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Post by OldSamVimes on Apr 7, 2020 14:01:37 GMT
Everything Is What You Believe
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The universe, the world, God, everything, is what you believe it is. The only reality there is for you, is the reality of your belief system.
If you believe things are tough, things are hard to come by, spiritual unfoldment is only for the few, that's how it is for you. You are the controller. You are the one who makes the decisions. Your life follows your mind.
Yet when you begin to realize that your mind does not really exist, then the life you've been following becomes invalid.
It just dissipates, as if you awoke from a dream. But as long as you're following the world, then your mind determines what happens to you. Your mind is not your friend. Your mind is an accumulation of past karma, past thoughts, and future worries. Therefore you should not rely on your mind. You should not even rely on your instincts. You should not even rely on your intuition. You should rely on no thing.
When your intuition, when your mind, when your instincts are transcended, then consciousness appears by itself.
This is because consciousness has always been your real nature, and all you have to do is focus your attention on
consciousness. You do this, of course, by asking “Who am I?"
The sun shines. When the sun seems to disappear at night, the moon takes its place, and it appears to shine also. But
the light is only an appearance in the moon.
The reality is it’s using the sun's light to shine. It's a reflection of the sun.
In the same instance, the light that you see here, that causes you to see images, subjects, mountains, trees, stars,
the universe, is simply a reflection of the self.
It is the light of the self.
You're making a wrong identification, for you believe it is the light that shines by itself. In other words, you believe the world to be real.
But just like the moon would have no image if it wasn't reflecting the sun, so also you have an image as a body, as a
mind, because you are reflecting the self, the light of the self. And instead of identifying with your source, you are
identifying with the self with a small "s." You are identifying with your body-self. Wrong identification.
To get back to your self, your real self, you simply have to identify with consciousness, and when you do the world will disappear. Again, you do this by inquiring “Who am I?"
One of the most recent questions that was asked of me, and I get this question again and again, is this. "You say, Robert, that the body will take care of itself. You do not have to think about your affairs, or about the world. Your job is to identify with the self. But yet, when I read the books of sages and jnanis, they're usually hermits. They live in ashrams or in caves. So do you mean that self-realization will cause me to leave my family, to leave my work, not to be interested in anything, to become a hermit?" And that's a very paradoxical and perplexing question.
The reason the books are written by people like that, is because it was their karma, as far as their body is concerned,
to become a recluse, a hermit, to shun the world. That's why they had the time to write the books. Yet there are self- realized people who are living in the world, have positions in the world, have families, and do worldly things. They are also self-realized. You do not hear too much about them because they have nothing to say.
You see, your body is an image. It is not real. It appears to be real. Because you believe your body is real, the world
becomes real to you also. And yet these things have absolutely nothing to do with you. You are apart from these things.
Your real nature is nirvana, absolute reality. Everything else is superficial. You should not react to the world.
I never said you should not be in the world. You can do whatever you wish. Whatever your karmic instincts tells you to do, your body will do it, for this is the reason you appear to take on a body. But you have nothing to do with those things.
You are total freedom. You are not confined to a body, or to a world, or to a universe.
I know it appears strange, and you say “How can I possibly be free, and all-pervading, and omnipresent, when I feel
my body as real?" You have to ask yourself “Who said that?" The one who said that is the one I have to get rid of.
And that is your personal I. It is the personal I that wants you to believe that you are a body and a mind, and that
everything is real, and that you have to become spiritual, and lift yourself up. Nothing can be further from the truth.
You are not the body. The body does not exist. The mind does not exist. It appears to exist, like the water in the mirage. The world appears to exist like the water in the mirage. Everything else you see with your eyes, and feel with you senses, appear to exist like the water in the mirage.
Why does it exist like that?
Because you think it does.
Your thinking process causes you to believe all these things. Therefore everything has to be explained.
But in truth, in reality, none of these things exist at all. You are absolute freedom. You are total bliss consciousness.
That's what you are, and there is no explanation. When you experience this for yourself, the question will never arise
“What is my body going to do with itself while I am self-realized?" Even though to others you may appear as having
a body, you will know that there is no body. There is no personal I. There is no mind. You will be all-pervading, and
you will be at peace.
Asking all these questions is like asking what came first, the tree or the seed, the chicken or the egg?
