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Sue Hindmarsh

(Australian thinker, mid-forties, unemployed)

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Genius Forum: March, 2004 - March 2006

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Femininity and masculinity need not have anything to do with what sex you are.

These concepts used here are all to with quality of mind.

The minds of most men are equally propelled through life by woman. He is subject tothe same mindless pursuits as she. He is as much her as she is him. The fact that

modern men are becoming more and more feminine has nothing to do with women

and everything to do with their own lack of integrity. 'Reason', in the past, was held

high. Now the emotions are thought of as being supreme.

Living through your emotions is fine, as long as you don't expect any rational or

consistent outcome from them. Men who think highly of themselves because they

contrast themselves with women are fooling themselves. The only true benchmark for

how masculine you are has to do with your relationship with Truth - nothing more,nothing less.

It is Reality that defines what is truly masculine and truly feminine.

We have not seen a woman sage as yet, but the jury is "still out" on the question of

one arising.

***

Women take things up and then drop them with the greatest of ease. She doesn’t

discriminate between things, she just goes with the flow. So whatever is next on offer,

she’ll pick it up and make it ‘her’.

Even when women find themselves in situations where there are no things (people, etc)

to define them; that is to say, when they are completely alone - they still come up

trumps. Because it is then that women go into the very core of their being and come back




with – tears. Blubbering and wailing, even if no one else is there to see it, makes her

feel better. Through her tears her femininity flows freely, keeping her connected to

everything, and thereby providing her with an existence. So, the upside for woman is

that femininity is always with her, and she is never truly alone; the downside is … well

I suppose for any woman, there really is no ‘downside’ – “it’s all good”.

I suppose the only people that truly experience the downside of woman, are those that

are used by her. If you are in a relationship with one of them, realizing that the woman you are with is nothing but a puff of air, can be quite disconcerting -

especially when you have pinned your hopes and dreams for the future on her.

***

Woman’s personality is flexible, as is her appearance. If a chap prefers his woman big-

boobed and well read - I’m sure she can accommodate him. Does he like her to be

simple and energetic – no problem at all. Does he want her to be more noble andcourageous than he – well, hold on a minute – who said anything about a man

wanting his woman to be more than he is himself.

***

Women love to keep mementos and souvenirs from past relationships, or events.

Many of them place framed photos of their loved ones on every available surface, or

hang them on their walls, or they’ve kept every doll they were ever given as a child,or they collect knick-knacks and fill cupboards and side-tables with them, or, like

Elizabeth, they like to keep gifts from ex-boyfriends. All this 'stuff' surrounding them

is a constant reminder of how special and wonderful their life really is. It also makes

the transference from one object of desire to another object so much easier. She can

still hang on to something before crossing over to the next.

It’s like they’re rock climbers, they never let go of one hand-hold before getting a grip

on the next, otherwise they might fall; or in the case of women - disappear.

***

Like little children, women believe, in a ‘fluffy, half-formed’ sort of way, that

everything is theirs. Nothing else is, or could be, more special or important than they

are. And also like little children, they are only aware of what is immediately in front of

them, and once involved, they can get very upset when the ‘thing’ is taken away – but

only for a moment; they quickly cast an eye around and “there!” is always another




thing.

***

Lacking an internal life; women have no direct relationship with anything. The closest

she can come to it is through others. You only have to look at most media, or

television, to see how that works. Soaps and magazines are full of stories and gossip

about other people. These ‘others’ become one with her through her femininity. It

works like this: woman is linked to everything by an invisible bond – that’s femininity

- which is the unconscious. The feminine mind could be described as like being in the

early stages of Alzheimer’s; you know all the needs and wants of your family, you

hold down a good job, you analyze, theorize, and speculate on many matters, you

love and hate, you pay your taxes and vote, you are a leader in your community, you

drive a car and fly a plane - but your mind isn’t actually making proper connections.

Yes, connections are being made, but most are half or badly formed; meaning that

any loving, analyzing, leading or speculating done, is only superficial. That’s wheremen come into the picture. Through their masculinity, women are given direction.

This gives them the appearance of possessing conscious minds. The whole world is

set up the way it is to make everything easily available for woman’s use. That’s also

why there must always be a masculine influence in her life; either through male

relatives, (fathers, brothers, husbands and sons) and, or; governments, police, soldiers,

and the man next door. She needs one, or all of these male influences to move

through life. Men are mostly ignorant of, or chose to ignore, the influence they have

on women - but sometimes it is made evident through the violence they inflict upon

them, or the jokes they tell about them, or the way they patronize them. All this, of course, does nothing to change women - it just gives femininity more room to grow.

***

Because philosophy is a purely masculine pursuit, and only then for those males with

the strength of mind and heart to stomach it; I’d always be extremely sceptical of any

female interest in this area.

You are spot on in your evaluation of Woman using philosophy as a crutch - because,

at base, philosophy is no different from any other area of life, and is therefore, at her

disposal. Her involvement may be a way to show off her intellectual muscles, or her

compassion, or her passion, or how proud and principled she is – all of which, at

most, could make her a good catch for anyone out there looking; or, at the least,

allow her to have a bit of fun, or as a ‘filler’ between work and TV.

There is, of course, one way of sorting this ‘wheat from the chaff’, and that is through




Truth itself. Woman doesn’t thrive in the pure masculine realm, so any woman who

gets close to any real understanding of Truth, (which is completely accidental) quickly

turns and runs back to her giggling girlfriends. You see it happen again and again, for

example; the concept of cause and effect is so simple and pure, and not at all difficult,

even woman can understand it – yet, mention the next logical step -– because all

things are caused, then cause and effect isn't real – well then…

Hello, where has everyone gone?

As, I was saying: the simpler the truth; the harder for woman to have anything to do

with it. So if any woman starts philosophizing in your direction; just speak some of

these simple, profound truths, such as; love is evil, woman has no true existence,

compassion is the vomit of the weak, children are useless creatures unless brought up

to become wise men, the feminine must die, marriage and coupling is the same as

getting a lobotomy, there is only one Truth and men can only know it, … Well, you

get the picture. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if that after speaking just a couple

of those truths, you would be halted, and then told, “You are a sad little man, with no

real understanding of anything, because you have never known love, or felt the

warmth of another human being by your side, and anyway, everyone is equal and

everyone has the right to their own truths, and all truth is subjective, and who do you

think you are telling me what is true, you should ‘get a life’ and stop bothering people

with this ‘truth’ nonsense”. And then they will either punch you, or cry at you –

either way, you would have made their day. But what if they stand there and say,

“You are perfectly correct” – what then? Well, I suppose all you can do is ensure,

through reasoning, that your understanding of Truth is without doubt correct, and

then, see if what the other person has to offer, resonates with what you know to be

true.

So, in summary: Never trust a woman, nor take for granted anything she tells you,

and always strive to eliminate her from your mind and the minds of all who come in

contact with you.

***

Femininity remains the same, not because it gains from being so - no, femininity

knows neither profit nor loss - all it knows, is what it's told.

***

David Quinn: Are you suggesting that a woman can, though her many feminine

resources, get through any situation unscathed and in front? Are there situations




which she cannot get through in this way?

I suppose death would be one of them.

Sue Hindmarsh: The only situation a woman’s feminine resources are made

absolutely redundant is when she comes into contact with the purely masculine.

There, because the feminine has been eradicated, she is powerless to make her

presence felt. She is shown by contrast with the masculine, to be a ghost creature – formless and lacking substance.

That is why woman has no real interest, or need, for the masculine pursuit of

philosophy – as it does not support her, protect her, or foster her, in any way.

***

Sue Hindmarsh: Without an internal life, the only evidence of her existence is in the

things she collects.

David Quinn: I suppose that is why she likes to surround herself with lots of

"beautiful things". And also, why she likes to dress sexually. "I wear see-through,

therefore I am".

Sue Hindmarsh: Lacking both character and value; she naively believes that her

bejewelled bare flesh, gives her both.

