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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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Dang, I think I may have "weighed in" too heavy and killed the thread...  |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| How does anyone know where thoughts (or dreams = sleep thoughts) come from? |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: |
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1. No.
2. Yes. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
| Dang, I think I may have "weighed in" too heavy and killed the thread... |
Nah. Those involved are just awaiting Merlot's return.  |
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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, I was kidnapped...long story, happy ending.
As I mentioned my essay last night was at 2000+ words trying desperately to articulate my answers. There is no way I'm going to post something in such rough form and get murdered here by the critics; so, I'll condense dramatically:
I am not an animal. I am the spirit that resides in the animal who has cultivated "cosmic consciousness" through much inner work. Cosmic consciousness takes me to a place where one detaches and learns to think from a non-human perspective. In this state one drops the ego and all the petty human emotions, gazes across eternity and Knows that this special connection with the Infinite can never die. Animals die. I am not an animal.
If everything is this world and beyond is connected, and it takes little observation to see this -- well then, there is only One thing. If there is only One thing, then my thoughts must originate from this Oneness. I can not have an independent thought that does not require this connection no matter how much my human ego wants me to believe so. My thoughts come from this Oneness I speak of and I realize this while practicing cosmic consciousness. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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So you are looking at things purely from a philosophical viewpoint?!
You are trying to create a new cosmic religion?! |
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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
So you are looking at things purely from a philosophical viewpoint?!
You are trying to create a new cosmic religion?! |
Nothing new about it. Best book written on the subject I've found is Cosmic Consciousness by Dr. Bucke (published around 1900).
It is a case by case study listings of individuals throughout history who have achieved this state on various levels |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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in explanation..yes to number 1...we are a multicellular organism. wiki it 
and yes to number 2..our thoughts come from our brain...or at least thats what he evidence points to right now. ill go with that until someone presents more compelling evidence. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Merlot, do you swear that you're not Seoul Unitarian writing under a different moniker?
I recently got his book in the mail.
If you folks are interested, I'll tell you about it after I finish reading it.
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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
Merlot, do you swear that you're not Seoul Unitarian writing under a different moniker?
I recently got his book in the mail.
If you folks are interested, I'll tell you about it after I finsih reading it. |
I swear. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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No.
No. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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1. Since I am an dog, one word...anthropomorphosis.
2. Animals are creatures of habit. |
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