Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment.
Matt Gregory
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by Matt Gregory » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:58 am
I'm just trying to point out the paradox.
Yeah, we can experience six cats, and the "cats" come from physical reality, but where does the "six" come from if not the mind? And if it comes only from the mind, then doesn't that make it imaginary? But if it's imaginary, how can it be used to accomplish anything in physical reality? It seems paradoxical to me.
Matt Gregory
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by Matt Gregory » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:15 am
Well, I guess it can't come totally from the mind, because that would mean we could look at five cats and call them "six".
I guess I just can't conceive of how we could come up with numbers at all.
sevens
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by sevens » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:10 am
I = First expression
I = 1
1 = 1
Know I, know others.
Know others, know 1.
Know 1, know All.
1 = 1
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All were not created equal.
Ego arises from forced I = I.
Matt Gregory
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by Matt Gregory » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:06 pm
Thanks, Sevens! I can always count on you to distract everyone's attention after I embarrass myself on the forum.
Matt Gregory
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by Matt Gregory » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:13 pm
I think the fundamental nature of the mind is either/or comparison, and math is a pure expression of this.
We compare concepts in the same way we compare physical objects, so that has to be the connection between the mind and the physical world.