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  1. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    Thank you for clarifying this. I understand now.
  2. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    Sorry, I didn't understand this. If you are saying that our subjective insights, are always evolving through our subjective experiences, then I agree. This is how the mind learns new skills, and evolves cognitively. If you are saying that our thoughts and dreams, are a gateway into the spiritual...
  3. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    I don't know where to begin to address all of the equivocation and reification errors, abstractions, conceptions, and unrelated terms. The conscious(waking) state and subconscious(dream) state, are two separate states of conscious awareness, and how the brain processes information. The function...
  4. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    The "seer" is not just our thoughts. It is specifically the supernatural insight of our thoughts. Every imaginary composite of our thoughts is an illusion. Our thoughts have zero-dimensions, therefore they can't exist in any reality. Can you give me an example of a "special non-physical effect...
  5. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    How do we objectively determine WHAT is a "truthful Religion"? Spirituality, or a spiritual reality may indeed exist, but you have so far not demonstrated that it does. Also, if the spiritual reality is revealed by the Words of the truthful religion, then the spiritual reality must be...
  6. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    Without looking into a reflection, how do you know that you have hair on your head? Or, that your ears, eyes, back, or head still exist on your body? It is called proprioception, not spiritual. It is our sense of awareness, of the position of any part of our body in space, without the need of...
  7. Truly Enlightened

    The seer and and the seen

    Maybe you can explain the difference between the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, the unconscious mind, and consciousness itself? Since all forms of consciousness, are the emergent properties of a living organism, what are the genetic links?
  8. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    Please again, you are better than this. No one is questioning the merits of asking questions. We are not talking about if a graviton will ever be discovered. This is a question that suggests that a group in our society may, or may not feel that they are better than the rest of us. Or, that we...
  9. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    You are correct. After considering my comments, I do come off as angry, and prejudging your responses. I will try an be more civil in the future. You are making statements that are false, and I am trying to correct them. Otherwise people will become victims of disinformation. The question I...
  10. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    I'm afraid you are just clinging to water. You are responsible to defend the questions you ask. People like me will ask, "why are you asking these questions?". "Why do you feel that veterans are better than the rest of us?". You should be prepared to have an answer. Secondly, no veteran would...
  11. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    The draft ended in Dec. '72. So choice has not been relevant for almost 45 years, in an all-voluntary military. My comments were only to illustrate, that it did not matter what your reasons for joining were. After basic training and AIT, your indoctrination into the military way of thinking and...
  12. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    I will address these two posts. Firstly, thank you for your honesty and for sharing your own personal memories. Most combat veterans would never wish for anyone to go through the hell that they've gone through. Most combat veterans are not looking for any respect from anyone. They are only...
  13. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    So you are saying that compared to lawn keepers, loggers, fishermen, etc., you have no more, nor less respect for any of the soldiers that have been injured, disabled, or killed, trying to protect our freedoms, and the ideals supporting our way of life? The question was not about judging the...
  14. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    I will try to answer your concerns from both posts. People join the Armed Forces for many reasons. Some noble, some criminal, and some just out of ignorance. This becomes irrelevant after basic training and AIT. You are trained to follow orders, and to kill those that are trained to kill you...
  15. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    Just so that I am not misunderstanding or misrepresenting you, maybe you can answer these few questions? Do you feel that soldiers disabled, wounded, or killed in the illegal wars they are sent to, should receive no more, or no less respect, than civilians working in other dangerous jobs(less...
  16. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    I can't believe that you are seriously conflating War, with a civilian job. Why are you denigrating, and inciting derision between those of us who are willing to sacrifice our lives, for a principle that we believe in? FREEDOM. You're not seriously comparing job-related ACCIDENTS, to being...
  17. Truly Enlightened

    What If Consciousness Comes First?

    On a lighter note. And for all Bee Gees fan. and
  18. Truly Enlightened

    Children and Religion

    Again, I'm not that clear of what you are saying. But, I am sure that I will disagree with it. On a lighter note for all Bee Gees fans.
  19. Truly Enlightened

    Are Veterans Better Than The Rest Of Us?

    I don't think you have to worry about snipers, land mines, or missile attacks, while you are safe at home maintaining the infrastructure, and keeping corporate America happy. I don't think that the wives/husbands and the families of these soldiers would agree with your "team effort"...
  20. Truly Enlightened

    What If Consciousness Comes First?

    Everyone knows that our consciousness is the conceptual manifestation of an emergent property(something greater than the sum of its parts), that is based on our direct interaction with our environment. Think about it, if our senses were 100% more acute, don't you think that this would also...
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