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SeekerOfWisdom wrote:

Russell wrote:The nature of existence in the absolute sense is a metaphysical inquiry, not scientific.

Thank God for you Russell. That is logic.

Do you also think that reality requires what it precedes in order to exist?

Diebert: Nature is non-dual, Pam. Totality is, the absolute. It's really a detraction to say "every conscious being" unless we'd define everything as some instance of a conscious being. Although that would defy the purpose of the term but at least understanding wouldn't be lobotomized nec...

Gravity itself does not require thought. Fall out of a big balloon basket and voila, gravity ... regardless of what you think or perceive or label. Your thought does not create the gravity, though it does contribute to perceiving gravity, to discovering the Law of Gravity, the Theories of Gravity, ...

There is no fact or accordance (agreement) without thought. I think that key to understanding Webster’s definition of truth is understanding whether or not a property requires thought. For instance, does the existence of gravity require thought, and do the effects of gravity require thought. If Web...

Ah! true Cahoot, but the loss of the rubbish we drag around with us is huge. I guess it is like a guy who has pulled a rickshaw all their life - they are relieved but miss it.. A bit like me in retirement! The standing up is the critical path. Action rules thought (to keep Russell interested?) Nece...

movingalways wrote: There is no fact or accordance (agreement) without thought.

I think that key to understanding Webster’s definition of truth is understanding whether or not a property requires thought. For instance, does the existence of gravity require thought, and do the effects of gravity require thought.

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. - There is no reality without thought. - At the actual moment of reality, thought is superfluous. Would you say that e...

I forget who made the quote 'sometimes you feel as if you have to eff the ineffable' but I did read it years ago in an early zen book - maybe Robert Aitkin? not sure. Interesting. I never read the phrase before I wrote it. My great grip on life is getting weaker and I am not sure whether I am enjoy...

At the actual moment of truth, thought is superfluous. Wrong, there is no truth without thought. Any of the following could be substituted for the word “truth” in the sentence. Absolute, The Totality, The Causality, God, The Tao, Infinite Self, The Infinite. Would any of these make the sentence rig...

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...

Any identified suchness of thing dog is an inference, whether it be ignorant inference or wise inference, whether it be abstract concept or sensory perception. And there are common reference points to differentiate dog that are independently witnessed by different people. If I describe a dog without...

Ever see an unrecognizable reflection in the mirror? In the space of a heartbeat or two, the relationship between awareness and the image in the mirror moves from unrecognizable, to blank, to recognizable. These stages apply to anything that is recognizable, e.g. dog or tree. Any of these stages can...

The absolute always is, however the absolute is causally connected to the thinking of thoughts, which means that whatever thoughts the absolute causes are not conditioned. I don’t follow the conclusion. For example, in the same sense my dog is part of the absolute and is caused by the absolute, and...

The absolute always is, however the absolute is causally connected to the thinking of thoughts, which means that whatever thoughts the absolute causes are not conditioned. I don’t follow the conclusion. For example, in the same sense my dog is part of the absolute and is caused by the absolute, and...

Cahoot: Thoughts are subject to conditions. This makes more sense when you realize that thoughts and thinking are the same thing. By definition the absolute is not subject to conditions. You are not a thought, neither your own nor someone else’s. Thoughts come and go, the absolute always is. The ab...

This broadcast appeared on the radio yesterday. It’s about how people Learn. Learning is UnStoppable. Fascinating TED talk. Man puts a computer set to English in a remote Indian village where no one speaks English and the kids figure out how to use it, though they have no previous knowledge. At 8:50...

From Neo’s pov, the Oracle was a Liar. Lest the point of this also be lost, wisdom can be found on the rocky shoreline of wrecked preconceptions. * After the first baby steps, the transmitter in Timbuktu is not so much responsible for garbled reception caused by aftermarket add-ons to the receiver, ...

“On a 'grander scale' yes, but if this were something you lived by literally then you'd have no problem with giving me all of your money and taking some heroin. I asked what matters to younow, not in the face of birth and death. Whether its in relation to enlightenment or not, the question was abou...

When it comes to enlightenment it doesn't matter, it cannot matter where one lives or what one now does. There's no way to predict or categorize all the forms and possibilities. Not even by probability! Some might stay in the "monastery", others would leave. Some never came there in the f...

When it comes to enlightenment it doesn't matter, it cannot matter where one lives or what one now does. There's no way to predict or categorize all the forms and possibilities. Not even by probability! Some might stay in the "monastery", others would leave. Some never came there in the f...

I believe in reverse ascetism. Screw as many broads as you like until you grow tired of it, nauseated from it. Eat as much hedonistic foods as you like, until you grow ill and tired from it. Nauseated, bored, such things will have lost their novelty. Then, truly, you will be above such things. If y...

If you concur with my conclusion about #1, then the thoughts that come of the logos principle would be absolute (absolutely true), would they not? Thoughts are subject to conditions. This makes more sense when you realize that thoughts and thinking are the same thing. By definition the absolute is ...

The truth is not out there. The truth arises in you. You are the truth. You create truths and not someone else out there. That's why, it's difficult for one to see the truth because one's eyes couldn't see one's own eyes. If one person identifies a shape as a duck And another person at the same tim...

Logically, is not the life of reasoning that follows absence of thought or senses not evidence that there is a principle or cause (logos) at work that allows for the life of reasoning to appear? Yes. It could be called The Supreme Ordering Principle in the Universe. I apologize again. This forum is...