Nonsense

[Gem]

Originally Posted by TaoSandwich

Gem,

A lot of this rings true and that video was a riot! It is fairly amusing and meta (not metta ) when people's "spirituality" becomes a way to strengthen the ego... in fact, in Ch'an Buddhism, the precursor to Zen, this is called the most dangerous trap to fall into, because you can be deluded that you are on the right path, yet using the very "path" you are on to stifle your development.

That said, I wouldn't be too rough with people using words like "energy" in certain cases, because when you experience something, for example, during meditation, it is hard to describe what you are feeling... so, although I tend not to use the word TOO much outside of a scientific context (unless, of course, someone else refers to something as energy... then I go along with their word, since that is how they understand it), "energy" is as good of a metaphor as any to describe the flow of sensations, perception and emotion. That said, using them to sound wise instead of simply describe something is inexcusable.

-TaoSandwich

Right, but I'm the opposite end of that ego because amongst all the people who know so much about all these spiritual subjects, I know nothing at all, so my ego complex is closer to being an inferiority complex than it is to being a delusion of grandure.

What it really comes down to is, I wasn't born here to be nice to people, but I'm not unkind either, so I can be who I am. You can be sure I'll speak nonsense explicitly and you won't have to read between the lines, but it might take some 'skills and abilities' to detect my subtle and dry sense of humour.