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offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2008-11-12 15:57 [#02251922]
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OK, that makes sense.

We are aware of the body, but we are not the body. We are
aware of the mind but we are not the mind.

This is similar to some Buddhist ideas.

Thanks dude


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-11-12 16:04 [#02251923]
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brazil: If you are a fragmented, incomplete piece of work
then you can have no concept of what completion beyond
practical and theoretical improvement is.

If your imperfect self desired it and then knew what it was
to be perfect - it would become it. The fact even that the
imperfect thing has a desire to be perfect means it is still
imperfect, it is not complete. If it is perfect then why
does it desire something? Why does it desire perfection?
Hahaha. If it desires something, then it does not have
something, and it's not perfect.

darkp; no prob man


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2008-11-12 16:34 [#02251924]
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This actually makes a lot of sense, Cygnus-san.


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2008-11-12 17:00 [#02251926]
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1: Heaven
2: Purgatory

Case closed.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-11-13 00:00 [#02251969]
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No, there is only 1 God, not 3! 3 Gods is
paganism!


This is the best way I ever thought of to try and explain
this. You, or any person exists as atoms, molecules and
cells. Each has its own, separate unique system and role,
but each is 100% you. You are not 33% of each, and your
atoms, molecules and cells do not make up 3 different
people. There is just one you, one human being.

So because God is revealed in 3 identities does not mean
there isn't only 1 God. You can't assume that the criteria
to be God is like the criteria to be a person, where 1
person has 1 identity. It could be like the criteria that
makes up a seashore. 1 seashore is made up of millions to
billions of grains of sand, but each grain of sand is not 1
seashore.


 

offline Quaristice on 2008-11-13 01:23 [#02251982]
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I don't buy it, sorry, it's too elaborate.

God is one, He has no need to have a physical(Jesus) and a
spiritual(holy ghost) form


 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-13 11:17 [#02252072]
Points: 844 Status: Regular



Cygnus-- i understand you, and what you're saying. At the
level of "salvation" as a gift from god, I can only describe
this as the difference between living in hell and living in
heaven IN the present, which is all we really know or have.


Now, about our brains-- yes, there are parts of our brains
which separate us from god, namely any part of it which is
not in use towards an aim (getting unseperated being my
primary aim).

There are different levels of mind, but getting words or
symbols involved is actually just 'buffering'-- because God,
or life, or whatever, can be scary, or just plain too much
for a biological consciousness

Cygnus, as soon as we put it into our words, or any kind of
abstraction not intimately and wholly experienced, we can
start putting 'holes' into it.

This is why I feel God only in the gaps-- the absolute is
impossible on a logical level, yet...

And dark promenade-- there is no such thing as nonsense. if
something doesn't make sense to you, its because you've
approached it from the wrong direction.

What kind of 'defending' am I doing?

Mr. Brazil, a you assume that 'perfect being' means
something that exists within our universe, and is not simply
that whole itself--

No matter what you do right now, you cannot change that
you've read this, because things fall into place. If they
didn't fall into place, there would be nothing at all. Now,
if everything just falls into place (sometimes referred to
as the Grace of God), one should make quick business of
simply accepting, asking mercy, and stop trying to be
anything but a part of this fantastic whole, rather than
trying to be a perfect whole in and of oneself (no man is an
island)--

The AMAZING part, is when and if you start this journey, you
may find your 'self' to be something you never imagined
possible. So-- yes, Cygnus, no you can't imagine it
without 'transubstantiation' however you can never wholly
imagine it.

I want to be able to relax every muscle in my body, but I do
not inten


 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-13 11:22 [#02252074]
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what cygnus wrote above-- about 'fragmentation'-- this is at
the crux of all this. how defragmented can a human being
get? Imagine they've wholly integrated all their nervous
function, they know exactly how far they can run at a dead
sprint from here to 100 feet away, and TRULY investigate all
opportunities that would be presented to A HUMAN BEING,

Now, what do they decide to do with this power in the domain
of human beings?

The WILL to do things comes from OUTSIDE of us in the
impulses to which we react-- that is the flow-- but as you
may see if you begin looking for this will to do things,
that you are actually outside of yourself as well.



 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-13 11:25 [#02252075]
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And once again-- the trinity is well illustrated by triadic
relation between all things-- music and harmony.
It is strange to me to consider a perfect 'being' that is
any more human being than a rock is being or nothing is
being. Perfect being is just that--
being.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-11-13 12:18 [#02252085]
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illfates;

there are parts of our brains which separate us from god,
namely any part of it which is not in use towards an aim
(getting unseperated being my primary aim).