~ The Collected Works of Robert Adams Volume 1
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 7, 2020 14:49:46 GMT
Yeah, I get it man, I had some dank weed myself last night.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Apr 7, 2020 15:17:25 GMT
Everything Is What You Believe ========================== The universe, the world, God, everything, is what you believe it is. The only reality there is for you, is the reality of your belief system. If you believe things are tough, things are hard to come by, spiritual unfoldment is only for the few, that's how it is for you. You are the controller. You are the one who makes the decisions. Your life follows your mind. Yet when you begin to realize that your mind does not really exist, then the life you've been following becomes invalid. It just dissipates, as if you awoke from a dream. But as long as you're following the world, then your mind determines what happens to you. Your mind is not your friend. Your mind is an accumulation of past karma, past thoughts, and future worries. Therefore you should not rely on your mind. You should not even rely on your instincts. You should not even rely on your intuition. You should rely on no thing. When your intuition, when your mind, when your instincts are transcended, then consciousness appears by itself. This is because consciousness has always been your real nature, and all you have to do is focus your attention on consciousness. You do this, of course, by asking “Who am I?" The sun shines. When the sun seems to disappear at night, the moon takes its place, and it appears to shine also. But the light is only an appearance in the moon. The reality is it’s using the sun's light to shine. It's a reflection of the sun. In the same instance, the light that you see here, that causes you to see images, subjects, mountains, trees, stars, the universe, is simply a reflection of the self. It is the light of the self. You're making a wrong identification, for you believe it is the light that shines by itself. In other words, you believe the world to be real. But just like the moon would have no image if it wasn't reflecting the sun, so also you have an image as a body, as a mind, because you are reflecting the self, the light of the self. And instead of identifying with your source, you are identifying with the self with a small "s." You are identifying with your body-self. Wrong identification. To get back to your self, your real self, you simply have to identify with consciousness, and when you do the world will disappear. Again, you do this by inquiring “Who am I?" One of the most recent questions that was asked of me, and I get this question again and again, is this. "You say, Robert, that the body will take care of itself. You do not have to think about your affairs, or about the world. Your job is to identify with the self. But yet, when I read the books of sages and jnanis, they're usually hermits. They live in ashrams or in caves. So do you mean that self-realization will cause me to leave my family, to leave my work, not to be interested in anything, to become a hermit?" And that's a very paradoxical and perplexing question. The reason the books are written by people like that, is because it was their karma, as far as their body is concerned, to become a recluse, a hermit, to shun the world. That's why they had the time to write the books. Yet there are self- realized people who are living in the world, have positions in the world, have families, and do worldly things. They are also self-realized. You do not hear too much about them because they have nothing to say. You see, your body is an image. It is not real. It appears to be real. Because you believe your body is real, the world becomes real to you also. And yet these things have absolutely nothing to do with you. You are apart from these things. Your real nature is nirvana, absolute reality. Everything else is superficial. You should not react to the world. I never said you should not be in the world. You can do whatever you wish. Whatever your karmic instincts tells you to do, your body will do it, for this is the reason you appear to take on a body. But you have nothing to do with those things. You are total freedom. You are not confined to a body, or to a world, or to a universe. I know it appears strange, and you say “How can I possibly be free, and all-pervading, and omnipresent, when I feel my body as real?" You have to ask yourself “Who said that?" The one who said that is the one I have to get rid of. And that is your personal I. It is the personal I that wants you to believe that you are a body and a mind, and that everything is real, and that you have to become spiritual, and lift yourself up. Nothing can be further from the truth. You are not the body. The body does not exist. The mind does not exist. It appears to exist, like the water in the mirage. The world appears to exist like the water in the mirage. Everything else you see with your eyes, and feel with you senses, appear to exist like the water in the mirage. Why does it exist like that? Because you think it does. Your thinking process causes you to believe all these things. Therefore everything has to be explained. But in truth, in reality, none of these things exist at all. You are absolute freedom. You are total bliss consciousness. That's what you are, and there is no explanation. When you experience this for yourself, the question will never arise “What is my body going to do with itself while I am self-realized?" Even though to others you may appear as having a body, you will know that there is no body. There is no personal I. There is no mind. You will be all-pervading, and you will be at peace. Asking all these questions is like asking what came first, the tree or the seed, the chicken or the egg? ~ The Collected Works of Robert Adams Volume 1 So if I believe this is all nonsense, it is so?
