A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom

[Sako]

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Modern day and age is a waste of life.

Actually it's easier then EVER to learn nowadays...we have everything we need. People simply use their time and energy in the wrong way. Let's top blaming time and the current age and start blaming ourselves for once.

[KanadaHye]

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Of interest... this genre does not place our modern cultural and civilization as a reference point for the most enlightened and advanced. It is in fact an extreme critique towards our modern day and age.

I could have told you that... if you took the time people spent watching TV in the past 2 generations, and focused that time into something productive, we probably could have collectively found a cure for many ailments. Or sheltered and fed the homeless. Or built a couple hundred gread wonders of the world. Modern day and age is a waste of life.

[Sako]

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Same here, my friend, same here.

[jgk3]

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Well thought out explanations. On another note, I happen to admire scientists that devoted a good deal of their lives by taking pleasure to try and retry new ways to find a cure for the good of mankind.

Yes, I am grateful for such scientists, they are the reason why one of my friends who had leukemia, who needed a bone marrow transplant, had a great specialist for the operation, as his life's goal was to be able to do bone marrow transplants perfectly, healing 100% of all cases. Though he did not achieve this dream, his techniques and diagnostics are exceptionally helpful for the patients who are lucky enough to have gotten him.

And to Saco, all is well here, and I too am glad we've had this opportunity in this thread to catch up again.

[Sako]

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Thanks for those words Saco, you're right.

Any time my friend. By the way, how's it going there? I haven't talked to you a lot after we talked in the religious thread...

[jgk3]

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Thanks for those words Saco, you're right.

[Sako]

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Agreed.

Wise communities knew that their traditions were good teachers. They took them up and lived with the boundaries of their traditional ethos. They found freedom in their wisdom and understanding of reality, the way a scientist feels freer in their ability to make predictions on a phenomenon they can explain coherently.

I agree. Nowadays, people like to make a religion confortable for THEM instead of becoming comfortable with the RELIGION. When you go to school, it's like telling your teacher what homework to give you and/or what subjects to teach instead of learning exactly what your supposed to.

[Anoush]

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Agreed.

Wise communities knew that their traditions were good teachers. They took them up and lived with the boundaries of their traditional ethos. They found freedom in their wisdom and understanding of reality, the way a scientist feels freer in their ability to make predictions on a phenomenon they can explain coherently.

Well thought out explanations. On another note, I happen to admire scientists that devoted a good deal of their lives by taking pleasure to try and retry new ways to find a cure for the good of mankind.

[jgk3]

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The truth is all around us, we just don't want to see it or believe in it. There is nothing to invent ... but ... there is much to learn and follow! Saying that we need to do this or that is just a bunch of excuses. The knowledge is flying all around yet people still don't learn. THAT'S what they should be doing, not inventing the wheel again.

Agreed.

Wise communities knew that their traditions were good teachers. They took them up and lived with the boundaries of their traditional ethos. They found freedom in their wisdom and understanding of reality, the way a scientist feels freer in their ability to make predictions on a phenomenon they can explain coherently.

[Sako]

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"New Age" must invent its way to truth.

The truth is all around us, we just don't want to see it or believe in it. There is nothing to invent ... but ... there is much to learn and follow! Saying that we need to do this or that is just a bunch of excuses. The knowledge is flying all around yet people still don't learn. THAT'S what they should be doing, not inventing the wheel again.