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genkaku Veteran
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- genkaku
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- Northampton, Mass. U.S.A.
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Re: Intent is everything...or nothing
@federica -- I stand corrected. Thanks. And still I think the principle is better stated as "do no harm." I guess I like it better because it seems to demand a more rigorous examination and… (View Post)
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Re: Intent is everything...or nothing
(Quote) I don't know much about "Nirvana," but I do know that I prefer nice people to nasty ones and as a result I do what I can -- not always successfully -- to be nice. But I also like ho… (View Post)
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Re: Intent is everything...or nothing
(Quote) @silver -- I imagine you're a little older now and can look with less irritation/anguish on the times in your own life, little and large, when the "best laid plans of mice and men do oft… (View Post)
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Re: Intent is everything...or nothing
Giving intent a crown-jewel status strikes me as iffy at best. This is because, whatever the intent, it always relates to the future and, the last I checked, the future CAN NOT be known. Predicating … (View Post)
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Re: Training the mind
I think things will improve when I stop trying to improve them. (View Post)
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