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Piggy said:Oh sure, he must’ve achieved total samadhi. A lifelong celibate, a scholar of the sacred texts, completely unattached to the material world...😳 😁
Plutarch rejects having actual criteria because they know deep down they'll never reach mastery. They just can't stomach anyone being bigger than them (typical American jealousy), so they have to dilute everything enlightened into some floating, nebulous mess. It's all just a way to avoid anything concrete—anything you could actually hold someone accountable for.🙂
Oh, what a mess!
The master with his little morsel
The pig watches him
In silence, staring on
Since in that sense
Everyone is busy doing something
As drifting ideas
Pop into his head!
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bistra voda said:I’ve heard this a million times. People love to whine about the followers, but nobody ever talks about the types who step up to be the leader, the guru, the teacher, or the "master"... or even if they're just pushed into it, it doesn't matter. So, come on—tell me what kind of person actually makes a guru? What qualities do they need? What stage of life or growth are they at? What defines a real guru in your eyes?
NOBODY APPOINTS ANYBODY TO ANYTHING. PERIOD.
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Chuck Norris is always laughing—honestly, what wouldn't make him laugh?! 😉
A father asks his son: "Hey Amanda Evans29, what's an airplane?"
"It's a steel bird!" he shouts back.
"And a rocket?"
"Just a space taxi for walking through the stars."
"Alright then, give me a solid description of a COW."
"I can't, Dad—never seen one of those things before!"
MOOOOO
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Amanda Evans29 said:Where's the proof? 😲 🤔 🙂 😂-😂-😂
Exactly where she thinks it isn't. 😉😁
Herpes said:YEAH, YEAH, YEAH...
Just endless eggs.
And I seriously can't help but think of that old joke where two sperm cells are talking and one asks the other, "Do you believe in life after the egg?"
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Later, EMHu!👋
People have it all wrong when they talk about work.
It’s not some visible machine where you can just watch it run from the sidewalk.
So, just where the hell is THERE IS?😲
Donald Trump said:If we're talking about a monk getting married (I've lost the thread of this conversation a bit, so bear with me), the whole point is they chose a lifestyle built on renunciation. It’s basically the same as cheating on a spouse—actually, in my book, it's way worse. Sure, they can get married. But if they do, they better not be hypocrites and lose their minds the second they see a woman in a skirt.
At the end of the day, it's all just mental constructs. But for Raman, both this body and this entire world are nothing more than mental constructs. Raman wasn't a monk or a householder; he never even gave marriage a thought because he was completely beyond all that. Am I, or are you? As long as we're conscious of our bodies—as long as duality feels real to us—I think it's total nonsense to use Raman's enlightenment as an excuse for self-delusion. In my current state, I'm definitely not indifferent toward women, and I'm certainly not in some state beyond appearance or duality where it wouldn't matter at all whether I got married or not. I can just pick one of those two options and stick to it. I can't just say "it doesn't matter" because, in my mind, it *does* matter. If it truly didn't matter, these questions wouldn't even exist, and I wouldn't even notice women, monks, or anyone being married or single.
For most of us, it just isn't like that.
Wait, if I'm following you correctly, you're saying that if you were in "Raman's state," you wouldn't care if you were married or not, but in your current state, you actually do care?😕
I don't get it...
EM claims they’re pulling wins out of thin air—even if they were mostly just flailing around—while ExxonMobil insists there isn't a damn thing happening.
So, how the hell are they supposed to hit those green targets now? 😕
Jade said:but when we start talking about "spirituality," everyone suddenly thinks they’re some kind of enlightened guru who can do anything. 😁
And it doesn't stop there—then they act like nobody could possibly do it better than them! 😬
Jason Johnson4 said:A rancher I know out in Montana tells me this:
"A Wolf is easy to deal with. A Wolf breaks into the pen, takes a sheep, maybe kills a few more. But when an IRS agent crawls into that pen... he walks away with twenty sheep."
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Now that's some wisdom right there!
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Man, those eyes...
I spent some time hanging around hunters recently... interesting story. But honestly? It needs a lot more focus and time than I can give it right now. Maybe later.
The vet was just doing their job. Honestly, the fact that a hunter was the one who saved her is what really sticks with me.
For generations, people living out in the rural Midwest or the rugged mountains lived by one rule: wild animals are the enemy. They wiped them out without a second thought—whether it was bears tearing through fishing gear or wolves slaughtering livestock in the middle of the night.
In all that "cruelty," you can't really call them brutal by today's standards. It wasn't about being mean; it was pure survival. That was just the simplest way to stay alive back then.
