How do you know if you know someone?

LordOfTheChessboard

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02 Oct 05

LordOfTheChessboard

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
I don't know 😉

If you know yourself don't you know everyone?

I guess so, everyone and everything.(according to buddhism)

LordOfTheChessboard

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by Nordlys
I bet that many people who cheat in a relationship believed before that they would never do such a thing. It's possible to surprise oneself, positively and negatively.

But when you surprise yourself doesn't that mean you dont yet know yourself?

Nordlys

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboard
But when you surprise yourself doesn't that mean you dont yet know yourself?

Exactly.

LordOfTheChessboard

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02 Oct 05

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Exactly.

Ah so you DO agree on my first statement!😏

Nordlys

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboard
Ah so you DO agree on my first statement!😏

You mean this one: "Am I right in saying the only one you can really know is yourself"? I agree that you cannot really know anyone else. But I doubt you can really know yourself either, so I only partly agree with your statement.

jammer

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02 Oct 05

Pass the bong! I wanna be myself for awhile.
🙄

ivangrice

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboard
How do you know if you know someone?

I usually go up to them and say 'Hey, don't I know you?'

If I do, they say 'Yes.' If I don't, they say 'No', and it's all a bit embarrassing.

Simple, really.

Nordlys

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by ivangrice
I usually go up to them and say 'Hey, don't I know you?'

If I do, they say 'Yes.' If I don't, they say 'No', and it's all a bit embarrassing.

Simple, really.

What if they say "I don't know"?

LordOfTheChessboard

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by jammer
Pass the bong! I wanna be myself for awhile.
🙄

That must be the socialist in you!🙂

ivangrice

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by Nordlys
What if they say "I don't know"?

We get locked into a spiral of not knowing. Let me tell you, it can get pretty hairy. The only way out is to frantically search for mutual acquaintances - it hasn't failed yet.

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02 Oct 05

Originally posted by STANG
How do you know who you vote for ?

Bush!!!!!!!!!!

The Chess Express

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03 Oct 05

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Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboard
Oh sorry, you mean from a buddhist point of view. Then I think you have to know yourself in order to be yourself. In buddhism you are yourself when your selfless so as long as you dont think or act with an ego you are yourself.

I dont know what you mean with: " when you are yourself, you are not. Action (even breathing) seems to break this impasse. (Bit incoherent, typing at work)"

Are you a buddhist by the way?

Hey! It sounds like you're getting the gist of how to tell the difference between right and wrong! 😏

LordOfTheChessboard

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03 Oct 05

Originally posted by The Chess Express
Hey! It sounds like you're getting the gist of how to tell the difference between right and wrong! 😏

Nope, just following my social intelligence. I dont know if its right.😞

jammer

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03 Oct 05

Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboard
My sister had a relationship with a guy for about 5 years. And she thought she knew him and he seemed to be an honest guy until one day she had a girl on the phone asking for him. It turned out he had been cheating. My sister like the smart girl she is of course left him but now my questions is:

How do you know if you know someone?

It's a strange question .. " How do you know if you know someone?" .. it assumes that you CAN know someone. A better question IMO would be .. CAN you know someone?, and IMO, no you can't

Life is unpredictable, and people are the most unpredictable thing about it

Friends will betray you.

Enemies will become friends.

You can be certain of one thing .. things will change.
OK 2 things .. The decisions you make will determine the path your life takes.
...........................
What happened to your sister is, sadly, very common. Let her know that she's not 'special' for the experence .. join the group. The hard part will be to trust the next guy that comes along .. innocense lost and all that, but then as has been said .. ' tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.'