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Who is it?Of courseI believe we can commune with the 'Greater Self', but that self is not me.
Who is it?Of courseI believe we can commune with the 'Greater Self', but that self is not me.
You have said that you do not die (which I fully agree with). Would it be fair to replace the word "consciousness" here with "being?" Would that being not be eternal?"Have you experienced a state of nonduality/infinity/oneness?": This is something which cannot be experienced but has to be understood and I have understood that.
But I am a strong atheist and an advaitist Hindu. I do not believe in existence of any God or an everlasting consciousness.
You have your own Brahman?My Brahman is not a God.
What being are you talking about? Beingness is temporary, and so is human consciousness. Consciousness of 'what exists' is totally different.You have said that you do not die (which I fully agree with). Would it be fair to replace the word "consciousness" here with "being?" Would that being not be eternal?
Sat.What being are you talking about?
Consciousness of what? There is only Brahman.Beingness is temporary, and so is human consciousness. Consciousness of 'what exists' is totally different.
That is all Faiths.Every thing is that energy, not just Bahaollah, even a dog. That is Advaita Hinduism.
Yes. I believe I can forgive anybody anything. Of course, it is one thing to say, and another to actually do. It's just that I no longer see a purpose for hate anymore. That does not mean all of my old systems of hate have disappeared though. They are still, and maybe always will be, in my subconscious. They come alight when some old things that I hated still trigger me. I no longer believe them but the thoughts come hard and fast regardless. I can watch them enter my awareness without interacting with them. They don't last more than a few seconds.Does this imply no consequences at all?
Not sure I understand the question. I simply meant that humans seem to be the only animals who can think up alternate realities while actually being and experiencing a common one. Science hypothesizes the animals like elephants, dolphins and chimps may also have self consciousness but that skill alone does not seem to give one the ability to question their reality. Recently, some study showed that chimps who had been trained to communicate with humans using ASL could answer questions but never made them.e.g. They would simply say "I am hungry" or "want food" instead of asking "Where is my food?"Just humans? If so, why?
I knew a woman who worked thru forgiving her nephew for murdering her sister.Yes. I believe I can forgive anybody anything.
Sat, IMHO, is what exists and it is not a being.Sat.
As I see it, it is PURE being.Sat, IMHO, is what exists and it is not a being.
In vyavaharika.My forgiveness has limits.
I have and the result makes me strongly believe:
- consciousness has everlasting life without form after death
- god is infinite unconditional love
- the more we practice love, the closer we get to god but god denies no one
less strongly:
Whether you have experienced Oneness or not, what are your thoughts about it?
- god is the mind of this infinite uncertain universe
- communing with our inner god is possible and everyone has an inner god
I exist in a state and understanding of non-duality, this is a quality one finds on the Western Left Hand Path.Have you experienced a state of nonduality/infinity/oneness?
Is that not the point of any path?I exist in a state and understanding of non-duality, this is a quality one finds on the Western Left Hand Path.
Most religions/paths are engulfed in duality, so, no it isn't.Is that not the point of any path?
Duality is where we start from, as it were ... duality is the fundamental error, however that came to be.Most religions/paths are engulfed in duality, so, no it isn't.
True. There is no one to forgive in Paramarthika.In vyavaharika.![]()
Many religions and teachings formulate complimentary pairs, that are to be resolved to oneness, either by equilibrium (Ying and Yang, calm and movement, activity and patience), or by overcoming evil (good over evil, serenity over lust, the Kingdom of God over this world)Most religions/paths are engulfed in duality, so, no it isn't.
Since duality is an illusion, you are incorrect in that "most religions/paths lead from duality to One-ness."Duality is where we start from, as it were ... duality is the fundamental error, however that came to be.
And most religions/paths lead from duality to One-ness.
What the Abrahamics do is accept a fundamental distinction between created and uncreated nature ... but then the purpose of religions is to unite the two, not emphasise the distinctions ... and when you get deep into that, then the distinctions get blurry – as Echhart said, 'I and Thou disappear' – and he really wasn't the first.
LOL, I'm not incorrect, read it again, and think about it.Since duality is an illusion, you are incorrect in that "most religions/paths lead from duality to One-ness."
It would depend on the religion/path, most of them suffer from FaithLOL, I'm not incorrect, read it again, and think about it.
How about, 'Most religions/paths lead from the illusory to the Real'?