What about, “I am sex: therefore I am”?

David Quinn: Well, that sounds a bit too tangible to me. Perhaps, "I am relationship,

therefore I am", might be better.

The thing about wearing "see-through" - e.g. flimsy clothing, jewelry, make-up,

flowing hair, etc - is that it all seems to point to something which is not immediately

apparent to the senses. The function of all this paraphernalia is to refer beyond

themselves to a hidden kind of existence inside her. That is how her existence is

formulated - not as a tangible presence, but as a veiled suggestion.

They are like signs which point to a mirage. Or rather, the signs themselves create the

mirage.

Sue Hindmarsh: And what a powerful “mirage” it is. Indeed, it has the power to

draw men to it, as if they were being drawn to some life giving nectar; when instead,

men are the “life giving nectar” for women. She uses men to provide her with

substance and meaning, thereby creating her existence.




How she does this, without men knowing what is happening to them, is by the

subtlest of means – she gets men to talk to her. Women spend their entire lives

preening and prettifying themselves in order to make men notice them; and once

noticed, men are drawn to talk to them. Of course women’s greatest achievement is

to actually marry a man (or a series of men), but having a man to talk to, is nearly as

good – like having lots of short-term marriages.

Women love to talk and talk and talk – we all know this. Jokes have been written

about it, “That woman could talk underwater”. Most media is just women talking

about themselves. Girlfriends, wives and mothers, are always talking at you about

something or other – and expect some sort of reply. The women at work expect you

to “join in” the morning tea chat session; whether you want to or not. Your

grandmother makes you listen to stories about dead people you do not know and

couldn’t care less about, but you sit there and listen all the same, because if you don’t,

you’ll be told off by the other women in your family. The number of times you are

made to talk to women is endless. She can literally "talk underwater" – but for good

reason. If they stopped talking – they would stop; that is to say, if you stopped listening

to and talking to women; paid them no attention what-so-ever, they would literally

disappear.

It is true.

Women - from the very young, to the very old - need to talk. Not because they will

start to think if they stop talking; no, that would imply they actually had a mind,

where thinking could take place - they need to talk, and have people talk back at

them, because it makes them appear ‘real’. Not that they ‘know’ that – for them it is

just instinctual. That’s where men come into it.

Men make the mistake of thinking women have individual minds; like they do. When

they talk to women, they really believe that what is coming out of women’s mouths;

has first come through a mind. The truth is, the closest we can come to describing

the female mind, is to say that it is; a swirling tangled thing, without depth or formal

structure, which all of them share, and from which emanates worthless ramblings,

equal to that which comes from the proverbial village idiot.

So, if men stopped talking to women, they would discover the true relationship

women have with them. That without men, there would be no women, and the

“mirage” would be blown away.

***




It is so very difficult to get onto the philosophical path that I am always astounded

when someone tries. Like I said before, Kelly is a young woman, with the world at

her feet, yet she wants to get into philosophy. It just sounds too weird.

Women do not need philosophy in any shape or form. For a woman to think that

philosophy could be something she could give her life to seems at odds with nature.

Kelly has dipped her little toe in the pool of thought and seems to have decided that

the water isn’t too cold. Whether she plunges head first into that pool is another thing entirely.

The overall impression I get of Kelly is of someone struggling to get a grip on truth.

That struggle, whether she succeeds in it or not, is of great value in a world that

values everything, and therefore nothing.

***

There is a good reason why there aren’t many women getting their teeth into

philosophy and that reason is simple. They are WOMEN!

I am sure that there have been plenty of intelligent women who have realized the ‘life

of woman’ was not something they could take seriously. So they looked around for an

alternative and some of those women must have happened upon philosophy. Most

that looked probably found philosophy too isolating (not something you could win

friends and influence people with), and quietly left and joined a political party or

academia, wrote a novel or became mothers. The few who stayed on would havefound the philosophical life very hard going, but ploughed on anyway.

What happened to those women? Why don’t we have any evidence of them?

My conclusion is that they did not plough on at all. When things got too tough they

just went back to their old lives.

This is not hard to believe when you remember that the whole world is feminine and

that women have more to lose than men if they try to leave it, because women are

defined by femininity. Everywhere they go Woman is there telling them to stop their

foolishness and just be happy. Obviously men are getting the same message, but a few

strong ones have resisted over the years and have made some progress.

***

People are of little consequence, being human is all that matters. What people do is

rubbish. There is no other existence for them except the hell of life and death. But




every so often, a human appears and lends a hand to those that also want to be

human.

Humans have a chequered history:

Being human is so rare, that when they do appear in amongst the mob, they are

usually; ignored, killed, or pushed into the dirt, so that a religion can be built on top

of them – something Jesus and Buddha could attest to. In more recent times, they have helped keep academic philosophy alive – though they would vomit if they could

see the horrors they’ve inspired. These days, the few that hang out on forums and

write books also can’t be sure what will happen to their work, but like their

predecessors, all they can do is their best , and along the way maybe help a fledgling

human reach their potential.

***

When I write about women, I always do so from a philosophical position, and am not

writing about anyone in particular – except Kelly, since this thread is about her work.

As far as I’m concerned, women are completely innocent.

Woman is the feminine mind, and therefore is not just about women, but also men.

There is one major difference between women and men, and that difference makes

men more special. Being born male, he carries in him the potential for masculinity.

Most males are either slobs or female impersonators, but even these guys have more

philosophical potential than women. They may not ever take up philosophy

themselves, but through them, masculinity survives and may produce a few truly

masculine minds .

So women need not fear “having to renounce (any) apparent biological attributes for

the sake of mass delusion”, because first the mass delusion would have to renounce

them.

***

The feminine mind is the engine of the world – it generates all the emotional and

irrational play. Both men and women play together there.

The masculine mind, as rare as it is, understands and has compassion for the world.

Using reason to unravel the feminine, in an attempt to bring about its downfall; is

only a small part of the masculine potential. The power of this potential is made

apparent, when you consider that, the feminine mind isn’t aware of itself at all,




whereas, the masculine mind has the ability to know itself in its entirety. Only men

have the capacity to live with such an undertaking, so they travel alone.

***

Without an inner life, toughened by reason and a nail-hard resolve to live by Truth

alone; femininity quickly finds nesting places to call her own.

***

Women don’t need principles, men do – women just need men.

When a baby boy is born, his unformed future lays before him. As he grows, he

prepares himself for the challenges ahead. Fully grown, he takes up a job that will

from then on define him as a man.

With a baby girl it is different; she is born with her life fully formed. Femininity

defines her; therefore, the moment of her birth, and the moment she reaches her full

potential, are one and the same.

Accrediting your “impulse to rebel” as “a male thing” is correct when you consider

how and why men lead the lives they do. Males, from any time or from any place in

history, have all faced the same demands from their society – get a job, get food, get

a mate, then fight other males for a better job, better food, and a better mate. All

male endeavours can be boiled down to this cycle of toil. When men become greatartists, musicians, scientists, leaders, or thinkers; they are still trapped in that same

cycle - they have just pushed the bar up a peg or two.

A woman’s life is defined through her relationships with others. She becomes a child,

girlfriend, wife, mother, or grandmother, because that role has been created for her

through the other person. The more relationships that come her way; the more

Woman she inherits. Even if she doesn’t have any relationships, and is alone in the

world, she is still defined by Woman through the lack of them. Because women are

not defined by their actions like men are, what they do is of little consequence, that is

- as long as they don’t stray too far from Woman. For example, an unmarried female

President and her unmarried sister, raising six kids, have exactly the same status in the

‘Woman Stakes’ as each other - because they both lack that crucial relationship. For a

woman to reach the highest that Woman has to offer, she would be married, or at

least be coupled with someone, have children and lots of friends.

These relationships are extremely necessary. Through them, women’s emotions are




given life; which in turn, gives her life meaning.