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Apr 7, 2020 15:46:23 GMT
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Apr 7, 2020 22:55:52 GMT
Everything Is What You Believe ========================== The universe, the world, God, everything, is what you believe it is. The only reality there is for you, is the reality of your belief system. If you believe things are tough, things are hard to come by, spiritual unfoldment is only for the few, that's how it is for you. You are the controller. You are the one who makes the decisions. Your life follows your mind. Yet when you begin to realize that your mind does not really exist, then the life you've been following becomes invalid. It just dissipates, as if you awoke from a dream. But as long as you're following the world, then your mind determines what happens to you. Your mind is not your friend. Your mind is an accumulation of past karma, past thoughts, and future worries. Therefore you should not rely on your mind. You should not even rely on your instincts. You should not even rely on your intuition. You should rely on no thing. When your intuition, when your mind, when your instincts are transcended, then consciousness appears by itself. This is because consciousness has always been your real nature, and all you have to do is focus your attention on consciousness. You do this, of course, by asking “Who am I?" The sun shines. When the sun seems to disappear at night, the moon takes its place, and it appears to shine also. But the light is only an appearance in the moon. The reality is it’s using the sun's light to shine. It's a reflection of the sun. In the same instance, the light that you see here, that causes you to see images, subjects, mountains, trees, stars, the universe, is simply a reflection of the self. It is the light of the self. You're making a wrong identification, for you believe it is the light that shines by itself. In other words, you believe the world to be real. But just like the moon would have no image if it wasn't reflecting the sun, so also you have an image as a body, as a mind, because you are reflecting the self, the light of the self. And instead of identifying with your source, you are identifying with the self with a small "s." You are identifying with your body-self. Wrong identification. To get back to your self, your real self, you simply have to identify with consciousness, and when you do the world will disappear. Again, you do this by inquiring “Who am I?" One of the most recent questions that was asked of me, and I get this question again and again, is this. "You say, Robert, that the body will take care of itself. You do not have to think about your affairs, or about the world. Your job is to identify with the self. But yet, when I read the books of sages and jnanis, they're usually hermits. They live in ashrams or in caves. So do you mean that self-realization will cause me to leave my family, to leave my work, not to be interested in anything, to become a hermit?" And that's a very paradoxical and perplexing question. The reason the books are written by people like that, is because it was their karma, as far as their body is concerned, to become a recluse, a hermit, to shun the world. That's why they had the time to write the books. Yet there are self- realized people who are living in the world, have positions in the world, have families, and do worldly things. They are also self-realized. You do not hear too much about them because they have nothing to say. You see, your body is an image. It is not real. It appears to be real. Because you believe your body is real, the world becomes real to you also. And yet these things have absolutely nothing to do with you. You are apart from these things. Your real nature is nirvana, absolute reality. Everything else is superficial. You should not react to the world. I never said you should not be in the world. You can do whatever you wish. Whatever your karmic instincts tells you to do, your body will do it, for this is the reason you appear to take on a body. But you have nothing to do with those things. You are total freedom. You are not confined to a body, or to a world, or to a universe. I know it appears strange, and you say “How can I possibly be free, and all-pervading, and omnipresent, when I feel my body as real?" You have to ask yourself “Who said that?" The one who said that is the one I have to get rid of. And that is your personal I. It is the personal I that wants you to believe that you are a body and a mind, and that everything is real, and that you have to become spiritual, and lift yourself up. Nothing can be further from the truth. You are not the body. The body does not exist. The mind does not exist. It appears to exist, like the water in the mirage. The world appears to exist like the water in the mirage. Everything else you see with your eyes, and feel with you senses, appear to exist like the water in the mirage. Why does it exist like that? Because you think it does. Your thinking process causes you to believe all these things. Therefore everything has to be explained. But in truth, in reality, none of these things exist at all. You are absolute freedom. You are total bliss consciousness. That's what you are, and there is no explanation. When you experience this for yourself, the question will never arise “What is my body going to do with itself while I am self-realized?" Even though to others you may appear as having a body, you will know that there is no body. There is no personal I. There is no mind. You will be all-pervading, and you will be at peace. Asking all these questions is like asking what came first, the tree or the seed, the chicken or the egg? ~ The Collected Works of Robert Adams Volume 1  And all that is perceived as real, is unreal.
From the collected works of TC
Still Sam, don't forget to self-isolate, while self-realizing..... 
