then they will either punch you, or cry at you either way, you would have made their day. But what if they stand there and say, You are perfectly correct what then? Well, I suppose all you can do is ensure, through reasoning, that your understanding of Truth is without doubt correct, and then, see if what the other person has to offer, resonates with what you know to be true.

So, in summary: Never trust a woman, nor take for granted anything she tells you, and always strive to eliminate her from your mind and the minds of all who come in contact with you.
 

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Femininity remains the same, not because it gains from being so - no, femininity knows neither profit nor loss - all it knows, is what it's told.

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David Quinn: Are you suggesting that a woman can, though her many feminine resources, get through any situation unscathed and in front? Are there situations which she cannot get through in this way?

I suppose death would be one of them.

Sue Hindmarsh:  The only situation a woman s feminine resources are made absolutely redundant is when she comes into contact with the purely masculine. There, because the feminine has been eradicated, she is powerless to make her presence felt. She is shown by contrast with the masculine, to be a ghost creature formless and lacking substance.

That is why woman has no real interest, or need, for the masculine pursuit of philosophy as it does not support her, protect her, or foster her, in any way.
 

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Sue Hindmarsh: Without an internal life, the only evidence of her existence is in the things she collects.

David Quinn: I suppose that is why she likes to surround herself with lots of "beautiful things". And also, why she likes to dress sexually. "I wear see-through, therefore I am".

Sue Hindmarsh: Lacking both character and value; she naively believes that her bejewelled bare flesh, gives her both.

What about, I am sex: therefore I am ?

David Quinn: Well, that sounds a bit too tangible to me. Perhaps, "I am relationship, therefore I am", might be better.

The thing about wearing "see-through" - e.g. flimsy clothing, jewelry, make-up, flowing hair, etc - is that it all seems to point to something which is not immediately apparent to the senses. The function of all this paraphernalia is to refer beyond themselves to a hidden kind of existence inside her. That is how her existence is formulated - not as a tangible presence, but as a veiled suggestion.

They are like signs which point to a mirage. Or rather, the signs themselves create the mirage.

Sue Hindmarsh: And what a powerful mirage it is. Indeed, it has the power to draw men to it, as if they were being drawn to some life giving nectar; when instead, men are the life giving nectar for women. She uses men to provide her with substance and meaning, thereby creating her existence.

How she does this, without men knowing what is happening to them, is by the subtlest of means she gets men to talk to her. Women spend their entire lives preening and prettifying themselves in order to make men notice them; and once noticed, men are drawn to talk to them. Of course women s greatest achievement is to actually marry a man (or a series of men), but having a man to talk to, is nearly as good like having lots of short-term marriages.

Women love to talk and talk and talk we all know this. Jokes have been written about it, That woman could talk underwater . Most media is just women talking about themselves. Girlfriends, wives and mothers, are always talking at you about something or other and expect some sort of reply. The women at work expect you to join in the morning tea chat session; whether you want to or not. Your grandmother makes you listen to stories about dead people you do not know and couldn t care less about, but you sit there and listen all the same, because if you don t, you ll be told off by the other women in your family. The number of times you are made to talk to women is endless. She can literally "talk underwater" but for good reason. If they stopped talking they would stop; that is to say, if you stopped listening to and talking to women; paid them no attention what-so-ever, they would literally disappear.

It is true.

Women - from the very young, to the very old - need to talk. Not because they will start to think if they stop talking; no, that would imply they actually had a mind, where thinking could take place - they need to talk, and have people talk back at them, because it makes them appear real . Not that they know that for them it is just instinctual. That s where men come into it.

Men make the mistake of thinking women have individual minds; like they do. When they talk to women, they really believe that what is coming out of women s mouths; has first come through a mind. The truth is, the closest we can come to describing the female mind, is to say that it is; a swirling tangled thing, without depth or formal structure, which all of them share, and from which emanates worthless ramblings, equal to that which comes from the proverbial village idiot.

So, if men stopped talking to women, they would discover the true relationship women have with them. That without men, there would be no women, and the mirage would be blown away.
 

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It is so very difficult to get onto the philosophical path that I am always astounded when someone tries. Like I said before, Kelly is a young woman, with the world at her feet, yet she wants to get into philosophy. It just sounds too weird.

Women do not need philosophy in any shape or form. For a woman to think that philosophy could be something she could give her life to seems at odds with nature. Kelly has dipped her little toe in the pool of thought and seems to have decided that the water isn t too cold. Whether she plunges head first into that pool is another thing entirely.

The overall impression I get of Kelly is of someone struggling to get a grip on truth. That struggle, whether she succeeds in it or not, is of great value in a world that values everything, and therefore nothing.
 

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There is a good reason why there aren t many women getting their teeth into philosophy and that reason is simple. They are WOMEN!

I am sure that there have been plenty of intelligent women who have realized the life of woman was not something they could take seriously. So they looked around for an alternative and some of those women must have happened upon philosophy. Most that looked probably found philosophy too isolating (not something you could win friends and influence people with), and quietly left and joined a political party or academia, wrote a novel or became mothers. The few who stayed on would have found the philosophical life very hard going, but ploughed on anyway.

What happened to those women? Why don t we have any evidence of them?

My conclusion is that they did not plough on at all. When things got too tough they just went back to their old lives.

This is not hard to believe when you remember that the whole world is feminine and that women have more to lose than men if they try to leave it, because women are defined by femininity. Everywhere they go Woman is there telling them to stop their foolishness and just be happy. Obviously men are getting the same message, but a few strong ones have resisted over the years and have made some progress.
 

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People are of little consequence, being human is all that matters. What people do is rubbish. There is no other existence for them except the hell of life and death. But every so often, a human appears and lends a hand to those that also want to be human.

Humans have a chequered history:

Being human is so rare, that when they do appear in amongst the mob, they are usually; ignored, killed, or pushed into the dirt, so that a religion can be built on top of them something Jesus and Buddha could attest to. In more recent times, they have helped keep academic philosophy alive though they would vomit if they could see the horrors they ve inspired. These days, the few that hang out on forums and write books also can t be sure what will happen to their work, but like their predecessors, all they can do is their best, and along the way maybe help a fledgling human reach their potential.
 

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When I write about women, I always do so from a philosophical position, and am not writing about anyone in particular except Kelly, since this thread is about her work. As far as I m concerned, women are completely innocent.

Woman is the feminine mind, and therefore is not just about women, but also men. There is one major difference between women and men, and that difference makes men more special. Being born male, he carries in him the potential for masculinity. Most males are either slobs or female impersonators, but even these guys have more philosophical potential than women. They may not ever take up philosophy themselves, but through them, masculinity survives and may produce a few truly masculine minds.

So women need not fear having to renounce (any) apparent biological attributes for the sake of mass delusion , because first the mass delusion would have to renounce them.

