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Love!

JackusJackus
edited January 2010 in Buddhism Basics
I have seen a lot of hostility lately on these forums.

I just want to say I love the people here and i love reading and even sometimes posting here.

So i want to ask everyone who wants to, to share something they love, something about the forums, something in their life, just to spread the metta

Hope everyone is good :)

Comments

  • krahmerkrahmer
    edited January 2010
    I love the sunshine! Now, if only I could get past the attachment of it, and be happy when it's cloudy for a week straight. :)

    brian
  • Quiet_witnessQuiet_witness Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I like the feeling of community this forum has inspite of our moments of hostility.
  • potopoto
    edited January 2010
    I really haven't seen too much hostility. Though, I admit I haven't been posting here very long and don't read every single thread, so maybe I missed it.

    I tend to value freedom of speech a little more than right speech. Not sure if that makes me a bad Buddhist, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

    Also, I love my dog. :D
  • KnightofBuddhaKnightofBuddha
    edited January 2010
    poto wrote: »
    I really haven't seen too much hostility. Though, I admit I haven't been posting here very long and don't read every single thread, so maybe I missed it.

    I tend to value freedom of speech a little more than right speech. Not sure if that makes me a bad Buddhist, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

    Also, I love my dog. :D

    True words. I haven't seen much hostility either. I don't know what the OP is referring to.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited January 2010
    We have what I would more define as 'heated exchanges' at times....but trust me - in comparison to other forums, there is no Hostility here, to really speak of.... we're a bunch of pussycats, really....

    The most recent thread to engender 'heated exchanges' was the one about bhikkuni ordination... and I think I can safely say that's all been settled amicably.


    (I've bought all those who disagreed with me, Tickets to Siberia.

    One way..... :D )
  • cazcaz Veteran United Kingdom Veteran
    edited January 2010
    What hostility i seem to be missing something here ?
  • jinzangjinzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    So i want to ask everyone who wants to, to share something they love,

    I love a good argument.
  • PietroPumokinPietroPumokin
    edited January 2010
    I love HITLER!!!!
  • cazcaz Veteran United Kingdom Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Pietro Pumokin wrote: »
    I love HITLER!!!!

    :lol:Well if your going to be loving hitler i'll take on loving Bin-laden. :p
  • JackusJackus
    edited January 2010
    federica wrote: »
    We have what I would more define as 'heated exchanges' at times....but trust me - in comparison to other forums, there is no Hostility here, to really speak of.... we're a bunch of pussycats, really....

    The most recent thread to engender 'heated exchanges' was the one about bhikkuni ordination... and I think I can safely say that's all been settled amicably.


    (I've bought all those who disagreed with me, Tickets to Siberia.

    One way..... :D )

    Yes this what i was reffering to but the main point of the thread was to focus on remembering what we love and by acknowledging it thus being thankful for it. :)
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I love opposites:

    Warmth radiating in stark cold
    A young man nursing a feeble old woman
    An exotic kiss between opposite types
    Rain falling upon a desert
    A smile upon a convict's face
    Onion bits in dark chocolate
    lambs lying down with lions...
  • DazzleDazzle
    edited January 2010
    True words. I haven't seen much hostility either.


    Me neither - and I love baked beans on toast - and I am so grateful and pray for the poor beans to be reborn in the Mixed Bean Heaven-Realms, because their little lives were taken so that I could eat them for my tea.



    .
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I rancorously disagree wit all of you, 'cept Dazzle. I love baked beans and toast so much that I want to eat and eat them till they become a part of me.

    But pasta is still the best!
  • Jim1Jim1
    edited January 2010
    I love the energy on this thread(right here and right now). :)
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Dazzle wrote: »
    Me neither - and I love baked beans on toast - and I am so grateful and pray for the poor beans to be reborn in the Mixed Bean Heaven-Realms, because their little lives were taken so that I could eat them for my tea.