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Post by OldSamVimes on Apr 8, 2020 3:32:13 GMT
Everything Is What You Believe ========================== The universe, the world, God, everything, is what you believe it is. The only reality there is for you, is the reality of your belief system. If you believe things are tough, things are hard to come by, spiritual unfoldment is only for the few, that's how it is for you. You are the controller. You are the one who makes the decisions. Your life follows your mind. Yet when you begin to realize that your mind does not really exist, then the life you've been following becomes invalid. It just dissipates, as if you awoke from a dream. But as long as you're following the world, then your mind determines what happens to you. Your mind is not your friend. Your mind is an accumulation of past karma, past thoughts, and future worries. Therefore you should not rely on your mind. You should not even rely on your instincts. You should not even rely on your intuition. You should rely on no thing. When your intuition, when your mind, when your instincts are transcended, then consciousness appears by itself. This is because consciousness has always been your real nature, and all you have to do is focus your attention on consciousness. You do this, of course, by asking “Who am I?" The sun shines. When the sun seems to disappear at night, the moon takes its place, and it appears to shine also. But the light is only an appearance in the moon. The reality is it’s using the sun's light to shine. It's a reflection of the sun. In the same instance, the light that you see here, that causes you to see images, subjects, mountains, trees, stars, the universe, is simply a reflection of the self. It is the light of the self. You're making a wrong identification, for you believe it is the light that shines by itself. In other words, you believe the world to be real. But just like the moon would have no image if it wasn't reflecting the sun, so also you have an image as a body, as a mind, because you are reflecting the self, the light of the self. And instead of identifying with your source, you are identifying with the self with a small "s." You are identifying with your body-self. Wrong identification. To get back to your self, your real self, you simply have to identify with consciousness, and when you do the world will disappear. Again, you do this by inquiring “Who am I?" One of the most recent questions that was asked of me, and I get this question again and again, is this. "You say, Robert, that the body will take care of itself. You do not have to think about your affairs, or about the world. Your job is to identify with the self. But yet, when I read the books of sages and jnanis, they're usually hermits. They live in ashrams or in caves. So do you mean that self-realization will cause me to leave my family, to leave my work, not to be interested in anything, to become a hermit?" And that's a very paradoxical and perplexing question. The reason the books are written by people like that, is because it was their karma, as far as their body is concerned, to become a recluse, a hermit, to shun the world. That's why they had the time to write the books. Yet there are self- realized people who are living in the world, have positions in the world, have families, and do worldly things. They are also self-realized. You do not hear too much about them because they have nothing to say. You see, your body is an image. It is not real. It appears to be real. Because you believe your body is real, the world becomes real to you also. And yet these things have absolutely nothing to do with you. You are apart from these things. Your real nature is nirvana, absolute reality. Everything else is superficial. You should not react to the world. I never said you should not be in the world. You can do whatever you wish. Whatever your karmic instincts tells you to do, your body will do it, for this is the reason you appear to take on a body. But you have nothing to do with those things. You are total freedom. You are not confined to a body, or to a world, or to a universe. I know it appears strange, and you say “How can I possibly be free, and all-pervading, and omnipresent, when I feel my body as real?" You have to ask yourself “Who said that?" The one who said that is the one I have to get rid of. And that is your personal I. It is the personal I that wants you to believe that you are a body and a mind, and that everything is real, and that you have to become spiritual, and lift yourself up. Nothing can be further from the truth. You are not the body. The body does not exist. The mind does not exist. It appears to exist, like the water in the mirage. The world appears to exist like the water in the mirage. Everything else you see with your eyes, and feel with you senses, appear to exist like the water in the mirage. Why does it exist like that? Because you think it does. Your thinking process causes you to believe all these things. Therefore everything has to be explained. But in truth, in reality, none of these things exist at all. You are absolute freedom. You are total bliss consciousness. That's what you are, and there is no explanation. When you experience this for yourself, the question will never arise “What is my body going to do with itself while I am self-realized?" Even though to others you may appear as having a body, you will know that there is no body. There is no personal I. There is no mind. You will be all-pervading, and you will be at peace. Asking all these questions is like asking what came first, the tree or the seed, the chicken or the egg? ~ The Collected Works of Robert Adams Volume 1 So if I believe this is all nonsense, it is so? To you, yes. You mold your experience. What you focus your conscious attention on becomes your reality.
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Post by drystyx on Apr 8, 2020 4:12:43 GMT
Yeah, and you know, like man, like you know, it's all like, you know? Like, totally dude!