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The feminine mind is the engine of the world it generates all the emotional and irrational play. Both men and women play together there.

The masculine mind, as rare as it is, understands and has compassion for the world. Using reason to unravel the feminine, in an attempt to bring about its downfall; is only a small part of the masculine potential. The power of this potential is made apparent, when you consider that, the feminine mind isn t aware of itself at all, whereas, the masculine mind has the ability to know itself in its entirety. Only men have the capacity to live with such an undertaking, so they travel alone.
 

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Without an inner life, toughened by reason and a nail-hard resolve to live by Truth alone; femininity quickly finds nesting places to call her own.
 

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Women don t need principles, men do women just need men.

When a baby boy is born, his unformed future lays before him. As he grows, he prepares himself for the challenges ahead. Fully grown, he takes up a job that will from then on define him as a man.

With a baby girl it is different; she is born with her life fully formed. Femininity defines her; therefore, the moment of her birth, and the moment she reaches her full potential, are one and the same.

Accrediting your impulse to rebel as a male thing is correct when you consider how and why men lead the lives they do. Males, from any time or from any place in history, have all faced the same demands from their society get a job, get food, get a mate, then fight other males for a better job, better food, and a better mate. All male endeavours can be boiled down to this cycle of toil. When men become great artists, musicians, scientists, leaders, or thinkers; they are still trapped in that same cycle - they have just pushed the bar up a peg or two.

A woman s life is defined through her relationships with others. She becomes a child, girlfriend, wife, mother, or grandmother, because that role has been created for her through the other person. The more relationships that come her way; the more Woman she inherits. Even if she doesn t have any relationships, and is alone in the world, she is still defined by Woman through the lack of them. Because women are not defined by their actions like men are, what they do is of little consequence, that is - as long as they don t stray too far from Woman. For example, an unmarried female President and her unmarried sister, raising six kids, have exactly the same status in the Woman Stakes as each other - because they both lack that crucial relationship. For a woman to reach the highest that Woman has to offer, she would be married, or at least be coupled with someone, have children and lots of friends.

These relationships are extremely necessary. Through them, women s emotions are given life; which in turn, gives her life meaning.

So women s lives aren t like men s; they don t have to fix their lives to some goal to create their own existence. Their lives flow freely from relationship to relationship, from circumstance to circumstance. Men can change and grow from their experiences; women never change, because they never experience anything directly only through their emotions.

Your being confounded by Woman is inevitable. Men value certainty - something woman can t possess. Her emotions pull her first this way and then that way. Never are they at rest. Never are they satisfied. Women are compelled to change their hair, clothes, d cor, boyfriend, job, ideas, husband, loves, hates - everything, all the time. No thing escapes this emotional whirlwind. Even the idea, that she is downtrodden , becomes just another emotional fix.

So Matt, you hit the nail on the head when you said, Women don't do things to express a principle, they just go with whatever feels best . Expecting women to be able to have a principle, let alone express it, is asking something of them that they are entirely incapable of ever achieving.

 

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I m still trying to figure out what a masculine woman is?

From television, newspapers, movies, music, magazines and the woman next door, I gather that women are becoming more masculine at the same rate that men are becoming more feminine. I see evidence everywhere of men becoming more feminine, but I m not sure what I should be looking out for to find masculine women.

With each passing decade, we witness another generation of men, carelessly casting their male heritage aside - in order to slide effortlessly into the feminine homogeneity. Seemly, it then becomes the job of women to take up the slack - of which I am told, they do with great ease.

In the process of becoming totally feminine, men would have to lose all consciousness, that is; all their ideas, their beliefs, their dignity, and their individuality. So, when women talk about becoming masculine, are they talking about becoming conscious? Is male consciousness now a larger part of the woman s world? Are more women giving up their past ways to not only take up the slack , but now, empowered by this new driving force, and with missionary zeal - are they also working hard to pull men into shape by encouraging them back onto the path of masculinity?
 

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Men may fall for bravado, because they don t want to appear womanly; and if that is correct, it then means that they kind of know they are womanly.
 

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The Masculine can exist separately from the feminine, because it is conscious. The feminine cannot exist separately from the masculine, because it is not conscious. So it is through these two concepts, conscious and not conscious , that masculinity and femininity are understood.

Being masculine, and therefore conscious; means you have the potential to know yourself. Self awareness can lead to an understanding of everything, i.e. The Ultimate. The feminine, lacking consciousness, and therefore unable to have any insights into its own reality, or for that matter, any other things reality; can never know Ultimate Reality.

So when Kelly writes, Truth is not perfectly clear... , I understand this to mean - when the masculine is not fully developed, the feminine can still arise to distract the masculine from its conscious efforts to be rid of the feminine. Once distracted, the masculine must fasten onto its knowledge of God (Ultimate Reality), to lessen the hold of the feminine.
 

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The emotions influence ideals and reason by first focusing the mind onto the ideal. Then, if you are rational enough to apply reason to that ideal, reason takes control and the emotions are given a smaller role.

The difference between the emotions and the ability to reason is: whereas reason can bring you to understand both the ideal and its associated emotions; an ideal based on emotions alone, can only bring about more emotions, making the ideal exceedingly vague.

Even more important, is the fact that reason can look upon itself and check its progress in discovering and applying the ideal. The emotions don't have this ability, and are instead lost in their own meanderings, with no point of reference - so that any ideal proposed by emotion alone, is a deformed, haphazard thing.
 

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Masculinity is productive, causing both: devil and saint, destruction and creativity, as well as everything in between. This is why masculinity is such an asset. For without it, we d not have the culture we have today, and philosophy would never have developed.

Men aren t more emotional than women, but they do feel things more deeply and strongly than them.
 

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I agree that females have less capacity for endurance, but we are yet to know if this will cause them to fail in their attempt at enlightenment. We know the degree of masculinity needed to become a philosopher is extremely high. It is so high, that maybe a few men may reach it, but most will be left behind. Knowing this, yet still continuing in one s quest, could make all the difference.

What I find most interesting is the question of why women take up philosophy in the first place. It could only be for one of two reasons: they take it up for the same reason they take up anything else to enhance their femininity; or, they take it up because they doubt that love and happiness is of any real value. Deciding which of these two is the real driving force, is difficult to know. I suppose what is needed is more time to see what happens. As the old adage tell us - the proof is in the pudding - and at present, we re only at the sifting the flour stage.

Some may say that it is sexist to conclude that women have but two reasons for getting into philosophy, and that women are people too and therefore should be given equal respect and encouragement - but I don t think so. Women have no place in philosophy what-so-ever. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, as to their motivation, is being very generous indeed. The consequences of allowing women to enter this domain may prove, at best - a waste of time; at worst more womanly nonsense to be added to the ever expanding nonsense doing its utmost to smother Truth.

Ah, but we may yet be pleasantly surprised. A female may become a true philosopher - proving me, and all the skeptics, wrong.

