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sepehr is driving me insane !

i just got better things to do !

please have some consideration for me, ye narcissists and do not comment !

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interestingly i have stopped commenting on r|zen, people were coming across from some of the crazy subbreddits (like r|thelema) to tell me how wrong i am and hassle me !

the net is not normal, 50% malfunctional insane but not instutionalised i'd say !

blogspot doesn't work that well as a message board

it surprised me that i found after opening zen mystical, that it quickly became infested with the most toxic posters from r|zen and i had to ban just about everyone

i really don't want to be involved in the endless stupid arguments that go on, if people want to do that then why not open a subreddit on your own account rather than waste my time with the endless idiocies that the arguments of people seem to think a useful way to pass the time !

the bottom line is you people don't interest me any more and i am not sure you ever did, i have better things to do and would rather talk to myself than you, its way more productive !

closing this message board to further comments

i really feel like the public discussion aspect is not working out, that i'm just feeding the sharks

the board is closed for comments until further notice, requests for contact info are permitted !

my latest writing

do elephants have souls ? http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/do-elephants-have-souls

a good post by zephyr's cat !

Is there anything intrinsically special about the "stories we tell ourselves" (i.e., our narratives)?

I think this is the most important question facing the modern age. I have thought long and hard about this, and I've come to the conclusion that there's some truth to solipsism. There is no such thing as a collective narrative. There are only individual narratives and perceived overlap, but I believe each narrative is unique unto the individual and the overlap is illusion.

This is the conclusion I have come to. We are entirely alone with the babble of our own minds and nothing more.

Endless dreams within dreams, the history of civilizations dust forevermore.

forbes on the cryptobubble

"There are now more than 900 different crypto-currencies and crypto-assets on the market, with another launching pretty much every day"

i can see i am getting older, but don't feel like i am going to die ever and that's right !

recaping some recent cryptography links

a good 'simple' explanation of block chains that if i was given the text would have taken me a minute to put up on the web, but goldman sachs have no doubt spent $10,000 to make it almost unreadable !
http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/pages/blockchain/
these funds can swing huge sums in seconds so i feel that cyrptocurrencies will be a dangerous playground with them, but money can be made !
good charlie rose interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cycaD53Ly0

zakaj on decred

this struck me as very important, what he is saying you need to judge the teams and technology and if you do this, cryptocurrency investment will be targeted and not random !
"So, to an experienced eye that can judge where Decred should really be positioned considering the tech and the team behind it, it's easy to see it should be valued at least 10x higher than it is now."

social skills

zephyr, do not call zakaj a shill, he's posting in good faith and that's all that is asked here !
when you (zephyr) actually make some money let us know ! :o)
any more posting by you with gratuitously offensive name calling will be removed !
as with any investment advice, you make your own choices and take the consequences which can be positive or negative !

xyz, i don't think you should mention you have done well as there are nasty people scouring the web for indications of people with cryptovalue and targeting them in real life and also by hacking !

a good rule in life is if you have money is to always appear broke !

cryptocurrenices

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and who the hell are you

brad warner's new girlfriend must suit him

he's more relaxed and making better progress, his discussion of dai kensho, actually now i think about it, brad is the only zen teacher i have seen discuss it !

buddhists, do yourself a favour

zen is dead

celibacy

r|zen

you can become a buddhist, you can become a mohammadian, you can become a christian

its all just so much empty air

their founders are nonexistant

zakaj, i spent a lot of my early life in anglican/episcopalian boarding schools, i know how much crap christianity is from the inside and find your christian proselytizing here very offensive !

having seen your behavior over several years now, christianity for you is just some schizophrenic proxy, some crazy re-invention you are quite prepared to so thoughtlessly waste my time on . .

well i have to step in to protect my interests and use of time, please go away permanently !

affirmation

supernatural