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Post by Reefs on May 27, 2017 22:14:08 GMT -5
Adopting the A-H perspective here, I'd say it's that way by design, not by accident. The humanists come to the same conclusion by a different means. The profs that designed the Physics classes that I took made that clear. They posed problems in terms of certain physical constants (charge of an electron, speed of light, etc..), and these revealed that if you change any of them even out to like hundreds of decimal points the Universe as we know it collapses or blows apart. Philosophically this is known as the anthropic principle. In terms of a topic that's often of interest on this forum, it reveals root conditioning of mind that's common to atheists and deeply religious people alike. Yes, that's what drugs do, IMO. There's a slight shift in frequencies and how perception is eventually put together in the brain again. Which can result in more or less weird experiences. That's the difference between CC and LSD trips. |
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Post by laughter on May 28, 2017 2:38:45 GMT -5
The humanists come to the same conclusion by a different means. The profs that designed the Physics classes that I took made that clear. They posed problems in terms of certain physical constants (charge of an electron, speed of light, etc..), and these revealed that if you change any of them even out to like hundreds of decimal points the Universe as we know it collapses or blows apart. Philosophically this is known as the anthropic principle. In terms of a topic that's often of interest on this forum, it reveals root conditioning of mind that's common to atheists and deeply religious people alike. Yes, that's what drugs do, IMO. There's a slight shift in frequencies and how perception is eventually put together in the brain again. Which can result in more or less weird experiences. That's the difference between CC and LSD trips. The bull's tracks are literally .. everywhere. His tail is a d@mned funny lookin' thing .. and being on his back just ain't what it looks like from the ground, like, at all.  |
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Post by Reefs on Jun 12, 2017 8:36:16 GMT -5
Meditation
M.E.: God in all His works has a most blessed end in view, namely, Himself: to bring the soul and all her powers into that end - Himself. For this, all God's works are wrought, for this the Father bears His Son in the soul, so that all the powers of the soul shall come to this. He lies in wait for all that the soul contains, bidding all to this feast at His court. But the soul is scattered abroad among her powers and dissipated in the action of each: the power of sight in the eye, the power of hearing in the ear, the power of tasting in the tongue - thus her ability to work inwardly is enfeebled, for a scattered power is imperfect. So, for her inward work to be effective, she must call in all her powers and gather them together from the diversity of things to a single inward activity. St. Augustine says the soul is rather where she loves than where she gives life to the body... How much more then should we withdraw from all things in order to concentrate all our powers on perceiving and knowing the one infinite, uncreated, eternal truth! To this end, then, assemble all your powers, all your senses, your entire mind and memory, direct them into the ground where your treasure lies buried. But if this is to happen, realize that you must drop all other works - you must come to an unknowing, if you would find it.
(Sermon 2)
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Post by Reefs on Oct 26, 2017 8:30:50 GMT -5
Anyone interested in how Eckhart's bible vocabulary translates into vedic/non-dual sanskrit vocabulary just read Yukteswar's book The Holy Science.
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Post by Reefs on May 17, 2021 6:47:31 GMT -5
God is above all understanding
ME: God is nameless, for no man can either say or understand aught about Him. If I say, God is good, it is not true; nay more; I am good, God is not good. I may even say, I am better than God; for whatever is good, may become better, and whatever may become better, may become best. Now God is not good, for He cannot become better. And if He cannot become better, He cannot become best, for these three things, good, better, and best, are far from God, since He is above all. If I also say, God is wise, it is not true; I am wiser than He. If I also say, God is a Being, it is not true; He is transcendent Being and superessential Nothingness. Concerning this St Augustine says: the best thing that man can say about God is to be able to be silent about Him, from the wisdom of his inner judgement. Therefore be silent and prate not about God, for whenever thou dost prate about God, thou liest, and committest sin. If thou wilt be without sin, prate not about God. Thou canst understand nought about God, for He is above all understanding. A master saith: If I had a God whom I could understand, I would never hold Him to be God.
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Post by Reefs on May 17, 2021 6:58:25 GMT -5
ME: ... A master saith: If I had a God whom I could understand, I would never hold Him to be God.  |
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