Thoughts?

[Kalidas]

So this is a quote by Bill Hicks, a comedian that died in 1996

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."


Aside from the random part about a "young man doing acid". I like this quote a lot.

 

[Madhuri]

That's an awesome quote

 

[Aupmanyav]

I will go with that.

 

[Vinayaka]

Too deep for me, Kalidas, but you're welcome to it.

 

[Jainarayan]

I think it's very eastern, I daresay advaitin and very much in line with what I posted in someone else's thread about Stuart Hameroff's and Roger Penrose's hypotheses of quantum consciousness.

 

[Kalidas]

I think it's very eastern, I daresay advaitin and very much in line with what I posted in someone else's thread about Stuart Hameroff's and Roger Penrose's hypotheses of quantum consciousness.

oooh sounds neat. One must share, yes?!

 

[Jainarayan]

oooh sounds neat. One must share, yes?!

Yes, it is interesting. This is a Google search result on Stuart Hameroff. Briefly, he is an anesthesiologist who began contemplating what happens to consciousness under anesthesia. Roger Penrose is a mathematical physicist. They collaborated on their ideas, approaching the result from different angles.

 

[Vinayaka]

And how does simplistic advaitic contemplation get one closer to the goal?

 

[StarryNightshade]

So this is a quote by Bill Hicks, a comedian that died in 1996

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."


Aside from the random part about a "young man doing acid". I like this quote a lot.

I never really got into Hicks, but I can really dig this quote.

 

[Maya3]

So this is a quote by Bill Hicks, a comedian that died in 1996

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves."


Aside from the random part about a "young man doing acid". I like this quote a lot.

I like it. Though I don´t think that we are dreaming exactly.

Maya

 

[Poeticus]

And how does simplistic advaitic contemplation get one closer to the goal?

It doesn't ... It contaminates
the approach since refinement
is often discarded for comfort.​

 

[Madhuri]

I think that the quote is a perfect reflection of certain Hindu perspectives about reality.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I like it. Though I don´t think that we are dreaming exactly.

I would not say that we are asleep and dreaming. I would say we are looking from a perspective of a lower reality (Vyavaharika).

 

[Maya3]

I would not say that we are asleep and dreaming. I would say we are looking from a perspective of a lower reality (Vyavaharika).

A better way to explain it. I tried last night, but I was too tired, and I couldn´t get a sane thought out of my head.

Maya