About yourself..?

Tsolay · Jan 3, 2016

Hi! My name is... (what?) My name is..(who?)
My name is... [scratches] Nano

Ahem... excuse me!
Can I have the attention of the class for one second?

I am an artist. I'm fifteen and a Sophomore. Last time I checked, which was some time ago, I was 5'8 or 5'9. I'm living the life. I go to a great school, I've observed a lot of worldly culture and seen famous works of art, I'm getting SWOLE AF (not really but I'm getting there,) and I'm very social.

I've worked very hard to get where I am in life. I've also had my fair share of crap slammed in my face. I have straight A's, my career in art is growing, and I'm socially blooming. I don't have a ton of close relationships here on the forums. There are small unit of them, but many are just friendly aquaintances.

Katy_ · Jan 3, 2016

Karma said: ↑

I'm Karma.

Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म; IPA: [ˈkərmə] ( listen); Pali: kamma) means action, work or deed;[1] it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect).[2] Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering.[3][4] Karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Asian religions.[5] In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life, as well as the nature and quality of future lives - one's saṃsāra.[6]

With origins in ancient India, karma is a key concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism,[7] and Taoism.[8]

Karma is the executed "deed", "work", "action", or "act", and it is also the "object", the "intent". Halbfass[3] explains karma (Karman) by contrasting it with another Sanskrit wordkriya. The word kriya is the activity along with the steps and effort in action, while karma is (1) the executed action as a consequence of that activity, as well as (2) the intention of the actor behind an executed action or a planned action (described by some scholars[14] as metaphysical residue left in the actor). A good action creates good karma, as does good intent. A bad action creates bad karma, as does bad intent.[3]

Karma, also refers to a conceptual principle that originated in India, often descriptively called the principle of karma, sometimes as the karma theory or the law of karma.[15] In the context of theory, karma is complex and difficult to define.[16] Different schools of Indologists derive different definitions for the karma concept from ancient Indian texts; their definition is some combination of (1) causality that may be ethical or non-ethical; (2) ethicization, that is good or bad actions have consequences; and (3) rebirth.[16][17] Other Indologists include in the definition of karma theory as that which explains the present circumstances of an individual with reference to his or her actions in past. These actions may be those in a person's current life, or, in some schools of Indian traditions, possibly actions in their past lives; furthermore, the consequences may result in current life, or a person's future lives.[16][18] The law of karma operates independent of any deity or any process of divine judgment.[19]

The difficulty in arriving at a definition of karma arises because of the diversity of views among the schools of Hinduism; some, for example, consider karma and rebirth linked and simultaneously essential, some consider karma but not rebirth essential, and a few discuss and conclude karma and rebirth to be flawed fiction.[20] Buddhism and Jainism have their karma precepts. Karma thus has not one, rather multiple definitions and different meanings.[21] It is a concept whose meaning, importance and scope varies between Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other traditions that originated in India, and various schools in each of these traditions. O'Flaherty claims that, furthermore, there is an ongoing debate regarding whether karma is a theory, a model, a paradigm, a metaphor, or a metaphysical stance.[16]

Karma theory as a concept, across different Indian religious traditions, shares certain common themes: causality, ethicization and rebirth.

Karma as kárman a neuter n-stem, nominative kárma कर्म from the root √kṛ कृ, means "to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake".[9][10] The root kṛ (kri) is very common in ancient Sanskrit literature, and it is relied upon to explain ideas in Rigveda, other Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, the Epics of Hinduism.[9][11] The root "kri" also appears in the word Sanskrit, to imply a language that is "well made". The word Kárman itself appears in Rigveda, for example at 10.22.8;[12] as does the word karma.[6]

Karma is related to verbal proto-Indo-European root *kwer- "to make, form".[13]

