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12483749 No.12483749 [Reply] [Original]

>yeah Im really into Eastern religion its just like so much more spiritual
>my favourite upanishad? sorry I don't know that brand of incense

>> No.12483756

Leave other people alone

>> No.12483758

>>12483749
You really saved that picture 35 times?

>> No.12483762

lol that dumb bitch doesn't even know the best incense

>> No.12483776

Thread theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79YnCWfzGo

>> No.12483778

>>12483749
That was actually a pretty good punchline, but please don't make fun of these types. They're on their journey, just like the recent-converts to Christianity on this board are so as well. Everyone is on their own path, and you should respect them and wish them well on it.

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>> No.12483784

>>12483776
No
Thread theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpzGu9Yp6Y

>> No.12483815

>Gautama became enlightened by meditating and fasting? Better just read books and call myself a Buddhist. I’m sure that if tried to become enlightened, I would arrive at the same, objective truths that Gautama did.

>> No.12483818

>>12483778
>Christianity

that's a yikes from me

>> No.12483832

>>12483818
I assumed OP was one, and I was reminding him that just as some people turn to Eastern religions, others do the opposite and come to (presumably) his own.

>> No.12483846

>>12483815
siddartha meditated so we don't have to, like how jesus died for our sins

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>>12483784
>Skrillex
The hell¿

>> No.12483857

>>12483758
He simply has 35 images that are all named 'image' saved.

>> No.12483860

>>12483846
And you trust Gautama? Because he professed himself to be enlightened?

>> No.12483865

>>12483778
Excellent post

>> No.12483869

>>12483776
>>12483784
Overruled:
https://youtu.be/a7Fx-ByZP2Y

>> No.12483875

>>12483857
why would he do that?

>> No.12483879

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4la_IBvFgng

only appropriate theme for this thread

>> No.12483892

>>12483860
why would he lie?

>>12483875
if you save a pic from Google images it has the default name image

>> No.12483898

>>12483778
based kindposter

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>pfft the stupid western canon can never compare to the BASED eastern tradition, do you even know how advanced those BASED indians were? hah of course not you stupid brainlet, all I need is the upanishads!

>> No.12483982

>>12483892
>why would he lie?
What makes you think he was telling the truth?

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12484001

https://youtu.be/quuDD2FEO4M

*slides this down the thread bar* now THIS is what I call the theme

>> No.12484004
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>>12483977
unironically why would you take anything in western thought seriously when they couldn't even figure out ahimsa?

>> No.12484011

yo i read in wsj that conde naste is gonna paywall all their properties later this year which includes pitchfork, but there's also rumors apple gonna launch a mass subscription service for magazines this year if they bundle with apple music, tim cook certified appstore machiavelli

>> No.12484020

>>12483977
dude shankara

>> No.12484058

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc7IXwOitbA

new theme

>> No.12484076

>>12483749
https://youtu.be/OA_HA1mRGOE
I want to be an east indian
cause I really like the clour of their skin
id never vote for the kkk
cause id rather be dead than from the usa
you don't understand me and my trans am
you always put me down cause I only look good
in orange orange orange

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>>12483869
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG9tHFxdGII
true thread theme

>> No.12484142

>>12483982
He himself encouraged people to doubt him

>> No.12484161

>>12484125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZJ_LQ4CFg

>> No.12484171

>>12483749
This is hilarious because it actually depicts how a westerner's interest in eastern thought even though outwardly enthusiastic produces only entertainment and comedy and little actual insight. It just turns into another avenue of his own self indulgence.

>> No.12484175

https://youtu.be/r1Il3jM9Ypg

y’all too hipster for the mcYogi? side note i’ve attended ~10 kirtan sessions, that’s group meditative krishnastic chanting—always find them beneficial/connecting. it’s a peace you’ll never find unless you’re engaged in the transcendence of melody & others... worth attending. even saw that indie doc w a bud on the subject

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>>12484171
thizz.

