Brian

It's really not a matter of secret incantations or artifacts or hand motions (or whatever) but of energy. What has your teacher told you about interacting with the spirit realm?

Vacuum tubes and magnetic core memory...

Not me! That would be rude.

This is the view looking back the other direction...

The Blue Ridge Parkway runs along that farthest ridge.

Seems consistent with many other teachings, just using the word "Brahman" in place of other words others use to attempt to speak about the ineffable "whatever" which is "the ultimate reality."

Play with tetrazene or perchloric acid instead. Mercury is on the EPA naughty list.

I was gonna suggest he bottle up that anger, get on a plane and cross the pond to slap my face. After I stopped laughing, I'd help him up, offer him a beer, and sit on the porch with him to discuss how confused he is. Probably wouldn't sink in but he might enjoy the view. I think I like your suggestion better, though.

Angry at you??? Oh, my friend, you so totally misunderstand. EDIT: "In all seriousness," I sincerely tried to help you when you first joined the forum. Heck! I even tried to find you a local teacher who could help you on your journey. I won't tell you why that didn't work out because you would just find it offensive.

You really ought to stop concentrating and focusing on energy centers, BTW. It isn't good for you.

How about if we just tell you that you have a jing problem and you masturbate too much? Is that OK?

No, it is actually a perfectly accurate statement. He didn't say men are better at programming than women or that women shouldn't be allowed to be programmers or that women are never programmers -- he said that men are more inclined to programming than women. This is true. The educational system has been working hard for a couple decades now to convince females, starting at a very early age, that STEM programs are things they should give a chance and explore because they might find they enjoy them. Males are significantly over-represented in programming, in the broader IT field, and in the STEM disciplines in general -- NOT because female are being excluded from them but because they are self-selecting not to pursue them. That Margaret Hamilton is as germane to the discussion as this one:

<whispers> This isn't quantum mechanics... <whispers>

The planet Earth has two dimensions?

Yeah, that struck me, too.

Oh, it just seemed that they must not be 3D either. <shrug>

I am curious... What shape are your eyes?

73. We all have Mo Pai level 73 abilities on this forum. Well... Not all of us.

So soon??? I had you down for staying away 72 hours. Welcome back, though!

People who aren't in favor of tearing down a Robert E. Lee statue are terrorists who shouldn't be allowed to express that idea? What should the government do with/to those people? Are people who believe Sharia law would work pretty well also terrorists? What about people who believe the Communist Manifesto is a better foundational model than the US Constitution? Personally, I don't think any of those beliefs is sufficient to label someone as a terrorist, or to deny them the right to express those beliefs in the public square. Expressing the belief that the use of violence as a means to create a state of terrorism in order to force a particular change is an acceptable course of action isn't even sufficient in my book.

Would you say that I have "logic and humanity functioning normally"?

So the government should be empowered to determine which thoughts are "truth" and which ideas are too dangerous to be allowed to exist?

Which of the groups I identify above would you deem permissible?

Excellent! So are you OK if I get to determine which ideas you are legally permitted to express?