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"The act of engaging in useless yet intellectually stimulating conversation, usually as an excuse to avoid taking constructive action in your ]life."


Time to shut down the internet.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

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:coffee:
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:shock:
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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:juggling: :thinking: :coffee: :reading: :soap: :popcorn: :tongue:

Sorry got carried away in engaging in useless yet intellectually stimulating conversation. But sometimes there is:

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In my more unmindful periods I can easily waste several hours a day on wikipedia, reading about small carribean nations, giant speckled insects and the nuances of cardboard construction.

The issue with the 'masturbation' analogy here is that there is no 'finish' to sense desire through the mind. Usually I 'pedia 'till I get frustrated with the fact that i've spent all day on the 'pedia. Then I 'beat my breast' and lament my situation and maybe go do the dishes or something.

I dunno...

I like Buddhism :smile:
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'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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http://www.darkroastedblend.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Many hours of eye-candy and stuff. Just what you need for going weak sighted and getting hairy palms and sapped energy and going feeble minded.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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BlackBird wrote:In my more unmindful periods I can easily waste several hours a day on wikipedia, reading about small carribean nations, giant speckled insects and the nuances of cardboard construction.

The issue with the 'masturbation' analogy here is that there is no 'finish' to sense desire through the mind. Usually I 'pedia 'till I get frustrated with the fact that i've spent all day on the 'pedia.
The truly scary thing is the risk of going blind from such cyber self-flagellation is actually quite real...
"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
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:coffee: :anjali: :meditate:
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
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