The relationship of karma to causality is a central motif in all schools of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist thought.[25] The theory of karma as causality holds that (1) executed actions of an individual affects the individual and the life he or she lives, and (2) the intentions of an individual affects the individual and the life he or she lives. Disinterested actions, or unintentional actions do not have the same positive or negative karmic effect, as interested and intentional actions. In Buddhism, for example, actions that are performed, or arise, or originate without any bad intent such as covetousness, are considered non-existent in karmic impact or neutral in influence to the individual.[26]

Another causality characteristic, shared by Karmic theories, is that like deeds lead to like effects. Thus good karma produces good effect on the actor, while bad karma produces bad effect. This effect may be material, moral or emotional — that is, one's karma affects one's happiness and unhappiness.[25] The effect of karma need not be immediate; the effect of karma can be later in one's current life, and in some schools it extends to future lives.[27]

The consequence or effects of one's karma can be described in two forms: phalas and samskaras. A phala (literally, fruit or result) is the visible or invisible effect that is typically immediate or within the current life. In contrast, samskaras are invisible effects, produced inside the actor because of the karma, transforming the agent and affecting his or her ability to be happy or unhappy in this life and future ones. The theory of karma is often presented in the context of samskaras.[25][28]

Karmic principle can be understood, suggests Karl Potter,[15][29] as a principle of psychology and habit. Karma seeds habits (vāsanā), and habits create the nature of man. Karma also seeds self perception, and perception influences how one experiences life events. Both habits and self perception affect the course of one's life. Breaking bad habits is not easy: it requires conscious karmic effort.[15][30] Thus psyche and habit, according to Potter[15] and others,[31] link karma to causality in ancient Indian literature. The idea of karma may be compared to the notion of a person's "character", as both are an assessment of the person and determined by that person's habitual thinking and acting.[5]

There has been an ongoing debate about karma theory and how it answers the problem of evil and related problem of theodicy. The problem of evil is a significant question debated in monotheistic religions with two beliefs:[60] (1) There is one God who is absolutely good and compassionate (omnibenevolent), and (2) That one God knows absolutely everything (omniscient) and is all powerful (omnipotent). The problem of evil is then stated in formulations such as, "why does the omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent God allow any evil and suffering to exist in the world"? Max Weber extended the problem of evil to Eastern traditions.[61]

The problem of evil, in the context of karma, has been long discussed in Eastern traditions, both in theistic and non-theistic schools; for example, in Uttara Mīmāṃsā Sutras Book 2 Chapter 1;[62][63] the 8th century arguments by Adi Sankara in Brahmasutrabhasya where he posits that God cannot reasonably be the cause of the world because there exists moral evil, inequality, cruelty and suffering in the world;[64][65] and the 11th century theodicy discussion by Ramanuja in Sribhasya.[66] Epics such as the Mahabharata, for example, suggests three prevailing theories in ancient India as to why good and evil exists - one being everything is ordained by God, second being karma, third being chance events (yadrccha, यदृच्छा).[67][68] The Mahabharata, which includes Hindu deity Vishnu in the form of Krishna as one of the central characters in the Epic, debates the nature and existence of suffering from these three perspectives, and includes a theory of suffering as arising from an interplay of chance events (such as floods and other events of nature), circumstances created by past human actions, and the current desires, volitions, dharma, adharma and current actions (purusakara) of people.[67][69][70] However, while karma theory in the Mahabharata presents alternative perspectives on the problem of evil and suffering, it offers no conclusive answer.[67][71]

Other scholars[72] suggest that nontheistic Indian religious traditions do not assume an omnibenevolent creator, and some[73] theistic schools do not define or characterize their God(s) as monotheistic Western religions do and the deities have colorful, complex personalities; the Indian deities are personal and cosmic facilitators, and in some schools conceptualized like Plato’s Demiurge.[66] Therefore, the problem of theodicy in many schools of major Indian religions is not significant, or at least is of a different nature than in Western religions.[74] Many Indian religions place greater emphasis on developing the karma principle for first cause and innate justice with Man as focus, rather than developing religious principles with the nature and powers of God and divine judgment as focus.[75] Some scholars, particularly of the Nyaya school of Hinduism and Sankara in Brahmasutra bhasya, have posited that karma doctrine implies existence of god, who administers and affects the person's environment given that person's karma, but then acknowledge that it makes karma as violable, contingent and unable to address the problem of evil.[76] Arthur Herman states that karma-transmigration theory solves all three historical formulations to the problem of evil while acknowledging the theodicy insights of Sankara and Ramanuja.[77]

