Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Agree with you on this. We still have to live within the dhamma law and that means physical rules. Hit by a truck you will be squashed
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reflection in a mirror
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Sure. The universe doesn't go away simply because you close your eyes. In meditation, the experience that the body disappears is an *experience*, but need not reflect what goes on in reality.
/E: Have someone else sit beside you and ask them if your body went away for them.
Well, I don't know the sensory capabilities of this third eye, so cannot say.
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Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I can only answer for my own meditation practice, and the body and world around do actually disapear when you go deep enough in the meditation. The total freedom that arise is more then can be explained with words. And what can be felt is pur joy. All there is left is awarness
And I don't deny you have such an experience. But does someone else sitting next to you agree your body disappeared?
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
My fianceè was looking for me and found only an empty pillow i normally sit on when meditating. And she was aware of that i was meditating in the moment.
I know this is only words, I do not know if i would be able to video film it but if that is possible i might try that in the future.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Exactly. However the illusion is thinking that your physical death is the the death of the true self.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
True
sealchan
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I see what other people see, the physical aspect of my face which I see as familiar but still somehow strange. I dont "own" my physical appearance much at all. I let my wife guide me in that department.
dfnj
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When you look into the mirror, what do you see in the black part of your eye?
If the light and magnification are sufficient, my retina.
dfnj
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In the Tibetan Book of the Dead you face demons of your own creation as you travel down the path to reincarnation. Along the way, you have multiple opportunities to have a Buddhahood realization, or you turn away and continue down the path to reincarnation and continue to be tortured by demons of your own creation. Eventually, if you keep turn away, you get reincarnated living to someone living in New Jersey. The cool thing about New Jersey is there is only Heaven after you live here.
dfnj
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Obviously you did not look. It's like two opposing mirrors but something different.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
The black part of an eye
dfnj
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The black part of an eye
Did you look? Because that is not it.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
It is just an eye
dfnj
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It is just an eye
If you look into the black part you will see a reflection of your own face. And in the eye of that reflection is another face. It becomes like two opposing mirrors in a strange loop of endless feedback.
Strange loops are funny things. They make the mind awaken to new possibilities.
The next sentence is true.
The previous sentence is false.
The experience of paradox in semantics transcends normal modes of consciousness. Have you ever thought about what your brain is doing between thoughts? Reflections in the semantic mirror are the most profound.
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Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
There is only one eye that one look at, the others are reflection of the first eye.
dfnj
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Obviously you did not look. It's like two opposing mirrors but something different.
If you look into the black part you will see a reflection of your own face. And in the eye of that reflection is another face. It becomes like two opposing mirrors in a strange loop of endless feedback.
Strange loops are funny things. They make the mind awaken to new possibilities.
The next sentence is true.
The previous sentence is false.
The experience of paradox in semantics transcends normal modes of consciousness. Have you ever thought about what your brain is doing between thoughts? Reflections in the semantic mirror are the most profound.
One sees this "paradoxical" imagery because one is seeing one's own reflection on the reflective surface of the cornea, and the black backdrop of the pupil enhances the reflection.
Nothing strange or unusual about it.