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A true and false saying

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A true and false saying: "you are what you think"

 

True per the thinking mind, or the mental realm.

False per Spritual reality, which is not 'mind' or of the mental realm.

 

Do you have other true and false sayings to share?

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Do you have other true and false sayings to share?

No, but I will add that it is false regarding the body too in most cases.

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No, but I will add that it is false regarding the body too in most cases.

 

Do you mean if you think you are your body? I see the body as mostly reflecting what one thinks and feels...

 

(along with if one eats way to much junk food, gets no rest or exercise, etc...)

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Do you mean if you think you are your body? I see the body as mostly reflecting what one thinks and feels...

Hehehe. I did the best I could with my response. I was speaking more at situations like the 50 year old man with the big beer belly walking around thinking that the young women think he is sexy and other conditions along the same lines.

 

Statements of paradox are what this thread is about. Thoughts that appear to be false simply because they are counter to "conventional wisdom" but if we look deeply at the thought realize the truth in it.

 

When I was younger I had a number of women tell me that I had a sexy looking butt. Therefore I thought it must be true. It has been a rather long time since any woman has told me that. Therefore I believe I have grown too old to sexually arouse any woman.

 

But then, I agree with you in that our mental state will bear greatly on our physical health.

 

So anyhow. A statement that is both true and false. Emptiness is empty.

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hehe,

I wasn't thinking along the lines of male/female interactions butt that's surely an area that can be related to the topic. ;)

 

"They" say the brain/mind is the biggest turn on (as in it being used to be maintain an even temper, be self respecting, kind, communicative, funny, cool, well-off, healthy, flexible, manly, trustable, open minded and hearted, educated, etc...) And since you have most of those qualities why wouldn't a woman find you attractive besides the fact that you probably don't have much of a butt left at your mature age?

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... besides the fact that you probably don't have much of a butt left at your mature age?

Hehehe. Yeah, it has gotten six inches larger that it was back then and all six inches are flab. No more tight butt here.

 

Where were we?

 

The tree is green. True and false.

 

I have free will. True and false.

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The state of Emptiness in the mind is simply means that the mind has been cleared for new entries and evaluation. It does not mean it has nothing to be thinking about.

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Maybe a bit tangential but I like this saying:

The opposite of a great truth

is another great truth.

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Maybe a bit tangential but I like this saying:

The opposite of a great truth

is another great truth.

I don't understand.

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A chicken has two legs, especially the right one.

 

They report the dollar is up but in reality it is green.

 

If you can't say fuck, you can't say fuck the government.

 

A lesbian is someone who prefers sex with women.

 

When complexity strikes, meaningful statements lose precision and precise statements lose meaning.

 

Today is yesterday's tomorrow.

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I don't see anything false about this statement. Please try again. :D

Okay. You guys moved up a level and I was unaware. I was looking for statements that were true AND false.

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...

All propositions contain within them the seed of their negation.

 

I am become the resolution of every paradox.

 

I often feel that for anything I say, I ought to follow with its contradiction.

...

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Okay. You guys moved up a level and I was unaware. I was looking for statements that were true AND false.

Mankind is great.

 

We are special.

 

We are dust.

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Okay. You guys moved up a level and I was unaware. I was looking for statements that were true AND false.

Me too. "I don't understand" was a statement I found to be true, not true AND false.

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But how do you know it is thinking if you don't acknowledge the thoughts?

I think the new entry of thoughts will acknowledge the mind.

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