>> No.12484196

>>12484142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQU8AdluxtI

>> No.12484199

>>12484196
meant for
>>12484161

>> No.12484207

>>12484011
Wow pitchfork magazine that's crazy what a reputable highly necessary publication filled with such fantastic music writing, and so humble and approachable!
Not

>> No.12484215

>>12484207
somebodies fanny flustered

>> No.12484225

>>12483898
based "based kindposter" poster

>> No.12484247

>>12484011
In 20 years conde naste wont even exist, or if they do it will be in a much different capacity than they do now. Pitchfork in particular has been doomed since even before the buyout and it is likely that they will be one of their earliest properties to go under. As >>12484207 rightly points out this is the majority opinion of Pitchfork now especially among people closer to the Gen Z age range and for good reason. People like to joke that Pitchfork was never good, but for their earlier years I think it can be argued that they at least were the most interesting thing going in music journalism (or at least the most interesting thing with any traction). However, in recent years there is pretty much no arguing that they are anything other than absolute trash especially after the buyout and the major layoffs that came just a few years later. Conde is very quickly learning that Pitchfork is not a cash positive enterprise and are trying desperately to trim whatever fat they can, so get ready for an even worse Pitchfork with a minuscule full time staff and all of the content on the website being written by sub 100 IQ retarded unpaid interns until it finally gets the axe.

No idea what this has to do with the thread topic though lol.

>> No.12484253

yes, you've imagined a typical ignorant normie. very creative. would still fug.

>> No.12484263

>>12484247
it wasn't better than fader or the wire (if u really have tryhard taste) it was just free, and now no longer, so why shouldnt i just subscribe to an actually paper magazine that i can get in my mail box and read while i take a shit

>> No.12484271

>>12484247
maybe pitchfork should have actually allowed user comments so all the fuckheads arguing about its ratings on /mu/ and twitter would be monetized by them instead of someone else, bonehead move, people would go there refresh the page once at midnight, skim the scores then go talk about it on somebody else's website lol

>> No.12484279

>>12484247
Music journalism is a ridiculous concept in the age of the internet. Sure, it was useful when you the only ways to sample music were the radio and going to a record store, but why does anyone need a bunch of pathetic hipsters to spoon-feed them their music taste when they have the entire history of recorded music at their fingertips?

>> No.12484302

>>12484279
yeah this is definitely true now and probably since the internet's conception but back in the early 2000s it felt like such a natural transition from print to digital
it was a different time desu

>> No.12484329

>>12484001
I can't believe hated the theme when I first heard it.

>> No.12484336

>>12484279
i agree. curated playlists are the only things that have worth in that they allow you to find music you may not have found otherwise

>> No.12484341

>>12484336
even then this can be done algorithmically

>> No.12484357

>>12484336
I'm cool with curated playlists but the notion of reading some douchebag's analysis of an album so you can have cool opinions when you talk to art hoes at house shows makes me physically ill.

>> No.12484428

>>12484336
>>12484341
or just internet digging on your own (rym for instance has a chart for essentially any genre you can imagine)
There is a legitimate downside to all of this though, there are many albums which were not even that obscure in their day that are all but forgotten now or are quickly going that way. It's too easy just to say "lol cause they're bad obviously" or "well they just weren't important", but often this isn't exactly the case. I can't tell you how many albums there are posted on places like /mu/ or just in the public consciousness in any capacity purely because the were mentioned by a relatively popular critic or reviewer whereas other albums that where just as good and well circulated are totally passed over. With the addition of algorithmicly selected music this problem is exacerbated immensely to the point where only the top 1% of music is even known to exist (and I'm not talking about the average person here, I mean that even people hugely invested in learning about this stuff have almost no avenues with which to obtain this information) leading to people who think they have a complete understanding of pop music history because they've listened to the top 10 or so best selling "independent" records to come out over the last 50 years and it is more or less impossible for them to find out for themselves how hopelessly misinformed they are without someone older than them beating them over the head. This is more than simple Dunning-Kruger type overconfidence kids on the internet these days have very few resources to obtain this info. In the past this was hugely mitigated by both record stores and magazines. Record stores offered a real dialog with someone involved in the developing history of what was happening now as well as what they grew up with and could give you things like "If you like this you should check this out as well". The crucial difference between when a record store clerk does this versus when a computer does this is that the clerk has the added input of real human taste and experience, thus each person going to each record store gets a unique and valid understanding of what came before them so that even if it lacks completeness the vast amount of people and the differences between them pretty much cover everything. An algorithm only accelerates this process of historical reduction by prompting people to listen to only what other people are already listening to so that everyone ends up listening to a smaller and smaller pool of the same stuff whereas personal recommendations served as a bulwark against this. Critics are of course only curation and lack any one on one interaction but at least they existed as people with real human experience/knowledge that they could offer the next generation. So even though that I agree that they mostly sucked I am still a little sad to see them go.