So women’s lives aren’t like men’s; they don’t have to fix their lives to some goal to

create their own existence. Their lives flow freely from relationship to relationship,

from circumstance to circumstance. Men can change and grow from their experiences;

women never change, because they never experience anything directly – only through

their emotions.

Your being “confounded” by Woman is inevitable. Men value certainty - something

woman can’t possess. Her emotions pull her first this way and then that way. Never

are they at rest. Never are they satisfied. Women are compelled to change their hair,

clothes, décor, boyfriend, job, ideas, husband, loves, hates - everything, all the time.

No thing escapes this emotional whirlwind. Even the idea, that she is “downtrodden”,

becomes just another emotional fix.

So Matt, you hit the nail on the head when you said, “Women don't do things to

express a principle, they just go with whatever feels best”. Expecting women to be

able to have a principle, let alone express it, is asking something of them that they are

entirely incapable of ever achieving.

***

I’m still trying to figure out what a masculine woman is?

From television, newspapers, movies, music, magazines and the woman next door, I

gather that women are becoming more masculine at the same rate that men are

becoming more feminine. I see evidence everywhere of men becoming more

feminine, but I’m not sure what I should be looking out for to find masculine women.

With each passing decade, we witness another generation of men, carelessly casting

their male heritage aside - in order to slide effortlessly into the feminine homogeneity.

Seemly, it then becomes the job of women to take up the slack - of which I am told,

they do with great ease.

In the process of becoming totally feminine, men would have to lose all

consciousness, that is; all their ideas, their beliefs, their dignity, and their individuality.

So, when women talk about becoming masculine, are they talking about becoming

conscious? Is male consciousness now a larger part of the woman’s world? Are more

women giving up their past ways to not only “take up the slack”, but now,

empowered by this new driving force, and with missionary zeal - are they also

working hard to pull men into shape – by encouraging them back onto the path of




masculinity?

***

Men may fall for bravado, because they don’t want to appear womanly; and if that is

correct, it then means that they kind of know they are – womanly.

***

The Masculine can exist separately from the feminine, because it is conscious. The

feminine cannot exist separately from the masculine, because it is not conscious. So it

is through these two concepts, ‘conscious’ and ‘not conscious’, that masculinity and

femininity are understood.

Being masculine, and therefore conscious; means you have the potential to know

yourself. Self awareness can lead to an understanding of everything, i.e. The Ultimate. The feminine, lacking consciousness, and therefore unable to have any insights into its

own reality, or for that matter, any other things reality; can never know Ultimate

Reality.

So when Kelly writes, “Truth is not perfectly clear...”, I understand this to mean -

when the masculine is not fully developed, the feminine can still arise to distract the

masculine from its conscious efforts to be rid of the feminine. Once distracted, the

masculine must fasten onto its knowledge of God (Ultimate Reality), to lessen the

hold of the feminine.

***

The emotions influence ideals and reason by first focusing the mind onto the ideal.

Then, if you are rational enough to apply reason to that ideal, reason takes control

and the emotions are given a smaller role.

The difference between the emotions and the ability to reason is: whereas reason canbring you to understand both the ideal and its associated emotions; an ideal based on

emotions alone, can only bring about more emotions, making the ideal exceedingly

vague.

Even more important, is the fact that reason can look upon itself and check its

progress in discovering and applying the ideal. The emotions don't have this ability,

and are instead lost in their own meanderings, with no point of reference - so that any

ideal proposed by emotion alone, is a deformed, haphazard thing.




***

Masculinity is productive, causing both: devil and saint, destruction and creativity, as

well as everything in between. This is why masculinity is such an asset. For without it,

we’d not have the culture we have today, and philosophy would never have

developed.

Men aren’t more emotional than women, but they do feel things more deeply and

strongly than them.

***

I agree that females have less capacity for endurance, but we are yet to know if this

will cause them to fail in their attempt at enlightenment. We know the degree of

masculinity needed to become a philosopher is extremely high. It is so high, thatmaybe a few men may reach it, but most will be left behind. Knowing this, yet still

continuing in one’s quest, could make all the difference.

What I find most interesting is the question of why women take up philosophy in the

first place. It could only be for one of two reasons: they take it up for the same

reason they take up anything else – to enhance their femininity; or, they take it up

because they doubt that love and happiness is of any real value. Deciding which of

these two is the real driving force, is difficult to know. I suppose what is needed is

more time to see what happens. As the old adage tell us - the proof is in the pudding - and at present, we’re only at the ‘sifting the flour’ stage.

Some may say that it is sexist to conclude that women have but two reasons for

getting into philosophy, and that women “are people too” and therefore should be

given equal respect and encouragement - but I don’t think so. Women have no place

in philosophy what-so-ever. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, as to their

motivation, is being very generous indeed. The consequences of allowing women to

enter this domain may prove, at best - a waste of time; at worst – more womanly

nonsense to be added to the ever expanding nonsense doing its utmost to smother Truth.

Ah, but we may yet be pleasantly surprised. A female may become a true philosopher

- proving me, and all the skeptics, wrong.

And then what?

Well, nothing.




Men can only be philosophers.

***

I’m a great believer in looking at where desires and beliefs come from, before I'd

allow them to shape my life. A “good start”, is looking at why we have beliefs in the

first place.

Being brought up in any society means you inherit a set of beliefs, which have proven

successful in keeping that group together. Whatever set of beliefs are placed before

you, you must accept them, or risk expulsion from the group. The family unit is at the

heart of this indoctrination, making it very difficult for any member to ever break

free. This is made obvious when you consider the teenager: they push and shove at

their bounds, fighting to make a life of their own – then they grow-up, get a job, find

a partner, and talk about how they can best protect their assets, and how being lovedand showing compassion are all that really matter in life.

Some people tell me that they're not like that; that they have broken free from their

societies beliefs, and are now living the life of an individual .

But it’s difficult to believe a word of it, and for good reason -

People are a restless mob; always looking for something more, something new and

special. Each new generation thinks they have discovered “new ideas”, of which they pronounce as advancements on the past generation’s moldy old offerings. This

happens over and over again, with each generation setting out their new found truths

as - the “awakening of a new age”.

Of course, all that really happens is: the new generation gets hold of what’s old,

shakes it up a bit, turns it inside out, and then repackages it as “something more

meaningful”.

I must add though, most of the 'repackaging' done now-a-days shows just how dumbed down the process has become. Vague sentiments such as the one you’re fostering Bert,

“find out your own desires and beliefs,for you are the only one who knows the path”,

sounds very New Age.

Like most people, you desire a belief system that works for you. That’s fine - as long

as you don’t confuse your emotional longing with the cold hard battle to break free

from all false beliefs and vague desires. That’s the “path” that interests me. It’s also a

path that, though hardly used, other adventurous souls have travelled down before,




making it a little easier for those few strong hearts, intending to travel it today.

***

Kierkegaard was one of those adventurous souls who strove to make clear the path.

He lived in a time, when all around him believed themselves to be Christians; patting

each other on the back for their lucky inheritance. Yet Kierkegaard wrote, to becomea Christian, one had to endure the greatest of sufferings and carry the heaviest of

burdens; and that was just the first step. Something, the good people around him

found laughable.

***

Q: What does this look inside a woman's mind? How does she experience a

diminishing of her own existence?

A: Both of the above questions are quite odd; especially when you remember that women have neither individual minds, nor individual existence. But we can easily discover what they ‘think’ they experience, by seeing what they hold dear. We know she worships femininity, and all that comes with it; love and romance, marriage andchildren, beauty and fashion, talking and shopping, holding back and letting go – butmost of all, femininity gives her the feeling of superiority over all things andcircumstances.

Women can make the best of any situation. For them, everyday is Christmas Day, with lots of presents to open and delight in.

***

Being superior in all things is easy when the benchmark is forever changing. Today a woman may see herself as a loving wife and mother, but tomorrow she may becomethe warring ex-wife, teaching hatred to her children and condemning all men as“bastards” - either way, she is “in the right”. Men are always “in the wrong”, simply because they are conscious. Women, on the other hand, can’t be responsible foranything, because they aren’t conscious – so they may do as they please.

