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  1. Derek Barclay

    I'm nervous

    I agree. Why do you feel it's necessary to apologize? I don't have much control over how I think. But I do have some control over my actions. And I think that is what matters. Not how you think, but how you act. The good act goes against the easy thought. And meaning comes from an infinite...
  2. Derek Barclay

    I'm nervous

    As far as I can tell, no. But belief is different than knowledge, to a degree, and beliefs are not something we can consciously choose, I believe. I believe that I may come to understand more fully what some mean when they say such words and then maybe I could honestly answer yes. But as of...
  3. Derek Barclay

    I'm nervous

    The belief in the supernatural. I'm wondering if what I believe is in line with a belief in the supernatural im just not able to articulate it. As of right now I dont believe that I believe in anything metaphysical. Or rather I believe in things that others claim are metaphysical but I call them...
  4. Derek Barclay

    I'm nervous

    I was thinking that just having some conversations would help me to find better words to use to describe my beliefs, and in the process may find that I believe what they believe. I am very selectively social. I frequent an old bar several times a month for drinking with good people and an...
  5. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    His full legal name: Adam "Tripple OG" "The Alpha" "Your Maker" "J." Yawweh
  6. Derek Barclay

    I'm nervous

    I've initiated contact with a local lodge, and I believe they may invite me to hang out. However, I'm not a social guy, very anti-social actually, and I'm nervous about pursuing it. I'm also a self-described atheist, and I fear I may be wasting their time by even showing interest in joining. My...
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    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    I've made so much progress on alleviating the negative aspects of my mental state that it's not fair to say I still struggle with it. But one thought I always had and one that has been strengthened through my progress of achieving a better mental health is that I didnt necessarily will it to be...
  8. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    Ok well I'll either find the will, be shown the will, or be forced by fate. I can't say I much appreciate the experience, but atleast I get to experience.
  9. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    What processes would you recommend? Meditation? Yoga? Parkour? :D
  10. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    No you're not wrong. I've struggled with mental illness most of my life. I can't afford therapy, and the only sources of discounted or free therapy seem to come from people pushing pills or religion.
  11. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    I'm so exhausted from not knowing how to best live my life. How can I force myself to believe in free will. All I do is dream. I have no motivation to act. I've tried to cultivate motivation, but it seems to never work.
  12. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    The mind seems to me to just be a phenomenon of the brain.
  13. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    >A very interesting proposition. So before the development of intelligent beings there was no meaning? What then for the nature of Existence itself? That appears to be the case. I dont understand the second question. >I do hope not. For example taste and smell are used to detect poisonous...
  14. Derek Barclay

    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    And yet synchronicity is widely experienced. "Jung's belief was that, just as events may be connected by causality, they may also be connected by meaning." I'm not sure I follow. If I understand the words, I take it you mean coincidences. If so, I'm not sure how that relates to discerning the...
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    Can we discuss the concept of 'God' or GAOTU?

    Ok, so if I said I believe that the process of living and the world in which one lives can be distinguished but they are not separable, could that be comparable to a deistic philosophy? Using certain terms like 'intelligence' and 'spiritual' are, to me, loaded with unintended meanings. I cannot...
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