That cat scans reveal that feeling of empathy and acts of kindness fire receptors in the brain similar to that of a person doing a line of coke.
Its official; loving people gets you high!
First off, Buddhist practice is very very good. Some would say unrivaled, as it is both effective aNd simple.
The prajna paramita sutras clearly describe "enlightenment" or "truth"
The truth is wordless, undisturbed
& unpolluted by brain & sense organs.
When formlessness is observed by...
Most people do not understand New age; just like they don't understand Taoism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, or Advaita.
Mystics must be presentable because fundamentalists are the biggest "Neo advaitins" as in many people reduce enlightenment to simple fast food philosophy not worth our time...
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When the mind is free of notions, in a loud silence. Nothing appears to exist, so Buddha figured there is no absolute reality.
But when the experience of voidness is reasoned by a human intellect, it becomes obvious that non existence is the absolute reality.
Polarity is trully samsara...
In Christianity it is agreed that Satan is the rebel against God, the tempter
But in the days of early Christianity there were two rival sects Gnostics and literalists(Pauline )
Each descided on different theology to apply to Christs message.
The Gnostic Christians say that God is truelly...
Gnosticism has a very particular way of expressing realization in myths.
This is a Gnostic myth born from my brain. brain born as on I imagined it, but its not necessarily untrue as it is a symbolic creation myth representing our perception universe
. & combining Advaita philosophy with...
From meditation and philosophy it becomes apparent to me that all is a single conscious-energy. the static consciousness is the white-appearing empty space, and energy is the black appearing fullness.
But then I check out this dark energy theory. They say it pervades all,and most of reality...
Who are these Essenes?
Mom told me Jesus was an Essene. But idk.
Picked up a new book called the Essene code of life. Its pretty good, based around the pantheist ideal of "the natural and cosmic laws" of God.
does anyone know anything about Essenes you would like to share.
When a buddha, a Christ arises in reality,
He notices the futility of idol worship(the worship of deities(
Each time the prophet has a new solution ti the deity problem.
In the Vedas the gods are described as regulatory agents of a the God or Cosmic man.
2500 years ago Buddha declared...
Why?
Other than personal nondual experience, there is a way to figure this out.
A paradox s something that apparently exists, but logically shouldn't.
Under the assumption of pluralism,
there would be separate entities or objects.
at very least three things, two polarized objects and...
Recently this brain has been reading all about Gnosticism and Christ.
Particularly the. Secret Gospel of John, apparently after jesus' death resurrection and ascension, John went to the desert and contemplated.
Jesus appeared to him in his heavenly body(full of lights, unblemished) then...
So you may follow a religion or not,
but mostly you(this person) don't care that much.
So a person tells you,
Nature is the real God, peaceful hippies & Bohemians are her Monk.
What do you think?
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Essentially the basis of this brains realization is in Advaita Vedanta and Yoga, but Christ is everywhere in America. Growing up with Christ give us the role model prophet, yogi, or Guru. The words of obnoxious literalist ministers originally scared me off from anything Christian, but...
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Surelly Ganja is not universally relavent to All Hindus. But how can today's Hindus outright deny the ritual use of cannabis unless they outright deny shaivite, shakta, and tantrik practice as totally not Hindu.
but even then the Vedas are said to list bhang as one of the five sacred...
NAMASTE
Hi, they define Panpsychism as all matter has an inner or even mental attributes. And anamism is defined as all things having an inner spirit. What is the difference here?
Lol, this mind brings up thoughts of the mythic being Shiva.
Mom watched the lone ranger movie with Johnny depp as tanto.
This mind goes " oh its Shiva!"
An example of a man, a mystic native, one with a Nature. He carries on like a spirit in the desert, he appars crazy, but really hes more...
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This person often meditates on non dual reality.
When in quite meditation the Non-dual reality appears black.
This makes me think Kali
when doing hard concentration with mantras or breathing the non dual reality appears all white. Which make "me" think Siva.
but relaxing now adays it...
Namaste R.E.F.
I was pondering on the peoples many views of Jesus.
Jesus is a powerful figure through out the world, and has been described by people in many religions.
The loudest are evangelical or otherwise literal interpretations of Scriptures.
But many more ideas of Jesus suffaced...
Hi, I'm a contemplative cat, and I figured I'd say hi to everyone.
Like to read a lot of philosophy and have discussions on the Absolute Reality, what is true all the time, unchangeing truth.
Two principals seem to be apparent, the self never seems to change, like static space, so its...