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  1. JDMS

    Do god(s) understand themselves?

    This is a difficult question to phrase correctly, and honestly, even the title doesn't really cover it. My question is... if gods have an innate purpose, role, etc... do they understand it, or are they at least aware of it themselves? Or, in your view, do they have no innate role? If they...
  2. Brickjectivity

    Hating yourself leads to hating others. Agree? Vote.

    I have not read books about it such as I'm Ok You're Ok. No, I have not read a lot. I think that its a general principle that if we hate ourselves we cannot help but start to feel miserable about other people. This manifests as various feelings, but its all related to that self hatred...
  3. M

    Question to Buddhists (and Adepts of Meditation)

    I like to read about Buddhist teachings and meditation stuff (since there is some scientific evidence indicating that mindfulness meditation is very beneficial, so it is worth learning and practicing it), but there is a teaching very hard to swallow which my rational mind just can't accept, and...
  4. The Crimson Universe

    Why use two separate terms to address the Self?

    If our true nature is One, Non-dual, Indivisible, Infinite, Eternal Reality, then why do some advaitins use two terms ('Atman' and also 'Brahman') to refer to this immortal Self? I mean it creates confusion in the student's mind. If I am Brahman (aham brahmasmi) then why not call our true...
  5. The Crimson Universe

    Hindus: Does the Self has a form?

    Below are some of the scriptural passages taken from various upanishads mentioning the features/form of the Self. (In Shvetashvatara upanishad 3-8) : 'In color like the sun' (In Chhandogya upanishad 3-4-12) : 'Luminous in form' (In Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) : 'Self-Luminous'...
  6. SalixIncendium

    Samadhi

    I found this video to be an interesting take on Samadhi, Maya, the illusion of self, and ego, and how they correspond to beliefs outside of Vedanta and Hinduism. Thoughts? Opinions? Scathing reviews? Mouth-frothing egocentric rants?
  7. Leonides

    Do you agree with this ?

    “God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was the other way about, which is the painless explanation for the profusion of gods and religions, and the fratricide both between and among faiths, that we see all about us and that has so retarded the development of civilization.“ If...
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  8. SalixIncendium

    Experiencing... Who, What, and Why?

    “Anything that is not a living experience for you is just a fairy tale, isn't it so?” ~ Sadhguru What does your religion/belief structure or personal knowledge tell you about your true nature, who you actually are, if anything, beyond the body and mind? Do the experiences of others have any...
  9. SalixIncendium

    Do You Feel Your Feelings?

    When someone throws an insult or some destructive criticism my way, I often say in jest, "You just hurt my feelings...just kidding...I don't have feelings." This reaction likely comes from my learning to not take what others say about me personally. Of course humans have feelings, but from...
  10. wizanda

    Do We Need a Better Definitive Words For Soul Vs Self?

    Within multiple cultures, we used a terminology for soul, self, our life, that comes from the root of breath, Atman (Sanskrit), Nephesh (Hebrew), Psyche (Greek)... Please add anymore cultures you're aware of to this list. Though because of this we've identified the soul, as being the self; thus...
  11. Undefine Existence

    Where do Thoughts come from?

    If you really think about what you think about.. what do you think about it? When we are fresh out the womb we have no knowledge of what things are and what things are called in this physical world. We have certain instincts that enable us to survive but we have no names or labels for anything...
  12. Undefine Existence

    What is Time?

    Time is simply the measurement of Motion X a Constant Through our perception we all see time moving at the rate that we think we are experiencing it. It could seem one length to a human and another to a lion. It can appear different to different humans. It can even seem to change to the same...
  13. atanu

    Coming back as Sunstone

    We experience the waking world. Enjoy some and then get tired. Go to sleep, often dreaming and see own-self playing or crying or ... and then go to deep sleep, losing touch with bodily self (waking gross body or dreaming light body). Then we wake up again. And the cycle continues. How the same...
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