>> No.12484437

>>12484428
(cont) Especially along with the disappearance of the type of people who would collect absolutely every record that came out in a time and place (as this is pretty much impossible with the amount of music coming out now), anyone who at all cares about the history of "underground"/"independent" music going forward should be really worried t b h. There are already massive distortions happening that no one is even aware of and it is only going to happen faster and more drastically in the future.

>inb4 nice blogpost tldr
whatever this isn't even on the thread topic lmao who cares

>> No.12484459

jesus Christ can you assholes get out of my fixing thread

>> No.12484470

>>12484437
yeah, that's exactly what i mean by curated playlists - as a replica of the record store dialogue. i'm pretty ignorant of what pitchfork and the like have to offer desu. i find the majority of my music through the recommendations of bands i like, as well as dedicated music fans. it's a shame algorithms aren't currently more finely tuned.

>> No.12484471

>>12483778
Nondualistanon, you truly are too good for this board. This is a better place because of you.

Also, in case you were worried about it for your book, your writing is splendid. Clean, clear, yet somehow rife with humanity. Your ideas and writing mesh so well, even to a point where each elevates the other.

>> No.12484516

>>12484470
I'm not sure how curated playlists (assuming you mean curation by humans) is functionally any different from the critic which are in essence just curation with the addition of critique (at least bad journalism, good journalism will contain the cultural and historical context of the music considering that just saying that you think a song is good or bad doesn't really need any further extrapolation than a rating out of ten) and honestly I think that as algorithms get better it will only make this problem worse as they will only be further from the type of dialog in record stores (ie record store clerks were very often "wrong" in that your taste and the recommendation had nothing explicitly relating them but you enjoyed the music regardless). I think I might be misunderstanding you though, lemme know if I'm understanding what you're getting at or if I totally butchered your point with my 0/10 reading comprehension lol
>>12484459
sorry about this haha

>> No.12484600

>>12484516
i guess by curated playlists i mean the sharing and exploration of tastes ie music linked together by an individual rather than sub genre etc. if you're both fans of similar bands perhaps you'll be inclined to listen to the outliers in their taste. current algorithms may analyse these couple of (lesser known) bands as an anomaly among someones taste and not recommend it to the listener as that doesn't seem to be what they're designed to do? i could be wrong and this does exist in some form, i'm not really that woke on all the methods of discovering music/music journalism.

>> No.12484603

>>12484600
**enjoy the outliers in their taste

>> No.12484612

>>12484516
i also believe that the majority of people aren't interested in expanding their tastes and are only interested in surface dwelling. dedicated music fans will always be exchanging in the same way a record store clerk would have

>> No.12484795

>>12483977
this but unironically

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>>12483749
>>12484171

>> No.12484998

>>12484970
>tfw vegan and turns out I probably have celiac disease

I didn't wanna be a meme

>> No.12485020

>>12483756
fpbp

>> No.12485033

>>12483778
Based and understandingpilled

>> No.12485038

>>12483778
based and humbledpitypilled

>> No.12486149

>>12484225
based "based "based kindposter" poster" poster

>> No.12486266

>>12483749
Frankincense and myrrh are best incense

>> No.12486300

>>12486266
Frankincense>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> myrrh
Oud is better than myrrh. Hell sandalwood is better than myrrh

>> No.12487109

>>12483778
Journey to what exactly?

>> No.12487274

>>12484357
I write album and show reviews for a fairly prolific music magazine, and I do think you’ve correctly identified the use of those reviews.

>> No.12487868

>>12483778
shut up dishonest person

>> No.12488122

>>12483749
Studying the Upanishads is not necessary for most Hindus. The Priestly caste should but everyone else has their own responsibilities. It's entirely historically valid for worship of god to be based on entirely emotional and non-cognitive - eg the Bhakti movement.