Some theistic Indian religions, such as Sikhism, suggest evil and suffering are a human phenomena and arises from the karma of individuals.[78] In other theistic schools such as those in Hinduism, particularly its Nyaya school, karma is combined with dharma and evil is explained as arising from human actions and intent that is in conflict with dharma.[66]In nontheistic religions such as Buddhism, Jainism and the Mimamsa school of Hinduism, karma theory is used to explain the cause of evil as well as to offer distinct ways to avoid or be unaffected by evil in the world.[64]

Those schools of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism that rely on karma-rebirth theory have been critiqued for their theological explanation of suffering in children by birth, as the result of his or her sins in a past life.[79] Others disagree, and consider the critique as flawed and a misunderstanding of the karma theory.[80]

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Tl;dr xD

_Magical · Jan 3, 2016

Hi, I'm Brittney, and I'm in love with someone but they probably don't know it.

Strikyn · Jan 3, 2016

I'm the worst person on this planet and my self-esteem is dramatically low

OK no.

My name is Harry, 14, Atheist, and I'm not Asian, trust me. I live in New Zealand, the island located far off the coast of Australia. My favorite youtubers are sWooZie and GradeAUnderA.

Blocky_Cake11 · Jan 3, 2016

Wassup, I'm Annie and I'm asian. I'm currently in High School. I don't interact with anyone and I basically live in my room the whole day. I'm a very shy person and usually my classmates don't know I exist since I don't interact with anyone outside my bubble...
I'm a very sporty person tho. My friends told me that I change when I'm on the court probably because I get very competitive.
I'm a tom-boy kind of person and I'm kinda of depressed due to reasons...
I'm also a type of person who protects those who are close to me.
I'm VERY into K-pop. I was introduced to K-pop by watching a youtuber MyChonny. My aultimate bias is Bigbang. I'm a big YG Stan but I'm a multi-fandom person so I'm also into other groups such as 2NE1, Winner, IKon, f(x), Epik High, Twice, AKMU, 2PM, Day6, Got7, 4Minute and many more. I was sucked into K-Pop 5 years ago.
I'm also into Anime such as Tokyo Ghoul, AOT, SAO and many more. Recently I was into KDramas (I binged watched wayyyyyy too many kdramas... no regrets), my favouite K-drama is My Love From Another Star.
I'm also into movies and TV-Shows such as Arrow and Flash.
Even though I was born in Australia, my english skills aren't that good.
I can't live without my Laptop... lol
I don't know what else to add lol.

Blocky_Cake11 · Jan 4, 2016

BasicallyAnnie said: ↑

Woah my name's Annie and I'm Asian to, all the things I left in quote we have in common ^-^ . Someone posted on my profile before saying that they knew someone that was named Annie and was Asian too and they said that I was an imposter xD
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hahaha lol xD

Hobsy · Jan 4, 2016

heyy!
my name's samantha, but i prefer sam or sami. im 14 from aus. i enjoy watching youtube videos, playing mc and the sims 3/4, hugging my dogs, yoga, cooking, looking at the stars, giving advice to people, going to the city, going to the beach, listening to electronic music, laughing, singing, doing makeup, and imagining scenarios that would never happen irl. my favourite colour is white, my favourite animal is a giraffe, im straight but i support the lgbtq+ community 100%, and i ship larry. i have absolutely no idea what i want to do in the future, so for now i'm just trying to get good marks so i'm able to get into any career i wish. i have brown hair, blue eyes, my skin is pretty pale but i just discovered a gradual tanning lotion thing a couple days ago and its working really well hehe.
alright that's just about it aha, have a wonderful remainder of your day whoever decided to read this c:

MssR_iTeMpZz said: ↑

Hi guys, my name is Mark / Marky, which ever you prefer to call me c: I am 15 years old from Australia. I am 6 ft tall lol. I'm actually fairly tanned for someone that barely goes outside. I would class myself as a gamer/Mid way professional. I've been playing games ever since I was 3 years old, 15 now so about 12 years. Started with the good old Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon c: I started playing Call of Duty when MW2 was released, 2009. For the past 6 years of cod, my goals have been to reach Pamaj's level. I do play ps4 for any of you wondering xD

Onto other stuff doe, I played Soccer/Football for 4 years as a sweeper position cause I liked booting the ball as hard as I could. xD My favourite team is Barcelona. shh you Real Madrid fan boys.

I am a really passive person, nice, happy person but once you get on the wrong side, I really turn the opposite xD I have an extremely long patience level, can be good but also bad in some cases :p my humor varies depending on who you are and what the subject is.

Booty.
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yassss crash bandicooooooot, and im the same with the happiness which can change if you get on my bad side hehe

TheEntroGent · Jan 6, 2016

Greetings, I'm Ilya, I'm 11.

I'm not that much of an interesting person, that's it.

sraha · Jan 6, 2016

Nano said: ↑

Hi! My name is... (what?) My name is..(who?)
My name is... [scratches] Nano

Ahem... excuse me!
Can I have the attention of the class for one second?

I am an artist. I'm fifteen and a Sophomore. Last time I checked, which was some time ago, I was 5'8 or 5'9. I'm living the life. I go to a great school, I've observed a lot of worldly culture and seen famous works of art, I'm getting SWOLE AF (not really but I'm getting there,) and I'm very social.

I've worked very hard to get where I am in life. I've also had my fair share of crap slammed in my face. I have straight A's, my career in art is growing, and I'm socially blooming. I don't have a ton of close relationships here on the forums. There are small unit of them, but many are just friendly acquaintances.
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I've decided to make this into a rap style like your intro.

I'm an artist and I'm 15. Sophomore and super mean. Last time I check, I was 5'5+'4. I'm living the life, great school and wife. I've observed a lotta worldly culture, and my favorite bird is a vulture (?). I've seen famous art work, I'm swole AF. Don't know what that means, but it rhymes with rough.

I've worked very hard, to get where I am. I've also my share of crap in my face. I have straight A's, I'm a total babe, my art career is beginning to bloom, vrroom vroom goes my mum. I don't have a ton of close relationships, that's cause you all, are total bishes. There's a small @Unit50079 of them, but many are just friendly acquaintances. WORD
Shower C in the building WOOT WOOT.

-This is also probably so bad it's going to give eye cancer, caution-

NoRhyme · Jan 6, 2016

ShowerCurtain said: ↑

I've decided to make this into a rap style like your intro.

I'm an artist and I'm 15. Sophomore and super mean. Last time I check, I was 5'5+'4. I'm living the life, great school and wife. I've observed a lotta worldly culture, and my favorite bird is a vulture (?). I've seen famous art work, I'm swole AF. Don't know what that means, but it rhymes with rough.

I've worked very hard, to get where I am. I've also my share of crap in my face. I have straight A's, I'm a total babe, my art career is beginning to bloom, vrroom vroom goes my mum. I don't have a ton of close relationships, that's cause you all, are total bishes. There's a small @Unit50079 of them, but many are just friendly acquaintances. WORD
Shower C in the building WOOT WOOT.

-This is also probably so bad it's going to give eye cancer, caution-
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What the fuck

Caity · Jan 7, 2016

BasicallyAnnie said: ↑

Once Upon A Time, and Orange Is The New Black, im captain swan af,
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Hi Annie.
You're one of my new favorite people. :)

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