Nowadays, we tend to romanticize things, so hunters get a bad rap, while those "bloodthirsty wolves" are seen as victims. (And look, I’m not talking about trophy hunters killing for fun here—I mean the local community members who hunted to provide.)
To me, this story matters because it shows that even in those old-school environments, perspectives are shifting. People aren't just hunkered down trying to defend themselves from the wilderness anymore; they're actually stepping up to protect it.
So, my hat goes off to the community and the hunter who found her. I see this as a small but real step toward seeing humans as guardians of the wild rather than its enemies.
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Jason Johnson4 said:Cheers to all the good people out there.
PS. Paul Campbell3. What did they call the little piglet? Eve.
It’s not Eve - it’s Ivy
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Get over here, man
and join us in the Carpathians!
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Jack Harris3 said:Finally, two guys who aren't just sucking up to Black Stone in every single scenario. Honestly, though, I can't tell which one is the bigger wimp.
Who wouldn't root for them? 😍 😁
Damn, after seeing this, I’m hitting the movie theater tomorrow! 😁
February 26, 2005
There’s this incredible story about a run-in between a man and a wolf—something you could easily call "Man Meets Wolf"—unfolding in four distinct acts this past Saturday out in the Runovići area near Sebišna.
Act one: Adam Bakavić, an intense hunter, was driving his rig through the hilly, snow-covered outskirts of his town on Wednesday afternoon, just doing his usual rounds. He wasn't expecting much, but he stumbled upon a wolf tangled up in steel cable inside what looked like a wild boar trap. He called his buddies over, and they managed to haul the wolf back to the village using some netting. They stowed him away in a barn. News of a live wolf being caught spread through the Imotski region like wildfire. From Wednesday night all the way through Saturday afternoon, over 800 curious onlookers showed up just to catch a glimpse. The wolf wouldn't touch any food; he just drank water. According to Adam, he didn't even nibble on a scrap of prosciutto until Saturday. He just sat there, quiet and withdrawn, in the corner of the barn.
Act two: Around 2:00 PM on Saturday, after getting the call, a professional team from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine arrived at Sebišna, led by Dr. Josip Kusak from the Institute of Biology. A crowd of about two hundred people had gathered in front of the barn at Sebišna. Everyone wanted to see how things would turn out for the wolf. After a quick consultation, Dr. Kusak used a specialized tool to administer a sedative into the wolf's hind leg. Once he was out, they examined him. It turns out those steel cables did massive damage; the wound was infected and looking pretty lethal. His only shot was emergency surgery and heavy-duty antibiotics.
Act three: This is where things get frantic. The wolf—who was immediately named Eva by a local radio station listener poll since Adam was the one who caught her—was rushed to the Veterinary Clinic in Imotski. An experienced crew was already standing by: Luka Majić, Ivan Gudelj, Perica Tucak, and Mario Maršić. With help from Dr. Kusak and his two assistants, they spent two full hours stitching Eva up. Dr. Kusak claims this was a total first—one of the most unique operations performed on a wild wolf in this kind of manner. After two hours, the wounds were cleaned, she got her antibiotics and an IV, and they weighed her at 25 kilograms. She’s two years old and just hitting maturity. They also fitted her with a special tracking collar so they can monitor her movement and behavior for the next year. While the surgery was going down, a ton of people swarmed the clinic to watch the repairs. Most of them were parents with little kids in tow.
The final act: Dr. Kusak and his team sedated Eva once more, transported her back near where she was originally trapped, and in front of a large crowd of locals at Sebišna, Eva was released back into the woods—back to the wild where she belongs.
"I haven't seen anything like this in all my years working with wildlife," Dr. Kusak told us after the exhausting work was done. "First off, I've never seen such warmth and genuine concern for a protected animal from the people here in Imotski. At every turn, people were asking if she'd make it, if she had a chance. It was unique, just like the surgery and the whole rescue mission for this wild beast. What really touched me was the attitude of a few ranchers from Sebišna. Wolves are a constant threat to their livestock, yet they told me, 'Save her, because she's one of ours too.' Unbelievable," says Dr. Kusak.
And that’s the story of Eva, the wolf from Imotski. Now we just have to hope Dr. Kusak's prediction holds true and that she pulls through the post-op recovery. Everyone in Imotski is rooting for her.
Text and footage: Braco Ćosić
You don't have a clue. But hey, since you were born so young, maybe there's still hope for you. 😬 😉
Look, I’m asking you to just copy this whole post over to that new mega-thread I started called BULLETIN BOARD.
That way it doesn't just get buried and forgotten, and anyone actually interested can stay in the loop on everything happening next.