Therefore OP is a fag.

>> No.12488238

>>12488122
OP was just immaturely trying to mock people who take an interest in eastern philosophy, almost certainly in reponse to the 200+ post thread about Hindu philosophy that was just archived, don't worry friend. Before posting serious responses to silly posts like OP's sometimes it help to stop and consider whether people are just making those posts as a way of dissipating and coping with their anger.

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>>12488238
>taking an interest in eastern philosophy (read: theology but who cares FUCK YOU MOM)
Yeah bro what a totally interesting and practical use of time. You're so smart and worldly

>> No.12488270

>>12488250
You are truly a disgusting individual lmao. Get a hold of yourself

>> No.12488275

>>12488270
I'm not in that picture dude i found it on google

>> No.12488624

>>12483778
God Bless anon

>> No.12488774

>>12483865
>>12483898
>>12485033
>>12485038
Thanks a lot, anons. These are such simple comments on your part, taking no time or effort, and yet they make this place so much better.

>>12484471
I have no clue how you or others keep spotting me, but this was so kind of you to say. Thank you very much. Though I personally don't esteem my writing at all, especially compared to what actual, literary people can produce. Anyways, thanks again and take care my fren.

>> No.12489292

>>12483778
based and respectfullpilled

>> No.12489708

bump

>> No.12489795

>>12483778

Aye

>> No.12489814

>>12484196
>>12483776
>>12483784
>>12483869
>>12483879
>>12484001
>>12484058
>>12484076
>>12484175
>>12484125

Imagine having taste this poor.

Real thread theme for those serious about achieving enlightenment:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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>>12489814
For my part, it was genuinely trying to match the look and feel of the OP.

>> No.12489878

>>12486300
Sandalwood keeps the mosquito away. Myrrh is better as deodorant.

>> No.12489936

>>12483778
Christianity is full of liars

You wouldn't want to be a liar, would you?

>> No.12489948

>>12484970
the average millennial doesn't have this much money

>> No.12489994

>>12484196
More? I love this

>> No.12490008

>>12489948
Sugar daddys

>> No.12490101

>>12483756
fpbp

>> No.12490116

>>12489814
Zoomers don't get this.

>> No.12490460

>>12483756
No.

>> No.12490810

>>12483778
the. yikes.

>> No.12490840

>>12489948

They literally save up every penny they have so as to go on holiday. Additionally, this >>12490008

>> No.12490883

>>12483778
God bless you

>> No.12490897

>>12490840
What a waste lol. Then they blame capitalism.

>> No.12490907

>>12483778
Based and Holierthanthou-pilled

>> No.12490988

>>12490116
pretty common meme desu

>> No.12490992

>>12483749
You probably read vedic texts to feed your ego anyways. That dumb thot is closer to englightenment than your sorry ass.

>> No.12491031

>>12483778
This post along with the surprisingly positive responses give me hope. That being said it's important to critisize and evaluate all things in this world, and humor is a good media to do so.

>> No.12491173

Emperor
Wu of Liang
asked
the great
master
Bodhidharma,
1
"What
is the
highest
meaning
of the
holy
truths?"2
Bodhidharma
said,
"Empty,
without
holiness."3
The Emperor
said,
"Who
is facing
me?"4
Bodhidharma
replied,
"I
don't
know."5
The
Emperor
did not
understand.6
After
this
Bodhidharma
crossed
the Yangtse
River
and came
to the king
dom
of Wei.7

leaves out the wall

>> No.12491184

>>12483756
No

>> No.12491223

>>12491184
check the Heidegger thread

>> No.12491564

>>12483749
kek women are absolutely the worst with this. it is really quite embarrassing

>> No.12491587

>>12483783
I didn't know they made pineapple pocky

>> No.12491595
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12491595

>>12483749
http://navakavada.org
Based Buddhism for the Occident...

>> No.12491608

>>12483778
What a kumbaya hippie response. OP girls are all frauds and here you are and the others ITT who think she's on some life changing spiritual journey. Fucking whiteknight idiots

>> No.12491624

Is there anything more to Buddhism than
>dude just close your eyes and think
?

>> No.12491630

The Life of Brian

>> No.12491647

>>12491608
Aren’t all journeys spiritual?