***

A woman knows neither suffering, nor joy – she may have a thousand emotionstravelling through her, but she has never felt any of them. She has never loved norhated, felt peaceful, or experienced excitement. When she tells you that she “lovesyou”, it is meaningless. It is like being told by a slight breeze that you are its “one andonly love” – impossible and absurd.




"Love" originates, and only exists, in the minds of men; it is felt by them, and can beunderstood by them. Woman doesn’t have an inner life, so the emotions can’tconnect or interact with her . Emotions are just continuously at play, and she, likethem, arise in the environments created by the conscious minds of men. So if mengave up falling in love with women; romantic love would cease. If men stoppedtrusting their emotions, and did away with them completely, then women would haveno way into men’s lives, and without men, they would simply disappear.

***

Woman is without ego; she is instead man’s ego "personified". All man’s weaknesseshave gone into creating her. His ego longs for immeasurable comforts, unending pleasures and eternal happiness – and he comes up with "woman" as the focal pointfor the fulfilment of all these obsessions.

Through his love for her, he believes that his longings will be satisfied, and then his

life will be successful and have meaning. But after a short time with her, the seeds of doubt encroach upon his happy dream, and he begins to feel unsure that she canactually live up to his expectations. He has invested a lot of himself in her, so he

won’t give her up, but he will try and find ways to make her appear more than whatshe is now. He will get a better job, work harder and make more money. Then he’llbuy a bigger house and a better, faster car. He’ll send his kids to the best schools andencourage them to be the best in all they do. He’ll pay for his wife to have all theclothes, shoes, hair styles, personal trainers, plastic surgery, pottery classes, university degrees and flying lessons that he can afford – all to make her look better; so that helooks better. He’ll go and fight wars for her, be killed for her, conquer and pillage

whole worlds for her. He’ll create philosophies, religions and great art in celebrationof his belief in beauty, compassion and purity – all of which he ascribes to her.

But stop! He cannot keep the pretence going – he starts to drink more, he yells at thekids, he hits her, loses his job, loses her, loses the kids, starts a fight in the pub,spends time in jail, starts a new job, meets a new woman, buys another house .....

Man’s ego drives him onwards; never satisfying, nor comforting him. Woman is justalong for the ride.

***

To eliminate the feminine from “your mind”, and the minds of others, you first needto understand the feminine completely. The degree of difficulty in achieving this isequal to the degree of masculinity a person possesses. A man with a very high degreeof masculinity can easily understand the feminine completely, with her having little orno effect on him; whereas, a lesser man will be blind to a deeper understanding of her, and therefore will still find himself affected by her.

The problem is, she is not always easy to find - having as she does the whole universeto hide in. And if you can’t find her, then it is impossible for you to ever understandher. This is why the feminine is much discussed by the likes of Kierkegaard,Nietzsche, Solway and Quinn – they know how cunning she can be at finding hiding




places in the minds of men. They also know that the only way to eliminate her is tofirst dislodge her from men’s minds. Once that is done, men have a greater chance of taking a step onto the philosophic path.

***

Someone took a youth to a sage and said: "Look, he is being corrupted by

women."

The sage shook his head and smiled. "It is men," said he, "that corrupt

women; and all the failings of women should be atoned and improved in

men. For it is man who creates for himself the image of woman, and

woman forms herself according to this image."

"You are too kindhearted about women," said one of those present; "you

do not know them."

The sage replied: "Will is the manner of men; willingness that of women.

That is the law of the sexes - truly, a hard law for women. All of humanity

is innocent of its existence; but women are doubly innocent. Who could

have oil and kindness enough for them?"

"Damn oil! Damn kindness!" Someone else shouted out of the crowd;

"women need to be educated better!"

"Men need to be educated better," said the sage and beckoned to theyouth to follow him.

The youth, however, did not follow him.

Nietzsche, 1882

Quite often, what looks to be 'masculine', is actually the feminine at play – so it is wise to weed out the feminine, to ensure that any discussion about the masculine istruly just that.

For example, Nietzsche’s text above is a discussion on the power of the feminine, andhow man should be better prepared to expel her from his life –

The sage shook his head and smiled. "It is men," said he, "that corrupt

women; and all the failings of women should be atoned and improved in

men. For it is man who creates for himself the image of woman, and




woman forms herself according to this image."

Nietzsche describes how ‘the feminine’ exists first in man, and then from him,

woman is created.

"Will is the manner of men; willingness that of women. That is the law of the sexes - truly, a hard law for women. All of humanity is innocent of its

existence; but women are doubly innocent. Who could have oil and

kindness enough for them?"

Man has no inherent existence – he was never born, nor shall he ever die – from this

he understands his Eternal Nature.

Woman has no inherent existence – but to understand this, she must first be ‘born’.

"Men need to be educated better"

When men value the Truth, they grow to be truly loving and kind to women and men

alike. They treat women like men – speak to them, and interact with them, as if they

were men. These Truth loving men speak against love, marriage, comfort, friendship,

religion, traditions, family, pride, vanity, success, beauty, humility, compassion and the

many other falsehoods which have created Woman. They laugh at those who valuetheir lives, and at those who seek gain or regret loss.

***

Man will create philosophies, religions and great art in celebration of his belief inbeauty, compassion and purity, but instead of ensuring that all these activities areunderpinned by Reality, he haphazardly throws himself into them – then “ascribes”his follies to woman.

For example – War: Men have fought each other over property since the beginning of time. His ‘property’ is his family and community, and the land they occupy; andprotecting them is his life’s work. Generation after generation of men have gone tobattle to preserve the lifestyle they value – but if men realized how truly valuable theirlives were, that within them lay the potential for eternal life, do you think they would

waste their precious lives on protecting woman, children, scraps of land and flags?

Once men understood their potential, they might fight a war to preserve their livesand lifestyles, if they thought that in doing so they were preserving Truth - but I'd say they'd only do it as a last resort.




***

The world, as we have been brought up to understand it, is nothing like reality. There are many things that have to be re-evaluated, such as consciousness andunconsciousness. The unwrapping of the feminine is just that – a re-evaluating of the

underlying driving force of humanity. Looking into the feminine makes it easier to geta clearer picture of the masculine.

Most men are feminine through and through, making masculinity very rare. Theconsequence of this is that most men don’t understand what true masculinity is, easily getting confused by their own cockeyed ideas about it. For example, most men think ‘being courageous’ is a masculine trait – and it is, if it is directed at a masculineendeavour like Understanding the Ultimate – but it becomes a laughing matter if you

waste it on something as feminine as say mathematics, science or soldiering.

***

Keeping it simple - it is best to describe the masculine as consciousness, and thefeminine as unconsciousness. And since our interest is in understanding Truth, wecan use as our reference point ‘Consciousness of Truth’. So a female or male that isconscious of the Truth can be spoken of as exhibiting true masculine traits, whereas afemale or male who is not conscious of the Truth can be spoken of as exhibiting feminine traits.

The first group use their level of living in accordance with Truth as their benchmark in discerning their levels of masculinity and femininity. The second group, being ignorant of Truth, can be divided into varying degrees of masculinity and femininity.For example, a prerequisite for understanding Truth is a strong mind which can usereason and discriminate to a high degree – so if a person has the beginnings of thattype of mind, you could say they were more masculine than feminine. It is only asmall step, especially when you consider that much of that person’s life would bespent wallowing in ignorance, but a small step is better than no step at all, and couldlead to larger steps.

Most prerequisites for becoming a Great Philosopher are already present in many males; that hardly any of them will go on to become philosophers gives us a clearindication of how difficult philosophy is for most men. Women who have thoughts of becoming philosophers have to factor in that they will be constantly tugged back tothe realms of the feminine, not only by other women, but by men also. Of course,men have these same pressures on them, but the reason some are able to break away more easily than others, is that they are able to direct all their energies to that onegoal, and not be distracted by worldly concerns.

