15 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

 

Could be male sex bots for the women too - they then can experience happy endings they have nearly always missed out on!

I doubt if any women wanting, miss out on happy endings 

On 7/21/2025 at 8:27 PM, hotsun said:

Most posters here would be most happy in Palestine, if their posts are to be believed

Hot Sun´s Brain drain.......

On 7/22/2025 at 6:36 PM, Cameroni said:

 

The peaks in happiness which hedonism, say, food, sex or drugs, gives you, are very fleeting. However, a modest life will reqauire modest expectations, which is the real key to happiness.

From Nathanial West:

 

For the true hedonist, sometimes a night consists of a volume of Proust and an apple.

 

-But thankfully, not all that often.

4 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

From Nathanial West:

 

For the true hedonist, sometimes a night consists of a volume of Proust and an apple.

 

-But thankfully, not all that often.

 

I tell ya, when I came out of that Zen monastery, eating the most abominable vegetarian trash for over a week, I stopped at a hotel for food on the drive home. The kitchen was closed. But they offered a roll with pate. I took it. When that roll with pate hit my mouth, it was an orgy of pleasure on my tongue that is impossible to describe. Only eating vegetarian garbage for over a week can heighten the pleasure of food like that.

 

Quite an experience.

It may be the age difference.

 

I'm going out to a 4* Korean BBQ place this Saturday with some pothead friends. We will def be having the big mixed meat platter. Prob a hotpot too.

 

I have to go pescatarian on 2 days of either side of that and skip lunch to be able to be a little hungry for the meal.

 

I have to stage-manage my food hedonism these days. 4 cheeseburger days in a row? Probably not even two in a row these days.

 

That's why I never eat unhealthy food on a date. Onion rings are strictly for me-chill days.

On 7/22/2025 at 2:22 PM, Hummin said:

You tell me? 

 

Happiness is the base foundation and a core element, with ups and downs included, but if you are disciplined, you keep that as your foundation, because you are grateful for who you are, what you are and where you are going. Failures and mistakes is temporary. 

 

The core of happiness is everlasting 

 

The statement "The core of happiness is everlasting" is a complex one, with various interpretations. While some might argue that happiness is fleeting and tied to external circumstances, others suggest that a deeper, more enduring form of happiness can be cultivated from within. This perspective emphasizes inner contentment, gratitude, and a focus on positive values and relationships, rather than external achievements or possessions

 

I think what the society lacks in these days, or any given time, is more awareness of how powerful philosophy is, and how clean philosophy is compared to politics and religion. You can form your brain to work for you, not against you, with simple exercises which takes dicipline and also with execution ability. 

 

 

 

I tend to agree.  Happiness/joy/contentment/inner peace is a state of mind.  
there are versions of it, like a child being happy over a Christmas present, or an adult being happy about winning the lottery, but I guess the type of happiness discussed here is the “inner kind” of calmness and contentment of being who you are.  Yes, discipline is a part of that, a life style, if you wish.  A kind of feeling of being grateful for you being you, no needs of bragging about your life, just quietly being content, calm feeling of joy, love and appreciation and wonder at what nature has to offer and respecting nature/life with kindness and respect.  

AI

 

20 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

 

 

You can say that was a true  culture crash.

 

He says it with so much ease, and the disbelief is so real, but there is some truth to we are the master of our own brain and happiness. 

 

Still when you are in the middle of pain, there seems no way out, but pain is temporary one way or the other. 

 

The western way is to mask up problems, and not find the solution behind the real problem. 

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

 

You can say that was a true  culture crash.

 

He says it with so much ease, and the disbelief is so real, but there is some truth to we are the master of our own brain and happiness. 

 

Still when you are in the middle of pain, there seems no way out, but pain is temporary one way or the other. 

 

The western way is to mask up problems, and not find the solution behind the real problem. 

The looks on their faces are interesting. The thing is it all ties to self/identity. Sadghuru is just saying past actions are not self. This is Hinduism and Buddism. Our self is just a spirit inside a body. Hating self due to actions is illogical in Hinduism as actions are not self. Self is the current entity that is breathing not some past action. The more we think of the past the more we are not present in the current moment of live.

