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Halcyon Ember
Repracor Industries
#181 - 2017-05-10 13:34:31 UTC
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
Don't listen to this negativity. It's the worst kept secret of the Matari that Elsebeth doth protest too much but then just squees and titters when hugged without warning or permission. Especially by Imperials. I wholeheartedly recommend trying it out.

If I don't live in the Empire and delightfully-haired chaps such as Aldrith and his fellows use words like "Apostate" to describe me...am I still an Imperial?

Queen of Chocolate
Arrendis
TK Corp
#182 - 2017-05-10 13:34:36 UTC
Morgana Tsukiyo wrote:
Are you trying to condense 99% of the IGS communication in a single place?


No, that's here.
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#183 - 2017-05-10 14:33:09 UTC
Wasn't referring to you in particular, Ember. I wholeheartedly recommend everyone, especially Imperials, to apply the cuddliest of hugs to Elsebeth.
Halcyon Ember
Repracor Industries
#184 - 2017-05-10 14:41:13 UTC
Maybe that can be the theme of my next party, do you have any recommendations for military units that specialise in hostile extractions?

Queen of Chocolate
Ayallah
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#185 - 2017-05-10 14:55:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Ayallah
Halcyon Ember wrote:
Maybe that can be the theme of my next party, do you have any recommendations for military units that specialise in hostile extractions?
The Imperium.

Goddess of the IGS

As strength goes.
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#186 - 2017-05-10 15:01:22 UTC
I don't think she meant specializing in botched extractions. As for actual professionals, I suspect the Network's wetwork operatives prefer to remain anonymous.
Arrendis
TK Corp
#187 - 2017-05-10 15:10:26 UTC
And yet you give me crap for being 'petty', Miz. How droll.
Arrendis
TK Corp
#188 - 2017-05-11 15:59:38 UTC
Corraidhin Farsaidh wrote:
Arrendis wrote:
I WILL SEE THE MAKERS OF (Insert Produce Here) BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES FOR THEIR CRIMES! (Insert Product Here) IS AN OFFENSE AND A TRAVESTY TO ALL RIGHT=THINKING PEOPLE IN THE CLUSTER!!!


Just out of curiosity, exactly how many right thinking people do you think there are in the cluster?


That was idle threats, this is off-topic... which your question is, for idle threats.

And the answer is: statistically speaking, 1 in 9 people are left-handed, and since each half of the brain vaguely controls the opposite side of the body (not quite that simple, I know)... I'm gonna say 1 person in 9 is in their right mind.
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#189 - 2017-05-11 16:35:46 UTC
Mizhir wrote:
Valerie Valate wrote:
Standing at 1.58m tall, I am a physical colossus, towering over others in the physical realm.


I am 21cm taller than you. If you are a physical colossus what am I then?


Minmatar.

Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
Arrendis
TK Corp
#190 - 2017-05-13 13:41:56 UTC
Teinyhr wrote:

I've recently noted that you seem to be one of those people who use a lot of words to say nothing at all.


Actually, she tends to use a lot of words improperly to say very little, and when it's pointed out, attempts obfuscation. Think of her as a verbal octopus, changing colors and textures, and then jetting away in a cloud of ink.
Halcyon Ember
Repracor Industries
#191 - 2017-05-13 14:04:45 UTC
Arrendis wrote:
Teinyhr wrote:

I've recently noted that you seem to be one of those people who use a lot of words to say nothing at all.


Actually, she tends to use a lot of words improperly to say very little, and when it's pointed out, attempts obfuscation. Think of her as a verbal octopus, changing colors and textures, and then jetting away in a cloud of ink.

I like to use as few words as possible. I've been mocked for this in the past by certain edgier members of the community, but I personally find no value in obscuring intent behind a wall of prose.

Queen of Chocolate
Arrendis
TK Corp
#192 - 2017-05-13 14:10:34 UTC
Halcyon Ember wrote:

I like to use as few words as possible. I've been mocked for this in the past by certain edgier members of the community, but I personally find no value in obscuring intent behind a wall of prose.


With me, it's a war between brevity, and striving for clarity.

Brevity loses, a lot.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#193 - 2017-05-13 15:05:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Aria Jenneth
Arrendis wrote:
Halcyon Ember wrote:

I like to use as few words as possible. I've been mocked for this in the past by certain edgier members of the community, but I personally find no value in obscuring intent behind a wall of prose.


With me, it's a war between brevity, and striving for clarity.

Brevity loses, a lot.


Some things it's really hard to explain well enough, though. Riddles, proverbs, and poetry have some very real uses.

Except ...

Arrendis wrote:
Teinyhr wrote:

I've recently noted that you seem to be one of those people who use a lot of words to say nothing at all.


Actually, she tends to use a lot of words improperly to say very little, and when it's pointed out, attempts obfuscation. Think of her as a verbal octopus, changing colors and textures, and then jetting away in a cloud of ink.


... it's also possible to either use such devices maliciously or forget to stay grounded and get lost (an expression of mental illness, maybe).

My sad impression of this person is that she uses our spiritual beliefs and practices, without empathy or self-awareness, as a source of excuses to do as she pleases.
Morgana Tsukiyo
Samsara Dynamics
#194 - 2017-05-13 15:42:51 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:

... it's also possible to either use such devices maliciously or forget to stay grounded and get lost (an expression of mental illness, maybe).

My sad impression of this person is that she uses our spiritual beliefs and practices, without empathy or self-awareness, as a source of excuses to do as she pleases.


No need for excuses, this vessel merely manifests it´s will and shapes the universe when it does. Empathy means an emotional connection that your training should have taught you, is an artifical context that gives structure to your ego.