For some males and females, understanding the basics of Truth is enough. For others,they want to do more than understand Truth, they want to live it. They possess anunquenchable thirst for Truth, giving them the strength of giants and the courage of




lions. It is these few that everyone else is judged against – so when you areconsidering your own development, size yourself up beside the likes of Diogenes orHakuin; Kierkegaard or Solway, and then you will know what needs to be done inyour own life. Use their strength and their courage to push your own life forward.

Truthfulness is what matters - don’t let yourself be sapped of all your energies becauseyou are worried about whether or not you are masculine enough to become aphilosopher – instead, open your eyes and mind to Truth, and then cast your mindupon the world.

Understand the feminine/masculine, but do it from a less emotional perspective.

***

Science, maths and engineering are all important for the development of technology;and, as you say, without technology, the Internet wouldn’t exist. I’m all for thedevelopment of technology, and for men’s involvement in it, as long as those meninvolved realise that their tinkering with numbers and tossing up “theories of

everything” has nothing to do with the understanding, or the fostering of Truth.

The fact that they do consider their pursuits as important work in “unlocking thetruths of the universe” means that their efforts are the stuff of the feminine. If they acknowledged that they weren’t really interested in knowing or understanding Truthin any shape, way or form, then I’d say they were at least being honest, and thatperhaps they had some potential to actually start thinking about Reality.

So it’s not, as you say, “mutually exclusive” for men to be involved in thedevelopment of technologies and also understand Truth, but it would be very rare.Both take a lot of mind work – so much so, that to do both might mean to do

neither very well. This would explain why most of the Great Philosophers led solitary lives, free from the constraints of taking care of a family, and working at a job.

***

Understanding Truth is a big "first step", but there are more steps to take – steps thatdeepen that understanding. Your life becomes an outward example of that deepening,as your attachments become weakened and your inner life strengthened. But becauseyou are still developing, you may still fall under the sway of illusion, but only for amoment or two. You are not lost in the feminine, like ignorant people are – you canpass through it, with very little consequence. You are aware of your feminine qualities,but are able to amend them.

It’s like a tradesman who, though he learnt his trade well during his apprenticeshipyears, still has to ‘find his feet’ once he begins his working life. As each year passes hegains more confidence as his understanding and abilities grow. So, from his very firstday as an apprentice, to a career spanning forty years, he has been a ‘tradesman’possessing varying degrees of skill.

The same with understanding Truth – there are the early years, when your




understanding grows and matures, and then the later years, when you are able to restmore in your deeper understanding. All that time, you understand Truth, and during that time, you are continually making slight corrections to your behaviour, based onthe depth of your understanding.

Diogenes may be able to shed more light on the subject:

Whenever people complimented Diogenes, he would slap himself hard

across the face and in self-reproach would cry, "Shame! I must have done

something terribly wicked!"

Passing a stream, Diogenes saw a boy drinking out of his hands. "A child

has beaten me in simplicity," he said, throwing away his cup.

***

It is faith that creates the deep chasm between the world of man and the "Man of God".

That there are five or ten men who possess this faith is a blessing to the world. Thereason there aren’t more, isn’t because Truth is too difficult to understand – no, thereason is that most people lack faith.

Having a great passion for something helps you put into it the hard work andperseverance needed to become expert at it. Understanding life and death takes notonly passion, but also faith. When your understanding is still in the early stages of development, passion is helpful to spur you forward, but it is faith that takes youonwards, ever closer to your goal of becoming pure spirit.

To drag yourself out of ignorance takes a keen mind and a strong will. Once youhave a taste of wisdom, you then need a ‘leap of faith’ to take you on further. Hardly anyone ever uses their mind, will, or faith to try and understand anything aboutReality – they instead like to cling to what they believe to be their nice, safe lives.

Genius is rare, because ignorance is abundant.

***

Not all the Great Men wrote books. Many of them had their lives and words recordedby others. Most of these men knew nothing of one another, nor did many of themhave any encouragement, or help from anyone – yet they still progressed on thephilosophical path.

My suggestion to look to the Great Men of philosophy for encouragement andguidance, by making them your “benchmark”, makes perfect sense. They have done




what you may want to do – they have attempted, and to varying degrees, succeeded infreeing themselves from suffering. Why not use them to make your way easier?

***

A Great Philosopher is, by definition, someone that lives according to Truth. He

doesn’t employ his time making a ‘name’ for himself, he just does what he can to helpothers attain freedom from the hell in which they live.

***

It is true that the feminine mind depends for its existence on the masculine mind.But it is also the case that most men depend on the feminine to also exist - and whenI say “most men” I mean 99.9% of them. Men who have not turned their minds tothe discovery of wisdom are living a mostly feminine existence, because their

motivations and actions are dedicated to the feminine.

Everyday, most men go to work. By doing so they are contributing to the ignorancein the world, because work is fundamentally a feminine activity. For example, say aman spends eight hours every day working down a mine – why is he doing this? Onereason would be so that he can afford food and shelter, as well as some beer andcigarettes. Another reason would be to attract a woman to marry, and raise a family

with. All these activities make him feel successful, because he is building a life and afuture for himself. All these activities are attachments; which means, he is not living a life dedicated to Truth.

So even though men carry the seed of masculinity within them, most squander it onenjoying life in the feminine. There are a few men that have made understanding Reality their job – so it is those few that are keeping masculinity alive. These men canrightly be called 'masculine'.

The feminine is falsity – the stuff of normal life: love, hope, sadness, striving, wishing,dreaming, longing, hate, loneliness, boredom, excitement, etc. Most men and womenare feminine, living in a feminine world.

'Life' is preoccupied with bullshit – that’s what makes it grow and spread.

***

Men who are 'sheep' are attached to the feminine and will do all they can to protectit; whereas the men who are more 'goat'-like are willing to tear femininity apart totake a look inside.

The sheep will never understand anything about Truth, because their egos are focusedon extracting happiness and comfort from everyday things like work, sport, women,mates, war, science, cars, money and creating a future for themselves. Sheep like toask questions of themselves (when they’re not too busy doing something more




interesting) like “Who am I?”, “What is the world really all about?”, “Why is there somuch hate and sadness in the world?”, “Where is my life going?”, “When will I betruly happy and satisfied?” And the one answer they come up with for all of thesequestions is, “Life’s a mystery, so just make the best of it.” And they do – mindlessly adding to the horrors and hardships of themselves and billions of peoplein the present, as well as innumerable people in the future. At bottom, their egos aretoo weak to ever be dissatisfied enough to ever honestly question themselves, or the

world in which they live.

The goats have larger egos and are prepared to sacrifice their own immediatehappiness and security for the chance of a life free from all turmoil, and all falsity.

They often start by questioning their own existence, asking, “What am I?” Or they may start investigating the true value of traditions and beliefs. They are also not afraidto attack their own thinking; doubting their conclusions and not letting up onthemselves until they’re sure they have reached ‘bedrock’ truth. These men have thepotential to understand everything that was, is and will be.

***

“Plague” seems an apt term when describing the consequences of the herd mentality. We may have computers and space travel, but we are still burdened by hatred andsuffering.

Progress is fine if it is connected to Truth, but otherwise it is just supporting andfostering all the feminine lies and nonsense that people enslave their lives to. Forexample, evolution is closer to the Truth than religion, but there are still billions of people on the planet who don’t know anything about it, or worse still, say that it is“just a theory”. Religion, on the other hand, is doing very well due to the stupidity and laziness of the masses.

Like I said – the feminine underpins society in so many ways, it really isn’t hard tofind her.

***

Men would still be called men even if fashion dictated that they have plastic surgery to look exactly the same as women.

Men are sadly still called men even though fashion dictates that they think exactly thesame as women.

The domestication of men was inevitable – they want women.

The domestication of masculinity has been a battle – these days masculinity is losing out to femininity – big time. The only way to preserve it is by studying anddeveloping it in a pristine environment, which of course is Philosophy. It really is theonly place to truly understand masculinity, because it is the only place that femininity can't get a foot in the door.




