What is the Matrix?

[Señor Fingers]

Eh, it is what it is. It comes and goes in cycles. Earlier didn't you mention something about a glut of self professed gurus?

Heck, I am just as guilty as the next man. It's hard not to feel like you got your sh!t together when amongst so many of the lost.

It's not the arrogance that annoys me the most, its really the one-dimensional nature of these characters. Always repeating the same messages over and over just gets old. If you are going to be a c0cky bastard, then at least impress me with the depth of your character.

I'm all for consciousness-expanding truth, but as a general rule I tend to steer clear of fundamentalists. It's one thing to philosophize and another entirely to propagate dogma.

Overall, cats seriously need to lighten up. F*ckin smile dammit! It's great to be alive and a MAN!

 

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Overall, cats seriously need to lighten up. F*ckin smile dammit! It's great to be alive and a MAN!

No! Women are a matter of life and death!

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Heck, I am just as guilty as the next man. It's hard not to feel like you got your sh!t together when amongst so many of the lost.

Eh, your post are a bit different IMO. I never noticed self promotion as the purpose of your post. They just contained a bunch of insight which had more foundation building insight instead of the lastest trick that may get you lucky (if the woman is drunk enough).

It's not the arrogance that annoys me the most, its really the one-dimensional nature of these characters. Always repeating the same messages over and over just gets old. If you are going to be a c0cky bastard, then at least impress me with the depth of your character.

Character... Now there's a concept. Too bad it takes more effort to build than a lot of guys want to exert. They just want to know what to do on their date tomorrow.

I'm all for consciousness-expanding truth, but as a general rule I tend to steer clear of fundamentalists. It's one thing to philosophize and another entirely to propagate dogma.

Overall, cats seriously need to lighten up. F*ckin smile dammit! It's great to be alive and a MAN!

Maybe in your perception of reality...

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

No! Women are a matter of life and death!

They are the only reason why men even exist, to bed women and to kill spiders in the bathroom. What else is there?

 

[Señor Fingers]

LOL @ both of you.

Nice to see some light-heartedness round these grim parts

 

[iqqi]

This should be in the MM forum for awhile, then maybe moved back over here. I think some of the meatier posters should partake in this discussion.

Squirrels, that was a GREAT post, by the way.

I like what LMS is saying, but you have to start with yourself. You have to enlighten yourself, free yourself, before you save the world. Otherwise it will always be the blind leading the blind.

Obsidion, your viewpoint of women being inferior is sad. Anyone who labels and judges a whole gender or group (race, religion) of people, especially in a negative light, always strikes me as the opposite of enlightened. You seem like the type that needs to knock someone off their "pedestal" in order to rise up on one yourself.

 

[Señor Fingers]

I dont know how I missed that post by squirrels.. damn dude. You encapsulated it even better than I did.

You seriously need to post more often man.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

...Rebellion against the system is interesting because it's the coward's way out. It's easy to talk about "the Matrix" in a negative light and speak out against it, because it dodges the real issue, whether "the Matrix" even exists. The truth is that it DOESN'T. But by FIGHTING it in our minds, we reinforce the idea of its existence. It's like a mental Chinese finger-trap...the harder we try to force our way out, the harder it pushes back against us....

That's it in a nutshell. It's easier to fight a monster without a face than to face the monster within us. We talk about opening up our eyes to what's going on around us but we never tell guys to open up their eyes and look in the mirror. We talk about standing up and fight to regain our masculinity and it's as if we are afraid to fight the demons within us, we just BWM about the big 'ol bully on the playground. We find every excuse in the book to not directly address the things within ourselves (the things we have actual control over) which could change our lives dramatically; what are we afraid of?

Gotta quote another movie: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you."

 

[eyedogg]

Read the whole thread as it played out all day!

Love when all you get together and DIALOUGE issues!

Everyone's point is valid to me as it assists me in gaining knowledge as a man to IMPROVE myself and by doing so, those around me as well.

I say: START ANOTHER TOPIC/THREAD SENOR FINGERS! and eveyone that was on here reply - And I AM SERIOUS - very helpful!

eyedogg

 

[squirrels]

I dont know how I missed that post by squirrels.. damn dude. You encapsulated it even better than I did.

You seriously need to post more often man.

I wouldn't be much good to this forum lately. I'm in a MAJOR funk and am just starting to claw my way out of it. Nothing's worked for me except one thing...complete RELEASE, which I've started to aim for but have yet to achieve.

Besides, I'm tired of being among the ranks of the millions on this forum who GET it, continue to post deep philosophical insights, but refuse to APPLY it. There's a difference between KNOWING the path and WALKING the path. Most people here already KNOW it. I KNOW it very well. But I've seen this happen to my fellow "DJs" when they "hit the wall", so to speak, and they realize that they can't FIGHT the system.

Most of them collapse under its weight and return to AFCdom.