And then what?

Well, nothing.

Men can only be philosophers.
 

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I m a great believer in looking at where desires and beliefs come from, before I'd allow them to shape my life. A good start , is looking at why we have beliefs in the first place.

Being brought up in any society means you inherit a set of beliefs, which have proven successful in keeping that group together. Whatever set of beliefs are placed before you, you must accept them, or risk expulsion from the group. The family unit is at the heart of this indoctrination, making it very difficult for any member to ever break free. This is made obvious when you consider the teenager: they push and shove at their bounds, fighting to make a life of their own then they grow-up, get a job, find a partner, and talk about how they can best protect their assets, and how being loved and showing compassion are all that really matter in life.

Some people tell me that they're not like that; that they have broken free from their societies beliefs, and are now living the life of an individual.

But it s difficult to believe a word of it, and for good reason -

People are a restless mob; always looking for something more, something new and special. Each new generation thinks they have discovered new ideas , of which they pronounce as advancements on the past generation s moldy old offerings. This happens over and over again, with each generation setting out their new found truths as - the awakening of a new age .

Of course, all that really happens is: the new generation gets hold of what s old, shakes it up a bit, turns it inside out, and then repackages it as something more meaningful .

I must add though, most of the 'repackaging' done now-a-days shows just how dumbed down the process has become. Vague sentiments such as the one you re fostering Bert, find out your own desires and beliefs,for you are the only one who knows the path , sounds very New Age.

Like most people, you desire a belief system that works for you. That s fine - as long as you don t confuse your emotional longing with the cold hard battle to break free from all false beliefs and vague desires. That s the path that interests me. It s also a path that, though hardly used, other adventurous souls have travelled down before, making it a little easier for those few strong hearts, intending to travel it today.
 

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Kierkegaard was one of those adventurous souls who strove to make clear the path. He lived in a time, when all around him believed themselves to be Christians; patting each other on the back for their lucky inheritance. Yet Kierkegaard wrote, to become a Christian, one had to endure the greatest of sufferings and carry the heaviest of burdens; and that was just the first step. Something, the good people around him found laughable.
 

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Q: What does this look inside a woman's mind? How does she experience a diminishing of her own existence?

A:  Both of the above questions are quite odd; especially when you remember that women have neither individual minds, nor individual existence. But we can easily discover what they think they experience, by seeing what they hold dear. We know she worships femininity, and all that comes with it; love and romance, marriage and children, beauty and fashion, talking and shopping, holding back and letting go but most of all, femininity gives her the feeling of superiority over all things and circumstances.

Women can make the best of any situation. For them, everyday is Christmas Day, with lots of presents to open and delight in.

 

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Being superior in all things is easy when the benchmark is forever changing. Today a woman may see herself as a loving wife and mother, but tomorrow she may become the warring ex-wife, teaching hatred to her children and condemning all men as bastards - either way, she is in the right . Men are always in the wrong , simply because they are conscious.  Women, on the other hand, can t be responsible for anything, because they aren t conscious so they may do as they please.
 

 

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A woman knows neither suffering, nor joy she may have a thousand emotions travelling through her, but she has never felt any of them. She has never loved nor hated, felt peaceful, or experienced excitement. When she tells you that she loves you , it is meaningless. It is like being told by a slight breeze that you are its one and only love impossible and absurd.

"Love" originates, and only exists, in the minds of men; it is felt by them, and can be understood by them. Woman doesn t have an inner life, so the emotions can t connect or interact with her. Emotions are just continuously at play, and she, like them, arise in the environments created by the conscious minds of men. So if men gave up falling in love with women; romantic love would cease. If men stopped trusting their emotions, and did away with them completely, then women would have no way into men s lives, and without men, they would simply disappear.
 

 

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Woman is without ego; she is instead man s ego "personified".  All man s weaknesses have gone into creating her. His ego longs for immeasurable comforts, unending pleasures and eternal happiness and he comes up with "woman" as the focal point for the fulfilment of all these obsessions.

Through his love for her, he believes that his longings will be satisfied, and then his life will be successful and have meaning. But after a short time with her, the seeds of doubt encroach upon his happy dream, and he begins to feel unsure that she can actually live up to his expectations. He has invested a lot of himself in her, so he won t give her up, but he will try and find ways to make her appear more than what she is now. He will get a better job, work harder and make more money. Then he ll buy a bigger house and a better, faster car. He ll send his kids to the best schools and encourage them to be the best in all they do. He ll pay for his wife to have all the clothes, shoes, hair styles, personal trainers, plastic surgery, pottery classes, university degrees and flying lessons that he can afford all to make her look better; so that he looks better. He ll go and fight wars for her, be killed for her, conquer and pillage whole worlds for her. He ll create philosophies, religions and great art in celebration of his belief in beauty, compassion and purity all of which he ascribes to her.

But stop! He cannot keep the pretence going he starts to drink more, he yells at the kids, he hits her, loses his job, loses her, loses the kids, starts a fight in the pub, spends time in jail, starts a new job, meets a new woman, buys another house .....

Man s ego drives him onwards; never satisfying, nor comforting him. Woman is just along for the ride.
 

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To eliminate the feminine from your mind , and the minds of others, you first need to understand the feminine completely.  The degree of difficulty in achieving this is equal to the degree of masculinity a person possesses.  A man with a very high degree of masculinity can easily understand the feminine completely, with her having little or no effect on him; whereas, a lesser man will be blind to a deeper understanding of her, and therefore will still find himself affected by her.

The problem is, she is not always easy to find - having as she does the whole universe to hide in. And if you can t find her, then it is impossible for you to ever understand her. This is why the feminine is much discussed by the likes of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Solway and Quinn they know how cunning she can be at finding hiding places in the minds of men. They also know that the only way to eliminate her is to first dislodge her from men s minds. Once that is done, men have a greater chance of taking a step onto the philosophic path.
 

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Someone took a youth to a sage and said: "Look, he is being corrupted by women."

The sage shook his head and smiled. "It is men," said he, "that corrupt women; and all the failings of women should be atoned and improved in men. For it is man who creates for himself the image of woman, and woman forms herself according to this image."

"You are too kindhearted about women," said one of those present; "you do not know them."

The sage replied: "Will is the manner of men; willingness that of women. That is the law of the sexes - truly, a hard law for women. All of humanity is innocent of its existence; but women are doubly innocent. Who could have oil and kindness enough for them?"

"Damn oil! Damn kindness!" Someone else shouted out of the crowd; "women need to be educated better!"

"Men need to be educated better," said the sage and beckoned to the youth to follow him.

The youth, however, did not follow him.

Nietzsche, 1882
 

Quite often, what looks to be 'masculine', is actually the feminine at play so it is wise to weed out the feminine, to ensure that any discussion about the masculine is truly just that.