***

Breastfeeding is really good for helping babies grow strong and healthy, but if youfeed it to a grown man as his only source of food, he’d soon grow weak and ill.

I think mankind has had long enough in its infancy stage – isn’t it time he grew up?

***

Knowing what you are not is a good stepping stone to knowing what you are. Forinstance, understanding that you have no beginning or end means that you know thatyou do not exist as a separate self – you are absolutely everything.

***

Making observations, solving problems, analysing, drawing conclusions,discriminating, categorizing, etc are activities common to all people – science uses allof them at different times to work on the many problems and questions they wish tofind solutions to. The Buddha also used them, but he directed his attention to oneconcern only – the understanding of Ultimate Reality.

***

There is a huge difference between the average Joe’s idea of thinking and thephilosopher’s reasoned approach.

The average Joe lives his life just being swept along – understanding neither histhoughts, nor his actions. And because he never leaves the comfort and security of

what he knows, he never has to rely on, or have faith in his mind, or his ideas.

The philosopher takes himself out of his comfort zones and into unknown territory – where he must rely upon, and have faith in his mind and the goal he has set forhimself.

Even though both lives are expressions of Reality, the philosopher understands how that works, while the other doesn’t.

***

David Quinn: Women can certainly be serene and elegant - but then again, so can

cats. Both share the same unconscious nature.

Forum Member: If I were to guess, I would say that the writer here has not been

close enough to a woman to catch her scent, and that what is written is plenty enough




reason for an average woman to want to blowtorch the balls off every average man.

What can we say of all women except that they are all human and all different. The

first thing each man thinks of himself, of his individual existence is the first thing

many men seem to want to deny to women after the denial of their freedom. Can this

be Just?

Sue Hindmarsh: I don’t see many men denying the existence of woman – far from it – most men are happily being carried along by her “scent”.

If they did try to deny their existence, women would have a field day. They woulduse this ‘event’ as they do all others – they would throw up their arms, cry and shout,threaten to leave, nag and scoff – basically have a normal day. The “average” woman(can there be any other kind?) wouldn’t be using a "blowtorch" to blow the balls off any man (not even an “average” man, even though there is an over abundance of them) because she would be having way too much fun.

Women only need men for one thing – their existence. Because of this, men don’thave to do much to make women happy; they just need to interact with them. Now,most men seem quite happy to enslave themselves to this most useful purpose, but

some men have decided that their lives would be better put to use doing something different, such as understanding Reality.

So, to your question of “Can this be Just?” I’d have to answer a resounding No – women should not be denied either their existence or their freedom , because to do so would be affirming that they possessed them in the first place – which, of course, they don’t.

***

Woman looks at the face of the man she is fucking and smiles with contentment – astogether they are lost in a sea of emotions and physical sensations. When the sex isover, the man gets up and goes on with his life, the short break a welcome relief fromhis normal worries and woes.

The woman has no other life to ‘get on with’ – her entire life consists of constantly being lost in emotions and physical sensations. Her smile continues even as she

watches him go off to his alien world – because she knows he’ll be back. And if hedoesn’t? She’ll make do with a good cry and bitch to her friends about him. Win win

win win win win win win ......

***

The superiority of man's mind is evident in nearly every aspect of life.

Being the best at anything requires dedication and single-mindedness; both these existin the mind of man. Added to this, he is constantly being propelled outwards away from his own petty concerns and trivialities, towards goals that do not necessarily give




him any immediate pleasure or satisfaction. Because of this, he is able to stay focusedon his goal until satisfied that he has reached his highest potential.

Woman’s life is very different – as her whole life is spent in immediacy. There, in thatunconscious realm, where everyone is “equal” and no thing is more important thanherself; she happily spends her days lost in petty concerns and trivialities.

***

Because woman is unconscious and lacks an internal life, it is unfair to judge heragainst man. They are far too different – sort of like making a legless person(woman) participate in a race against an Olympic gold medalist runner (man).

Women can’t help but be what they are, so it is silly to even take any notice of them.But that is exactly what a lot of men do. Not only do they hang onto women’s arms,but also on their every word. Men in droves are soaking up the muck women spew forth as if it were the 'Nectar of Life'. This poisonous muck seeps into men’s mindsand eats away at their inner life, slowly destroying both, until there is nothing left

except a lifeless shell – called woman.

***

Women do not gain anything more from being the ‘top’ in their field, because all women are created equal. Men, on the other hand, are not created equal, andtherefore are compelled to compete with each other to create a life for themselves.

***

All men carry the seed of masculinity in them - the homeless bum on the street, thepaedophile, the lawyer, the husband and father, the King, the comedian – all have thepotential for greatness. But most; such as Ruth, Mozart and Michelangelo, will besatisfied with winning and losing the small battles of everyday life. A rare few menmay take their precious lives and make a bid for true greatness .

***

When a man thinks something is ‘ridiculous’, you know he is commenting on how faraway that something is from Reality.

When a woman says something is ‘ridiculous’, it is meaningless – she could equally have said the thing was fascinating, or sad, or brilliant, or cuddly, or incorrect - itdoesn’t matter what she says: she hasn’t a mind, so all you’re getting is air.

***




I don’t know how anyone could quibble over matters concerning Truth. There is only one Truth, and you can only have one perfect realization of it. After which, youractions are in accordance with that one Truth – there is no “return to ignorance”.

The reason your mind is “presented again and again with all sorts of configurations torecognize in which to address and witness…” is because you haven’t, as yet, workedout what Truth is. When you do, you will not have to work to recognize, address, or

witness Truth, because it is always everywhere.

***

We all value some things over other things – it’s a natural thing to do. If I value thecolour blue, I do so because of innumerable causes, one of which may be that it is thecolour of the sky and sea, both of which I value because of innumerable causes, oneof which may have been a love of open spaces, which I value because of innumerablecause, one of which may have been due to feeling hot and uncomfortable in too smalla bed, etc. So, my valuing ‘blue’ over ‘orange’ is awash with emotions, which are all

tied into other emotions. This emotional mix is what helps construct each person, andbecause the emotions are always changing, so are we. Even the valuing of Truthchanges.

***

Enlightenment isn’t interested in "refining" the emotions; it’s out to destroy them.

Most emotional attachments muddy up the mind; making thinking difficult andkeeping enlightenment out of reach. The only useful ones are those that get youstarted philosophically, such as love of truth, hatred for falsehoods, longing tounderstand everything, wanting an end to suffering, and working hard to achieve thesegoals. What makes these emotions different from others is that they can lead to thedownfall of all emotions. For example: loving Truth means that you don’t ever wantto be in error, but you soon come to see that this ‘love’ isn’t correct either - so, it toogets left behind with all the other loves and hates, needs and wants.

***

A Genius only suffers whilst he continues to hold on to bits of "stupidity". Once helets go of them, he stops suffering.

***

There is a very wide abyss lying between the ignorant and the enlightened. The“average man” needs more than talent to make that leap across - he needs passion to




give him wings. A love of truth can take you further and higher than “a decent if notabove average intellect” can.

***

Most people who are given the title ‘genius’ have done something “spectacular”according to the world, like Einstein, Mozart and Plato. But those few who arethought to possess ‘wisdom’, do so without any grandstanding or need to be lauded.

You mentioned Socrates as someone “wise”, and I agree with you that he is a goodexample of a wise man. He definitely didn’t try to win world acclaim, or make a lot of money; instead he walked around saying such things as, “Wisdom is knowing how little we know” - which wouldn’t have made him sound very impressive to the peopleof his day, and even less so by today’s standards.

Today, pop and movie stars are acclaimed for their talents and their lives, and inreturn they thank the people who worship them for “making it all possible” – soeveryone is made ‘happy’. Socrates, on the other hand, was ugly; took no interest infamily or friends; possessed no other talent than that of speaking the truth; ignored

those who could have elevated him in public life; instead, he preferred to hang out with young guys, who were interested in understanding life.