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

The looks on their faces are interesting. The thing is it all ties to self/identity. Sadghuru is just saying past actions are not self. This is Hinduism and Buddism. Our self is just a spirit inside a body. Hating self due to actions is illogical in Hinduism as actions are not self. Self is the current entity that is breathing not some past action. The more we think of the past the more we are not present in the current moment of live.

 

You've popped a couple early doors.

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

You've popped a couple early doors.

Huh?

13 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

The looks on their faces are interesting. The thing is it all ties to self/identity. Sadghuru is just saying past actions are not self. This is Hinduism and Buddism. Our self is just a spirit inside a body. Hating self due to actions is illogical in Hinduism as actions are not self. Self is the current entity that is breathing not some past action. The more we think of the past the more we are not present in the current moment of live.

Asian culture have thought me so much just by their presence, what they do or not do, and how they are living in the moment. Not by what they say, and it is amazing to observe from my western point of view literally. 

 

They live today,  not in the past, and of course generally observed and experienced among the more healthy part of the culture. 

1 hour ago, Prubangboy said:

I have to stage-manage my food hedonism these days. 4 cheeseburger days in a row? Probably not even two in a row these days.

 

Funny you mention that, I just had a cheeseburger. Just one a week!

 

Feeling quite happy now.

 

14 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

. Sadghuru is just saying past actions are not self.

 

So a cheater is not always a cheater?

2 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Funny you mention that, I just had a cheeseburger. Just one a week!

 

Feeling quite happy now.

 

 

So a cheater is not always a cheater?

 

Funny

 

What do you think? 

 

When saying cheater, does that question goes to you or the other part? Is there a difference if you cheating or your partner cheating? If so, why? 

 

You asked this question before, what if my wife was cheating on me, and I said if so, she must had a good reason.

 

What is a good reason to cheat? If I could not perform anymore, I would give her a free pass, and would it still be reckoned as cheating if so? 

 

 

 

Just now, Hummin said:

What do you think? 

 

I think Sadhguru is right, actions don't define the self, unless it's a pattern. Because people make mistakes. Obviously, it is an indicator, she has shown what she's capable of. It's not good. Does it completely define her, probably not.

 

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

When saying cheater, does that question goes to you or the other part? Is there a difference if you cheating or your partner cheating? If so, why? 

 

I'm more concerned with the woman cheating. Women have more options than men, and in the age of TikTok, Insta etc, those have multplied by the thousands. There is a difference between men and women cheating. A woman can get pregnant, they get more emotionally involved. Men and women do cheat differently.

 

4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

What is a good reason to cheat?

 

The only good reason to cheat is if she cheated first.  Physical illness I do not think would give her a free pass. At least for me.

3 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

I think Sadhguru is right, actions don't define the self, unless it's a pattern. Because people make mistakes. Obviously, it is an indicator, she has shown what she's capable of. It's not good. Does it completely define her, probably not.

 

 

I'm more concerned with the woman cheating. Women have more options than men, and in the age of TikTok, Insta etc, those have multplied by the thousands. There is a difference between men and women cheating. A woman can get pregnant, they get more emotionally involved. Men and women do cheat differently.

 

 

The only good reason to cheat is if she cheated first.  Physical illness I do not think would give her a free pass. At least for me.

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I'm more worried about std's than anything else on the bottom line and the lies involved if it happens 

7 minutes ago, Hummin said:

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I'm more worried about std's than anything else on the bottom line and the lies involved if it happens 

 

A very justified concern in Thailand.

 

The reallly interesting question is if you could come back from a cheating incident, could it be overcome?

On 7/21/2025 at 9:01 PM, Harrisfan said:

cloud is a visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into liquid droplets or ice crystals, which occurs when the air becomes saturated with moisture and cools down. This process can happen when warm, moist air rises and expands, cooling as it goes higher in the atmosphere. The droplets or ice crystals then gather around particles like dust, forming the visible cloud. Clouds can vary in shape, size, and altitude, and they play a crucial role in Earth's weather and climate.

Thank you ChatGPT (other AI bots are available). 555

Too many harmful actions harm the vessel which ultimately harms self.

30 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

A very justified concern in Thailand.

