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Post by monastic on Jul 11, 2012 17:14:45 GMT -6
Just joined today. About 10 or more years ago,I went to a Creation con where Mr. Takei was the guest of honor.
I already posted in the TOS section on the episode "This Side Of Paradise."
The reason I use the name "monastic" is because I was always impressed with the Vulcan emotion control. Consequently,I now practice Buddhist meditation, and will later post my experiences with that meditation to show how it parallels and, in certain aspects, can even become identical to Vulcan emotion control.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 13, 2012 7:49:22 GMT -6
Glad to see you, Monastic. I personally have never been to a convention of any kind, so you're one up on me. George Takei... I haven't seen him apart from a guest appearance on "The Big Bang Theory" awhile back!
I've also done a little study on Buddhism and I look forward to talking with you about it. One thing that impresses me is that the Buddha teaches that anger and disappointment come from our expectations. We should merely accept what happens. If we do not expect, we cannot be disappointed. Does that sound like what you mean?
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Post by Luke on Jul 13, 2012 13:03:53 GMT -6
Hey welcome aboard monastic!
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Post by monastic on Jul 14, 2012 19:47:19 GMT -6
Glad to see you, Monastic. I personally have never been to a convention of any kind, so you're one up on me. George Takei... I haven't seen him apart from a guest appearance on "The Big Bang Theory" awhile back! I've also done a little study on Buddhism and I look forward to talking with you about it. One thing that impresses me is that the Buddha teaches that anger and disappointment come from our expectations. We should merely accept what happens. If we do not expect, we cannot be disappointed. Does that sound like what you mean? Thank you, Luke and Atoz, for the cordial welcome. (Now about the Buddhism) In a sense, Atoz, you are right about emotional problems arising from expectations. Although Buddhism would use different words, namely attachment and non-attachment. Along those lines, the way I see it, in Vulcan matrimony, the wife and husband are Not actually emotionally attached. They show tenderness toward each other, but Not affectionate attachment. Keep in mind that the relationship shown between Ambassador Sarek and Amanda was not typical at all, involving as it did a marriage between Vulcan and Human.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 16, 2012 8:19:44 GMT -6
Okay, how can you have a marriage without being emotionally attached? What is the difference between attached and non-attached?
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Post by monastic on Jul 16, 2012 17:22:43 GMT -6
Okay, how can you have a marriage without being emotionally attached? What is the difference between attached and non-attached? Without even referring to Buddhism, I can instead refer to a (paraphrased) quote from the other Vulcan, Tuvok, in which he said that his relationship to his wife and family is not emotional but rather that they are an integral part of himself so that without them, he does not feel complete. As I said, that quote is a paraphrasing, so I need you or any knowledgeable fan to provide the quotation verbatim.
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Post by Luke on Jul 18, 2012 8:15:06 GMT -6
so the key word here seems to be "emotional". Can you be attached to someone but not emotionally? "An integral part of himself" sounds like an emotional statement to me.
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 20, 2012 7:50:54 GMT -6
I'm not an expert obviously, but I understood that the Buddhist ideal of non-attachment doesn't mean that we can't feel love and affection for one another. In fact we are supposed to feel the same universal love and affection for everyone in the world, including our bitterest enemies.
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Post by Luke on Jul 25, 2012 7:32:05 GMT -6
Sounds like a plan!
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Post by monastic on Jul 26, 2012 20:14:45 GMT -6
This is Monastic. Since the thread has begun to focus on Vulcan Emotion Control, I've transferred the topic to the TOS thread "Vulcan Emotion Control."
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jul 27, 2012 7:17:08 GMT -6
Good idea.
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Post by Luke on Jul 28, 2012 9:03:50 GMT -6
I'll buy that. Anything else you want to tellus about yorself?
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