    Well, beans are OK, I guess. Just don't eat molasses. Do you know how many moles it takes to make them?

    Palzang
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I have not seen hostility either; forum is pretty much calm. But I see that sometimes folks just go on and on debating over something which looks more like a desire to prove themselves right. In some suttas I have read that the Buddha himself ignored getting entangled in philosophical arguments because all it does is waste your time. Best thing is to let it go, move on and invest that time and energy in the practice

    On what you asked, well I love my mum. :D But I wish I wasn't so attached to her. I also love the Dhamma and respect the concept of letting go.
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  • distortedchilddistortedchild
    edited January 2010
    I love naps and indian springs.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I love morning coffee..
    I love aromas from candles or essential oils..
    I love my kitties and doggies..
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    distortedchild wrote: »
    I love naps and indian springs.

    'Scuse my ignorance, but what are indian springs? I'm thinking some sort of handspring or water sources on reservations...

    Palzang
  • bluefaceblueface
    edited January 2010
    I love the taste of fresh powder snow...a delicacy in the north of England
  • AllbuddhaBoundAllbuddhaBound Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I love my new young puppy
    I love the energy around him
    I love the way he looks for attention
    I love the way he never quits
    I love how every day is so new and fresh to him
    I love how he loves being patted
    I love how he appreciates treats
    I love how he runs to me after a visit to the vet
    I love how his excitement to see me is new each day
    I love how he wraps himself around my neck
    I love how he settles in my arm
    I love what he brings to my life
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I love people who love puppies.
    Avoid looking into their eyes. They'll steal your heart.
  • fivebellsfivebells Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Jackus wrote: »
    I have seen a lot of hostility lately on these forums.

    I just want to say I love the people here and i love reading and even sometimes posting here.

    So i want to ask everyone who wants to, to share something they love, something about the forums, something in their life, just to spread the metta

    Hope everyone is good :)

    I love a frank exchange of views. If that triggers hurt feelings for you, we can talk about that, but frankly, if that's the case then you're trying to manipulate a external trigger to what is fundamentally an internal experience, and that's badly off-balance and doomed to failure.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Nirvana wrote: »
    I love people who love puppies.
    Avoid looking into their eyes. They'll steal your heart.

    The people's eyes or the puppies'?

    Palzang
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    blueface wrote: »
    I love the taste of fresh powder snow...a delicacy in the north of England

    "Just don't eat that yellow snow..."

    --Frank Zappa

    Palzang
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Avoid looking into their eyes; they'll steal your heart!
    Palzang wrote: »
    The people's eyes or the puppies'?

    Palzang
    Both, silly!
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Oh yeah, course.

    Palzang
  • distortedchilddistortedchild
    edited January 2010
    Palzang wrote: »
    'Scuse my ignorance, but what are indian springs? I'm thinking some sort of handspring or water sources on reservations...

    Palzang
    Indian Springs are false springs. Like in winter when it gets warm for a week or two before getting cold again...
    The name's a little racist, but it's the only one I know.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Oh, like Indian summers. Why is it racist? One interesting thing I found when I lived in Arizona is that most Indians prefer to be called Indians, not Native Americans. Go figure...

    Palzang
  • distortedchilddistortedchild
    edited January 2010
    lol I guess i oversensitize how other people feel... >.>
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I love the fact that I never read the threads where people were griping at each other.

    So, in my book, we're all good.

    -bf
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I like to drink a glass of water when I am thirsty.
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited January 2010
    I like to make thirsty people wait for their water in order for them the better to enjoy it when and if they finally get it.
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited January 2010
    Nirvana wrote: »
    I like to make thirsty people wait for their water in order for them the better to enjoy it when and if they finally get it.

    That sounds sinister :D
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  • distortedchilddistortedchild
    edited January 2010
    Nirvana wrote: »
    I like to make thirsty people wait for their water in order for them the better to enjoy it when and if they finally get it.
    ... are you a waiter... If so we may have met. lol
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