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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 21 Oct 2014 10:11 am |
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Rick, if you're looking for nothing, then it's not here, because when you've found this post it's something to read.  |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 21 Oct 2014 10:17 am
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How do you know when you have enough of nothing?
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 22 Oct 2014 2:41 am
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The only purpose of this reply is to make the counter jump to 3333
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Roy Heap
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 22 Oct 2014 10:27 am
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Rick, you are never going to find NOTHING IF nothing ain't there  |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 23 Oct 2014 11:29 am
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But "nothing" is here.
Then again, there is something.
But that something is nothing.
And this sentence is untrue... |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2014 11:41 am
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
But "nothing" is here.
Then again, there is something.
But that something is nothing.
And this sentence is untrue... |
Let's see here:
Are we talking about NOTHING or something?
And, is it really true that "this sentence is untrue"?
People who know NOTHING about NOTHING want to know. |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 27 Oct 2014 12:09 pm
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My old dictionary said nothing is the state of the nonexistence of anything.
So, if it has a "state" it must exist otherwise it wouldn't have a state.
It also has to have a state to not exist so that means it's something.
But if it doesn't exist how can it be something?
If it is something it is then not nothing.
If it is not nothing it must be something and it exists.
My head hurts.
I am also beginning to understand the steel guitar.
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying. |
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Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Posted 1 Nov 2014 5:35 pm
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I got up yesterday morning with nothing to do and when I went to bed last night I was only half finished.
Jude |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 6 Nov 2014 6:00 am
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'Sublime lemon-lime
but nothing rhymes with orange.'
--high school days burger joint marquee I wrote
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Those that say don't know; those that know don't say.--Buddy Emmons |
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Billy Phelps
From:
Katy, Texas
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Posted 6 Nov 2014 7:15 am Billy Phelps
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I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing, I suspect nothing, Dear Lord, I think I'm a republican and a democrat. ( two birds with one stone )
PS: This is meant to be humorous, not political! |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2014 8:44 am
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Recently, I went to Las Vegas with $750 in my wallet.
Very determined, I made up my mind that I was going to find that illusive, NOTHING.
Sure enough, I came home with it.  |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 7 Nov 2014 6:34 pm
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What is the sound of nothing and how do you know when you hear it?
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying. |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 8 Nov 2014 3:41 am
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It's been called the sound of one hand clapping....
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Those that say don't know; those that know don't say.--Buddy Emmons |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Nov 2014 4:57 pm
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There is no sound of nothing.
There is no sight of nothing.
There is no feel of nothing.
Nothing has no properties except for the lack of them. |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2014 7:48 pm
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
There is no sound of nothing.
There is no sight of nothing.
There is no feel of nothing.
Nothing has no properties except for the lack of them. |
But Alan, there is the smell of NOTHING.
I recently experienced it in a crowded elevator.
There was no sound, no sight, no feel, but I sure smelled the NOTHING that was in that elevator.
Can you explain this?  |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 10 Nov 2014 3:55 pm
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Have you ever been in a Samadhi tank? It's a tank full of salt water in which you float naked. It's completely dark and soundproofed, so it's about as near as you can get to complete sensory depravation. It's an eery sensation, and can send some people mad, so they have a microphone built into the cover in case you start screaming and they have to pull you out. When I tried it out about 35 yrs. ago it was peaceful, except that you feel like there's no motion but you are actually slowly floating around, and every so often a part of your body will touch the outside of the tank, spoiling the illusion.
Anyway, the reason I brought it up is because nothing, which is the complete and utter absence of anything, is terrifying. You lose all sense of security. It's worse than being dead because at least when you're dead you have no brain activity and so are not aware of the nothingness. |
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Roy Heap
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 11 Nov 2014 12:39 am
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Ok Alan, You are the clever one.
What about the feel of NOTHING?  |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2014 9:25 am
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Nothing cannot be terrifying, Alan, because there is no awareness of it. Wherever there is consciousness, nothing ceases to exist.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 11 Nov 2014 11:29 am
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| Roy Heap wrote: |
| ...What about the feel of NOTHING? |
There is no feeling to "nothing", but that, in itself, is a symptom, in that you expect to feel something.
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| ...Wherever there is consciousness, nothing ceases to exist. |
Exactly. Try to shed your mind of all thought. It's impossible, because while you're doing that you're thinking of shedding your mind of thought. If you really do stop thinking you lose consciousness. But even while we're unconscious we continue to think. Our conscious mind is only a fraction of our brain-power. The unconscious parts of our brain have to keep sending instructions to our body to regulate it. Otherwise we would stop breathing and our blood would stop circulating. Our blood temperature would go out of whack, as would dozens of other things necessary to keep us alive.
I'm one of those people who experiences what's known as "lucid dreaming." I can dream and be aware that I'm asleep and dreaming, so I can regulate what I do in some of the dreams. It's great to be able to do things that you wouldn't dream of doing while awake, knowing that there are no repercussions, and being able to just wake up if things go wrong.  |
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Roy Heap
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 Dec 2014 2:01 am
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We asked 10 steel players at our meeting. what pleasure do they get from hearing a banjo.
9 out of 10 replied
Absolutely NOTHING
Just a note: the lone player's name was not Alan Brookes |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2014 8:50 am
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Yes Roy, I too have never derived any pleasure from the banjo.
But, if they would allow me to use it for a bat at softball practice, I think I might like it a lot.
I asked __ NOTHING doing! |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 3 Dec 2014 12:10 pm
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Ah, so that's the brummy behind the banjo!
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Those that say don't know; those that know don't say.--Buddy Emmons |
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Roy Heap
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 Dec 2014 3:22 pm
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Brummy, Banjo?
I see NOTHING  |
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