Einstein, Mozart and Plato did what they did to make the world take notice of them.Socrates did what he did because he loved Truth. To my mind, the wisdom Socratespossessed and the life he lived is a better measure of what makes someone a Genius -far better than just wanting to be popular.

***

Most men enjoy being safely tucked-up in their comfortable bed, animal hide, or grassmat at night - only to have to get up in the morning to pray to some god, or gojogging, and then go to work or study, return home to the wife and kids or friends orparents – all of whom want their man to interact with them, or have him do chores,or fix something. To then suggest to him that he sit down and think about themeaning of life and death would be expecting a great deal. He is just too mentally andphysically exhausted. For men to have the chance to use their minds in the pursuit of

wisdom, they need to create for themselves a freer lifestyle.

Lolling around all day, sleeping, eating, doing a bit of writing, going for a walk,reading a little, watching the waves roll in onto the beach – definitely no work, nofamily, and no girlfriends – just the man alone with his thoughts. That is theenvironment for a Philosopher.

***

Regarding the worldwide hysterical reaction by Muslims (in February 2006) to cartoon

depictions of Mohammed published by Danish newspapers:




I can’t agree that Western culture is “nihilistic”; it constitutes many “value based”religions, philosophies and cultures. That is what makes the Western mentality so‘foreign’ and unacceptable to many peoples living in systems like that of China, NorthKorea, or Iran. They see that we tolerate many beliefs, many ideas, and many different lifestyles – and do so without the sky falling in upon us, or without Godsmiting us off the face of the planet. As a matter of fact, we do it so well that, yes,the West is spreading across the planet as more and more peoples embrace ourdemocratic and secular ideas.

What makes Western culture so appealing is the fact that we can look outside of ourown lives, and our own borders, to gain and share information and not feelthreatened. Our culture is not ‘static’; we are always changing, adapting, andincorporating. Of course, Western culture isn’t perfect; we still hold on to beliefs andsuperstitions left over from our medieval period, but at least we are not stillcompletely lost in that period, as many people living in Muslim states are.

Evidence of the West’s ‘maturity’ is the way we expose a lot of our own, and otherpeople’s, faults, foibles, inconsistencies and absurdities through humour. And I amsure that we will see a multitude of new jokes and cartoons depicting this crazy situation we find ourselves in at present. The situation really is both funny and sad, as

our sense of responsibility over this cartoon issue has meant that we have put intopractice many of our ideals – which is to be expected of a civilized society – but thatthose same ideals are blocking our way to actually act more directly and strongly onthis matter.

Politely putting up with this insane squawking from these few ‘medieval losers’ seemsridiculous. We should have told them straight up that they could jump up and down,cry and howl for as long as they liked – we weren’t going to take any notice of them – and then suggest they go to their room and have a little lie down to consider a better

way to deal with those ‘nasty’ old cartoons.

***

I agree that Western culture is very feminine; making it shallow and petty. However,in valuing it over many other cultures, I do so because I value the individual. I valuethe individual, because I value Truth - and Truth can be known only by the trueindividual. The chances of an individual arising in other more rigid cultures is very small.

This forum is an example of Western culture's flexibility, even though the feminine

rules – masculinity can still find places to express itself. Muslim culture, being evenmore profoundly feminine, could not allow such an ‘affront’.

The two cultures do not differ greatly, but where they do – there is an abyss dividing them. Below I’ve noted those differences.

Western culture:

(i) As young children, we believe our mother to be godlike; providing eternalhappiness and ultimate protection. Girls grow to become women who embody thatsame impression. Boys must grow to become men, but wishing to relive those early




experiences of comfort and joy, they latch onto women. Both sexes are locked into arelationship with the feminine – most stay in that relationship their entire lives.

(ii) Women influence every aspect of Western culture. They don’t do it by directmeans; instead, their passivity presses men into ensuring that any desire woman may have, is made available to them. Since woman is unconscious, and has no internalstructure binding her, she is constantly changing – as do her desires. Men, therefore,have to be highly adaptable to keep up with all her whims.

(iii) Men in the West retain a small degree of masculinity, but only because womendesire their men to have a dash of it -- just to keep the two sexes from completely becoming one. Every so often, a man may arise and use his masculinity to its fullpotential – and become a true individual.

Muslim Culture:

(i) The same as Western culture, except the young children are introduced to another‘mother’ – Allah. They are taught that through obedience and submission to Allah,and revering his prophet Muhammad, they will receive supreme protection and eternalhappiness. These two 'new' mums are offering the same thing as their real mum, so it

is an easy assimilation. The only thing is, the mother that nursed them can be leftbehind as they mature. Allah is more 'clingy' and wants to be part of every aspect of their life.

(ii) Unlike their sisters in the West, who have their men continuously create new worlds for them; Muslim women have their men create the same world over and overagain. This static world suits them, because there they are able to unconsciously flow in extreme passivity.

Western women have grown used to being able to unconsciously flow in many directions and still have their whims met. This forces their men to continuously pushonwards and outwards, and to be adaptable to new ideas. Muslim men, held back by their women, must occupy themselves within the confines of Islam. Because Muslim

women don’t require their men to be adaptable, masculinity is hardly needed. Thelittle the men do possess is used up by their cult. This explains why the two sexes arekept mostly separate - being so psychologically alike, if they were more integrated they couldn’t experience the emotional pleasure that they do now.

(iii) Whether they know it or not, the feminine is highly valued in Muslim culture. Thetraits that go hand in hand with cults like Islam are those of the feminine: passivity,submission, obedience and unconsciousness. Like all women, Muslim men don’t

want to become individuals; instead they want to remain non-entities and stay withthe mob. Islam gives them the opportunity of never having to face the prospect of

becoming an individual, by threatening violence towards anyone with individualistictendencies. So the chances of a man arising with a strong masculine desire forindividuality is very small indeed.

There hasn’t been any Great Philosopher of note come from that culture, but thatmay be because anyone found speaking the truth about the insanity inherent in Islam,or the cancer that is the feminine, is now dead.

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Mohammed was not a true Great Man – he was in the right place at the right time, which is the usual story for the men and women who have made their mark onhistory.

A true Great Man is timeless – depending on neither history nor politics, neitherfashion nor trends. He understands the same Truth, no matter the era orcircumstances he finds himself in.

“TV reality shows” and “postmodern philosophy” both show up the pettiness of Western culture, but they are not taken seriously by the whole of this culture. Only portions of our society take an interest in them, and out of them, only a few willdedicate their lives over to them completely.

A TV show, Allah, and academic philosophy are neither; good or bad, closer to, orfurther away from Reality than anything else in the universe. They could be usefultools in awakening the mind to an understanding of Reality; but then, it's hard toimagine a budding philosopher finding any of them inspiring for very long.

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People group together, it is our nature to do so. The individual, by definition, doesnot depend on any group. There are, of course, some circumstances which are morebeneficial for his development; such as having the time and freedom to strengthen hismind. If he doesn't have that environment, he will find it much harder going.

Masculinity only survives in more open cultures because the feminine considers it‘useable’, but that can change very quickly. The West’s intensifying worship of thefeminine could mean that anyone found openly lobbying for the continuance andadvancement of the masculine mind - such as this forum does – will be stopped frompursuing its course.

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The few individuals who will develop in any culture are not going to be taken in by the nonsense of that culture – that is why they are individuals .

Western culture provides a variety of viewpoints. At any time there can be a numberof opposite and opposing viewpoints in favour, and people accept this situation.

When one viewpoint is in favour more than all the rest, some people get edgy and

conflicts develop. Often these conflicts don’t last long, because, at base, people in the West just like to get on with their lives, avoiding conflict as much as possible.

If you live in the West, with many viewpoints to choose from, you’ll reject most andonly go with those which fit in with your interests and belief-system that you happento have at any particular time. The budding individual, given all this choice, is moreable to use his discriminating skills to weed out what is true and what is false.

