Whats your biggest fear?

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Whats your biggest fear?
Mine is decay. Not only of the human body but of objects as well. I just dread to think that my favourite things might be destroyed or spoilt someway.

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If things did not decay, you wouldnt be here to ask the question, and your favourite things would not exist. Think about it....brbrThe decay of an object is inevitable. Its like having a fear of rotation and living on the planets surface. Theres nothing you can do about it, it should not be feared, but accepted and appreciated.

Whats the secret to living in the moment?

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Whats the secret to living in the moment?

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Hi Skycat, brbr This is good. This really is one of my most important mantras.brbr A very smart man, for whom I hold in the highest esteem, shared a comment with me, after some time, it clicked. I asked him the very question you posed on this website.brbrI asked, quotHow can it be possible to live in the moment? brbrHe replied, quotPicture this somewhat vulgar analogy, if you will. This may illustrate the ease of how to acheive this way of living, and also it may also show you just how equally easy it is to get caught up in yesterday and tomorrow, those two eternities, for which are forever out of our control.brbrHe stood up with legs apart like at a driving range.brThen as he looked at his legs, he then said to me,br quotWhen you have one leg quotstanding in yesterday,bramp when you have the other quotstanding in tomorrow, bryou see how you are pissing on today !!!br brNow, I know this is not an elegant analogy of the brcrystal clear point, he was trying to get across, however, I saw EXACTLY what he meant. I knewbrEXACTLY how to put that dirty, tasteless analogybrinto the context of how I was living my life.brbrSo, in a nutshell, if my mind is thinking about yesterday, and my mind is also thinking about what may happen tomorrow, how much of our THOUGHTS, ATTENTION AND FOCUS IS HONESTLY,TRUTHFULLY, LIVING IN TODAY ?brNot much, is there buddy. Thats why the people of Alcoholics Anonymous have many credos and mantras. One of the deepest and most loved mantra of A.A. is quotLive, one day at a timequottoday.brbrKind regards from Toronto, Canada.

Whats the secret to living in the moment?

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Whats the secret to living in the moment?

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Hi Skycat, brbr This is good. This really is one of my most important mantras.brbr A very smart man, for whom I hold in the highest esteem, shared a comment with me, after some time, it clicked. I asked him the very question you posed on this website.brbrI asked, quotHow can it be possible to live in the moment? brbrHe replied, quotPicture this somewhat vulgar analogy, if you will. This may illustrate the ease of how to acheive this way of living, and also it may also show you just how equally easy it is to get caught up in yesterday and tomorrow, those two eternities, for which are forever out of our control.brbrHe stood up with legs apart like at a driving range.brThen as he looked at his legs, he then said to me,br quotWhen you have one leg quotstanding in yesterday,bramp when you have the other quotstanding in tomorrow, bryou see how you are pissing on today !!!br brNow, I know this is not an elegant analogy of the brcrystal clear point, he was trying to get across, however, I saw EXACTLY what he meant. I knewbrEXACTLY how to put that dirty, tasteless analogybrinto the context of how I was living my life.brbrSo, in a nutshell, if my mind is thinking about yesterday, and my mind is also thinking about what may happen tomorrow, how much of our THOUGHTS, ATTENTION AND FOCUS IS HONESTLY,TRUTHFULLY, LIVING IN TODAY ?brNot much, is there buddy. Thats why the people of Alcoholics Anonymous have many credos and mantras. One of the deepest and most loved mantra of A.A. is quotLive, one day at a timequottoday.brbrKind regards from Toronto, Canada.

Can you be polite to people who hurt you ?

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Can you be polite to people who hurt you ?

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Yes you can. Although its not always the best approach. People like that need to learn that its not okay to hurt other people. If everyone is always polite to such people they are just going to persist in their behavior and continue hurting other people.

Can you be honest?

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Can you be honest?
When you answer questions do you type more quotone word phrasesquot or quotone sentences and beyondquot

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I am new to this yahoo thing, I signed up hoping I could help people with what little knowledge I do have from life. I have noticed that not only the answers are short, mean or flat out cruel.... but some of the questions arent so serious either, people goofing off and not realizing how helpful this tool could be. Its ashame, do to the fact that some people really do need answers and would like to be treated with some sort of respect for being brave enough to ask for help.brbrThats my opinion.... Have a great day.

Can we prevent death, disease, and old age?

