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#676 2012-04-05 22:19:45

pearl
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Re: What is patience?

Well, apparently bruce thinks he is some kind of intense mind not seeing that he lacks the intensity, integrity that he accuses others of lacking, an inflated ego.

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#677 2012-04-06 03:13:03

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Re: What is patience?

Bruce lacks everything, especially integrity because he is fiction!
Fiction doesn't have any integrity whatsoever, just an imagined integrity.

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#678 2012-04-06 03:15:52

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Re: What is patience?

Eden wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

Children are NOT intellectual, adults are. I understand the difficulty in communicating among so many false notions which surround us, but without intensity, the most effective language FAILS.

I never said children were intellectual, so as usual you are speaking to your own ass.  Define intensity.

I didn't say you did.


  I said that, it's my statement. Because children are not intellectual, they have more energy.

  Adults are NOT children!!! Hence, they have less energy!

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#679 2012-04-06 03:27:18

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Re: What is patience?

Intensity? What is intensity?


  Very simple: it is not different from compassion for your fellow human being. Which is so huge, it cannot be contained in a few well-chosen phrases, in discussion with no dynamic whatsoever, moving from metaphor to metaphor, and getting lost in them, taking them for the real thing, being clever and making smart replies, all that and much more is NOT intensity.
Compassion cannot succesfully be defined, nor understood by a blind mind, which is the majority's mind. It most certainly CANNOT be understood through ANY word, through ANY symbol.

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#680 2012-04-06 04:30:40

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Re: What is patience?

Ahhh yes...back to compassion. The word you cannot define.  Since you cannot define it with words, do you at least have a video or picture? 

Perhaps I could pay you to watch you live your life for a few hours so I can see what it looks like?

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#681 2012-04-06 04:33:15

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Re: What is patience?

bruce sean wrote:

Bruce lacks everything, especially integrity because he is fiction!
Fiction doesn't have any integrity whatsoever, just an imagined integrity.

:-)

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#682 2012-04-06 04:41:34

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Re: What is patience?

pearl wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

Bruce lacks everything, especially integrity because he is fiction!
Fiction doesn't have any integrity whatsoever, just an imagined integrity.

:-)

Compassion and bruce as a person have nothing in common, especially since the person is fiction and compassion is not.

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#683 2012-04-06 04:43:40

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Re: What is patience?

Eden wrote:

Ahhh yes...back to compassion. The word you cannot define.  Since you cannot define it with words, do you at least have a video or picture? 

Perhaps I could pay you to watch you live your life for a few hours so I can see what it looks like?

Only compassion 'recognizes' compassion. Even when it's under its nose, the lack of compassion cannot possibly see compassion.

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#684 2012-04-06 04:46:51

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Re: What is patience?

I see....and how many dates does it take to recognize compassion?

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#685 2012-04-06 04:47:01

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Re: What is patience?

bruce sean wrote:

pearl wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

Bruce lacks everything, especially integrity because he is fiction!
Fiction doesn't have any integrity whatsoever, just an imagined integrity.

:-)

Compassion and bruce as a person have nothing in common, especially since the person is fiction and compassion is not.

But your love for that woman is not a fiction right, bruce? :-)

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#686 2012-04-06 04:51:53

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Re: What is patience?

Eden wrote:

I see....and how many dates does it take to recognize compassion?

It takes one split-second! In one split-second the lack of compassion is gone, and so compassion starts making waves.

  PS. You guys, there's something wrong with 'my' connection, and I can't answer certain posts. Tomorrow there will be no problem. I will try to reply as much as I could, because some are ok, some are not.

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#687 2012-04-06 04:53:23

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Re: What is patience?

pearl wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

pearl wrote:


:-)

Compassion and bruce as a person have nothing in common, especially since the person is fiction and compassion is not.

But your love for that woman is not a fiction right, bruce? :-)

My love would be fiction, because I'd be in there. But when I'm not, and when am I(?), love 'has no choice' BUT to be there.

