Hey black man, yeah you, you with the dark skin... come, come over here.

Can I cut your head off, and see what you hide in your head. Don't worry, it'll be painless, I just want to check what thoughts reside in your cranium.

Nice soft neck you got there... **swish** phew, told you that it'd be painless. And the good news is you're still alive... See, you are not your body, just a mind, a. temporary captive in a decaying body.

Anyways, we are not here to talk biology, but psychology. I want to know how you think, what you think of, what you store in this wonderful brain of yours

Shall we?

Na wa with the cut off his head!

HappyPagan:
Hey black man, yeah you, you with the dark skin... come, come over here.

Can I cut your head off, and see what you hide in your head. Don't worry, it'll be painless, I just want to check what thoughts reside in your cranium.

Nice soft neck you got there... **swish** phew, told you that it'd be painless. And the good news is you're still alive... See, you are not your body, just a mind, a. temporary captive in a decaying body.

Anyways, we are not here to talk biology, but psychology. I want to know how you think, what you think of, what you store in this wonderful brain of yours

Shall we?

Say no to tramadol and ganja

superhumanist:


Say no to tramadol and ganja

You're reading OP with a carnal mind, you need the pagan spirit to understand the true meaning of that message

The message of HappyPagan is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of the one true God, FSM

hopefulLandlord:


You're reading OP with a carnal mind, you need the pagan spirit to understand the true meaning of that message

The message of HappyPagan is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of the one true God, FSM

I also serve at the mercy of his noodliness. However, I must say that happypagan's message is not of divine vision but of intoxication of the hard drugs kind.

superhumanist:




I also serve at the mercy of his noodliness. However, I must say that happypagan's message is not of divine vision but of intoxication of the hard drugs kind.

do not blaspheme our God's messenger, the consequences might be dire.

HappyPagan:
Hey black man, yeah you, you with the dark skin... come, come over here.

Can I cut your head off, and see what you hide in your head. Don't worry, it'll be painless, I just want to check what thoughts reside in your cranium.

Nice soft neck you got there... **swish** phew, told you that it'd be painless. And the good news is you're still alive... See, you are not your body, just a mind, a. temporary captive in a decaying body.

Anyways, we are not here to talk biology, but psychology. I want to know how you think, what you think of, what you store in this wonderful brain of yours

Shall we?

Fool!

Papa Jesus is my whole brain and body.

You can never kill Him. He lives in me FOREVER!

hopefulLandlord:


do not blaspheme our God's messenger, the consequences might be dire.

He'll swim in very hot noodles for all eternity.

hopefulLandlord:


do not blaspheme our God's messenger, the consequences might be dire.

Oh what consequences? All sins against gods and their messengers will be washed off with spaghetti water.

dalaman:


He'll swim in very hot noodles for all eternity.

Exactly!

Aaronsrod:


Fool!

Papa Jesus is my whole brain and body.

You can never kill Him. He lives in me FOREVER!

Amen!

budaatum:

Oh what consequences? All sins against gods and their messengers will be washed off with spaghetti water.

Not the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Sauce, that's unforgivable

hopefulLandlord:


do not blaspheme our God's messenger, the consequences might be dire.

HappyPagan:

Anyways, we are not here to talk biology, but psychology. I want to know how you think, what you think of, what you store in this wonderful brain of yours

Shall we?

Go on op. You got a few black people here, so find out how and what they think with their wonderful brains.

hopefulLandlord:


Not the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Sauce, that's unforgivable

What! When was it upclassified? It used to just be the thing you put on top of the noodles!

budaatum:

What! When was it upclassified? It used to just be the thing you put on top of the noodles!

HappyPagan:
Hey black man, yeah you, you with the dark skin... come, come over here.

Can I cut your head off, and see what you hide in your head. Don't worry, it'll be painless, I just want to check what thoughts reside in your cranium.

Nice soft neck you got there... **swish** phew, told you that it'd be painless. And the good news is you're still alive... See, you are not your body, just a mind, a. temporary captive in a decaying body.

Anyways, we are not here to talk biology, but psychology. I want to know how you think, what you think of, what you store in this wonderful brain of yours

Shall we?

yes bro, but i will not mind inputting biology

Ah, I see the audience have gathered. Some have come with coats and notes, to observe and criticize I hope, to learn I'd prefer. Who knows where this might lead?

So stand,
behind that touchscreen,
swipe up,
let's begin



Aha, where were we? A ripped neck just to satisfy my curiosity. Your brain in my hand, to decipher its inner workings. But what we seek for has no physical trait... the thoughts that make you, the ideas and symbols through which you view the world, the thoughts that form your habits and behaviors... are you your brain, or is your brain you?

hmm... I'll need some help here. where does the self exist? Anyone from the audience? Is self an illusion? If it's, who's having the illusion?

HappyPagan:
But what we seek for has no physical trait... the thoughts that make you, the ideas and symbols through which you view the world, the thoughts that form your habits and behaviors... are you your brain, or is your brain you?

hmm... I'll need some help here. where does the self exist? Anyone from the audience? Is self an illusion? If it's, who's having the illusion?

