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Originally posted by ancientthunder
At first we are like donkeys being led here and there, then after some time we become like lions and roar. But in the end we become like a child.
Originally posted by ancientthunder
All I am saying is do we want to be limited by it and led to believe we are much less than we are?
Originally posted by ancientthunder
reply to post by Dustytoad
Great reply, but I wouldn't expect less from the Lion. There is another saying which is ancient and it goes something like this. At first we are like donkeys being led here and there, then after some time we become like lions and roar. But in the end we become like a child.
Originally posted by ancientthunder
reply to post by NiNjABackflip
To believe is another matter , someone under the influence of alcohol for instance can believe they can drive very well but that belief is not a guarantee. Also you could disbelieve someones ability to do a particular task and they could prove that your disbelief is erroneous.You could believe your Father is you Father and your Mother on her death bed could tell you that your Father is someone else. Thus Spoke Zarathustra was written by Friedrich Nietzsche and he believed he was in some shape or form channeling Zarathustra an ancient Persian God (super hero), the book was amazing but we cannot prove or disprove his belief. But what is even more amazing is that you cannot even know where,when and how the mind or the universe comes in to being.
reply to post by NiNjABackflip
I agree with you; but this further proves my point that the mind is the deceptive sense here. You believe the senses are limited and that the mind is unlimited, which leads you to the conclusion that the sensual world is limiting the unlimited mind. Now these are beliefs, which you proved can always be erroneous. In the case of your OP, the world shows you one thing, yet you conclude another for whatever reason, as most people, including myself, tend to do when the answer isn't sufficient enough to satiate our vanity. How is it that when the world shows us one thing, we are able to conclude another, even if it means imagining beyond what we just experienced? Without our experiences, senses and the sensual world, would we be able to imagine at all? I would argue that the senses and the sensual world is limited by the mind.