He will not find it easy being a thinker, because people don’t like to have their beliefsand dreams questioned. He may find himself pushed away by friends and family,ignored by women, and thought eccentric or slightly 'mad' by his community, but that




is what mostly happens in the West when you question the things people hold dear.

Do you think a budding philosopher living, say, in today’s China is going to merely be ignored by his community when he starts questioning their values and traditions? Idon’t think so – it would be more likely that that community will lock him up, ormake him change his point of view.

Did you know that this forum is banned in China? Why do you think they have donethis – do you think they are just afraid of nihilism – or do you think it goes deeperthan that?

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Do you remember the old saying, "opposites attract"? Only when there is thatdifference can men and women enjoy their conquering of, and submitting to, eachother. If everyone is the same, the dynamics goes out the window.

For example, have a look at how Western culture is dealing with a change in the

dynamics happening right now: Western men are now going to a lot more troubleover their appearance than they did a few decades ago. Cosmetics and skincare formen are starting to compete for shelf space alongside the women’s range. Men’sfashion, once pushed to the back corner of department stores, are now strategically placed up front to impact even greater sales. Men can find ‘advice’ in a plethora of men’s and women’s magazines, Sunday supplements and TV shows – all directed atmaking him slimmer, fitter, smoother-skinned, have shinier hair, whiter teeth, fresherbreath, a better lover, fashionably dressed, a great cook, sexier smelling, a fantasticdad – all to make him a more acceptable male to females.

Men are lapping this up, and not just young single men who will try anything to ‘pulla chick’, but married men with children, and even single older men who are looking for a companion to see out their last decades with. All these guys are racing tobecome ‘better men’, because that is what it takes to get and keep a woman thesedays.

And what are women doing now that they are getting a run for their money in thefeminine stakes? They are being pushed to become even more feminine than they

were before. Whereas a few decades ago women considered themselves worthy of thesocial and political change brought about by the feminist movement, they now hankerfor the days of yore when men would treat a ‘lady’ like a precious jewel wrapped inthe most delicate silk. And if you don’t believe me, take a look at what women are

wearing these days, and at what they read, and the films they go to.

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Truth can be written in any language, but it will always say the same thing. It isextremely difficult for those who do not understand the Truth to distinguish what istrue and what is false. Every now and then, someone may come up with something that sounds quite truthful, but if the rest of what he says is lies, you cannot considerhim to be wise. He's like a tiny drop of water surrounded by desert – no use to aman who thirsts for absolute certainty.




Men who lived their lives dedicated to their deep understanding of Truth, such asKierkegaard, wrote with their future readers in mind - readers who would alsounderstand the Truth.

Most people, from every culture, are caught in a cycle of life and death – making theirlives, as well as their future lives a living hell. Because of this, I don’t “wish them thebest” – I instead do my best to wipe from my own mind, and thereby all minds, thelies that keep Truth hidden.

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On being a mother:

Motherhood isn't worthwhile at all. All it shows is that, twice, I was a complete idiot.

I haven't had much to do with my daughter since she was seven (she is now twenty-three). We share no interests, which doesn't make for much of a relationship. We

might see each other once a year, for a day or two - which is about as much as weboth can take.

My son is very easy to live with, as he has a calm and quiet nature. He is interested inthe kinds of things other thirteen year old boys are into, like computer games,

Warhammer and Lego. He also has a developing interest in science, philosophy andreligion. Another three or four years, and he’ll be off doing his own thing.

When I was a teenager, I never thought I’d have children; and after two of them, itstill seems like a strange idea. I can’t say I learnt anything from the experience that Icouldn’t have discovered through observing children from afar.

In hindsight, the years spent raising children could have been put to better use – maybe? It is more than likely though, that I would have wasted the time on something else, like; being a beach bum, or sailing round the world.

Oh well, in four more years the beach will hopefully still be there.

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Some men develop faster than others, or start earlier in their lives than others, andsome men are able to go all the way, whilst others may remain on a lower level.

Whatever the case may be, all these men are all subject to their karma.

One of them may wish that his weaknesses were not so many; another may considerthat he is ‘too old’ to really get far; and another may give philosophy away completely because he wants to have a happy life. It’s their karma. What else are they going todo?

Nature is in control of everything – all we can do is our best with what we’ve got.




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Looking into another person's eyes brings to the surface of your own mindunresolved yearnings and deeply felt sentimentalities. It also shows how much respect

we have for other people - using them, as we do, for our own entertainment, thenpassing over them to someone new. Worse still, it shows how little we value our ownminds, wasting our time 'playing games' with others, again, for our ownentertainment.

For example, sitting on public transport and 'people watching' to pass the time haslittle to do with rationally considering the psychology and actions of people - whichcan readily be done in your room with the door shut. But it has everything to do

with filling in time until you get to your destination, to then get on with your daysactivities.

Looking at other people also shows the level of violence you have inside you - all thejealousy, longing for attention, longing for acceptance, wanting to be acknowledged as'existing', wanting to control environments so as to feel safer and therefore more at

ease, wanting to be seen as part of a group of people. The "I'm on your side"mentality, looking for love, looking for sex, looking for friendship -- all this looking is"evil" because it is people using and disposing of other people for their own pleasure.It is a mindless evil, generated by people who don’t care or desire to understand life.

It is better to see others as an extension of your own self, and thereby treat them withthe same degree of respect and consideration you would show yourself. But of course,this can only be done after you have some insight into your true self.

***One of the main reasons why discussing Truth with a woman is futile is because shehas at her disposal too many ‘outs’. As we know, woman is a parasite, gaining hergoals and ideas from whatever happens to be nearby. This way, she doesn’t need tohave a mind of her own, and is free to flow from one thing to another, unhindered.So if you mention, for example, that becoming wise means the death of the ego andthe end of suffering, she will more than likely nod and say something like, “Yes, thatsounds okay, but is it really necessary?”. After which, she’ll wander off onto someother topic, such as the importance of compassion, or the amazing discoveries madein quantum mechanics.

She can hear the words, she can even see that you are serious and passionate, but themeaning of the words can’t touch her because she doesn’t need them.

Suffering and ego, truth and wisdom - she knows all these things through andthrough. She is filled to the brim with words like these; she has experienced all of them ‘first hand’. Having no mind means that nothing sticks; no one thing is moreimportant than another thing. This way, she is able to immediately experience otherpeople’s thoughts and ideas as if they were her own. Anything she requires to bring her comfort and happiness just floats to the surface, like a bubble on a puddle.



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Everyone wants to escape suffering and be happy. The problem is that most of thethings we think will bring us happiness actually increase our suffering - like thesebelow:

People want to love and be loved, but they don’t realise that love and hate go hand inhand. They soon discover that instead of being ‘in love with each other’, most of the

time they are actually ‘in hate with each other’.

People try to escape loneliness by coupling with someone else, but the other person isalso trying to escape loneliness – this parasitic relationship is doomed before it hasbegun.

People work at jobs they hate to make enough money to do ‘fun’ things to forget work.

These gross examples of suffering are only the beginning - there are deeperattachments, hidden inside each of us, that require greater courage and strength to

examine and eliminate.

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The minds of people with high IQs are very similar to those minds belonging to really attractive people - extremely shallow and self-possessed.

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Shiny, twinkling objects easily satisfy morons; anyone with a discriminating mind will want something much more substantial.

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We know that people will try nearly anything to escape suffering – exceptunderstanding where suffering comes from. They refuse to look at what’s directly infront of them, and therefore they will remain lost in hell for eternity. We can’t help

them, except by escaping our own cycle of happiness and suffering. That’s whatPhilosophy is all about, and that's why the Great Men of Philosophy speak to uscontinuously on this matter. They write with their lives, they write with their blood.

As Nietzsche said, "Of all writings I love only those which the writer writeth with hisblood. Write in blood, and thou shalt learn that blood is spirit."

writings - sue hindmarsh

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