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#688 2012-04-06 05:00:06

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Re: What is patience?

bruce sean wrote:

Eden wrote:

I see....and how many dates does it take to recognize compassion?

It takes one split-second!

Pretty much.  No 'getting to know someone' is necessary, is it?  Surely when you meet a girl, you know within a few seconds if it is there or not.

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#689 2012-04-06 05:05:01

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Re: What is patience?

bruce sean wrote:

pearl wrote:

bruce sean wrote:


Compassion and bruce as a person have nothing in common, especially since the person is fiction and compassion is not.

But your love for that woman is not a fiction right, bruce? :-)

My love would be fiction, because I'd be in there. But when I'm not, and when am I(?), love 'has no choice' BUT to be there.

ok :-)

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#690 2012-04-06 05:06:50

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Re: What is patience?

Eden wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

Eden wrote:

I see....and how many dates does it take to recognize compassion?

It takes one split-second!

Pretty much.  No 'getting to know someone' is necessary, is it?  Surely when you meet a girl, you know within a few seconds if it is there or not.

Is there what? We were talking of compassion, which has nothing to do with a particular girl, not of a physical attraction between two bodies, because there is no attraction between two minds-that is just bogus.

  The attraction is there, it's nothing spectacular, it's a small affair: a suitable female shows up in bruce's life-(in response to your other post, the big bruce is just as shallow as the little bruce)-and does that change anything? Not at all, it's still a small affair. If something happens, fine, if not, not. I usually make sure she knows what she's getting into, I don't want her to have any surprises later, and sex for its own purpose is out of the question for me.
  And with surprises gone, she will, too!!!

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#691 2012-04-06 05:08:37

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Re: What is patience?

pearl wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

pearl wrote:


But your love for that woman is not a fiction right, bruce? :-)

My love would be fiction, because I'd be in there. But when I'm not, and when am I(?), love 'has no choice' BUT to be there.

ok :-)

But not only for her, but the love for the poor man begging on the freeway ramp, for the homeless-which is a terrible thing- for everyone who suffers.

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#692 2012-04-06 05:12:29

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Re: What is patience?

Sounds awesome, bruce and I do wish you and this suitable woman all the best.  Maybe you just found the love of your life who knows.

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#693 2012-04-06 05:14:32

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Re: What is patience?

It did cross my mind, fleetingly. I can assure you though she will be just 'one more' added to the list of rejections.

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#694 2012-04-06 05:17:52

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Re: What is patience?

If she's just going to be another then why pursue this thing with her even psychologically?

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#695 2012-04-06 05:19:51

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Re: What is patience?

pearl wrote:

If she's just going to be another then why pursue this thing with her even psychologically?

I'm not. Whatever happens, happens.

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#696 2012-04-06 05:22:25

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Re: What is patience?

Alright.  I wish you and her the very best.  And thanks for sharing.

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#697 2012-04-06 05:30:23

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Re: What is patience?

bruce sean wrote:

The attraction is there, it's nothing spectacular, it's a small affair: a suitable female shows up in bruce's life-(in response to your other post, the big bruce is just as shallow as the little bruce)-and does that change anything? Not at all, it's still a small affair. If something happens, fine, if not, not. I usually make sure she knows what she's getting into, I don't want her to have any surprises later, and sex for its own purpose is out of the question for me.
  And with surprises gone, she will, too!!!

Indeed, it is all a small affair. Why are you wasting your time with small affairs?

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#698 2012-04-06 05:32:27

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Re: What is patience?

Small affairs attract small affairs.  My guess(its not a guess) is most of the places you hang out are filled with people and their small affairs.

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#699 2012-04-06 05:55:08

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Re: What is patience?

Indeed, it is all a small affair. Why are you wasting your time with small affairs?

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#700 2012-04-06 08:13:08

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Re: What is patience?

bruce sean wrote:

hermann wrote:

The unknown may well extend to not knowing what looking around means.

NOT when looking around is already in place!

On the contrary, looking implies not knowing.

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