Out of curiosity, what was your training like? Lot´s of meditation, mantras, homage to ancestors and a list of rights and wrongs. Honor, duty, "do this", "don´t do that"?

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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#195 - 2017-05-13 16:01:48 UTC
Morgana Tsukiyo wrote:
No need for excuses, this vessel merely manifests it´s will and shapes the universe when it does. Empathy means an emotional connection that your training should have taught you, is an artifical context that gives structure to your ego.

Out of curiosity, what was your training like? Lot´s of meditation, mantras, homage to ancestors and a list of rights and wrongs. Honor, duty, "do this", "don´t do that"?


I don't remember what it was like anymore. But there are indeed duties that come with being human, Ms. Tsukiyo: humility, curiosity, moderation, compassion.

Just because a thing isn't "real" doesn't make it unimportant. A creature like you, blundering through the Totality without a care for others, will leave a tear of misery and shattered lives.

You see yourself as enlightened. I think you are lost, like my predecessor before you. Her error at least had some nuance to it, though.

I can't complain about your curiosity, at least.
Morgana Tsukiyo
Samsara Dynamics
#196 - 2017-05-13 16:17:50 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:

I don't remember what it was like anymore. But there are indeed duties that come with being human, Ms. Tsukiyo: humility, curiosity, moderation, compassion.

Just because a thing isn't "real" doesn't make it unimportant. A creature like you, blundering through the Totality without a care for others, will leave a tear of misery and shattered lives.

You see yourself as enlightened. I think you are lost, like my predecessor before you. Her error at least had some nuance to it, though.

I can't complain about your curiosity, at least.


Then you may coinsider returning to your teacher so you can remember a few things such as "the finger is not special, is not necessary and means nothing". Specially pre-conceptions like "duty" and other a priori assumptions. The Totality does not care for such things.

Did i ever say it wasn´t important? Again the assumptions! I´m inviting people to join the experience of integration in the totality in a way that is free and available to everyone. A gamechanger that will blow the game table away. Does it mean that there will be a trail of misery and shattered lives? Well, if you consider that the sand doll "died", you may think this way. But you out of most people here should know what im talking about.

Not only i never said that i was enlightened, but i wouldn´t recomend it to anyone. Drawing trees and birds on your cage doesn´t mean you´re free. And freedom only means something in a context of prision.

Just because we´re one step further than the Sleepers, doesn´t mean we don´t have to walk anymore.



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Arrendis
TK Corp
#197 - 2017-05-13 16:28:56 UTC
Morgana Tsukiyo wrote:

Then you may coinsider returning to your teacher so you can remember a few things such as "the finger is not special, is not necessary and means nothing". Specially pre-conceptions like "duty" and other a priori assumptions. The Totality does not care for such things.

Did i ever say it wasn´t important?


While you're calling out "assumptions", you might want to notice that in fact, you've just directly answered your own question. Yes. You've said 'it'—every it, every potential "it"—isn't important. Right before you asked.

Soooo... I think I'm gonna trust Aria's 'assumptions' over your self-contradiction.
Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#198 - 2017-05-13 16:34:34 UTC
Ooo, though. Surely you knew that contradictions and assumptions and all other things, even sandwiches, will all disappear into something much more important once we are all an icky brain-jellyfish and transcend to something-or-other?

Because it WILL. And then we can start having important brain jellyfish feelings.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#199 - 2017-05-13 16:39:10 UTC
Morgana Tsukiyo wrote:
Aria Jenneth wrote:

I don't remember what it was like anymore. But there are indeed duties that come with being human, Ms. Tsukiyo: humility, curiosity, moderation, compassion.

Just because a thing isn't "real" doesn't make it unimportant. A creature like you, blundering through the Totality without a care for others, will leave a tear of misery and shattered lives.

You see yourself as enlightened. I think you are lost, like my predecessor before you. Her error at least had some nuance to it, though.

I can't complain about your curiosity, at least.


Then you may coinsider returning to your teacher so you can remember a few things such as "the finger is not special, is not necessary and means nothing". Specially pre-conceptions like "duty" and other a priori assumptions. The Totality does not care for such things.

Did i ever say it wasn´t important? Again the assumptions! I´m inviting people to join the experience of integration in the totality in a way that is free and available to everyone. A gamechanger that will blow the game table away. Does it mean that there will be a trail of misery and shattered lives? Well, if you consider that the sand doll "died", you may think this way. But you out of most people here should know what im talking about.

Not only i never said that i was enlightened, but i wouldn´t recomend it to anyone. Drawing trees and birds on your cage doesn´t mean you´re free. And freedom only means something in a context of prision.

Just because we´re one step further than the Sleepers, doesn´t mean we don´t have to walk anymore.


Defensiveness and rationalization. Doctrine provided without understanding, in service to self.

Ink: Arrendis's metaphor is apt.

You're a false teacher, Morgan Tsukiyo. You remember the most ephemeral and far-flung insights of an Achur monk, but pursue them wildly without remembering what grounds us, the origins of our our connection and responsibility to the lay Achura, why monks are trusted to lead.

At best, you're lost in the sky. At worst....

It's fortunate your foolishness is as obvious as it is.
Morgana Tsukiyo
Samsara Dynamics
#200 - 2017-05-13 16:41:04 UTC
Arrendis wrote:

While you're calling out "assumptions", you might want to notice that in fact, you've just directly answered your own question. Yes. You've said 'it'—every it, every potential "it"—isn't important. Right before you asked.

Soooo... I think I'm gonna trust Aria's 'assumptions' over your self-contradiction.


What was never had cannot be lost.

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