Your brain is a computer man. It sees a task that needs to
be done and does it until it's finished. If any part of your
brain is used to understand anything "spiritual", or
anything that does not have form, it's just a means to an
end. It will change quickly. You brain's already waiting for
the next one as it's begun to embark on the first journey.
If the human idea of world peace is some logically
ascertained formula they've concocted in their head, it will
never happen. Why? Because it came from the source of the
problem! Their head! If we are trying to understand God with
our heads then we might as well be trying to solve a math
problem or build an atomic bomb, or do a morning
masturbation.


 

offline TACITURN on 2008-11-13 15:59 [#02252153]
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offline cyrstal dude from LA all day! (United States) on 2008-11-13 16:48 [#02252183]
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Religion just represents a fragmentation of the idea of
self. I don't think it's good or bad but, all religions
lead
to the same path. Or like that quote says, "All paths lead
to the same destination"


 

offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2008-11-13 16:51 [#02252187]
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if i am enjoying a pleasent fondle of myself and suddenly
get a homoerotic thought in my head, followed swiftly by a
bullet to my brain from the sniper who shoots me outside my
window, will i die a homo?


 

offline SlipDrinkMats from Thanks (Bhutan) on 2008-11-13 17:06 [#02252193]
Points: 1744 Status: Regular | Followup to Brisk: #02252187



We don't need Jesus to answer that one, my fruity friend.


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2008-11-13 18:46 [#02252224]
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What you write is nonsense.

"yes, there are parts of our brains
which separate us from god, namely any part of it which is
not in use towards an aim" ????????

"This is why I feel God only in the gaps" So you feel God
do you?

"No matter what you do right now, you cannot change that
you've read this, because things fall into place." What do
you mean by this? (In fact, that whole paragraph is
rubbish)

"And once again-- the trinity is well illustrated by triadic

relation between all things-- music and harmony." No it
isn't. The two are unrelated.

You're a bullshit artist who hides behind language.



 

offline ph from United States on 2008-11-13 21:32 [#02252244]
Points: 411 Status: Regular



interesting concept, all of this.
it seems (not from this topic) but any Christian worth their
salt would debate in their mind whether God is real or not;
which logically would lead to their faith (which is why I
called them Christian, it's an example).

I would agree that God (the Trinity) is in all things to one
degree or another;
yet I am not going to convince someone like darkpromenade,
whose view of life is the polar opposite of mine on such a
matter.

it's a great thing to be able to make a choice.



 

offline Mr Brazil from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2008-11-13 22:05 [#02252250]
Points: 1970 Status: Lurker



This is all a bunch glossolalia. Aptly so.


 

offline ph from United States on 2008-11-13 22:08 [#02252252]
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says the man with called "Mr Brazil".

tell me sir...
are you even married to Brazil, you sham you!


 

offline mimi on 2008-11-13 22:46 [#02252256]
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Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

blame my mother, she emailed it to me this morning


 

offline Mr Brazil from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2008-11-13 23:03 [#02252260]
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That is funny.


 

offline Mr Brazil from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2008-11-13 23:06 [#02252261]
Points: 1970 Status: Lurker | Followup to ph: #02252252



I don't think I'll ever be allowed to get married to a Ms.
Brazil if I wanted. At least in the state I live.


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2008-11-14 00:46 [#02252273]
Points: 2777 Status: Regular | Followup to ph: #02252244



I think you might have misunderstood my position.

I actually agree with your statement "God is in all things".
Well, I might not agree with it, but I think it is a
reasonable statement to make. Your position and mine on
these matters is remarkably close.

My problem with illfates is the language he uses and the
statements he makes. The language is convoluted at best and
meaningless at worst. I don't believe he has the slightest
understanding of what he says. Certainly he has no
real-word experience to back up his statements. He's read
some books and thrown together a whole mess of ideas into
something that he tries to pass of as well constructed. But
it is nonsense. He's a fraud.

I usually don't get involved in this type of thing and it
shows a degree of weakness on my behalf that I have bothered
to get involved this time.


 

offline Falito from Balenciaga on 2008-11-14 01:04 [#02252274]
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offline ph from United States on 2008-11-14 03:34 [#02252291]
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and the cartoon tiger developed in fantasy by an adolescent
mind, used by an adult in a forum focused on dorky music
generated made on computers/electronics does not understand
my wording, ah well.
perhaps next time Hobbes old pal; Watterson would be proud,
I'm sure.

sorry darkpromenade for getting your words wrong.

and Falito has caught on that Google ads always lead to the
True Path;

I'm going to go kill myself now.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-11-14 16:55 [#02252459]
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im getting scientology ads


 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-14 20:58 [#02252508]
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I AM A FRAUD, A SHAM, if THAT IS WHAT I AM

I'm just trying to throw you a line-- maybe you'll bite and
go read a book or two yourself. Do you leave room for
things you don't understand?

Try and learn to play 6 hits on one hand in the time of 7 on
the other--

Do you know who Richard Feynman is/was?

