I know this may be slightly off-topic, but I would like to raise the following question: What would be the advice for those tormented by thoughts of unrequited love? For those who live life on the outside, and see the relationships of others and experience longing - maybe even suffering? There must ...

I found the following lyrics to be appropriate: Lay down Your sweet and weary head Night is falling You’ve come to journey's end Sleep now And dream of the ones who came before They are calling From across the distant shore Why do you weep? What are these tears upon your face? Soon you will see All ...

Existential crisis of what make you suffer? Crisis of form? Crisis of feeling? Crisis of perception? Crisis of volitional formations? Crisis of consciosness? I think I have finally cracked the shell of the problem. It's a crisis of loneliness. Reading the chapter on intimacy in the book 'Art of Hap...

Theses groups of words all look and function pretty much the same way but the even-numbered ones have no meaning - they don't fit or describe anything which exists in the world, or even could exist in the world. Here's another pair: 7. The meaning of my statement 8. The meaning of life Now do you s...

Hi, everyone, Coming at this from a different angle: The bit in bold: "Meaning" is something that words have. Nothing else has it, intrinsically, except perhaps non-verbal communication from other sentient creatures. That's a very interesting angle! In fact, I am surprised I didn't think ...

Hi Tehuti, It's not uncommon for things to get rough if practice is effective. After all, Buddhist practice is designed to undermine the ego, and the ego can object to that... :anjali: Mike Hi Mike, Thank you for your response! When questioning the very meaning, substance and apparent futility of e...

I've been doing a lot of introspection recently, and I believe that recent events in my life have precipitated what is commonly called an 'Existential Crisis'. What I mean by this is that I have become acutely aware of my own mortality, question the meaning and purpose of my very existence, and expe...

That said though, I would offer that for the vast majority of us a healthy sexual relationship with a partner is a good thing and that there is a lot of unhealthy aversion to sex here which mirrors the unhealthy obsession with sex that you speak of. The middle way for the layfolk is a loving attent...

Dear All, This is a very interesting topic, albeit one that I have been giving a lot of thought lately. It appears to me, (as a philosopher), that attitudes toward sexuality are very much ingrained in our cultural 'matrix', little talked about, and much misunderstood. Up until the latter half of the...