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Energy to effect change the change of energy... Energy can not be created or destroyed, only changed... Matter can not be created or destroyed, only changed... Matter can be converted into energy and vice versa... nothing is lost. Often I am hesitant to go into a subject because I don't...

Sexual hygiene, sanitation, and contraception Allow me to remind everyone in regard to sex to observe strictly hygiene, sanitation, and if you are not interested in conceiving babies to undertake effective and safe contraception. No amount of esoteric or mystical or religious or Tantric or...

About temperamental atheists . . . The atheists you mention about are almost all who have 'transited' from a strict theistic background, like from a conservative Catholic or Fundamentalist home and community. The atheists here might hate me for saying that. But I think if you really go into...

Glad to know you, and hope we can exchange notes on life. I guess all of us here are looking for confirmation of our own chosen and adjusted life and lifestyle, or some tips for a better life. You mention three major issues, addiction to tobacco, obesity, and lack of a religion. First, let...

Here we go again. I contributed a good number of posts in this thread to examine what is religion. And to the present I still have not come across any reasons which would make me change my conclusions about religion, what it is and other incidentals of religion. Is atheism or agnosticism a...

Return of ejaculate... bizarre Once I read something about guys in some philosophico-religious systems of the Far East, I think they could be Taoist or Buddhist adepts, but certainly not Confucianists, who are into the practice of getting all excited up to ejaculation, but squeezing their penis...

Use a smaller text font. I have found out that with my win98se and ie6 I can bring the message box to within the left and right borders of my screen by adopting a smaller text size from View. But it would certainly be good to read the text in large font and still have the lines wrap around...

Study of miracle writings About miracles, the way I see it, their importance is how good they are in confirming the believer or member of a religion in his attachment to his religion. And in a social context whether the members thus reinforced do more good to his immediate society and also the...

Fear of hell, and helicopter, smart bomb accident I used to be troubled with the prospect of getting to hell. And I am still troubled. But my trouble today is somewhat like being troubled when I leave the house that a helicopter might crash on me. The thought of hell still sends a...

Self-complacency and a chill After writing the previous post I feel that I might have lapsed into the 'vice' of self-complacency, and also felt the involuntary chill of a fear that God might decide to try my patience and loyalty with some trials. So, I pray to the Lord to stay His hand...

Practical approach to happiness For myself, even though I am a postgraduate Catholic, I want to give thanks to God for all the good things that come in my life. Yes, I am happy, because, and honestly, I have adequate materials things to keep me in a life of conveniences and some luxuries to...

Buddhism and science Correct me if I am mistaken, but isn't that thought from Taoism? -- and I have always had the idea that Taoism is adversarial to Buddhism. Anyway, from that line, Taoism and Buddhism appear to have a way of thinking and speaking that would not in my understanding be...

Postgraduate Catholicism My present attitude about my own religious tradition is described by myself as Postgraduate Catholicism. I understand Postgraduate Catholicism as the regard in my heart and mind for my religion as similar to my regard for a particular hairdo, meaning: hair is not...

Avoid using unknown terms to convey unknown ideas Three replies so far. For me, the best and most instructive or man-in-the-street response is the one of Vajradhara, because anyone with a knowledge of basic English can understand what he says about the core of his tradition. I suggest that...

You ask, what is a color psychologist? I think (s)he is a laboratory worker who studies the phenomenon of color perception in living things like humans. What about you, what do you think is a color psychologist? Susma Rio Sep

I hope this thread belong here. I didn't have this trouble before, but now the message box is too large for my 14" screen, so that I have to push the box right and left in order to read the lines. The trouble is solved by changing to the printable version; but then I would miss the...

Religion as an effective system Vajradhara says: why do i "need" religion? frankly, i don't. religion is the combination of the praxis and beliefs of a system. i can do fine without the system simply using the praxis and the beliefs. my use of the system, however, is due to one factor... it's...

A transition in life Glad to meet a member of the Turkish nation in you, Persona. Or are you not an aboriginal Turk but an immigrant into Turkey, or your parents immigrated and settled in Istanbul? Anyway, I used to hear a song from the US or was it the US, with a line like the following, as...

I have changed! Terribly embarrassing again, I must admit that I feel that I have changed, in that I am not seemingly so abrasive now as before. Must be some kind of transition in life, owing to hormonal reconfiguration -- I guess. But I notice also that I can't write as much as I used to...

Re: Terribly embarrassing question I was suspended once in this forum of Brian. There was a moderator here -- is he still around? who seemed to be ever on my shoulders. He was the only one giving me warnings, and PM's. No, I never used any profanities. He just didn't like my style, I guess...