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Post by thefleetsin on Apr 8, 2020 16:31:31 GMT
that viral load passing himself off as a cum caked constitutional savior
back here on planet girth
where
sycophants whittle away at
mother earth
professing to know
the
differences
between
integrity and still breathing
afterbirth
we have what's now
know as
card carrying christians
who never missed an opportunity to
rally inside a church
even if a tax exempt status
turns out to be
all they were ever worth.
sjw 04/08/2020 inspired at this very moment in time by oh yeah let's congregate in huge numbers during a pandemic.
from the 'bizarro series' of poems
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Post by Arlon10 on Apr 8, 2020 20:57:47 GMT
Yeah, I get it man, I had some dank weed myself last night. Serenity isn't a bad thing. If you need drugs to achieve serenity it might not be so great though. Some worldly responsibility might assault you on drugs and catch you unprepared.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 9, 2020 5:24:29 GMT
Yeah, I get it man, I had some dank weed myself last night. Serenity isn't a bad thing. If you need drugs to achieve serenity it might not be so great though. Some worldly responsibility might assault you on drugs and catch you unprepared. I was really just joking because the OP sounds like the kind of stuff that stoners say when really high. In any case, I only use the stuff once I'm done with my "worldly responsibilities" for the day and all I have left to do is relax with some music, TV, and/or internet stuff. Even then, I don't overdo it to the point I can't function. I've done that before and at that point it's not even fun, so I'm very aware of my limits.
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Post by thefleetsin on Apr 9, 2020 16:11:20 GMT
the light at the end of the funnel
meanwhile,
in
the kingdom of
the
heart...
after long
hard thought out sessions
between
pastries and swing set obsessions.
the kids here decided
(with absolutely no input from yours truly)
that julie
would hold the clipboard
and
the counting cord
keeping track of those who smiled
as these
statistics run wild
as they normally do
in
times like these.
funnels
are a remarkable way
to nudge folks
into
resurrecting words
like
thank you and please.
which
according to the kids
is why
it's called:
a social disease.
sjw 04/09/2020 inspired at this very moment in time by those often put aside tasks here in the kingdom of the heart.
from the 'benevolent series' of poems
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Post by mslo79 on Apr 9, 2020 16:18:22 GMT
That's false. because with that mindset one can just make up things however they see fit. basically... morality becomes subjective instead of based on God's truth and God's truth is taught through His church which is the Catholic church since it's the church Jesus Christ started with Peter(basically the first Pope) and it went down through the generations til today. or another way to see it... The Catholic Church was started by Jesus Christ, others are started by humans. the Catholic church has the whole truth, other denominations only have some of it along with error. it's unwise to leave the church Jesus Christ started as one lowers their chances of reaching Heaven. because to ignore this and to go with the mindset people can just make up morality however they see fit has a distorted view of reality since one will be following their own morals etc, which will likely be wrong since humans have a inclination towards sin after the fall of Adam/Eve, instead of sticking to what the Catholic church's official teachings on faith/morals, which are the truth.
basically those who ignore that stuff basically make their image of God conform to themselves(like how they want Him to be instead of the way He actually is) instead of themselves conforming to God.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 9, 2020 16:20:41 GMT
Are you a solipsist?
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Post by buckyv2 on Apr 10, 2020 15:33:04 GMT
Everything Is What You Believe ========================== The universe, the world, God, everything, is what you believe it is. The only reality there is for you, is the reality of your belief system. If you believe things are tough, things are hard to come by, spiritual unfoldment is only for the few, that's how it is for you. You are the controller. You are the one who makes the decisions. Your life follows your mind. Yet when you begin to realize that your mind does not really exist, then the life you've been following becomes invalid. It just dissipates, as if you awoke from a dream. But as long as you're following the world, then your mind determines what happens to you. Your mind is not your friend. Your mind is an accumulation of past karma, past thoughts, and future worries. Therefore you should not rely on your mind. You should not even rely on your instincts. You should not even rely on your intuition. You should rely on no thing. When your intuition, when your mind, when your instincts are transcended, then consciousness appears by itself. This is because consciousness has always been your real nature, and all you have to do is focus your attention on consciousness. You do this, of course, by asking “Who am I?" The sun shines. When the sun seems to disappear at night, the moon takes its place, and it appears to shine also. But the light is only an appearance in the moon. The reality is it’s using the sun's light to shine. It's a reflection of the sun. In the same instance, the light that you see here, that causes you to see images, subjects, mountains, trees, stars, the universe, is simply a reflection of the self. It is the light of the self. You're making a wrong identification, for you believe it is the light that shines by itself. In other words, you believe the world to be real. But just like the moon would have no image if it wasn't reflecting the sun, so also you have an image as a body, as a mind, because you are reflecting the self, the light of the self. And instead of identifying with your source, you are identifying with the self with a small "s." You are identifying with your body-self. Wrong identification. To get back to your self, your real