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Shokai

PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:47 pm


Ok so say if someone liked hentai...is that bad? My "friend" likes hentai but isnt addicted to it like it dosent let it get it his way. Well not like it but just look at it, but like I said my "friend" isnt addicted to it.
PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:26 pm


As with anything, as long as you're not forming unhealthy attachments or aversions to it, it's fine. As long as it doesn't lead to sexual misconduct, or unhealthy mental fixations, then there's no problem with it. Everything in moderation; tis the Middle Path.

Tenzin Chodron
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Shokai

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:46 pm


[ Jizo Bosatsu ]
As with anything, as long as you're not forming unhealthy attachments or aversions to it, it's fine. As long as it doesn't lead to sexual misconduct, or unhealthy mental fixations, then there's no problem with it. Everything in moderation; tis the Middle Path.
So is that one of the meanings of mindufulness? Can the same go for with Psionic practices?
PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:54 am


Shokai
Ok so say if someone liked hentai...is that bad? My "friend" likes hentai but isnt addicted to it like it dosent let it get it his way. Well not like it but just look at it, but like I said my "friend" isnt addicted to it.


Hmmm ... Hentai ( directly translated as "pervert") comics, they are pretty common nowadays ...

Anyway, it is still just drawings of people without any clothes on, together in really suggestive poses with an emphasis on reproductive organs ... sweatdrop

Most Art books on Drawing Human Anatomy would also show characters without clothes on ... ( but in less suggestive poses and without the heavy emphasis on human mating ... )

In fact, everyday when you take a shower or a bath, I don't think that you would still leave your clothes on ... sweatdrop ( so what's the difference ? )

Strangely, being an artist with mediocre skills and had just seen too many characters or figures without any clothes on ... I don't think I would become an SUPER ULTIMATE PERVERT KING because of it ... (although some of the guys at the Buddhist Society did give me the nickname "Pervert Master" ... mainly due to a book I borrowed with the picture of a scantly claded female character printed on the cover ... )

WayfarerStrife


Caesura

PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:12 pm


As an artist, I don't like the comparison between porn and nude figures. I feel that there is a distinct difference between sexualized nakedness and nudity, you know? Likening one to the other sort of reinforces the assumption that all nudity is sexual (and therefore, in the minds of most people, 'bad').

That being said, I don't think that there's anything wrong with looking at porn unless you develop an addiction to or dependence on it. Then it becomes more of a problem.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:53 am


Caesura
That being said, I don't think that there's anything wrong with looking at porn unless you develop an addiction to or dependence on it. Then it becomes more of a problem.
True, very true. That friend also told me that (im not gonna say the name) they do not make it a part of their lives (the hentai) they just have the pictures to look at just for fun but it is not like they look at hentai every single day, they take a break...I cant explain it better

Haha! and Wayfarer! I knew you made an invisible post! You cannot hide your invisible posts from me XD

Shokai


WayfarerStrife

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:18 am


Shokai
Caesura
That being said, I don't think that there's anything wrong with looking at porn unless you develop an addiction to or dependence on it. Then it becomes more of a problem.
True, very true. That friend also told me that (im not gonna say the name) they do not make it a part of their lives (the hentai) they just have the pictures to look at just for fun but it is not like they look at hentai every single day, they take a break...I cant explain it better

Haha! and Wayfarer! I knew you made an invisible post! You cannot hide your invisible posts from me XD

You mean this ?

WayfarerStrife

Strangely, being an artist with mediocre skills and had just seen too many characters or figures without any clothes on ... I don't think I would become an SUPER ULTIMATE PERVERT KING because of it ... (although some of the guys at the Buddhist Society did give me the nickname "Pervert Master" ... mainly due to a book I borrowed with the picture of a scantly claded female character printed on the cover ... )

or this ?
WayfarerStrife











PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:47 pm


Everything in moderation.

crystal_raye


Ramacharaka

PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:40 am


As long as you don't become obsessed with it, there's no problem. As has been said, all things in moderation. When you find yourself obsessing about it, and thinking about the next time you'll get a chance to see some, thats when warning bells should start going off like mad.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:07 am


Ramacharaka
As long as you don't become obsessed with it, there's no problem. As has been said, all things in moderation. When you find yourself obsessing about it, and thinking about the next time you'll get a chance to see some, thats when warning bells should start going off like mad.
And what should one do when those warning bells go off? My friend has the pictures saved on his e-mails though not on his computer itself. And now he has been troubling himself like "Should I delete them? ...but if I delete them I wont have them anymore" I mean its almost like drugs, once you get them, they become addictive (I dont do drugs though, it comes from testimonies that I heard from other people)

Shokai


Tenzin Chodron
Crew

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:20 am


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Shokai
Ramacharaka
As long as you don't become obsessed with it, there's no problem. As has been said, all things in moderation. When you find yourself obsessing about it, and thinking about the next time you'll get a chance to see some, thats when warning bells should start going off like mad.
And what should one do when those warning bells go off? My friend has the pictures saved on his e-mails though not on his computer itself. And now he has been troubling himself like "Should I delete them? ...but if I delete them I wont have them anymore" I mean its almost like drugs, once you get them, they become addictive (I dont do drugs though, it comes from testimonies that I heard from other people)

I know exactly where you're coming from, Shokai. Attachment can be very strong, and very difficult to let go of. So strong that our minds sometimes look for ways to appear to be unattached, so that you can keep the object of attachment. The mind can be very clever. There really isn't much you can do, other than to just sit and think about it, and then just do it. Like a flash of lightning, just do it. Unfortunately, that's much, much easier said than done. But the point is that it can be done.
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