I swore it'd never happen to me, but slowly, it has found ways to break back into my head. Usually happens in a moment of weakness, when we see how much joy others are experiencing from finally finding someone they CLICK with...we can lose track of the order of things. We start thinking we want what others want, when we don't REALLY want what others want, we just want the same kind of happiness they achieve from what THEY do. We forget who WE are.

You can't beat "the Matrix". There is no way to beat it. You have to transcend it.

Gotta quote another movie: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you."

Don't encourage Lucas. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll just go away.

 

[bigjohnson]

I think borrowing the whole Matrix thing from some halfwitted movie is an injustice to the message, but whatever.

 

[Señor Fingers]

I'm tired of being among the ranks of the millions on this forum who GET it, continue to post deep philosophical insights, but refuse to APPLY it.

At least you are aware of it though..that's a huge step in the right direction, and a breath of fresh air from the fellas on here who believe themselves to be the final word on truth and reality.

You should definitely be spending more time in action mode, just don't forget to post some of the things you've picked up with experience here cause this place needs that kind of inspiration

I think borrowing the whole Matrix thing from some halfwitted movie is an injustice to the message, but whatever.

I think using bigjohnson as a screen-name is a massive coverup for small penis insecurity, but whatever.

 

[eyedogg]

Senor Fingers,

That was a re-freshing reply back to squirrels.

I am wondering if you could expand a bit on what you called "Action Mode". Maybe, describing when YOU are in action mode and what that means. How to be self-aware that you are, etc.

From there how can we best track it and share here (They way you challenged squirrels to do so, what if I wanted to basically?)

Thanks in advance,
eyedogg

 

[bigjohnson]

I think using bigjohnson as a screen-name is a massive coverup for small penis insecurity, but whatever.

Or my name is Johnson and I'm a huge fella?

The point I made still stands. The Matrix movie was a thoughtless bit of entertainment, to take it and try to adopt the stage props it uses to deliver a very important message is an ongoing mistake in my opinion.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

..Don't encourage Lucas. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll just go away.

Never gonna happen...

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=179708

 

[Señor Fingers]

The Matrix movie was a thoughtless bit of entertainment, to take it and try to adopt the stage props it uses to deliver a very important message is an ongoing mistake in my opinion.

Touché Mr. Johnson,

I won't front.. you actually do make a valid argument.

Personally I enjoyed the movie, but am sick of the Matrix analogy being constantly tossed back and forth to describe any shade of oppression people experience. It's become a pathetic stereotype at best.

That's kind of been my point all along.

This post was written in hopes that we could all move on and stop dealing with our lives from the outside in. (By focusing on evil forces or conjuring up philosophies that do nothing to free us from our destructive patterns)

I agree that this tired-ass analogy needs to die already. In fact, you wont catch me mentioning the M word anywhere outside of this thread.

I am wondering if you could expand a bit on what you called "Action Mode".

We all have things that we need done to be happy.. goals to accomplish and basic needs that have to be met. This requires action on our part.

The problem occurs when you get all your self-satisfaction from philosophizing. Just because you have a deep understanding of life, doesn't necessarily make you a master of your own.

Fruitful discussions come from people who bring their experiences to the table.. if you are just hypothesizing in your mind about how things work, without actually experimenting with your own life, then its all just lip service... a mental jack session with no real substance behind it.

You can tell when someone is "talking the walk".. all they do is parrot what other people say, and churn out regurgitated versions of their favorite posts. These guys are fluffers

Don't get me wrong here, my intention is not to trash this place.

Sosuave is a nice procrastination device. I like throwing ideas at you guys cause yall are a smart/funny bunch and I get unexpected results. But it's not a priority for me cause I realize that time is my greatest commodity.

Actively working towards one's goals is the wisest investment of time. Sure we all need to play sometimes and let our hair down, but living is serious business too.. there's a lot of work to be done, spiritually, vocationally, emotionally and physically.

To me that is what Action Mode is all about... handling your business as a man and earning your game time.

It's much easier said than done, which is why most of us never make it past the realization phase, opting to ponder and talk about life rather than truly live it.

 

[Obsidian]

Second of all, most of the advice given here is HORRIBLE. In particular I´d like to point out some major offenders

Dell Skycat
squirrels
princleydeeds
Deez-y
becker
*new*
Capi Crimini
George Gordon
Pook

 

[Señor Fingers]

Wow, you really have no sense of humor do you?

Somebody give this guy a hug!

 

[wayword]

Feminism - Where a woman doesn't want to be told what do to by a man, but by a woman. (lol)

And where women want all the same RIGHTS as men...just not all the same RESPONSIBLITIES (see all the male-dominated dirty, hazardous work and who picks up the check for dinner).

 

[Señor Fingers]

And where women want all the same RIGHTS as men...just not all the same RESPONSIBLITIES (see all the male-dominated dirty, hazardous work and who picks up the check for dinner).

The saddest part of all this is that we often grant them that luxury, based only off their appearance.