old3bob

We keep repeating (or often) a lot of madness and seem to always learn the hard ward...but I feel such can only repeat for so long (besides for ages!) and then come to an end at last, how about you?

Gomer wasn't really stupid besides he could really belt out a song!

U2

if you join and take vows under a particular teacher and order that is far more applicable than here with our widely eclectic group ranging from A-Z. Where btw. anti-god or no-god folks can also roam without being nixed, and who are not in harmony with those that are 180 degrees from where they are at. So please don't lecture about there being one big happy community of like thinkers or people. We have more like total diversity which can get messy but is also flexible and can be instructive. Another thing imo that does not help such diversity is the unspoken cowardice of downvotes except when used for gross or violent attacks on other members.

Oh my goodness, "my" truth is not the nut we are cracking about, its the truth(s) of millions of people that are suffering and those that are not afraid to mention it reasonably and with proven facts. Where in any spiritual precept or order is such not an issue, including Buddhism with its core teachings about suffering in any or all forms? Enjoying "grumpy crustiness" sounds like something in the eye of the beholder...and you are welcome ;-) Btw I'll give it some rest. .

Btw. no one is forcing me to read someone else's posts or preventing me from putting them on ignore, so why the heavy handed censorship here by mods when it comes to members speaking truth to corrupted power which is an important part of brass-tacks "spirituality"?