self, you simply have to identify with consciousness, and when you do the world will disappear. Again, you do this by inquiring “Who am I?" One of the most recent questions that was asked of me, and I get this question again and again, is this. "You say, Robert, that the body will take care of itself. You do not have to think about your affairs, or about the world. Your job is to identify with the self. But yet, when I read the books of sages and jnanis, they're usually hermits. They live in ashrams or in caves. So do you mean that self-realization will cause me to leave my family, to leave my work, not to be interested in anything, to become a hermit?" And that's a very paradoxical and perplexing question. The reason the books are written by people like that, is because it was their karma, as far as their body is concerned, to become a recluse, a hermit, to shun the world. That's why they had the time to write the books. Yet there are self- realized people who are living in the world, have positions in the world, have families, and do worldly things. They are also self-realized. You do not hear too much about them because they have nothing to say. You see, your body is an image. It is not real. It appears to be real. Because you believe your body is real, the world becomes real to you also. And yet these things have absolutely nothing to do with you. You are apart from these things. Your real nature is nirvana, absolute reality. Everything else is superficial. You should not react to the world. I never said you should not be in the world. You can do whatever you wish. Whatever your karmic instincts tells you to do, your body will do it, for this is the reason you appear to take on a body. But you have nothing to do with those things. You are total freedom. You are not confined to a body, or to a world, or to a universe. I know it appears strange, and you say “How can I possibly be free, and all-pervading, and omnipresent, when I feel my body as real?" You have to ask yourself “Who said that?" The one who said that is the one I have to get rid of. And that is your personal I. It is the personal I that wants you to believe that you are a body and a mind, and that everything is real, and that you have to become spiritual, and lift yourself up. Nothing can be further from the truth. You are not the body. The body does not exist. The mind does not exist. It appears to exist, like the water in the mirage. The world appears to exist like the water in the mirage. Everything else you see with your eyes, and feel with you senses, appear to exist like the water in the mirage. Why does it exist like that? Because you think it does. Your thinking process causes you to believe all these things. Therefore everything has to be explained. But in truth, in reality, none of these things exist at all. You are absolute freedom. You are total bliss consciousness. That's what you are, and there is no explanation. When you experience this for yourself, the question will never arise “What is my body going to do with itself while I am self-realized?" Even though to others you may appear as having a body, you will know that there is no body. There is no personal I. There is no mind. You will be all-pervading, and you will be at peace. Asking all these questions is like asking what came first, the tree or the seed, the chicken or the egg? ~ The Collected Works of Robert Adams Volume 1 OSV I thought you were a dude...now you've changed.
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Post by You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby on Apr 10, 2020 15:35:00 GMT
How postmodern.
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Post by general313 on Apr 10, 2020 18:03:21 GMT
Seems very New Age-y to me.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Apr 10, 2020 18:44:14 GMT
Relativism, or the belief that there's no absolute truth, only the truths that a particular individual or culture happen to believe, works fine as long as the truth is something which cannot be confirmed, such as the transcendental. For instance while it is true for many Muslims that an illiterate Mohammad received the Qu'ran through dictation from an angel in a cave, if I think it is true that I will not be killed if I jump off a cliff it will prove a different thing entirely.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Apr 11, 2020 11:58:26 GMT
That's false. because with that mindset one can just make up things however they see fit. basically... morality becomes subjective instead of based on God's truth and God's truth is taught through His church which is the Catholic church since it's the church Jesus Christ started with Peter(basically the first Pope) and it went down through the generations til today. or another way to see it... The Catholic Church was started by Jesus Christ, others are started by humans. the Catholic church has the whole truth, other denominations only have some of it along with error. it's unwise to leave the church Jesus Christ started as one lowers their chances of reaching Heaven. because to ignore this and to go with the mindset people can just make up morality however they see fit has a distorted view of reality since one will be following their own morals etc, which will likely be wrong since humans have a inclination towards sin after the fall of Adam/Eve, instead of sticking to what the Catholic church's official teachings on faith/morals, which are the truth.
basically those who ignore that stuff basically make their image of God conform to themselves(like how they want Him to be instead of the way He actually is) instead of themselves conforming to God.
Yada Yada Yada!
Yup, the mindset does make things out to be what it wants them to be. It will be different for everyone, yet ultimately, being one and the same is the whole connection to truth of mind, which reaches beyond mind. Simply put, to not get caught up in ego mind. It is a mighty powerful creator and therefore you are your own God.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Apr 11, 2020 12:00:29 GMT
Seems very New Age-y to me. It is of the ages, only new if hearing for the first time and from a perspective of time and ages being linear. Sounds serene to me.
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