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Originally Posted by Air&Road
Appreciate the thought cmac. The fact remains that he went through a period when he had a long thread with instructions about how to dig and irritate. He had no intention of correcting anything or helping anyone. He was even PMing others telling them how to join in. His efforts have shown massive amounts of not only disrespect, but a strong desire to cause others to have a bad day. It takes a major piece of excrement to have such a desire to make life so unpleasant for others.
He is nothing but a big pile of horse $#it.
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I have encountered people on the web who seem to never enjoy themselves so much as when they are stick poking. It's something I struggle with, that is, does it bother me or do I just ignore it?
I've been studying Buddhism and it's variant Zen for a while, and I'm beginning to think they are the ultimate guide to mental health. Like a lot of people I've been lost in space for quite a while. I look back at some of the dumb and rude things I've done with people and shake my head. They all say it's important to have no regret, to forgive yourself for being a dumbass. That's a lot of forgiving in my case.
I've been ruminating for several years on a document, said to be the oldest known Zen document from China. I've read it referred to as a Zen poem, but it doesn't seem like a poem. Anyway, I like it, it's interesting, good food for thought. Was written in China about 1600 years ago. One line has stuck with me lately:
"When the mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when a thing can no longer offend, it ceases to exist in the old way."
Some of it is hard to wrap your head around. Part of the value of that stuff supposedly comes from pondering it, ideally it quiets your mind from useless crap.
https://terebess.hu/english/hsin.html#3