Two words: bong - go

And yeah-- i feel, and by feel I mean, I sense the presence
of, have developed an idiosyncratic faith in reality, and my
ability to realize, shape, and (by the grace of god) enjoy
it.



 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-14 21:51 [#02252518]
Points: 844 Status: Regular



Hey I thought of a better way to explain what I mean:

You brain has the capacity match patterns out some kind of
pattern rich 'reality'

matching patterns is/are divine.

by divine, I mean GREAT in eyes, scales of eyes,
holy tiers of eyes



 

offline ph from United States on 2008-11-14 22:48 [#02252523]
Points: 411 Status: Regular



illfates, you think and express too much in such a casual
and crude forum as this.
but it's nice to see some of your complicated views; even if
I disagree with them.


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2008-11-15 00:07 [#02252532]
Points: 2777 Status: Regular



Classic!

I only know Feynman from his work on the Challenger
disaster......

You're still not making sense. Your (suposedly complicated)
views are incomplete and illogical. You just spout bullshit
my friend.

I call fraud.

I call charlatan.

I call pretender.

You cannot effectively communicate your apparant contact
with the Divine.

You're just full of shit mate.


 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-15 14:31 [#02252693]
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what do I care what you think?


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2008-11-15 20:16 [#02252774]
Points: 2777 Status: Regular | Followup to illfates: #02252693



I don't know, but you bothered to reply to my last few
posts. I'll just assume you can't use simpler language to
describe your "revelations".


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2008-11-15 21:01 [#02252780]
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im getting scientology aids

fixed that for you


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2008-11-16 06:20 [#02252814]
Points: 5499 Status: Lurker | Followup to illfates: #02252074



You are quite insane.


 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-17 13:39 [#02253054]
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when I was about 19, i got home-invaded and robbed by some
guys with guns.. i was pretty traumatized. i went down to
berkeley for a summer. the first day I was there i found a
lady on craigslist who needed help repairing rabbit urine
stains on her hardwood floors and preparing her house for
sale. she was narcoleptic treated with dexedrine and had a
13 year old daughter from a busted marriage, and had just
survived cancer.

after I worked for her that day she offered to let me stay
in the swank cottage behind her main house. in exchange, i
helped her there with a variety of things, including
watering her garden. i'd never really put a lot of thought
into plants and animals before this, and I had some kind of
crazy "creative insights" into the differences in mobility
of physical things.

One morning I dreamt of a dot on a glowing red plane, it was
spinning, though I could not tell (cuz it was just a spot)
until it began to phase into 2 spots spinning around and
back into 1 -- the thing was resonating fantastically--
2-3-5-3 spots all cycling and then I woke up

The sun was streaming in the window and had been the red
plane-- I followed it to the carpet in the middle of the
room, and there was a bee, a big bumblebee that was
sometimes in the room in the mornings, they or it would fly
in from the garden

well it was dead, and clutched into the carpet in a tiny
death embrace, in the morning sun

i picked it up, and named it "Not Bee," and took it down to
a copy shop downtown where I scanned it at very very very
high resolution.

I made a picturebook called "reperceiver" about the future,
where everyone begins to have the same dream, and
consciousness and individuality begin to flux, and everyone
becomes the same individual hive entity

it really blew me away then--- i didn't know where the
'creativity' or whatever was coming from, but I loved it,
still love it--

My idea of the divine is that like a neuron in my body, my
body is a 'impulse' modulator for larger systems,


 

offline illfates from space (United States) on 2008-11-17 13:47 [#02253056]
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larger systems about which I cannot directly know anything,
but if I am receptive, can create creative abstractions
which sort of make sense in this dimensionality-- in human
time, or at least suggest the presence of a higher order.

have you ever seen the Escher drawing of the two dimensional
dragon trying to become three dimensional?

i heard once that it was perfectly acceptable for me to
invent my own religion. i always fancied it, but didn't
really have a clue what religion was for, which made it very
difficult to begin that sort of inventing.

then i was forced out of my comfort zone, repeatedly, and
worried much more about animal terrors-- creating the
trauma INTO art, into a third thing, which was not just
remembered and re-experienced self, has saved me in this
life, i don't know about any others. but where creativity
comes from, and why some people don't ever get to experience
certain things.. why some people have power over others..

these are, to me, questions of religion and its evolution


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2008-11-17 16:26 [#02253111]
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i admire the synthesis between induism and sufi islam
happened in the indian subcontinent under the king Akbar the
great, despite the various inadequacies of both religions
and what basically was an aristocratic society, way before
the brits started to slaughter people here and there.


 

offline Mr Brazil from Oh Joan, I love you so... on 2008-11-18 21:55 [#02253374]
Points: 1970 Status: Lurker



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