>> No.12491680

>>12491595
McDharma's...

>> No.12491955

>>12483875
he's a filthy phone poster

>> No.12491958
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>>12483778
God bless you, Henry

>> No.12492368

>>12483749
Just listen to a Bong album, take some SSRI like passiflora and watch closer to truth or listen to the mindscape podcast

>> No.12492388

>>12490008
Quickly becoming the blonde thot default mode of life. End times are near

>> No.12492421

>>12483778
Original poster here. I truly have no clue what got into you guys in this thread, that would cause you to be so positive for such a mundane comment of mine. I think many of you were just riding the trend you saw. Highly strange, but appreciated I guess. Thanks.

>> No.12493292

>>12484970
shit. that sounds like a great life! shame i'm a socially anxious incel that pretends these people are inferior while wanting to be like them

>> No.12493305

>>12493292
Why the fuck would anyone go to coachella when you can go to lock'n, summer camp or suwannee? Hell you could do all of them each year.

>> No.12493315

>>12483749
How do people smoke weed without crippling anxiety?

>> No.12493327

>>12493305
i'm an eurofag, so i don't really know about coachella. what i meant by great life was having matching tattoos with a friend, going skydiving, travelling with friends, etc.

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>>12493327
Well I am best friends with an ex hobo who rode trains around the US for 7 years and I'm an ex-dirty wook. I lent him TCoL49 and he is going to get the horn tattoo, which I have. We are both old-/pol/ "nazis" from 2011 who met on IRC and he and his beautiful GF attended my wedding. You don't have to be a thot to enjoy life. Also I spent 3 hours working out while shitposting here this afternoon and I could beat up you're dad.

>> No.12493840

>>12493315
Marijuana amplifies emotion. Don't smoke when you are anxious. Simple.

>> No.12493852

>>12493315
They (most of them) are anxious. Addiction > being high.

>> No.12493912

>>12493315
weed is less of an ordeal if you smoke it regularly... smoking regularly is for retards though. best off leaving it alone boi

>> No.12493920

>>12493800
well, good for you anon.

anyway, >rode trains around the US for 7 years
is that still a thing (implying he rode the beatnik style without paying for tickets) or will they bust you for that / are there even cargos that can be 'boarded' safely?

>> No.12495704

dont die

>> No.12495732

>>12483784
did you post this because it has that stupid fucking indian from the latest forgotten scandal in it?

>> No.12495735

>>12490992
>You probably read vedic texts to feed your ego anyways.

Underrated post.

>> No.12495744

>>12483778
No. They lack the discipline that is required to truly follow the spiritual path most likely will just spend their entire lives smoking pot and following the surface level understanding of eastern spirituality that they have. Even if they try following it seriously it will be a western influenced movement corrupted by crypto-materialism.

>> No.12496282

>>12483778
Love you :)

>> No.12496494

>>12483756
fuck off

>> No.12496498

>>12483756
stop posting

>> No.12496529

I took some eastern spirituality class in college because it fulfilled an elective credit and some of my classmates were obnoxious kids like this. I remember this skinny, light-skinned black girl with dreads explaining to her friend how she was using the Jain meditiation breathing techniques while holding in her blunt smoke.

Also after I fell for the meme and went backpacking in europe hostels were filled with autistic people like this who sat around playing the same song on the communal acoustic guitar and hoping some girl with hairy armpits would walk by.

>> No.12496553

>>12483778
>spiritual path
>thoth goes to psytrance fest in some third world country, takes shit loads of drugs, and rails shitloads of dark skinned, foreign men, and pretends she's spiritual. Tantric.
>an absolute bitch back home. No respect for coworkers, Goes at the littlest things. Can't control herself during PMS. Compassion? What is it? No quieting of discordant states of mind. No metta. No friendliness. No nothing.

If you're """"spiritual'"" in 3d world countries or for five minutes while meditating, then you're on a journey to nowhere, or propably to deeper egocentrism than you started with, because this kind of thinking masks a serious spiritual materialism.
If the bitch can't remain equanimous to a homeless person, or an ugly white male, without experiencing anxiety, anger, or disgust, then she could be considered as really working on the path. Somehow, I doubt that whore had even the littlest modicum of self control.