Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

The line between spirituality and madness

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    #16
    Re: The line between spirituality and madness

    I'd definitely chew my penis off before my thumbs, I mean most women get along well enough without having penises but people without thumbs have loads of problems. Like not being able to hitch rides.

    Plus, I need my thumbs for video games. Not having a penis would, if anything, improve my ability to play video games.
    Trust is knowing someone or something well enough to have a good idea of their motivations and character, for good or for ill. People often say trust when they mean faith.

    Comment


      #17
      Re: The line between spirituality and madness

      Originally posted by Denarius View Post
      I'd definitely chew my penis off before my thumbs, I mean most women get along well enough without having penises but people without thumbs have loads of problems. Like not being able to hitch rides.

      Plus, I need my thumbs for video games. Not having a penis would, if anything, improve my ability to play video games.
      I'm thinking that somewhere there is someone who now feels wiser because they have that information.
      Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.

      Comment


        #18
        Re: The line between spirituality and madness

        Originally posted by Denarius View Post
        I'd definitely chew my penis off before my thumbs, I mean most women get along well enough without having penises but people without thumbs have loads of problems. Like not being able to hitch rides.

        Plus, I need my thumbs for video games. Not having a penis would, if anything, improve my ability to play video games.
        I skipped this whole thread. Then picked this up.
        I should read this thread.
        *reads thread
        Nope. Not about the penis.
        Satan is my spirit animal

        Comment


          #19
          Re: The line between spirituality and madness

          My own (admittedly limited) life experiences have left me convinced that there is a very fine line between madness and just about anything else we care to name.
          In fact, I suspect that the entire planet may be Upton Park - two stops short of Barking.

          (note for non UK readers - Upton Park and Barking are both stations on the London Underground... and this is a roundabout way of saying Barking Mad.)

          I always try to give good value for money in my posts....
          www.thewolfenhowlepress.com


          Phantom Turnips never die.... they just get stewed occasionally....

          Comment


            #20
            Re: The line between spirituality and madness

            Well Tylluan,you "Brits" are so very gentile in how you call people "Nuts"
            MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED

            all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
            NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
            don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.




            sigpic

            my new page here,let me know what you think.


            nothing but the shadow of what was

            witchvox
            http://www.witchvox.com/vu/vxposts.html

            Comment


              #21
              Re: The line between spirituality and madness

              Originally posted by anunitu View Post
              Well Tylluan,you "Brits" are so very gentile in how you call people "Nuts"
              Thank you anunitu. We do our best. The next valley over to mine just calls them Headshot.
              www.thewolfenhowlepress.com


              Phantom Turnips never die.... they just get stewed occasionally....

              Comment


                #22
                Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                I call people "sideways" myself. That's pretty generous.

                Comment


                  #23
                  Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                  I don't call crazy people 'crazy' to their face. You can get bitten that way. Though among my crazy friends, we can call each other that, no problem.
                  Satan is my spirit animal

                  Comment


                    #24
                    Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                    To my mind a person either can or cannot function in society, and that is the whole of it.

                    "No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical." -- Niels Bohr

                    Comment


                      #25
                      Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                      To me, they're almost two ends of the spectrum. Madness, in my opinion, is being lost within your own mind; locked in a fantasy world, unable to fully connect with anyone outside of your own locked room, even the Gods. Spirituality, on the other hand, in my opinion, is reaching out beyond yourself to touch the divine. You use your imagination to connect with them, so I think that's why sometimes we confuse the two; mad people exercise their imagination muscles a ton, so during brief, lucid moments, if they do reach out, they can connect with the divine much easier then people who don't regularly use those mind muscles. So they can briefly appear divinely inspired, but it's not the same thing, in my opinion.

                      Comment


                        #26
                        Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                        Originally posted by nbdy View Post
                        To my mind a person either can or cannot function in society, and that is the whole of it.
                        Except for sociopaths who function quite well in society. Yet are crazy as a bat.
                        Satan is my spirit animal

                        Comment


                          #27
                          Originally posted by Medusa View Post

                          Except for sociopaths who function quite well in society. Yet are crazy as a bat.
                          Which type of bat? The flying one, or the one you use to hit stuff.
                          ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

                          RIP

                          I have never been across the way
                          Seen the desert and the birds
                          You cut your hair short
                          Like a shush to an insult
                          The world had been yelling
                          Since the day you were born
                          Revolting with anger
                          While it smiled like it was cute
                          That everything was shit.

                          - J. Wylder

                          Comment


                            #28
                            Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                            Originally posted by Medusa View Post
                            Except for sociopaths who function quite well in society. Yet are crazy as a bat.
                            I was going to say a similar thing about psychopaths...

                            The thing is though, these types tend to exist on a spectrum. Some are successful, and others are not. There is a very good article written about this by some leading scientist - Canadian I think...
                            Ah yes, Dr. Robert D. Hare.

                            Anyway, he maintains that the number of psychopaths in the population is about 10%. Most are successful psychopaths, meaning that they have socialised themselves to the point of being able to operate within society. Most gravitate toward certain social roles / professions like politics, and banking where they tend to excel because they have a distinct advantage over the average person.

                            So crazyness really comes down to what the majority of society recognises as normal and abnormal, tolerable and intolerable. Strangely, even this determination changes with context. Sort of like this TV ad:
                            Tip Top Ice cream asks how far from the beach togs (Speedos) become undies?
                            Last edited by DON; 02 Apr 2014, 11:45. Reason: Found the scientist

                            Comment


                              #29
                              Re: The line between spirituality and madness

                              Originally posted by Denarius View Post
                              I've been thinking about this for a while now, and the recent breatharian thread got it back in my head.

                              I generally give people plenty of leeway to be weird. I mean, who am I to judge? However, sometimes I just can't help but be concerned about people's mental well being.

                              Where do you draw the line between say speaking with gods and auditory hallucinations, or practicing magic and delusion?

                              I tend to think about things in terms of my experiences. I know something is real if I can hold it in my hand or see it with my own eyes. Therefore it makes me really uncomfortable to think about how my perceptions could just, one day, decide to be wrong for a change. Or that they might already be, and I just haven't noticed.

                              At least when it comes to keeping an eye on myself, I try to keep three things in mind.

                              One: Peer verification, as in comparing my perceptions to those of others. Two: Self reflection, as in asking myself why I believe the things I do. Three: Where's the harm, is what I am doing hurting anyone. (Including myself)

                              That still leaves the problem of other people though. Then again, I tend to write off other people's problems as none of my business. As long as I don't think they're likely to be dangerous in some fashion, then how can it be my business?

                              I mean, who cares if someone believes in fairies or the healing power of love? So long as the fairies aren't telling them to kill, or they think their diabetic child doesn't need insulin if they just love them hard enough. Then it becomes a problem.could have been stolen by gnomes. In as much as something conceivably gnome-like
                              Hey, my pens don't disappear for nothing
                              What one believes in is infinitely more important than WHO they believe in.

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X