"We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and to learn to love better. We can do this through losing as well as through winning, by having and by not having, by succeeding or by failing. All we need to do is to show up openhearted for class."
We are all here for a single purpose:
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Hmm, I'm sorry, but that first sentence is simply wrong, philosophically, and kinda smacks of teleological fascism. I'll decide what my purpose is,
thanks. Pity she didn't just make a case for the quality of that purpose.
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What I think is interesting is that she states we are here for a single purpose and then promptly states two.
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There's three things I don't like about Public education, The classes are boring and the math lessons are inadequate.
"A world without string is chaos" Rudolf Smuntz
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Posts: 49324 07/01/08 12:18 PM CoAdmin.w/Grace06 |
It's the Dan, BF, & EG show.
You guys kill me. Dan, I was half way with you on the single purpose deal. Seems to me the purpose (for males) is to have as much reproductive sex, with as many nubile women as possible. But my answer isn't as sensible, funny or creative as those you guys posted. |
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Speaking of male purpose and procreation etc - someone posted at my forum an article on gender difference that is very interesting. It's something of an
aside to this thread, but you may enjoy it:
Is there anything good about men? |
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All we need to do is to show up openhearted for class - RR
No way we learn, grow and advance in life by blood, sweat and tears. |
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There are 10 groups of people: those who can do binary arithmetic, and those who can't.
But in truth, it's my joke, and I don't even get it. --- Sear |
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I'm in the second group, Sher. There are ten of us, right?
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Folks,
I think we are all here for a single purpose - to die. Philosophy is the training for that purpose, as it leads us on the long path to acceptance. e. Couldn't find an appropriate smiley for this one. |
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If I don't accept my purpose, do I get to escape it?
But in truth, it's my joke, and I don't even get it. --- Sear |
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First, we accept that we want to escape from ourselves. And last, we accept that we want to escape from ourselves.
Apply Occam's razor! Why complicate things by using the binary system, when the unary system is perfectly adequate? 
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Posts: 49335 07/02/08 03:46 PM CoAdmin.w/Grace06 |
"There is a minimum wage but no maximum. Hence the high-achieving men can pull the male average up while the low-achieving ones can't pull it down. The result? Men will get higher average salaries than women, even if there is no average difference on any relevant input." I'm not exactly sure what it means, but if it means what I think it suggests, then ... interesting. |
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Some of us older guys can't really use the unary system as well as we once could. And as for the males sole purpose being reproductive sex, who said it had
to be reproductive?
"A world without string is chaos" Rudolf Smuntz
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I'm not sure how good I'd be with the unary system either, but I'll give it a shake.
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Sherezada wrote:Sher, I think Woody Allen said something like "I'm not afraid of dying; I just don't want to be there at the time." e. |
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Posts: 6214 07/03/08 09:57 PM Ann: eyes that laugh |
Wise and witty Woody Allen.
My single purpose is to be as lazy as possible. I revel in it.
Wisdom is self-regenerating. The more you use it the more you have. It's not using it that causes you to run out. ~ BoardFlak
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Posts: 49364 07/04/08 10:04 AM CoAdmin.w/Grace06 |
"Some of us older guys can't really use the unary system as well as we once could. And as for the males sole purpose being reproductive sex, who said it had to be reproductive?" EG EG, On the urinary deal, as the prostate expands, it impinges on the urethra. To compensate, try a tourniquet around your torso. It's best to use 3 hands, one to "steer", and the other two to operate the tourniquet. You're welcome. And I agree with you entirely on the sex deal too! As long as the sheep doesn't turn around and bite you, I see no problem with it at all. e., Woody Allen was also once asked if sex was dirty. He replied: "It is if you do it right." |
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My single purpose is to be as lazy as possible. I revel in it. AnnAnn I doubt extremely you are that lazy and won't accept it. 
Now is this one of those threads 'I am just totally lost in, or is it one they have made to lose me in'? Oh Six |
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It started out with a single purpose, but expanded.
"A world without string is chaos" Rudolf Smuntz
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Posts: 6235 07/06/08 12:02 AM Ann: eyes that laugh |
As most threads here do.
Wisdom is self-regenerating. The more you use it the more you have. It's not using it that causes you to run out. ~ BoardFlak
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