Ekliptix
12-06-2003, 11:37 PM
Feel free to discuss the following subjects.
Topic 1:
Happiness
"There is a differnence between happiness and contentment, the second of the two being a more fullfilling and longer lasting feeling, though it too can be temporary. Pain and ellation are two halves of the same sense stimulus. They are mental creations that signal when something has changed. When your mind likes the change, it signals pleasure, and when it dislikes it, it signals pain. I think emotionally these manifest as ellation or aversion. One of them clings the other one pushes away. You can also have attachment or aversion to a state, rather than a change. I don't regaurd them as being opposites though, but rather two differnt forms of experssing the same thing
Now contentment, is the middle place. It happens when there isn't any clinging or pushing away. Love is one aspect of this. It's just being at peace with what is. For instance when you love a person (when it is real love imo), you love them as they are, without wishing they were a certain way or expecting them to become a certain way, or wishing that they wern't a certain way. You just love them as they are (which is a process of course. Every person is a process). A person can have contentment which produces a more sublime form of joy, which is a much longer lasting experiance. Just imo though." - some guy
Topic 2:
Reality, Consciousness, and The Holographic Universe
http://www.hlhologram.com/hologram%20knowledge.htm
I found this really interesting.
Topic 1:
Happiness
"There is a differnence between happiness and contentment, the second of the two being a more fullfilling and longer lasting feeling, though it too can be temporary. Pain and ellation are two halves of the same sense stimulus. They are mental creations that signal when something has changed. When your mind likes the change, it signals pleasure, and when it dislikes it, it signals pain. I think emotionally these manifest as ellation or aversion. One of them clings the other one pushes away. You can also have attachment or aversion to a state, rather than a change. I don't regaurd them as being opposites though, but rather two differnt forms of experssing the same thing
Now contentment, is the middle place. It happens when there isn't any clinging or pushing away. Love is one aspect of this. It's just being at peace with what is. For instance when you love a person (when it is real love imo), you love them as they are, without wishing they were a certain way or expecting them to become a certain way, or wishing that they wern't a certain way. You just love them as they are (which is a process of course. Every person is a process). A person can have contentment which produces a more sublime form of joy, which is a much longer lasting experiance. Just imo though." - some guy
Topic 2:
Reality, Consciousness, and The Holographic Universe
http://www.hlhologram.com/hologram%20knowledge.htm
I found this really interesting.