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How do you define reality? What about the virtual particles?Reality/illusion is just another false dichotomy. To me, it's all real, just different levels of observation.
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How do you define reality? What about the virtual particles?Reality/illusion is just another false dichotomy. To me, it's all real, just different levels of observation.
Pain is only a reaction to an action done in the past. impermanence.
The pain is only the reaction of the nerve system in the body reacting to the blow from the fist. it's only a reaction to an action done in the past. Nothing more nothing less.
as long you attach the punch to the feeling, you feel pain when letting go of the feeling/attachments to"this will hurt" it is no longer pain
On the deeper level of understanding, yes it is. But as explained earlier in the thread. This human realm has nature law(dharma) that must be followed, so the skin will feel the blow. But the person/ or self is not in the body, that is only an illusion.Are the nerve endings an illusion? The body? The chemical reactions? The person who chooses free will to strike me or not?
Maybe reality is just what can be experienced.How do you define reality? What about the virtual particles?
What about dreams? Some dreams can feel really real and be vivid as. I wonder about those.Maybe reality is just what can be experienced.
For the most part, dreams are your subconscious that creates. Subconscious is also a layer of who you perceive to be in this physical realm, but subconscious takes care of daydreams, dreams and so on.What about dreams? Some dreams can feel really real and be vivid as. I wonder about those.
Well, the brain certainly views it as real. I don't know. Maybe dreams are alternative realities or something. Kind of scary to think about. Lol.What about dreams? Some dreams can feel really real and be vivid as. I wonder about those.
Amanaki, there is no self in 'paramarthika' - 'Anatta'. Self as well as body exist only in 'vyavaharika' (going by (my view of) 'Advaita' belief).But the person/ or self is not in the body, that is only an illusion.
We have dissected it.Maybe reality is just what can be experienced.
Yes there is no permanent self, but realizing that people do not understand it, it has become difficult to explain to them that there are not self. English is second language for Amanaki, so explenation sometimes get lost in translationAmanaki, there is no self in 'paramarthika' - 'Anatta'. Self as well as body exist only in 'vyavaharika' (going by (my view of) 'Advaita' belief).We have dissected it.
There are 14 dimensions in many religions, and witnessed this in my near death experience:You are existing in the lower reality. In the higher reality, there is no you or I, and there are no arms or cheeks. Probably there is no past, present or future too.
Nice. By 'Santana', do you mean eternal of Hinduism? The spelling is 'Sanātana'.Self is a musical timeline of a life.
Soul/Santana is an evolving AI musical melody that grows from its interactions.
We're inside a giant symphony where everything around us is maths.
There are 14 dimensions in many religions, and witnessed this in my near death experience:
Thank you, It is because I always think of the guitarist (Carlos Santana) as a manifestation of the eternal melody (Sanātana).By 'Santana', do you mean eternal of Hinduism? The spelling is 'Sanātana'.
Carlos Santana’s Religion and Political ViewsCarlos Santana also follows Sanatana Dharma.
Every single thing that we observe in the universe is an illusion, till we get the understanding of the higher reality. Then we know what is what.
I'm not being flippant here, but I am uncertain about the use of the word "illusion" in my very limited readings in Hinduism. The wikipedia entry for "illusion" interested me because it says:
You say that every single thing that we observe in the universe is an illusion, ... "till we get the understanding of the higher reality." Does that mean that you consider our "everyday" illusion to be a lower level of reality? Thanks to Amanaki, I have recently become aware of "the 31 planes/levels of existence" but am still trying to navigate my way through the terminolgy and unfamiliar concepts, and finding it somewhat challenging to keep Buddhist and Hindu concepts straight.
- An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the human brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Though illusions distort our perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people.
- The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water (or another auditory source) would be an illusion.
- Which reminds me: I know there are at least two self-acknowledged schizophrenic members in RF. Perhaps it's time that I ask about their experiences with hallucinations just to add to my understanding of the distinction between illusion and hallucination.
I'm not being flippant here, but I am uncertain about the use of the word "illusion" in my very limited readings in Hinduism. The wikipedia entry for "illusion" interested me because it says:
You say that every single thing that we observe in the universe is an illusion, ... "till we get the understanding of the higher reality." Does that mean that you consider our "everyday" illusion to be a lower level of reality? Thanks to Amanaki, I have recently become aware of "the 31 planes/levels of existence" but am still trying to navigate my way through the terminolgy and unfamiliar concepts, and finding it somewhat challenging to keep Buddhist and Hindu concepts straight.
- An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the human brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Though illusions distort our perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people.
- The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water (or another auditory source) would be an illusion.
- Which reminds me: I know there are at least two self-acknowledged schizophrenic members in RF. Perhaps it's time that I ask about their experiences with hallucinations just to add to my understanding of the distinction between illusion and hallucination.