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Brian Thomas's avatar

What a surprise. Not.

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Charles Rykken's avatar

For pretty much my entire life I have had a deeply personal connection with the spiritual unfolding quest. The image of the Lotus is a wonderful metaphor. The question of commitment speaks more to character than love. I see love as something that arises when the conditions are ready. When someone says I love you the usual understanding is that the recipient of the proffered love has met the criteria to be rewarded with love from a person’s love storehouse. I see it as something that arises and stays depending on the skills of nurture that keep love alive. It is like taking care of a garden where plants are the love that arises from the Earth. I have not heard you talk about your metaphysics. I watched you talk with Sam Harris. I assume you know he is one of the four horsemen, the other three being Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens. I see them as spiritual idiots. I just received my copy of your book Transcend and will be buying a copy of Rise Above. Have you published anything that states your likelihood ratios regarding what it’s all about, Scotty(Alfie?)?

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John Arthur Perazzo's avatar

Love is all there is. (Tom Holland, Dominion book two)

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Brian Thomas's avatar

What a surprise. Not.

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Joan Breibart's avatar

Really?? We need a study to prove the obvious? Plus for many, the reason for their unhappiness is often that the love is not reciprocated. It used to be that men didn't want to be seen with FAT females. But now that 65% of us are OBESE, this is no longer an issue. Thank you Fat Acceptance!! No fatties have so many partners to choose from.

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