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      greatness

      that is a good point heumy, but that isn't something you, yourself accomplished
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      I resent that, Jonathan. Before I gave up my pride I wasn't able to do great things because my need to be praised got in the way. It wasn't until I let go of my ego and realized the benefit is truly for the greater good that I was ever able to accomplish anything. It is still the greatest thing I've ever done because everything else is just a bunch of little things. I've done a billion meaningless good deeds, but they never meant anything until I changed my attitude about life.

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      It's true. Having a pure intention will change all your deeds into great things. Even if you do things wrong. If your intention and inspiration is pure whatever effort you put in it's still considered worth a great deal. If you have feelings of pride and a wrong attitude. That just contaminates everything. No amount of effort or saving someones life is going to make it a great thing in essence. Imagine finding out your life was not saved because they loved you at all. I would rather die knowing they tried with love. Then have them succeeded without it.

      The greatest thing I ever did. I can't remember and my mind is not in enough clarity to know what that might be. I just can't know for sure every effect I had on people and what it did to them. Only then could I know with clarity what my best deed was.

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      I am sorry I overlooked your post. I only did so because I was looking for acts of greatness, not necessarily things that enabled it. While it is true that one must have a proper attitude in order to do great things, I could not know if what you said was a great thing. This is because it is important to you, while in other comments the action was more visibly great. I did not mean to imply that 'giving up your pride' is anything but great, I only could not know if it truly was, if it truly was done, and maintained. I could not judge such a thing as great or not great without an explanation, so I choose silence, for how could I truly know if it really was beneficial to your self, and to those around you?

      I apologize for perhaps belittling your accomplishment, a certain act that is necessary for everyone, but in a short message I could not accurately measure the depth of your action, as it has a nature different than one whose action and its effects are clear and have immediate benefit.
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      Omnius Deus while we are on the subject of your pride. Let me make a little foot note about what you call yourself. It fascinates me the mind of someone that is willing to put in their custom title. "A false prophet". What is the meaning of this deed? Does this help everyone to know that he is a false prophet? I suppose it does if he wants to be one. But why sabotage yourself? The statement indicates he is false so he must like it. Why would someone like being false when it is the worst quality to experience in a person face to face? Does he then like evilness? If so what is it that makes him like it over something less painful and backwards.

      And then the Yoda character adds to this mystery. He is not meant to be a false prophet in Starwars but it is associated with him here. Is he then saying that he is like Yoda and that Yoda is false?

      Whatever motivated you to call yourself false is now telling us to not believe you when you say anything. This does not stop me from pointing out you may be honest. In which case "the false prophet" is the lieing statement. Which makes you a liar, and the circle is complete. Fascinating....

      As a matter of fact this goes for everyone who has a backwards profile name that indicates evilness. It's not that I am offended or think it shouldn't be allowed. Just confused about why it would be considered an appropriate or satisfying title when we are trying to be human. "Hand built by robots" for example portrays someone not human, but robotic. Which is very difficult to understand. Could these people be hinting at something more significant than first glance. Something deeper that we aren't catching on to? Or are they now simply thinking so foolishly that they are unaware of the insulting nature of their own labels.

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      I thought you said something along the lines of "No right answers, greatness is up to interpretation."

      And Minerva, you spelled lying wrong.

      Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.


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      Quote Originally Posted by Omnius Deus View Post
      I thought you said something along the lines of "No right answers, greatness is up to interpretation."
      So why should you feel resentment because I choose to praise someone else, and not you? I explained why I personally found the other comment easier to praise, as it was easily explained. I in no way, whatsoever, was saying you had a wrong answer.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Omnius Deus
      Minerva, you spelled lying wrong.
      Thank you. Now will you address that post to the best of your ability? Since it is a question about you.

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