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Moments come and go, and so does truth. The Infinite alone is permanent. Truth is what we infer about reality, it is a dualistic categorization of thought, it isn't reality itself. - There is no reality without thought. Reality precedes thought, though the idea or realization of reality can only co...

Moments come and go, and so does truth. The Infinite alone is permanent. Truth is what we infer about reality, it is a dualistic categorization of thought, it isn't reality itself. Russell you are the cause of the infinite and this is what makes you permanent (as long as you don't expect to wake up...

Moments come and go, and so does truth. The Infinite alone is permanent. Truth is what we infer about reality, it is a dualistic categorization of thought, it isn't reality itself. Russell you are the cause of the infinite and this is what makes you permanent (as long as you don't expect to wake up...

Cahoot: Here is something that I know, and it is not based on logic. At the actual moment of truth, thought is superfluous. In fact, I can infer based on what I've seen in life, that thought gets in the way. At the actual moment of truth, something other than thought takes over. Not during all that...

Cahoot: Here is something that I know, and it is not based on logic. At the actual moment of truth, thought is superfluous. In fact, I can infer based on what I've seen in life, that thought gets in the way. At the actual moment of truth, something other than thought takes over. Not during all that...

ardy, If present jnana is necessary If not present jnana is not necessary Sooner or later all paths lead to jnana As all streams lead to the sea In other words, to say some of what is, for reasons expanded upon in the postings between here and when the concept of breakthrough was introduced, I agre...

What you are referring to is prajna wisdom. Now how the hell it works I have no idea, to just understand things from nothing is almost mystical if it wasn't so matter-of-fact. I'm no expert in buddhist terminology, but Prajna seems simple enough to understand, leaving me to assume that you are conf...

Evidence of the punishment philosophy is all over the map, existing as interpretation of phenomena, and existing as initiation of phenomena. I’ve been familiar with meditation all my adult life, with varying degrees of intensity, but I have no experience other than rationality to compare with a lif...

I'm speaking of a specific knowledge, not one that the mind is filled with, but a knowledge that is tapped into. It is knowledge of emptiness, which enables the knower to be empty. The path takes one from knowing things about reality, to knowing reality first hand. To be one with God, you must firs...

Russell, I think that philosophy involves looking within yourself for answers or what rings true for you from something you read or heard. Anyone who does that with honesty is already on the 'path'. The two are one in the end. Like many things. To me, philosophy is the structure of thoughts, ideas,...

Agreed. I just want to make it clear that Enlightenment doesn't render philosophy useless. Russell, I think that philosophy involves looking within yourself for answers or what rings true for you from something you read or heard. Anyone who does that with honesty is already on the 'path'. The two a...

movingalways wrote :I suggest that a more accurate way to say this is: "Enlightenment is about using logic to dismantle the ego in order to realize one is and always has been, one with Eternal Creation." ardy wrote: Aha! Pam this is where we diverge. Never thought it would happen. My beli...

DvR - What counts however is all that went before that, impossible to describe but a path one is always on if so inclined. Interesting here is the notion that explaining profound truths could have the opposite effect if the mind of the listener is still full of itself while not realizing that is the...

So where do we go from here? Is the conundrum of enlightenment worth human endeavour to discover? I would have thought so. The Western world has spent over a trillion dollars on global warming yet after 25 years of effort we have little to show for it. Maybe a few million $$ to study the most perpl...

Hey Ardy. This is a topic that I have not considered for a long time. If it has form, then it is logical. The logic is there to be discovered. Intrinsic Buddha nature. Hmm. A tidy logical contemplation from this concept is: How does intrinsic Buddha nature reconcile with the lack of intrinsic natur...

movingalways wrote: ardy, while it is true that nobody knows how IT works, it is also true that we do know how consciousness, a part of IT works, that is, by making distinctions. To be enlightened (also a distinction made by consciousness) therefore is to be aware of the two truths: 1. What we can'...

ardy: I would suggest that looking at the details is an end statement, a full stop when dealing with the universe. Still it may deal with you anyway - you would not be the first. Nobody knows how this works. Russell: The details are important because they can be the difference between advancement a...

You can be thick as a brick and still break through. ardy, could you expand on this? HI Cahoot lovely to hear from you. I heard an enlightenment story in the mid 90's from the philosophy instructor we had. Amongst a Japanese Monastery's monks was one so thick that he could not understand most of wh...

Russell: You stated "The details are important because they can be the difference between advancement and stagnation. if the mind isn't fine tuned, through and through, on thoughts of the Infinite, then subtle delusional habits can lead to a grossly distorted representation of enlightenment.&qu...

Russell: agree with some of what you say. Loss of discrimination . What happened to me was that I was unable to tell the difference between a good person and an evil one. Every human appeared the same to me and that did a lot of damage to what I did for a living. Rise and fall of life on this planet...

We have been sharing insights the whole time, in this thread and the others. It's strange that you propose that we must not have anything to offer, unless you mean by your terms only. It remains that this thread has a dirty feeling to it, and your agenda seems questionable at best. It's actually lo...

Ardy, maybe the reason a few of us think it's a pointless idea to "participate" in your thread is because of your behavior leading up to it. You've already expressed, more than once, where you rank the lot of members here, without giving much of any indication that you are qualified for s...

You could start by reading more carefully all what's ever written about it, right from the beginning. Perhaps it's all about granularity and attention? No! Its about your reluctance to say anything, of any depth or worth, about experiences you have had in the spiritual world. I am starting to get t...

Do you need a pat on the back because you did some IT support work assisting something of mediocre importance? It seems to me, based on these exchanges, that you have a highly mechanical outlook on logic, reason and perhaps even nature as some set of biological and physical notions which is then be...

If you're not able to express your experienced insights in some reasonable language, then you're still a child. Your dislike of logic is clear and related to your attachment to things which have nothing to do with the realities being discussed here. You grossly misunderstand me. I have a high regar...