 

The reallly interesting question is if you could come back from a cheating incident, could it be overcome?

 

 

As said I love my wife, and if she had needs I could not cover, I would give her a free pass.

 

As long I believe we have a healthy mutual relationship, it would had been a to big betrayal if she went behind my back, so no, if I stayed it would had been out of convenient reasons, and not because I loved her.

29 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Thank you ChatGPT (other AI bots are available). 555

Google has been around for 20 years. Every political debate is based on it. Nothing is new or original. 

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

Asian culture have thought me so much just by their presence, what they do or not do, and how they are living in the moment. Not by what they say, and it is amazing to observe from my western point of view literally. 

 

They live today,  not in the past, and of course generally observed and experienced among the more healthy part of the culture. 

Yes the east is more current. The west more argumentative and more ego. There is no ego in the present moment. Anger and hate are all past based. They can't exist without ego.

8 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Too many harmful actions harm the vessel which ultimately harms self.

You are more haemorrhoid than Sigmund Freud (apologies in advance if the spelling is off).

1 minute ago, Keeps said:

You are more haemorrhoid than Sigmund Freud (apologies in advance if the spelling is off).

Then don't read my comments. Blaming a stranger for your choice in reading is like turning on the aircon then whingeing it is too cold.

30 minutes ago, Hummin said:

As said I love my wife, and if she had needs I could not cover, I would give her a free pass.

 

I think that would be a mistake, becaause women engage their emotions when they have sex with a guy. If you did that, she'd probably start an affair with a guy as well. 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

I think that would be a mistake, becaause women engage their emotions when they have sex with a guy. If you did that, she'd probably start an affair with a guy as well. 

 

 

You would be surprised how many in Thailand have this arrangement, I you not already knew. 

 

I'm not afraid for feelings or anything like that and I'm zero jealous, and I would say an affair would be much better than she goes drinking with her friends and do it anyway. 

 

If you have invested 20 years of you life together, what would you suggest if one of the part dies sexually?

Some days Thailand is very boring but that's ego not anything else.

 

 

Eckhart Tolle's teachings often discuss the concept of the ego and its relationship with boredom. According to Tolle, boredom is a product of the ego's need for stimulation and its resistance to the present moment. He suggests that when we are not engaged with external stimuli, the ego may create a sense of boredom as it seeks to maintain its identity through thoughts and emotions.

Tolle emphasizes that true presence involves being fully engaged with the current moment, rather than seeking entertainment or distraction. He encourages individuals to turn their attention inward, focusing on the inner body and the energy within, which can help cultivate a sense of presence and reduce the feeling of boredom.

In Tolle's view, the ego is driven by a sense of lack and a desire for more, which can lead to restlessness and boredom. By observing the ego's patterns and not identifying with them, one can transcend the need for constant stimulation and find peace in the present moment.

Tolle also suggests that boredom can be a valuable opportunity for spiritual growth, as it can push individuals to look beyond their usual distractions and connect with a deeper sense of being.

18 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Some days Thailand is very boring but that's ego not anything else.

 

 

Eckhart Tolle's teachings often discuss the concept of the ego and its relationship with boredom. According to Tolle, boredom is a product of the ego's need for stimulation and its resistance to the present moment. He suggests that when we are not engaged with external stimuli, the ego may create a sense of boredom as it seeks to maintain its identity through thoughts and emotions.

Tolle emphasizes that true presence involves being fully engaged with the current moment, rather than seeking entertainment or distraction. He encourages individuals to turn their attention inward, focusing on the inner body and the energy within, which can help cultivate a sense of presence and reduce the feeling of boredom.

In Tolle's view, the ego is driven by a sense of lack and a desire for more, which can lead to restlessness and boredom. By observing the ego's patterns and not identifying with them, one can transcend the need for constant stimulation and find peace in the present moment.

Tolle also suggests that boredom can be a valuable opportunity for spiritual growth, as it can push individuals to look beyond their usual distractions and connect with a deeper sense of being.

 

You really have to stop copy and paste from ChatGPT

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

 

You really have to stop copy and paste from ChatGPT

I read his books but Im not going to type it up. Maybe stop whingeing.

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

I read his books 

 

B ollox.....