Love our neighbor

first u have to love thy self, u love thyself mr rikd?

its good to love thy neighbours though also

On April 18 2024 18:11 lostaccount wrote: first u have to love thy self, u love thyself mr rikd?

I tend to love myself but I don't love the world I was thrown into.

Which is the age old debate: Is there something wrong with me or is there something wrong with this world?

I certainly have my faults but I was thrown into this world and conintinually thrown by determinism into this world. I would say society is wrong and I am right. And I don't know where me joining the Catholic Church fits into all of this but maybe it could mend some spiritual holes even if I am disobedient with a lot of it.

God created the universe or the universe created God to create the universe. At least the planet Earth is vastly beautiful for parts of its timeline which we are still currently in. Vastly beautiful.

The Earth is vastly beautiful and we are destroying it.

There is no copying The Universe. No human art really comes close.

Most art is a snap shot of terrestrial beauty. The ones that drift nearer to the universe are the truly profound.

We need a lostaccount run to make the blog scene better.

More or less, I don't see them as animals in a negative way. Just their progamming and behavior,I let animals do and be what they wish and don't harm them but if they fuck it with me... well I got a black dog that can take care of that.

On April 19 2024 17:53 Oddeye wrote: More or less, I don't see them as animals in a negative way. Just their progamming and behavior,I let animals do and be what they wish and don't harm them but if they fuck it with me... well I got a black dog that can take care of that.

I think this is quite different than Jesus's idea of Love Thy Neighbor. I don't necessarily think it's a bad viewpoint though.

An eye for an eye leaves the world blind. (probably many said that I don't know who exactly)

Turn the other cheek seems kind of pussy'ish but I think it is actually the right way.

The meek shall inherit the Earth. I remember there is a clip somewhere of Jordan B Peterson saying it meant samurai warriors were capable of taking over the Earth or something ridiculous like that.



"Become a monster and then control it..." I don't think that translates to the meek shall inherit the Earth. And, I love how Joe has to talk about martial arts at the end.

Who did Jesus ever fight? He washed the feet of his betrayers. He learned of his fate and went with his fate rather stoically which there is something to be said for that versus going kicking and screaming.

I don't know if there are any bad or good answers. Jordan B. Peterson seems way off though. I saw a quote from Rick Rubin that sometimes the opposite of good advice can also be true. I tend to believe that it is better to ask 2 or 3 people for their suggestions versus asking an entire room.

Na I’m good rikd

In regard to literal neighbors, I rather not speak to mine here in California. Not because I dislike any of them, but because I don't care to talk to them or know anything about them.

That being said, if I was in a western European country, I'd definitely want to talk to my neighbors and be a part of a community. Maybe it's what I've seen in movies, or maybe it's another reason.

I rarely talk to my neighbours too, just the hello how is it going short convo

4 out of 4 barely speak to neighbors and it doesn't sound like there is a sense of community. We are not rooted in anything. We are isolated and atomised.

na we are a community online community but I have friends but its also Vancouver lol so neighbours don't matter as much

The community is not here anymore. The poker ship has sailed. It has been slowly getting worse for some time now. It's almost astonishing to me that besides a stint in 2022 I haven't played poker since 2010. What's maybe even more astonishing is that I was a better player after 3 months of playing 10 NL than I was in 2009 playing 5k NL.

Friends are good and what I've learned is that there has to be mutual gaze involved and they have to be friends. Sitting in a room with a bunch of strangers is better than nothing but sometimes that can make me feel worse. Spirituality is important because I'm probably not going to get that from work, or video games, or whatever.

On April 24 2024 02:37 RiKD wrote: The community is not here anymore. The poker ship has sailed. It has been slowly getting worse for some time now. It's almost astonishing to me that besides a stint in 2022 I haven't played poker since 2010. What's maybe even more astonishing is that I was a better player after 3 months of playing 10 NL than I was in 2009 playing 5k NL.

Aside from playing some $1-$3 poker back in 2023 for 1-2 days in Las Vegas, I haven't played poker since Black Friday.

That being said, I often watch poker on YouTube. I respect the game, I just don't have the interest to play it myself like I used to.