Comments on: You can’t HANDLE the truth! http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/ A Chatty Wizard Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: ben http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-270 ben Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:01 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-270 "Fake it till you make it." Or faith is the act of pretending you have faith until pretending becomes reality. This insight comes up in so many contexts: it's a secret hidden everywhere. But then Orwell said it requires constant effort to see what is right in front of our noses. “Fake it till you make it.”

Or faith is the act of pretending you have faith until pretending becomes reality. This insight comes up in so many contexts: it’s a secret hidden everywhere. But then Orwell said it requires constant effort to see what is right in front of our noses.

]]> By: parallelsidewalk http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-268 parallelsidewalk Mon, 05 May 2008 06:27:04 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-268 Especially then. Especially then.

]]> By: wizardsmoke http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-267 wizardsmoke Mon, 05 May 2008 06:10:18 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-267 >><i>“You were born stupid and you’re going to die stupid”</i> Even if I follow his teaching and tradition?! *sigh* >>“You were born stupid and you’re going to die stupid”

Even if I follow his teaching and tradition?!

*sigh*

]]> By: parallelsidewalk http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-266 parallelsidewalk Mon, 05 May 2008 04:53:54 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-266 There was a lot of controversy around the guy, sometimes for good reason, but Yogi Bhajan's style of teaching really resonates with me on some level. "You were born stupid and you're going to die stupid" kinda sums it up. There was a lot of controversy around the guy, sometimes for good reason, but Yogi Bhajan’s style of teaching really resonates with me on some level. “You were born stupid and you’re going to die stupid” kinda sums it up.

]]> By: Hermit http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-265 Hermit Mon, 05 May 2008 01:30:32 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-265 Well done, dudester. Now I want to run down the halls of my philosophy department screaming about succubusses and leg-humping. Well done, dudester. Now I want to run down the halls of my philosophy department screaming about succubusses and leg-humping.

]]> By: wizardsmoke http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-264 wizardsmoke Sun, 04 May 2008 18:40:45 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-264 Ha, must be something in the air today! I almost feel like... the truest experiences are the one's created by the people will the strongest will or ability? Of course, doesn't that sound suspiciously like "bullshitting"? I.e. believing in your own agenda and power over everything else, no matter the logic or reason behind it. Ha, must be something in the air today!

I almost feel like… the truest experiences are the one’s created by the people will the strongest will or ability? Of course, doesn’t that sound suspiciously like “bullshitting”? I.e. believing in your own agenda and power over everything else, no matter the logic or reason behind it.

]]> By: parallelsidewalk http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/you-cant-handle-the-truth/#comment-263 parallelsidewalk Sun, 04 May 2008 16:01:23 +0000 http://wizardsmoke.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-263 I actually just did a post on The Secret. I have a co0uple direct truth experiences but honestly even they were a bit confusing later, and I can't explain them without sounding like a total retard. I actually just did a post on The Secret.

I have a co0uple direct truth experiences but honestly even they were a bit confusing later, and I can’t explain them without sounding like a total retard.

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