My brain is a part of a whole. Just as my hand is not me nor my eyes and heart me, so too is my brain not me.

Myself, is me. It comprises my brain, my leg, my nose etc, and my aura, as in me as perceived by others, or my spirit, as in that of me which I project.

Myself is not an illusion. You are not conversing with a bot! Myself exists in me.

Now, your turn. Is self, an illusion?

budaatum:

My brain is a part of a whole. Just as my hand is not me nor my eyes and heart me, so too is my brain not me.

I could cut off your limbs, eyes and ears, and you'd still be able to survive.. Damage to the brain will yield a different tale.

A computer can't function without a RAM.

budaatum:

Myself is not an illusion. You are not conversing with a bot! Myself exists in me.

But the 'self' today may not be the same tomorrow... Self is revealed as we walk through time and experience. The 'self' is never stagnant, always changing and adapting, the story of survival.


I think self is an illusion, one formed and moulded by environment and nature on one hand. But whether that illusion holds as one grows into maturity and self-awareness, that's an area where I find myself unable to put my exact thoughts in words.

HappyPagan:

I could cut off your limbs, eyes and ears, and you'd still be able to survive.. Damage to the brain will yield a different tale.

A computer can't function without a RAM.

Really? Even if my ram is removed and the tale is different, you'd still call me buda! You'd even call me buda when I'm dead and cremated.

HappyPagan:
But the 'self' today may not be the same tomorrow... Self is revealed as we walk through time and experience. The 'self' is never stagnant, always changing and adapting, the story of survival.

Yep, I may not be the self today that I was yesterday, but I am still myself, constantly changing and adapting, just a day more evolved.

HappyPagan:
I think self is an illusion, one formed and moulded by environment and nature on one hand. But whether that illusion holds as one grows into maturity and self-awareness, that's an area where I find myself unable to put my exact thoughts in words.

Putting thoughts into words is an art. Just when you've mastered it, your thoughts get more complex so you might see the need to keep honing your skill and playing catch up. Personally, I think you're doing pretty well.

The fact that the self is formed and moulded alone implies that it is way more than illusory, don't you think? The self is not an illusion. And it should not hold on to the past! That would be like asking myself today to do as myself of three years ago did. Three years ago, for reference, I'd walk miles, but these days, I ride to the shop just around the corner. You can imagine how my 2 hour sessions might have sadly become 15 minutes, at a stretch. Oh, when I was a child! Now, I have had to put the childish things aside to face the survival struggles of the moment, just as one should.

budaatum:

Really...... , just as one should.

Cool.

For me losing my religion felt like a glass broke within.. There was a sudden moment of realization where it just hit me. And I knew right then I wasn't Christian any longer. I no longer believed the Bible


That phase is the before/after moment of my life - I felt 'born again' so to speak. A verse in the Bible, from 2nd Corinthians, says '' old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." I was new, reset, formatted.

I dumped all I had been taught, all my mind had been fed on. I began to filter my thoughts and I felt a strong desire to know. I sought knowledge; understanding and wisdom came with time.

There are things I do/say today that the old 'me' would never have dreamt of. But is that old me really dead? Sometimes a particularly nasty blasphemy brings a. twinge of guilt. But I find blasphemy therapeutic.

vaxx:
yes bro, but i will not mind inputting biology

Your biological contributions are welcome. Feel free.

@HappyPagan learn something here , maybe it will perhaps change your perspective. . we continue when you finish studying i may end up explaining spirit to you hence God . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

vaxx:
@HappyPagan learn something here , maybe it will perhaps change your perspective. . we continue when you finish studying i may end up explaining spirit to you hence God . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Thanks. Will go through it ASAP.

vaxx:
@HappyPagan learn something here , maybe it will perhaps change your perspective. . we continue when you finish studying i may end up explaining spirit to you hence God . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Nice one.

PastorAio made reference to this in one of his old posts. I would encourage each one to read it.

vaxx:
@HappyPagan learn something here , maybe it will perhaps change your perspective. . we continue when you finish studying i may end up explaining spirit to you hence God . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Done. May we continue?

@budaatum how far, Bros?

So while the audience continue to argue about self and whose self isn't, let's continue our dissection.

We seek the seat of reason, the temple of awareness, what is that thinks. Dissection helps us to see what's within, letting light into darkness to reveal that which is hidden.

The mind begins empty. An empty mind knows no race, no tongue, has no history, no soul. In the beginning, there was nothing.

And yet, here is something, in my hand, without which you can't function or live.

I too wait on vaxx! I am wondering if it will be claimed that the transplantation of my heart makes me a different person.

vaxx:
@HappyPagan learn something here , maybe it will perhaps change your perspective. . we continue when you finish studying i may end up explaining spirit to you hence God . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Hi bro

HappyPagan:

Hi bro

I am good man. what about you.