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Originally posted by TauCetixeta
Do you have memories of past lives?
Our bodies are temporary. Our eternal spirit is eternal.
After our Life Review we eventually "choose another body" and return to Earth.
- reincarnation -
You should study Physical Laws, Spiritual Laws and Universal Laws.
Originally posted by Unity_99
Doors are interesting. Even a craft, or an asteroid can be a whole other plane, dimension, galaxy planet, for its really just a door.
But, this is more just on the veil, your own soul imposes on your memories while here. The bigger me keeps telling the little me to get it right, and keeps showing how fun the next step is when kids stop playing in the mudpiles.
The body is just a bit of programmed dust we enter into. We are.
You appear to be in a position to make something of that mudpile but instead you just blurt out random sentences meant to invoke feelings of awe which just don't do it for me. But if you manage to play with a kid by creating something like I don't kow a golem then I would be interested in what you want to tell me and other readers.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
That's a moving sentiment coming from a user who claims to be completely enlightened but has yet to offer any meaningful suggestions or recollections regarding the journey. Your acid trip sounds fun and all, but how about explaining the specifics of your enlightenment without sounding like a mental patient?
Originally posted by NzPunisher
reply to post by Dragonfly79
From what i can tell, most, if not all buddhas in history up until Jesus Christ (or anyone for that matter, who has achieved true "enlightenment") don't just state.
"Yeah g'day guys, Ive just learnt the truth about reality.. soo.. I'm gonna just head off, and leave you guys to figure it out." They would be more inclined to actually help others and share there experiences so people could grow from them.
This leads me to speculate whether, in-fact, you actually fully comprehend that which you are trying to claim. No doubt you seem to have done A LOT of research, and can fully perceive this reality for what it is, but from my understanding TRUE enlightenment comes from a place within. Not out in space, or across the world. It means to discover your own truth, in your own way, in your own time.. so no amount of "information" is needed at all. Only patience.
Perhaps you have confused an awakening, with enlightenment. Yes, you may indeed have achieved a far greater consciousness than most other people in your life, but you seem to be still somewhat attached to your ego. This may be what is holding you back.
Also i noticed that when someone asked you what enlightenment felt like, you chose to compare it to sex. And again you chose to use sex in another analogy, this time about the "Law of Attraction". This could be the next part of you which needs working on.
I wish you good luck in your quest for enlightenment.
You can, at often times, learn a lot about yourself from an outside perspective. Keep "working on it" because you seem to be smack on the right path, and you will most definitely find yourself, at the place you seek. Peace.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by Dragonfly79
That's a moving sentiment coming from a user who claims to be completely enlightened but has yet to offer any meaningful suggestions or recollections regarding the journey. Your acid trip sounds fun and all, but how about explaining the specifics of your enlightenment without sounding like a mental patient?
Why do you assume an enlightened person would sound different from a mental patient?
Originally posted by Unity_99
reply to post by Dragonfly79
Go within. Thats the answer, and find the lighter parts of you. Thats what its about. Its not hard to explain but its really hard to do.
Originally posted by greyer
reply to post by Dragonfly79
Enlightenment is more of less the 'true' way, because for example Christians get so caught up in Jesus that they fail to recognize anything outside of Jesus, for instance those things Jesus came to knew in his growing up and how they got there.
This is the perfect example because I have been in an arguement with someone about Jesus with something that I and they agree with? Do you know how that is possible? It is the opposite of enlightenment, or ignorance, to argue about that is believed on both sides.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
Why do you assume an enlightened person would sound different from a mental patient?
A little rationality would be nice.
And if the absolute truth is that "enlightenment" is utterly irrational relative to your chosen rationality?
What then?
Please notice I'm never trying to tell you "what is". I'm challenging your self created boundaries that define for you "what isn't".
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
I'm trying to give myself a reason to not say "Screw it" and just assume that everything is irrational or rational. I'd like to be able to differentiate at any given moment using the critical thinking skills I have developed so far. If I don't have a square one, how do I ever make it to square two?
So I trust in my instincts and my ability to view reality objectively. It's a talent I was born with as an 11.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
I am fully aware of what you're doing.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
I'm trying to give myself a reason to not say "Screw it"...
If you were truly aware of what I'm doing you'd just post more David Bowie videos in response.
And what if "Screw it" winds up being the only true answer for the questions you are asking?
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
If you were truly aware of what I'm doing you'd just post more David Bowie videos in response.
I'm not a fan of David Bowie. I'm more an Eagles kind of person.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
And what if "Screw it" winds up being the only true answer for the questions you are asking?
It occurs to me that if I truly believe that's the only answer, it means I'm not strong enough to fight for a better one.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
The truth is only as true as you're willing to be to yourself.