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Nothingness is nihilistic to me, there is more to our existence than this mere physical one. Being fully awakeHow can you say Osho is nihilistic?
A purpose is an end to a curtain means. Whatsoever purpose we formulate, we have added ourselves because life is its own end and means. Life is to be lived, and lived joyously, never missing a single moment.
This is nihilism in your mind?
has a ring of Gurdjieff to it, I like it, difficult to implement though. If I wanted to indulge in the Carnal Earthly Pleasures of only this physical world, believing there is nothing more than this, I would have become a Satanist.never missing a single moment
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Lunitik said:What is matter and anti-matter?
They are naught but the positive and negative aspect of matter - they are opposites, a duality.
All dualities balance each other out, -1+1=0 ... nirvana means nothingness, you are to arrive at the absolute zero of reality. What is the nature of that? It is truth, but what is that truth?
Go into it and see.Um, I would speculate that they were not created in equal proportions--matter was clearly in excess over anti-matter. If they were in equal proportions, our universe would likely be just a soup of radiation from all the matter and anti-matter cancelling each other out. I could be wrong, though.Etu Malku said:Matter and antimatter are not exact mirror images of each other, after the Big Bang, energy was transformed into matter and antimatter in equal proportions. They are not opposites of one another, nor polar extremes, they are two different things that when they collide they destroy one another and create energy.
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Nothingness is nihilistic to me, there is more to our existence than this mere physical one. Being fully awake
has a ring of Gurdjieff to it, I like it, difficult to implement though. If I wanted to indulge in the Carnal Earthly Pleasures of only this physical world, believing there is nothing more than this, I would have become a Satanist.
I see a flower and it screams of Fibonacci sequence . . .Awakening means experience of nothingness.
I have not said carnal earthly pleasures, although sexuality should also be enjoyed certainly, what is wrong in it? There is a whole different dimension though, simply looking at a flower there is a great joy for instance. Recognizing the flower is sharing its being with you as its fragrance, there is great joy.
I see a flower and it screams of Fibonacci sequence . . .
** how come every thread you're on becomes derailed into your teaching us to be enlightened?
You do know you have just defined yourself as a TrollBecause it is all I am interested in here.
It is actually only 2-3 threads, so in reality it would be quite easy for you to avoid - there must be some sort of curiosity for you.
You do know you have just defined yourself as a Troll![]()
Um, I would speculate that they were not created in equal proportions--matter was clearly in excess over anti-matter. If they were in equal proportions, our universe would likely be just a soup of radiation from all the matter and anti-matter cancelling each other out. I could be wrong, though.
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But damaged beyond recognition...I like Einstein's simple explanation of matter/anti-matter:
"For every one billion particles of antimatter there were one billion and one particles of matter. And when the mutual annihilation was complete, one billionth remained - and that's our present universe."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
No reason to waste time meditating then.I have said nothing of the sort![]()
So you work alone, not with others.I work inwardly, not outwardly...
You said you work inwardly, and then you tell me that you have concern with what I notice? I am outwardly to you.I am concerned with you noticing what you are thinking, what actions you take, and whether they are voluntary or not - whether you are a master or a slave at this time.
Does a person lift a finger for someone else while they go meditate? Does a person go meditate to enlighten someone else?How is not wasting energy something selfish? Explain.
I was thinking more of a self induced illusion.The light is not mine, but in a way you have described enlightenment.
These are your beliefs and feelings.When you take, you feel perhaps that you have gotten the better of someone, or maybe guilty. When you give, it is because you have already taken before, you give a small part to ensure you do not feel guilt.
I think many like yourself prefer to give to a stranger who does not know them so that they can keep their illusions of themselves in tact without confrontation.No, both of these are not the way of love, they fundamentally about possession - they are material. There must be an environment of sharing, whosoever has will simply give to whosoever needs without caring about who that person is, and that person will simply receive joyfully. Neither can possess though, at most a thing can be used, it can provide a function.
I thought it was you. Sorry if I got it wrong.I certainly have said nothing of this dream...
Faith and forgiveness are often a matter of trust despite the evidence that says a person is unfaithful and untrustworthy.I have said blind trust is a disgusting thing, to accept something simply because it is said cannot accomplish a thing. Yet, you also cannot throw away whatsoever you feel is wrong because even you cannot be trusted.
Having faith and trusting someone will always be with uncertainty, or quite possibly even with evidence that the other person will be unfaithful or untrustworthy.When you encounter the Real, now there is a knowing, a deep love has happened and now you can do nothing but trust. You have utterly surrendered to Now, it has rewarded you, you have a support for future trust. Now, gradually, you are utterly naive. Whatsoever happens, it has needed to happen, there is no risk so where is the trust really? It is simply a deep complete totality of love for the whole.
Since you are dropping the car and the computer, there is always the running shoes and pencil to return to.This is quite strange, I might ramble about repression but I will simply drop the device because I do not see a useful way it can be advanced.
If it is a baby step for you, then congratulations on taking a step towards trusting someone you don't know.So you are saying it doesn't show a trust?
Whose words are they?I do not own any of my words... what an absurd statement.
No reason to waste time meditating then.
Once again: I am known by my actions. You have been vocal on the importance of what I think, or don't think, and do, or don't do, for quite some time. If you can't see that in your own words there, then it seems there is something that you are failing to see.There is no reason for anything ever, existence itself has no reason at all... what is your point exactly?
You can certainly convince yourself what you do has a purpose, but it is delusional utterly. Every faith says this creation will some day terminate, so even if you say you are working to improve the world, eventually it will be no more so it is pointless. Whatsoever we accomplish will be destroyed some day, whosoever we meet in this life, both us and them will eventually be dead so what is the purpose of it?
Meditation creates a space where you can know that which is permanent, that which will persist even after this universe ceases. Not only that, but as in the example of Bodhisatva's, the enlightened mans energy can effect all around him - you can set creation in a certain direction merely by willing it enough, this is why Christians are taught to pray... it is the same phenomenon only the normal person has very little energy. You meditate to procure energy, you work to still the mind so that less energy is wasted in it. Eventually you are surrounded by energy, it is utterly overflowing and reaches to everyone around you. Now there is a great responsibility, now if you think anything negative, you simply watch and chaos will ensure. Then, if you think something positive, beauty ensures... THAT is why I meditate.
For me, everything you claim as your good actions is naught but superficial busy work. You think you are accomplishing something, but it is nothing in the larger scheme of things. It is so petty and small it really is a waste of time, utterly.
There is no reason for anything ever, existence itself has no reason at all... eventually it will be no more so it is pointless... Whatsoever we accomplish will be destroyed some day...
Meditation creates a space where you can know that which is permanent
Once again: I am known by my actions. You have been vocal on the importance of what I think, or don't think, and do, or don't do, for quite some time. If you can't see that in your own words there, then it seems there is something that you are failing to see.
Lunitik, using your nihilist logic, isn't meditation also pointless?
Do you think knowing the permanent will affect your personal afterlife?
If not, who cares if you can know that which is permanent, if you and everything else will eventually be destroyed anyway? In a nihilistic scenario, why is meditating and "knowing the permanent" a better activity than just sitting on the couch and watching television? Just knowing the permanent doesn't make you permanent, just as knowing a celebrity doesn't make me rich & famous.