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  1. Spirit_Warrior

    misuse of the term 'Hindutva'

    I really like this analogy. Another similar analogy that gets drawn is to anti-Semiticiam, where Hindus are the new Jews. The analogy is closer because the Jews are a religious group that have mostly remained to themselves and have had been prosperous economically and academically due to strong...
  2. Spirit_Warrior

    misuse of the term 'Hindutva'

    This is a much needed discussion. It is very relevant to modern Indian and Hindu politics. Therefore, I felt the need to explain a bit of its recent history. Hindutva is a victim of its nomenclature. When the term was first coined, using "Hindu" as a geographical reference was common, and even...
  3. Spirit_Warrior

    7 Lifetimes or Forever?

    I get this. There are a few people I have met in my life, who I feel like I have had past life connections with. Like there is a male friend of mine who is only a few years older than me, but I feel like he was my father in my past life. He knows this, and we laugh about it. I know in...
  4. Spirit_Warrior

    7 Lifetimes or Forever?

    I have heard it too, but where does it originate from? Is it mentioned in any scripture? 7 lifetimes? Now days people can't stay together for 7 months, even days sometimes lol I don't actually like the idea of being bound to somebody for 7 whole lifetimes! Isn't it a fact that our likes...
  5. Spirit_Warrior

    Is Hinduism a religion?

    Just to add, there is a tendency that exists among us Hindus, and I know it, because I did it myself, to reinterpret Hindu scientific concepts to make them fit modern Western scientific concepts. By doing so we are seeking legitimacy or to be validated by Modern Western science. So for example...
  6. Spirit_Warrior

    Is Hinduism a religion?

    I think it is rather easy to resolve. Hinduism is a religion, that also promotes material knowledge(aparavidya) like linguistics, music theory, astronomy, physics, politics and economics, drama and aesthetics, logic and epistemology etc In addition to spiritual knowledge like Atman, Brahman...
  7. Spirit_Warrior

    Is Hinduism a religion?

    If I may, due to want of space in my previous post, I want to add a bit to it. This is not a response to the previous post, but a continuation of responding to Sadhguru's argument. Sadhuguru says Hinduism has no single founder, single book, single set of beliefs or practices or papacy to...
  8. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    You are right a discussion on Parapsychology would be derailing the OP which is a discussion about whether machines can become self-aware. So I will not say anymore on this subject, beyond what I touch on in this post. Start a new thread if you are sincere about learning about Parapsychology, as...
  9. Spirit_Warrior

    Is Hinduism a religion?

    Please note I am posting this in the DIR forum because I want this to be a discussion rather than a debate. This means all I want to hear is the views of all current Hindus on this forum, rather than arguments on who is right. If need be, I will post a separate thread in the debate forum if a...
  10. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    Hits the nail on the head. This is what I argued elsewhere, scientists who do actually have scientific data to support the separate existence of mind and consciousness from the body in fields like Parapsychology and Transpersonal psychology, get disregarded. Even though this is a massive body of...
  11. Spirit_Warrior

    Anti-Materialism

    I have heard this analogy before, and it suffers from the same problems as previous analogies before the computer age to describe the mind, such as the wind mill or the clockwork mechanisms(system of cogs and gears). Materialists have a tendency to compare the mind to the latest technology we...
  12. Spirit_Warrior

    Why do Hindus support the pro Islamist Left?

    It is not all Hindus, it's the so-called "Secular Hindus" who now get called "Pseudo-secular" who think that they should protect every other religion other than Hinduism and that other religions should get more rights and privileges. In fact some of them don't even think Hinduism is a religion.
  13. Spirit_Warrior

    Anti-Materialism

    No offence taken. Sure I can agree if you are an ex-member it could make you less fair and balanced towards it, but it could also make you understand it better and more intimately. I think it is more the latter than the former, I use to think and say exactly the same things materialists here and...
  14. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    Sorry, that was a typo, I meant to "system" I had corrected the post but you had replied already.
  15. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    To illustrate my point how stupid this argument is that a system can look back at itself. Here is an illustration 1) Here is a basic system consisting of three parts 2) 5 parts 3) Of several dozens of parts 4 Of Hundreds of parts At what n number of parts does the system become...
  16. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    You are trying to prove a point with your belief? It is not proven that humans are just biological systems that became self-aware, that is a belief held by materialists. If you don't get this, don't bother replying back to me.
  17. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    LOL, that is based on your belief that humans are biological systems that look back on themselves. No, your conclusions are not logical. You are telling me a system of parts which only functions when all its parts functions and ceases to function when all its parts cease to functions, then...
  18. Spirit_Warrior

    When machines become self-aware I will become an atheist (maybe)

    Never. Here is why: How does a system which depends on every other part within the system to function, look back on itself? Do the parts within it look at at the system or does the system itself look back on itself? Both are impossible, because the parts cannot act independently of the system...
  19. Spirit_Warrior

    Anti-Materialism

    Sure, I understand that is what the materialists claims I am asking you to prove how and why it is possible? The materialist is claiming consciousness is just another physical state change like water is a physicals state change of ice, so the materialist has to prove how consciousness is a...
  20. Spirit_Warrior

    Anti-Materialism

    Correction: There is plenty of literature on OOBE today and we even have experimental evidence, the equivalent of evaporating the water to separate the sugar from the water, where we have detected the separated soul from the body in parapsychology.
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