For example, Nietzsche s text above is a discussion on the power of the feminine, and how man should be better prepared to expel her from his life

The sage shook his head and smiled. "It is men," said he, "that corrupt women; and all the failings of women should be atoned and improved in men. For it is man who creates for himself the image of woman, and woman forms herself according to this image."

Nietzsche describes how the feminine exists first in man, and then from him, woman is created.

"Will is the manner of men; willingness that of women. That is the law of the sexes - truly, a hard law for women. All of humanity is innocent of its existence; but women are doubly innocent. Who could have oil and kindness enough for them?"

Man has no inherent existence he was never born, nor shall he ever die from this he understands his Eternal Nature. 

Woman has no inherent existence but to understand this, she must first be born .

"Men need to be educated better"

When men value the Truth, they grow to be truly loving and kind to women and men alike. They treat women like men speak to them, and interact with them, as if they were men. These Truth loving men speak against love, marriage, comfort, friendship, religion, traditions, family, pride, vanity, success, beauty, humility, compassion and the many other falsehoods which have created Woman. They laugh at those who value their lives, and at those who seek gain or regret loss.

 

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Man will create philosophies, religions and great art in celebration of his belief in beauty, compassion and purity, but instead of ensuring that all these activities are underpinned by Reality, he haphazardly throws himself into them then ascribes his follies to woman.

For example War:  Men have fought each other over property since the beginning of time. His property is his family and community, and the land they occupy; and protecting them is his life s work. Generation after generation of men have gone to battle to preserve the lifestyle they value but if men realized how truly valuable their lives were, that within them lay the potential for eternal life, do you think they would waste their precious lives on protecting woman, children, scraps of land and flags?

Once men understood their potential, they might fight a war to preserve their lives and lifestyles, if they thought that in doing so they were preserving Truth - but I'd say they'd only do it as a last resort.
 

 

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The world, as we have been brought up to understand it, is nothing like reality.  There are many things that have to be re-evaluated, such as consciousness and unconsciousness. The unwrapping of the feminine is just that a re-evaluating of the underlying driving force of humanity. Looking into the feminine makes it easier to get a clearer picture of the masculine.

Most men are feminine through and through, making masculinity very rare. The consequence of this is that most men don t understand what true masculinity is, easily getting confused by their own cockeyed ideas about it.  For example, most men think being courageous is a masculine trait and it is, if it is directed at a masculine endeavour like Understanding the Ultimate but it becomes a laughing matter if you waste it on something as feminine as say mathematics, science or soldiering.

 

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Keeping it simple - it is best to describe the masculine as consciousness, and the feminine as unconsciousness.   And since our interest is in understanding Truth, we can use as our reference point Consciousness of Truth .   So a female or male that is conscious of the Truth can be spoken of as exhibiting true masculine traits, whereas a female or male who is not conscious of the Truth can be spoken of as exhibiting feminine traits.

The first group use their level of living in accordance with Truth as their benchmark in discerning their levels of masculinity and femininity. The second group, being ignorant of Truth, can be divided into varying degrees of masculinity and femininity. For example, a prerequisite for understanding Truth is a strong mind which can use reason and discriminate to a high degree so if a person has the beginnings of that type of mind, you could say they were more masculine than feminine. It is only a small step, especially when you consider that much of that person s life would be spent wallowing in ignorance, but a small step is better than no step at all, and could lead to larger steps.

Most prerequisites for becoming a Great Philosopher are already present in many males; that hardly any of them will go on to become philosophers gives us a clear indication of how difficult philosophy is for most men. Women who have thoughts of becoming philosophers have to factor in that they will be constantly tugged back to the realms of the feminine, not only by other women, but by men also. Of course, men have these same pressures on them, but the reason some are able to break away more easily than others, is that they are able to direct all their energies to that one goal, and not be distracted by worldly concerns.

For some males and females, understanding the basics of Truth is enough. For others, they want to do more than understand Truth, they want to live it. They possess an unquenchable thirst for Truth, giving them the strength of giants and the courage of lions. It is these few that everyone else is judged against so when you are considering your own development, size yourself up beside the likes of Diogenes or Hakuin; Kierkegaard or Solway, and then you will know what needs to be done in your own life. Use their strength and their courage to push your own life forward.

Truthfulness is what matters - don t let yourself be sapped of all your energies because you are worried about whether or not you are masculine enough to become a philosopher instead, open your eyes and mind to Truth, and then cast your mind upon the world.

Understand the feminine/masculine, but do it from a less emotional perspective.

 

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Science, maths and engineering are all important for the development of technology; and, as you say, without technology, the Internet wouldn t exist. I m all for the development of technology, and for men s involvement in it, as long as those men involved realise that their tinkering with numbers and tossing up theories of everything has nothing to do with the understanding, or the fostering of Truth.

The fact that they do consider their pursuits as important work in unlocking the truths of the universe means that their efforts are the stuff of the feminine. If they acknowledged that they weren t really interested in knowing or understanding Truth in any shape, way or form, then I d say they were at least being honest, and that perhaps they had some potential to actually start thinking about Reality.

So it s not, as you say, mutually exclusive for men to be involved in the development of technologies and also understand Truth, but it would be very rare. Both take a lot of mind work so much so, that to do both might mean to do neither very well. This would explain why most of the Great Philosophers led solitary lives, free from the constraints of taking care of a family, and working at a job.

 

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Understanding Truth is a big "first step", but there are more steps to take steps that deepen that understanding.  Your life becomes an outward example of that deepening, as your attachments become weakened and your inner life strengthened. But because you are still developing, you may still fall under the sway of illusion, but only for a moment or two. You are not lost in the feminine, like ignorant people are you can pass through it, with very little consequence. You are aware of your feminine qualities, but are able to amend them.

It s like a tradesman who, though he learnt his trade well during his apprenticeship years, still has to find his feet once he begins his working life. As each year passes he gains more confidence as his understanding and abilities grow. So, from his very first day as an apprentice, to a career spanning forty years, he has been a tradesman possessing varying degrees of skill.

The same with understanding Truth there are the early years, when your understanding grows and matures, and then the later years, when you are able to rest more in your deeper understanding. All that time, you understand Truth, and during that time, you are continually making slight corrections to your behaviour, based on the depth of your understanding.

Diogenes may be able to shed more light on the subject:

Whenever people complimented Diogenes, he would slap himself hard across the face and in self-reproach would cry, "Shame! I must have done something terribly wicked!"

Passing a stream, Diogenes saw a boy drinking out of his hands. "A child has beaten me in simplicity," he said, throwing away his cup.
 

 

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It is faith that creates the deep chasm between the world of man and the "Man of God".

That there are five or ten men who possess this faith is a blessing to the world. The reason there aren t more, isn t because Truth is too difficult to understand no, the reason is that most people lack faith.

