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Calderis:
--- Quote from: ballplayer72 on June 01, 2010, 08:35:10 PM ---
well, sir or madam, or like neuro singular they, I'd say you are atypical of the human experience. Behavior such as what I described and you agreed to is generally considered unstable and "wrong", especially if you're applying it to human beings or non insectoid life (people don't seem to care about insects being harmed or killed cause theyre icky). Just a thought lol ;D
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This is self delusion. While I will say not all; the majority of humans, as a psychological crutch break down others to make themselves feel better. It may not be causing physical harm, but we as a species routinely inflict emotional harm on others for exactly the reason you stated. It makes us feel better.
neofyte:
--- Quote from: Calderis on June 02, 2010, 04:57:39 AM ---This is self delusion.
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Not self-delusion, but mass delusion. About eighty-five percent (David Hawkins, Power vs. Force) of the planet subscribe to the notion of comparative self worth, that intrinsic value is based on how we stack up against others around us: can I write a wittier post? Do I make more money? Am I better looking? Can I take him in a fight?
To aspire to equanimity is, according to some, life's noblest purpose. This fr. Albert Einstein:
We exist as part of a greater whole, called universe. Humans are a part limited in time and space. Each perceives herself as something different or separate from the rest. This perception is actually an optical delusion of consciousness. It restricts us to our own self-interest...The greatest task of life is to break free from this prison, which can only be done by widening our circle of compassion to encompass all of humanity.
I learned this vicariously from Mark Schultz, a former gold medalist Olympic wrestler, while studying Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in 1992. Whenever I would pair up with Mark, my goal was not to win, but to extend the number of seconds before forced to 'tap out.' Mark was the toughest and most accomplished wrestler I had ever seen, and he could even give the professor a close match.
One day, a newcomer got so frustrated at being repeatedly bested by Mark he actually tried to trade blows. Far from wiping the floor with him, which I was privately rooting for, Mark gracefully difused his anger by apologizing and demurely begging off an altercation cause 'I don't want to get my ass kicked.'
Would Mark have been bested? No way in Hades. That was my first introduction to consummate self-confidence. Mark had nothing to prove. And he knew the best way to win a fight was to make friends, rather than /best/ enemies.
Calderis:
Well said sir, and I stand corrected.
Ms Duck:
Back on topic:
"If (cowl) succeeded, he'd have had the collective power of all of those supernatural beings and then some. He'd have been clearly stronger than the Ladies, and a full-on equal to Mab. I mean, why do you think the Erlking was summoned as part of that ritual? Because that's how the big E got so boss in the first place.
For that matter, how do you think the Mothers and Queens and Ladies established their original base of power? That big old sacrificial, power-sucking stone table in Tir na noth isn't there for its primitive decorative aesthetic."
"Cause you need people around to fuel the fire. Had Cowl been successful, his ascension would have exterminated every source of life for several miles--and the more who died, the more elevated he would have become. Think of them as a big old batch of human sacrifices.
The hag's ritual was a far more primitive version of Kemmler's rite, and wouldn't have done nearly as much for her as the Darkhallow would have for Cowl--but it still would have sparked off massive violence, plague, ill-fortune and general chaos for miles all around."--JB
he later emebellished in a live interview that the queens were at one time human, I believe. I dont have an actual quote here, but it's been listed several times in the threads about the queens themselves.( and allso implied for example, with JB's statment that the gruffs were all originaly changelings, as was presumably lea)
Frankly im of the opinion that ALL the gods were onc ehuman wizards who ascended, or their servants, and that's why the 'laws must stand as written' to prevent people from starting World Wars to become super gods.
mid_life_crisis:
--- Quote from: Ms. Duck on June 02, 2010, 12:42:52 PM ---Frankly im of the opinion that ALL the gods were onc ehuman wizards who ascended, or their servants, and that's why the 'laws must stand as written' to prevent people from starting World Wars to become super gods.
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There might also be a bit of "we got ours and we're doing our best to close the club to new members."
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