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David Salkin

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  1. Freedom is being free to do whatever you like whenever you want and not having to say I am sorry because of it.
  2. Thank you. I a still learning so I will definitely read more and ponder the differences. All in all I like what I have seen so far from Ayn Rand's work.
  3. Ok, well interesting tangent on the topic I brought up. I was referring to modern day Buddhism as one who lives in the west and is not a monk. Here in the west a person can be a Buddhist while holding down a job and have a family at the same time. There are some parts that are left behind due to the way we are brought up but some of the tenets we can alter to our lives because we live in the west and hold jobs and have families. As I have been looking into Objectivism through Ayn Rands work and the ARI which has great online classes I am seeing that the western Ideal of Buddhism can be altered so that the two can fit together but I am still working on this and seeing where each one covers and doesn't cover.
  4. Thank you both for your comments.I realize I need to do more for myself in reading and learning about Objectivism. As I see it from your discussion it is possible to be a modern day buddhist to an extant and also be an Objectivist. I am happy I asked the question and I definitely love the comments made back to my question. Thank you.
  5. Ok, so i read both threads. I am now enlightened!!!! LOL!! So here is why I asked this question. I am an alternative healthcare practitioner (Acupuncture and Chiropractic) so I actually have to be both selfish and selfless at the same time. I also want to be the best that I can be, but that means that i have to be selfless to my patients does it not? Also i believe enlightenment to be a quest for knowledge, ie get out of the woe is me attitude, meaning gaining more knowledge to understand reason and why we all suffer. We all suffer in one way or another. the way i see this is we all have some type of pain or part of our family who is going trough a condition or illness and this in turn causes us some pain as well. The enlightenment here is to acknowledge their pain and do what we can to help them feel better all the while filling our own desires. I may be wrong on some points about objectivism as i am still learning, but in a way they can fit together albeit within a gray scale that blurs it a little. I wish to not blur objectivism but blur more of buddhism/zen/taoism as it fits into objectivism.
  6. I have seen the Atlas Shrugged trilogy. I have read her book on the virtue of selfishness but had some trouble understanding it due to my dyslexia. now looking and the ARI campus and trying to take the free classes. I am interested in her philosophy. I posted another question to the form asking if it was possible to be both an objectivist and a buddhist at the same time?
  7. Is it possible to be an Objectivist and a Buddhist?
  8. Hello my names is David and I am new here.
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