Having a great passion for something helps you put into it the hard work and perseverance needed to become expert at it. Understanding life and death takes not only passion, but also faith. When your understanding is still in the early stages of development, passion is helpful to spur you forward, but it is faith that takes you onwards, ever closer to your goal of becoming pure spirit.

To drag yourself out of ignorance takes a keen mind and a strong will. Once you have a taste of wisdom, you then need a leap of faith to take you on further. Hardly anyone ever uses their mind, will, or faith to try and understand anything about Reality they instead like to cling to what they believe to be their nice, safe lives.

Genius is rare, because ignorance is abundant.

 

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Not all the Great Men wrote books. Many of them had their lives and words recorded by others. Most of these men knew nothing of one another, nor did many of them have any encouragement, or help from anyone yet they still progressed on the philosophical path.

My suggestion to look to the Great Men of philosophy for encouragement and guidance, by making them your benchmark , makes perfect sense. They have done what you may want to do they have attempted, and to varying degrees, succeeded in freeing themselves from suffering. Why not use them to make your way easier?

 

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A Great Philosopher is, by definition, someone that lives according to Truth. He doesn t employ his time making a name for himself, he just does what he can to help others attain freedom from the hell in which they live.

 

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It is true that the feminine mind depends for its existence on the masculine mind.  But it is also the case that most men depend on the feminine to also exist - and when I say most men I mean 99.9% of them. Men who have not turned their minds to the discovery of wisdom are living a mostly feminine existence, because their motivations and actions are dedicated to the feminine.

Everyday, most men go to work. By doing so they are contributing to the ignorance in the world, because work is fundamentally a feminine activity. For example, say a man spends eight hours every day working down a mine why is he doing this? One reason would be so that he can afford food and shelter, as well as some beer and cigarettes. Another reason would be to attract a woman to marry, and raise a family with. All these activities make him feel successful, because he is building a life and a future for himself.   All these activities are attachments; which means, he is not living a life dedicated to Truth.

So even though men carry the seed of masculinity within them, most squander it on enjoying life in the feminine. There are a few men that have made understanding Reality their job so it is those few that are keeping masculinity alive. These men can rightly be called 'masculine'.

The feminine is falsity the stuff of normal life: love, hope, sadness, striving, wishing, dreaming, longing, hate, loneliness, boredom, excitement, etc. Most men and women are feminine, living in a feminine world.

'Life' is preoccupied with bullshit that s what makes it grow and spread.
 

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Men who are 'sheep' are attached to the feminine and will do all they can to protect it; whereas the men who are more 'goat'-like are willing to tear femininity apart to take a look inside.

The sheep will never understand anything about Truth, because their egos are focused on extracting happiness and comfort from everyday things like work, sport, women, mates, war, science, cars, money and creating a future for themselves. Sheep like to ask questions of themselves (when they re not too busy doing something more interesting) like Who am I? , What is the world really all about? , Why is there so much hate and sadness in the world? , Where is my life going? , When will I be truly happy and satisfied?   And the one answer they come up with for all of these questions is, Life s a mystery, so just make the best of it.    And they do mindlessly adding to the horrors and hardships of themselves and billions of people in the present, as well as innumerable people in the future. At bottom, their egos are too weak to ever be dissatisfied enough to ever honestly question themselves, or the world in which they live.

The goats have larger egos and are prepared to sacrifice their own immediate happiness and security for the chance of a life free from all turmoil, and all falsity. They often start by questioning their own existence, asking, What am I? Or they may start investigating the true value of traditions and beliefs. They are also not afraid to attack their own thinking; doubting their conclusions and not letting up on themselves until they re sure they have reached bedrock truth. These men have the potential to understand everything that was, is and will be.

 

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Plague seems an apt term when describing the consequences of the herd mentality. We may have computers and space travel, but we are still burdened by hatred and suffering.

Progress is fine if it is connected to Truth, but otherwise it is just supporting and fostering all the feminine lies and nonsense that people enslave their lives to. For example, evolution is closer to the Truth than religion, but there are still billions of people on the planet who don t know anything about it, or worse still, say that it is just a theory . Religion, on the other hand, is doing very well due to the stupidity and laziness of the masses.

Like I said the feminine underpins society in so many ways, it really isn t hard to find her.

 

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Men would still be called men even if fashion dictated that they have plastic surgery to look exactly the same as women.

Men are sadly still called men even though fashion dictates that they think exactly the same as women.

The domestication of men was inevitable they want women.

The domestication of masculinity has been a battle these days masculinity is losing out to femininity big time. The only way to preserve it is by studying and developing it in a pristine environment, which of course is Philosophy. It really is the only place to truly understand masculinity, because it is the only place that femininity can't get a foot in the door.

 

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Breastfeeding is really good for helping babies grow strong and healthy, but if you feed it to a grown man as his only source of food, he d soon grow weak and ill.

I think mankind has had long enough in its infancy stage isn t it time he grew up?

 

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Knowing what you are not is a good stepping stone to knowing what you are. For instance, understanding that you have no beginning or end means that you know that you do not exist as a separate self you are absolutely everything.

 

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Making observations, solving problems, analysing, drawing conclusions, discriminating, categorizing, etc are activities common to all people science uses all of them at different times to work on the many problems and questions they wish to find solutions to. The Buddha also used them, but he directed his attention to one concern only the understanding of Ultimate Reality.

 

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There is a huge difference between the average Joe s idea of thinking and the philosopher s reasoned approach.

The average Joe lives his life just being swept along understanding neither his thoughts, nor his actions. And because he never leaves the comfort and security of what he knows, he never has to rely on, or have faith in his mind, or his ideas.

The philosopher takes himself out of his comfort zones and into unknown territory where he must rely upon, and have faith in his mind and the goal he has set for himself.

Even though both lives are expressions of Reality, the philosopher understands how that works, while the other doesn t.

 

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David Quinn: Women can certainly be serene and elegant - but then again, so can cats. Both share the same unconscious nature.

Forum Member:  If I were to guess, I would say that the writer here has not been close enough to a woman to catch her scent, and that what is written is plenty enough reason for an average woman to want to blowtorch the balls off every average man. What can we say of all women except that they are all human and all different. The first thing each man thinks of himself, of his individual existence is the first thing many men seem to want to deny to women after the denial of their freedom. Can this be Just?

Sue Hindmarsh: I don t see many men denying the existence of woman far from it most men are happily being carried along by her scent .

If they did try to deny their existence, women would have a field day.  They would use this event as they do all others they would throw up their arms, cry and shout, threaten to leave, nag and scoff basically have a normal day.   The average woman (can there be any other kind?) wouldn t be using a "blowtorch" to blow the balls off any man (not even an average man, even though there is an over abundance of them) because she would be having way too much fun.