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Can we prevent death, disease, and old age?
WE the human beings have progressed a lot,we have come a long way from the stone age to the present.And still we are to go a long way. I donot think that we had any chance of conquering the above three that is death, disease and old age.

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Hey! I read all answers and see that all are staying at the most primitive and dense level and that is the materialistic field. Personality for me belongs also to this. As this is posted in philosophy, there should be something more than just this.brWhere are all those spiritual and religious people? As far as I remember from school in classes about religion, there was a man Jesus who told people that there is not such a thing like death and he also demonstrated this by showing up alive after he was killed. Well this might be just a nice story to satisfy his followers, as it also belongs to the primitive aspects. But what about the philosophical part of eternal life? In this of course the body is seen only as a changeable form that will be renewed, not really important, because there is a permanent entity and for this there is no death. Sounds good, maybe too good? Or why it is not mentioned when something about it is ask? brWell, this just shows that we live in the first place with a materialistic worldview and philosophy serves to confirm our position. Right? Religion is just the way to manipulate people and to keep them calm. Wasnt it Marx who mentioned this? brAnyway, I was just surprised and was wondering where are all those religious people who usually show up in all occasions.brInkyPinkie

Can we prevent death, disease, and old age?

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Can we prevent death, disease, and old age?
WE the human beings have progressed a lot,we have come a long way from the stone age to the present.And still we are to go a long way. I donot think that we had any chance of conquering the above three that is death, disease and old age.

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Hey! I read all answers and see that all are staying at the most primitive and dense level and that is the materialistic field. Personality for me belongs also to this. As this is posted in philosophy, there should be something more than just this.brWhere are all those spiritual and religious people? As far as I remember from school in classes about religion, there was a man Jesus who told people that there is not such a thing like death and he also demonstrated this by showing up alive after he was killed. Well this might be just a nice story to satisfy his followers, as it also belongs to the primitive aspects. But what about the philosophical part of eternal life? In this of course the body is seen only as a changeable form that will be renewed, not really important, because there is a permanent entity and for this there is no death. Sounds good, maybe too good? Or why it is not mentioned when something about it is ask? brWell, this just shows that we live in the first place with a materialistic worldview and philosophy serves to confirm our position. Right? Religion is just the way to manipulate people and to keep them calm. Wasnt it Marx who mentioned this? brAnyway, I was just surprised and was wondering where are all those religious people who usually show up in all occasions.brInkyPinkie

Can we find happiness in every situation of life ?

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Can we find happiness in every situation of life ?
I believe YES.... days back i had a major accident that fractured my right hand..left me with sort of serious injuries.. since then bearing pain became a habit for me..i wud feel that my simple sweet life has turned into some sort of struggle..undergoing surgeries repeatedly..staying at hospital..praying to God to save my hand..it made life almost hell.

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..Ya, we can find Happiness in every situation. Bliss is true Happiness. What as a common being we call Happiness is just misery in disguise. What we call happiness is entertainment, Pleasure.brIt is momentaryit can not be true. Truth has to have one quality, and the quality is of eternity. If something is True it is eternal if it is Untrue it is momentary. brTrue Happiness is found only when the mind completely ceases functioning. It does not come from the outside. It wells up within our own being, It starts overflowing us. We become Luminous. We become a fountain of Bliss.brbrDrop both Happiness and Unhappiness. Only then we can attain Bliss. Nothing less will do.

Can u name any one major thing or lesson that u have learnt frm ur life so far... ?

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Can u name any one major thing or lesson that u have learnt frm ur life so far... ?
a GOOD lesson that is..

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Well...what i have learned so far...is...brbrbrquotIf we have devotion and respect to our work or studies then that respect matters more in success rather than only hard workquotbrbrI have really learned this..Really,if we do not respect our work and do not devote ourselves into it.....we never become successful....its only when we find something innovative in our work and then,we respect it with devotion....we are successfulbrbrNice Concept

Can u name any one major thing or lesson that u have learnt frm ur life so far... ?

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Can u name any one major thing or lesson that u have learnt frm ur life so far... ?
a GOOD lesson that is..

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Well...what i have learned so far...is...brbrbrquotIf we have devotion and respect to our work or studies then that respect matters more in success rather than only hard workquotbrbrI have really learned this..Really,if we do not respect our work and do not devote ourselves into it.....we never become successful....its only when we find something innovative in our work and then,we respect it with devotion....we are successfulbrbrNice Concept