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		<title>By: Intellect, Intelligence and Awareness - The Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: marcus</title>
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		<dc:creator>marcus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 10:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Freedom of choice is the biggie.  I always believe in &quot;Live and let live.&quot;  If no harm is being caused there really isn&#039;t a problem as far as I see it.

Yes, I think it is very important indeed to not come across as arrogant when communicating weird or unusual experiences.  I think it is quite easy to develop an elitist attitude, with the belief that one can see things that others cannot.

For me that is a large aspect of what this site is about.  It&#039;s a process that has been unfolding over the years as I attempt to develop my language skills in a manner that makes it easy to relate odd experiences or spiritual perspectives.

The problem with anything metaphysical is that it has very little in the way of solid real world foundation.  So as you mention, analogy and acausal thinking is required to relate these things.

The problem I have found with analogy though is that they are very easy to pick apart - as all too often people interpret them in a very literal way.  I guess in the end we eventually get to a point where we develop our own unique communicative techniques.

In fact that is one of the reasons I have begun to make the content on this site a mixed bag of different styles and concepts.  Hopefully the constant switching between the various forms of subject and writing style help to kick the readers mind out of lazy reflex reading.

I don&#039;t know, just random ideas and experimentation.  Going to see how it goes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freedom of choice is the biggie.  I always believe in &#8220;Live and let live.&#8221;  If no harm is being caused there really isn&#8217;t a problem as far as I see it.</p>
<p>Yes, I think it is very important indeed to not come across as arrogant when communicating weird or unusual experiences.  I think it is quite easy to develop an elitist attitude, with the belief that one can see things that others cannot.</p>
<p>For me that is a large aspect of what this site is about.  It&#8217;s a process that has been unfolding over the years as I attempt to develop my language skills in a manner that makes it easy to relate odd experiences or spiritual perspectives.</p>
<p>The problem with anything metaphysical is that it has very little in the way of solid real world foundation.  So as you mention, analogy and acausal thinking is required to relate these things.</p>
<p>The problem I have found with analogy though is that they are very easy to pick apart &#8211; as all too often people interpret them in a very literal way.  I guess in the end we eventually get to a point where we develop our own unique communicative techniques.</p>
<p>In fact that is one of the reasons I have begun to make the content on this site a mixed bag of different styles and concepts.  Hopefully the constant switching between the various forms of subject and writing style help to kick the readers mind out of lazy reflex reading.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, just random ideas and experimentation.  Going to see how it goes.</p>
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		<title>By: Attila Borcsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Attila Borcsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 11:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marcus, you got inspired again.

Important clarification the one regarding imagination vs mental ramblings aka. daydreaming.  It can not be emphasized enough the importance of our imaginative power in our quest for developing awareness. Not to be confused with having the head in the clouds. Maybe it is worthed for a future &#039;thought&#039; to write about it (just a suggestion from a constant reader of your thoughts ;)).

I am glad you brought up the difficulty in communicating about those deeply personal and subjective experiences. I guess you are right that it is better to keep it for yourself in its actual form. But there must be some efficient way to at least show the possibilities of such experiences. In their essence, their are available to us all, no need to make the impression of looking down from some higher state or something like that. Not the case here, I am just saying that in general, because it might look like. And the real difficulty is to find a language, find means to communicate properly, with the less amount of confusion or ego interference. Analogy and acausal (vertical) thinking might be a solution. At least my vote goes for that.

I think it is also significant to point out the freedom of choice before all. It is completely a free choice whether one should try to communicate about those experiences. Morality doesn&#039;t play ball here, although many like to say it does. Don&#039;t you think?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marcus, you got inspired again.</p>
<p>Important clarification the one regarding imagination vs mental ramblings aka. daydreaming.  It can not be emphasized enough the importance of our imaginative power in our quest for developing awareness. Not to be confused with having the head in the clouds. Maybe it is worthed for a future &#8216;thought&#8217; to write about it (just a suggestion from a constant reader of your thoughts <img src='http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> ).</p>
<p>I am glad you brought up the difficulty in communicating about those deeply personal and subjective experiences. I guess you are right that it is better to keep it for yourself in its actual form. But there must be some efficient way to at least show the possibilities of such experiences. In their essence, their are available to us all, no need to make the impression of looking down from some higher state or something like that. Not the case here, I am just saying that in general, because it might look like. And the real difficulty is to find a language, find means to communicate properly, with the less amount of confusion or ego interference. Analogy and acausal (vertical) thinking might be a solution. At least my vote goes for that.</p>
<p>I think it is also significant to point out the freedom of choice before all. It is completely a free choice whether one should try to communicate about those experiences. Morality doesn&#8217;t play ball here, although many like to say it does. Don&#8217;t you think?</p>
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