Women only need men for one thing their existence.   Because of this, men don t have to do much to make women happy; they just need to interact with them.  Now, most men seem quite happy to enslave themselves to this most useful purpose, but some men have decided that their lives would be better put to use doing something different, such as understanding Reality.

So, to your question of Can this be Just? I d have to answer a resounding No women should not be denied either their existence or their freedom, because to do so would be affirming that they possessed them in the first place which, of course, they don t.


 

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Woman looks at the face of the man she is fucking and smiles with contentment as together they are lost in a sea of emotions and physical sensations. When the sex is over, the man gets up and goes on with his life, the short break a welcome relief from his normal worries and woes.

The woman has no other life to get on with her entire life consists of constantly being lost in emotions and physical sensations. Her smile continues even as she watches him go off to his alien world because she knows he ll be back. And if he doesn t? She ll make do with a good cry and bitch to her friends about him. Win win win win win win win win ......

 

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The superiority of man's mind is evident in nearly every aspect of life.

Being the best at anything requires dedication and single-mindedness; both these exist in the mind of man.  Added to this, he is constantly being propelled outwards away from his own petty concerns and trivialities, towards goals that do not necessarily give him any immediate pleasure or satisfaction. Because of this, he is able to stay focused on his goal until satisfied that he has reached his highest potential.

Woman s life is very different as her whole life is spent in immediacy. There, in that unconscious realm, where everyone is equal and no thing is more important than herself; she happily spends her days lost in petty concerns and trivialities.

 

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Because woman is unconscious and lacks an internal life, it is unfair to judge her against man.  They are far too different sort of like making a legless person (woman) participate in a race against an Olympic gold medalist runner (man).

Women can t help but be what they are, so it is silly to even take any notice of them.  But that is exactly what a lot of men do. Not only do they hang onto women s arms, but also on their every word.  Men in droves are soaking up the muck women spew forth as if it were the 'Nectar of Life'. This poisonous muck seeps into men s minds and eats away at their inner life, slowly destroying both, until there is nothing left except a lifeless shell called woman.

 

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Women do not gain anything more from being the top in their field, because all women are created equal. Men, on the other hand, are not created equal, and therefore are compelled to compete with each other to create a life for themselves.

 

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All men carry the seed of masculinity in them - the homeless bum on the street, the paedophile, the lawyer, the husband and father, the King, the comedian all have the potential for greatness. But most; such as Ruth, Mozart and Michelangelo, will be satisfied with winning and losing the small battles of everyday life.  A rare few men may take their precious lives and make a bid for true greatness.

 

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When a man thinks something is ridiculous , you know he is commenting on how far away that something is from Reality.

When a woman says something is ridiculous , it is meaningless she could equally have said the thing was fascinating, or sad, or brilliant, or cuddly, or incorrect - it doesn t matter what she says: she hasn t a mind, so all you re getting is air.

 

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I don t know how anyone could quibble over matters concerning Truth. There is only one Truth, and you can only have one perfect realization of it. After which, your actions are in accordance with that one Truth there is no return to ignorance .

The reason your mind is presented again and again with all sorts of configurations to recognize in which to address and witness is because you haven t, as yet, worked out what Truth is. When you do, you will not have to work to recognize, address, or witness Truth, because it is always everywhere.

 

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We all value some things over other things it s a natural thing to do.  If I value the colour blue, I do so because of innumerable causes, one of which may be that it is the colour of the sky and sea, both of which I value because of innumerable causes, one of which may have been a love of open spaces, which I value because of innumerable cause, one of which may have been due to feeling hot and uncomfortable in too small a bed, etc.  So, my valuing blue over orange is awash with emotions, which are all tied into other emotions. This emotional mix is what helps construct each person, and because the emotions are always changing, so are we.  Even the valuing of Truth changes.

 

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Enlightenment isn t interested in "refining" the emotions; it s out to destroy them.

Most emotional attachments muddy up the mind; making thinking difficult and keeping enlightenment out of reach. The only useful ones are those that get you started philosophically, such as love of truth, hatred for falsehoods, longing to understand everything, wanting an end to suffering, and working hard to achieve these goals. What makes these emotions different from others is that they can lead to the downfall of all emotions. For example: loving Truth means that you don t ever want to be in error, but you soon come to see that this love isn t correct either - so, it too gets left behind with all the other loves and hates, needs and wants.

 

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A Genius only suffers whilst he continues to hold on to bits of "stupidity". Once he lets go of them, he stops suffering.

 

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There is a very wide abyss lying between the ignorant and the enlightened. The average man needs more than talent to make that leap across - he needs passion to give him wings. A love of truth can take you further and higher than a decent if not above average intellect can.

 

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Most people who are given the title genius have done something spectacular according to the world, like Einstein, Mozart and Plato. But those few who are thought to possess wisdom , do so without any grandstanding or need to be lauded. You mentioned Socrates as someone wise , and I agree with you that he is a good example of a wise man. He definitely didn t try to win world acclaim, or make a lot of money; instead he walked around saying such things as, Wisdom is knowing how little we know - which wouldn t have made him sound very impressive to the people of his day, and even less so by today s standards.

Today, pop and movie stars are acclaimed for their talents and their lives, and in return they thank the people who worship them for making it all possible so everyone is made happy . Socrates, on the other hand, was ugly; took no interest in family or friends; possessed no other talent than that of speaking the truth; ignored those who could have elevated him in public life; instead, he preferred to hang out with young guys, who were interested in understanding life.

Einstein, Mozart and Plato did what they did to make the world take notice of them. Socrates did what he did because he loved Truth. To my mind, the wisdom Socrates possessed and the life he lived is a better measure of what makes someone a Genius - far better than just wanting to be popular.

 

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Most men enjoy being safely tucked-up in their comfortable bed, animal hide, or grass mat at night - only to have to get up in the morning to pray to some god, or go jogging, and then go to work or study, return home to the wife and kids or friends or parents all of whom want their man to interact with them, or have him do chores, or fix something.  To then suggest to him that he sit down and think about the meaning of life and death would be expecting a great deal. He is just too mentally and physically exhausted. For men to have the chance to use their minds in the pursuit of wisdom, they need to create for themselves a freer lifestyle.

Lolling around all day, sleeping, eating, doing a bit of writing, going for a walk, reading a little, watching the waves roll in onto the beach definitely no work, no family, and no girlfriends just the man alone with his thoughts. That is the environment for a Philosopher.

 

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Regarding the worldwide hysterical reaction by Muslims (in February 2006) to cartoon depictions of Mohammed published by Danish newspapers:

I can t agree that Western culture is nihilistic ; it constitutes many value based religions, philosophies and cultures. That is what makes the Western mentality so foreign and unacceptable to many peoples living in systems like that of China, North Korea, or Iran.  They see that we tolerate many beliefs, many ideas, and many different lifestyles and do so without the sky falling in upon us, or without God smiting us off the face of the planet.   As a matter of fact, we do it so well that, yes, the West is spreading across the planet as more and more peoples embrace our democratic and secular ideas.

