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PerceptionWhat constitutes as alive?
19 Posts • 6174 Views Psychology Forum |
"What about fish? Fish don't need air."
^^^What is in the water that makes fish breathe?...isn't it air, oxygen particles that make up the water...Air......if fish didn't i... |
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God in ReligionThe God Thread
158 Posts • 41884 Views Religion Forum |
Nice reply dumbteen! Animals communicate with each other, alot of their communication may be at levels which we may not realize; pack animals (wolfs, lions, etc) have social structure and pecking orde... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeThe Price of Wisdom
36 Posts • 10152 Views Philosophy Forum |
A theist once told me that I haven't become aware of my inner Self. I responded, "Enlighten me as to what "Self" is and perhaps I shall find it. The point is: what the hell does a... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousSubconscious
43 Posts • 10878 Views Psychology Forum |
i won't confuse personal experience or someone feeling compeled to try and contextualize views -inadequately i might add- with as many words as they can muster/
with the objective and all enco... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeThe Use of Types of Thought
8 Posts • 8383 Views Philosophy Forum |
Deadcitystreets,
Concerning what is and where is one mind? I hear the words in my mind and see them down on this screen, yet my mind is invisible. Matter and atoms are invisible except through a micr... |
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Epistemology: Truth & KnowledgeThe Use of Types of Thought
8 Posts • 8383 Views Philosophy Forum |
Deadcitystreets,
Concerning what is and where is one mind? I hear the words in my mind and see them down on this screen, yet my mind is invisible. Matter and atoms are invisible except through a micr... |
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meditation
33 Posts • 9989 Views Philosophy Forum |
If there is no dreamer, then who perceives the dream?
As it is empirically impossible to be simultaneously within the dream while outside observing it.
And awareness belongs to the dreamer - who... |
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God in ReligionDid God really make us in his image?
10 Posts • 6975 Views Religion Forum |
You've misunderstood the value of the first few chapters of the Bible. In the first chapter God through the writing of Moses gives us an over all view of creation including mankind. Along with ou... |
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Paranormal & PseudoscienceDeja Vu-Theories
74 Posts • 39593 Views Science & Technology Forum |
MIA, I was agreeing with (your) the De Javu, it is memory that doesn't seem to improve with age. But it is nice to know that it is not your opinion but more of a consensus of thought to which you... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsReality does it have meaning?
12 Posts • 6622 Views Philosophy Forum |
"MEANING" in this case.
Essentially:
" ;Meaning" in this case is the kind of condition that put us on specific level of awareness, in a period of time.
Practically:
Meani... |
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ChristianityHow the Catholic Church evolved.
40 Posts • 18181 Views Religion Forum |
In the thread on atheist, I madea statement that I felt atheist didn't think of GOD. (They are without conscious awareness of God) Talking with an atheist, I asked him. He said [for him] this was... |
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Motivation
12 Posts • 4446 Views Philosophy Forum |
The first step to growth is acceptance. Rather than feeling guilty and regretting your lack of motivation, accept it as part of who you and part of what you need to learn. As long as it is a fight aga... |
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The dilemma of Choice
9 Posts • 2974 Views Philosophy Forum |
Ok, I'm now lost between posts.
Now in this one i denied the existence of something beyond logic in "living" creatures, in the other based on certain observations i managed to deduct... |
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ConsciousnessUnconsicous Response to Issues...
2 Posts • 2454 Views Philosophy Forum |
Was thinking about the Universal Unconscious, and came to the conclusion that there must be some interplay in the form of stimulus and response (as in a communicated response).
This response would ha... |
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Rehab & AddictionDrugs- yes or no?
30 Posts • 8239 Views Health & Wellness Forum |
Cool!...I always imagined myself a good enough writer to be published, even if it is for something as bland as a public awareness pamphlet...Lol!...But, of course, I'm not anti-drug enough to be... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousThe Conscious and Unconscious Duality
13 Posts • 3587 Views Psychology Forum |
Perhaps try this...
The wake-initiated lucid dream "occurs when the sleeper enters REM sleep with unbroken self-awareness directly from the waking state". The key to this technique is rec... |
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Human relationship with the 'Higher Power'
19 Posts • 5840 Views Philosophy Forum |
Yes decius (oh and wb) but it doesn't end there. The isolation I'm refering to is when you ralize you can't connect to things like you might want to, because you are a consciousness you... |
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Society & SociologySocial Contract
3 Posts • 2057 Views Psychology Forum |
There is an argument that censorship on art makes for better art, that art thrives under fascism.
But I agree whole heartedly with both of the previous posts on this. Some people are entirely new t... |
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DreamsDream Interpretation Thread
76 Posts • 24843 Views Psychology Forum |
Well, usually I just wake up before something painful happens. If something painful happens before I wake up, I don't really feel it, but I definitely feel fear. Probably the most I've felt... |
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Child & Family PsychologyDo we all really become our parents?
9 Posts • 10010 Views Psychology Forum |
Of course we all share similar trademarks to our parents, we are produced from their genetic makeup. However, genetics along with environment, experience, relations, occupation all contribute to our p... |
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PerceptionThe Predicted Sensation...
4 Posts • 2456 Views Psychology Forum |
Generally we predict where we will be (I'd guess) usually for the next second or two (this may change from person to person, or from event to event).
This may mean we ready our ears for a guit... |
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Women are scared sexy...
24 Posts • 14992 Views Philosophy Forum |
Decius, Xs...
By no means did I try to imply that I cannot plainly tell the difference between an ugly guy (Dennis Rodman), and a handsome guy (Brad Pitt). What I was exploring was the difference b... |
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Self-centered or introspective?
28 Posts • 16524 Views Philosophy Forum |
Well, I have met three people whom I think are deep thinkers, but it's taking time drawing the deep thinker out of them.Most people have the capacity to form deeper perceptions but they to share... |
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Age relevency on CC
23 Posts • 7149 Views Philosophy Forum |
I am willing to admit that I am at the younger end of the age-spectrum here at Cynic. Regardless of my age, I think that my posts are based on an awareness of fact and sensible opinions, rather than t... |
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God in ReligionDoes GOD Not Existed?
171 Posts • 42117 Views Religion Forum |
"And . . . when we remove God from human activity we end up not with human activity but animal activity, or animal behavior."
What is animal behaviour? Animal behaviour is when you are a pe... |
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