What makes Western culture so appealing is the fact that we can look outside of our own lives, and our own borders, to gain and share information and not feel threatened. Our culture is not static ; we are always changing, adapting, and incorporating. Of course, Western culture isn t perfect; we still hold on to beliefs and superstitions left over from our medieval period, but at least we are not still completely lost in that period, as many people living in Muslim states are.

Evidence of the West s maturity is the way we expose a lot of our own, and other people s, faults, foibles, inconsistencies and absurdities through humour. And I am sure that we will see a multitude of new jokes and cartoons depicting this crazy situation we find ourselves in at present. The situation really is both funny and sad, as our sense of responsibility over this cartoon issue has meant that we have put into practice many of our ideals which is to be expected of a civilized society but that those same ideals are blocking our way to actually act more directly and strongly on this matter.

Politely putting up with this insane squawking from these few medieval losers seems ridiculous. We should have told them straight up that they could jump up and down, cry and howl for as long as they liked we weren t going to take any notice of them and then suggest they go to their room and have a little lie down to consider a better way to deal with those nasty old cartoons.
 

 

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I agree that Western culture is very feminine; making it shallow and petty.  However, in valuing it over many other cultures, I do so because I value the individual. I value the individual, because I value Truth - and Truth can be known only by the true individual. The chances of an individual arising in other more rigid cultures is very small.

This forum is an example of Western culture's flexibility, even though the feminine rules masculinity can still find places to express itself. Muslim culture, being even more profoundly feminine, could not allow such an affront .

The two cultures do not differ greatly, but where they do there is an abyss dividing them. Below I ve noted those differences.

Western culture:

(i) As young children, we believe our mother to be godlike; providing eternal happiness and ultimate protection. Girls grow to become women who embody that same impression. Boys must grow to become men, but wishing to relive those early experiences of comfort and joy, they latch onto women. Both sexes are locked into a relationship with the feminine most stay in that relationship their entire lives.

(ii) Women influence every aspect of Western culture. They don t do it by direct means; instead, their passivity presses men into ensuring that any desire woman may have, is made available to them. Since woman is unconscious, and has no internal structure binding her, she is constantly changing as do her desires. Men, therefore, have to be highly adaptable to keep up with all her whims.

(iii) Men in the West retain a small degree of masculinity, but only because women desire their men to have a dash of it -- just to keep the two sexes from completely becoming one. Every so often, a man may arise and use his masculinity to its full potential and become a true individual.

Muslim Culture:

(i) The same as Western culture, except the young children are introduced to another mother Allah. They are taught that through obedience and submission to Allah, and revering his prophet Muhammad, they will receive supreme protection and eternal happiness. These two 'new' mums are offering the same thing as their real mum, so it is an easy assimilation. The only thing is, the mother that nursed them can be left behind as they mature. Allah is more 'clingy' and wants to be part of every aspect of their life.

(ii) Unlike their sisters in the West, who have their men continuously create new worlds for them; Muslim women have their men create the same world over and over again. This static world suits them, because there they are able to unconsciously flow in extreme passivity.

Western women have grown used to being able to unconsciously flow in many directions and still have their whims met. This forces their men to continuously push onwards and outwards, and to be adaptable to new ideas. Muslim men, held back by their women, must occupy themselves within the confines of Islam. Because Muslim women don t require their men to be adaptable, masculinity is hardly needed. The little the men do possess is used up by their cult. This explains why the two sexes are kept mostly separate - being so psychologically alike, if they were more integrated they couldn t experience the emotional pleasure that they do now.

(iii) Whether they know it or not, the feminine is highly valued in Muslim culture. The traits that go hand in hand with cults like Islam are those of the feminine: passivity, submission, obedience and unconsciousness.  Like all women, Muslim men don t want to become individuals; instead they want to remain non-entities and stay with the mob. Islam gives them the opportunity of never having to face the prospect of becoming an individual, by threatening violence towards anyone with individualistic tendencies. So the chances of a man arising with a strong masculine desire for individuality is very small indeed.

There hasn t been any Great Philosopher of note come from that culture, but that may be because anyone found speaking the truth about the insanity inherent in Islam, or the cancer that is the feminine, is now dead.

 

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Mohammed was not a true Great Man he was in the right place at the right time, which is the usual story for the men and women who have made their mark on history.

A true Great Man is timeless depending on neither history nor politics, neither fashion nor trends.   He understands the same Truth, no matter the era or circumstances he finds himself in.

TV reality shows and postmodern philosophy both show up the pettiness of Western culture, but they are not taken seriously by the whole of this culture. Only portions of our society take an interest in them, and out of them, only a few will dedicate their lives over to them completely.

A TV show, Allah, and academic philosophy are neither; good or bad, closer to, or further away from Reality than anything else in the universe. They could be useful tools in awakening the mind to an understanding of Reality; but then, it's hard to imagine a budding philosopher finding any of them inspiring for very long.

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People group together, it is our nature to do so. The individual, by definition, does not depend on any group. There are, of course, some circumstances which are more beneficial for his development; such as having the time and freedom to strengthen his mind. If he doesn't have that environment, he will find it much harder going.

Masculinity only survives in more open cultures because the feminine considers it useable , but that can change very quickly. The West s intensifying worship of the feminine could mean that anyone found openly lobbying for the continuance and advancement of the masculine mind - such as this forum does will be stopped from pursuing its course.

 

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The few individuals who will develop in any culture are not going to be taken in by the nonsense of that culture that is why they are individuals.  

Western culture provides a variety of viewpoints. At any time there can be a number of opposite and opposing viewpoints in favour, and people accept this situation. When one viewpoint is in favour more than all the rest, some people get edgy and conflicts develop. Often these conflicts don t last long, because, at base, people in the West just like to get on with their lives, avoiding conflict as much as possible.

If you live in the West, with many viewpoints to choose from, you ll reject most and only go with those which fit in with your interests and belief-system that you happen to have at any particular time. The budding individual, given all this choice, is more able to use his discriminating skills to weed out what is true and what is false.

He will not find it easy being a thinker, because people don t like to have their beliefs and dreams questioned. He may find himself pushed away by friends and family, ignored by women, and thought eccentric or slightly 'mad' by his community, but that is what mostly happens in the West when you question the things people hold dear.

Do you think a budding philosopher living, say, in today s China is going to merely be ignored by his community when he starts questioning their values and traditions? I don t think so it would be more likely that that community will lock him up, or make him change his point of view.

Did you know that this forum is banned in China? Why do you think they have done this do you think they are just afraid of nihilism or do you think it goes deeper than that?

 

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Do you remember the old saying, "opposites attract"?  Only when there is that difference can men and women enjoy their conquering of, and submitting to, each other.  If everyone is the same, the dynamics goes out the window.

For example, have a look at how Western culture is dealing with a change in the dynamics happening right now:   Western men are now going to a lot more trouble over their appearance than they did a few decades ago. Cosmetics and skincare for men are starting to compete for shelf space alongside the women s range. Men s fashion, once pushed to the back corner of department stores, are now strategically placed up front to impact even greater sales. Men can find advice in a plethora of men s and women s magazines, Sunday supplements and TV shows all directed at making him slimmer, fitter, smoother-skinned, have shinier hair, whiter teeth, fresher breath, a better lover, fashionably dressed, a great cook, sexier smelling, a fantastic dad all to make him a more acceptable male to females.

Men are lapping this up, and not just young single men who will try anything to pull a chick , but married men with children, and even single older men who are looking for a companion to see out their last decades with. All these guys are racing to become better men , because that is what it takes to get and keep a woman these days.

And what are women doing now that they are getting a run for their money in the feminine stakes? They are being pushed to become even more feminine than they were before. Whereas a few decades ago women considered themselves worthy of the social and political change brought about by the feminist movement, they now hanker for the days of yore when men would treat a lady like a precious jewel wrapped in the most delicate silk. And if you don t believe me, take a look at what women are wearing these days, and at what they read, and the films they go to.
 

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Truth can be written in any language, but it will always say the same thing. It is extremely difficult for those who do not understand the Truth to distinguish what is true and what is false. Every now and then, someone may come up with something that sounds quite truthful, but if the rest of what he says is lies, you cannot consider him to be wise.  He's like a tiny drop of water surrounded by desert no use to a man who thirsts for absolute certainty.

Men who lived their lives dedicated to their deep understanding of Truth, such as Kierkegaard, wrote with their future readers in mind - readers who would also understand the Truth.

Most people, from every culture, are caught in a cycle of life and death making their lives, as well as their future lives a living hell. Because of this, I don t wish them the best I instead do my best to wipe from my own mind, and thereby all minds, the lies that keep Truth hidden.

 

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On being a mother:

Motherhood isn't worthwhile at all. All it shows is that, twice, I was a complete idiot.

I haven't had much to do with my daughter since she was seven (she is now twenty-three). We share no interests, which doesn't make for much of a relationship. We might see each other once a year, for a day or two - which is about as much as we both can take.

My son is very easy to live with, as he has a calm and quiet nature. He is interested in the kinds of things other thirteen year old boys are into, like computer games, Warhammer and Lego. He also has a developing interest in science, philosophy and religion. Another three or four years, and he ll be off doing his own thing.

When I was a teenager, I never thought I d have children; and after two of them, it still seems like a strange idea. I can t say I learnt anything from the experience that I couldn t have discovered through observing children from afar.

In hindsight, the years spent raising children could have been put to better use maybe? It is more than likely though, that I would have wasted the time on something else, like; being a beach bum, or sailing round the world.

Oh well, in four more years the beach will hopefully still be there.

 

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Some men develop faster than others, or start earlier in their lives than others, and some men are able to go all the way, whilst others may remain on a lower level. Whatever the case may be, all these men are all subject to their karma.

One of them may wish that his weaknesses were not so many; another may consider that he is too old to really get far; and another may give philosophy away completely because he wants to have a happy life. It s their karma. What else are they going to do?

Nature is in control of everything all we can do is our best with what we ve got.

 

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Looking into another person's eyes brings to the surface of your own mind unresolved yearnings and deeply felt sentimentalities. It also shows how much respect we have for other people - using them, as we do, for our own entertainment, then passing over them to someone new. Worse still, it shows how little we value our own minds, wasting our time 'playing games' with others, again, for our own entertainment.

For example, sitting on public transport and 'people watching' to pass the time has little to do with rationally considering the psychology and actions of people - which can readily be done in your room with the door shut.   But it has everything to do with filling in time until you get to your destination, to then get on with your days activities.

Looking at other people also shows the level of violence you have inside you - all the jealousy, longing for attention, longing for acceptance, wanting to be acknowledged as 'existing', wanting to control environments so as to feel safer and therefore more at ease, wanting to be seen as part of a group of people.  The "I'm on your side" mentality, looking for love, looking for sex, looking for friendship -- all this looking is "evil" because it is people using and disposing of other people for their own pleasure. It is a mindless evil, generated by people who don t care or desire to understand life.

It is better to see others as an extension of your own self, and thereby treat them with the same degree of respect and consideration you would show yourself. But of course, this can only be done after you have some insight into your true self.

 

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One of the main reasons why discussing Truth with a woman is futile is because she has at her disposal too many outs . As we know, woman is a parasite, gaining her goals and ideas from whatever happens to be nearby. This way, she doesn t need to have a mind of her own, and is free to flow from one thing to another, unhindered.  So if you mention, for example, that becoming wise means the death of the ego and the end of suffering, she will more than likely nod and say something like, Yes, that sounds okay, but is it really necessary? . After which, she ll wander off onto some other topic, such as the importance of compassion, or the amazing discoveries made in quantum mechanics.

She can hear the words, she can even see that you are serious and passionate, but the meaning of the words can t touch her because she doesn t need them.

Suffering and ego, truth and wisdom - she knows all these things through and through. She is filled to the brim with words like these; she has experienced all of them first hand . Having no mind means that nothing sticks; no one thing is more important than another thing. This way, she is able to immediately experience other people s thoughts and ideas as if they were her own. Anything she requires to bring her comfort and happiness just floats to the surface, like a bubble on a puddle.

 

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Everyone wants to escape suffering and be happy. The problem is that most of the things we think will bring us happiness actually increase our suffering - like these below:

People want to love and be loved, but they don t realise that love and hate go hand in hand. They soon discover that instead of being in love with each other , most of the time they are actually in hate with each other .

People try to escape loneliness by coupling with someone else, but the other person is also trying to escape loneliness this parasitic relationship is doomed before it has begun.

People work at jobs they hate to make enough money to do fun things to forget work.

These gross examples of suffering are only the beginning - there are deeper attachments, hidden inside each of us, that require greater courage and strength to examine and eliminate.

 

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The minds of people with high IQs are very similar to those minds belonging to really attractive people - extremely shallow and self-possessed.

 

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Shiny, twinkling objects easily satisfy morons; anyone with a discriminating mind will want something much more substantial.

 

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We know that people will try nearly anything to escape suffering except understanding where suffering comes from. They refuse to look at what s directly in front of them, and therefore they will remain lost in hell for eternity. We can t help them, except by escaping our own cycle of happiness and suffering. That s what Philosophy is all about, and that's why the Great Men of Philosophy speak to us continuously on this matter. They write with their lives, they write with their blood.   

As Nietzsche said, "Of all writings I love only those which the writer writeth with his blood. Write in blood, and thou shalt learn that blood is spirit." 

 

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