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I think we need a rest brotherBeaudreaux: Hey, I'm right "for me." Wouldn't you agree?
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I think we need a rest brotherBeaudreaux: Hey, I'm right "for me." Wouldn't you agree?
Sounds good to me. One day we must discuss things over a frosty adult beverage.I think we need a rest brother
We can agree on that. :balloons:Beaudreaux: Sounds good to me. One day we must discuss things over a frosty adult beverage.
God is perfect - meaning God is 'complete' - there is nothing outside. Everything, if seperated - people, religions, planets all have flaws that can be seen and studied. BUT.. God is a combination of all that exists. Everything together as one.... the flaws disappear.
Well said - I wish we could have began like that.Ymirgf: Now I do understand what you are attempting to say, but logically the idea that when all the flawed parts are looked at together their inherent flaws disappear doesn't hold. If you have a billion flawed parts of a large building, I would suggest the final product is going to be equally flawed, even if it is built perfectly to spec.
In my view all the parts are equally perfect. For example, you are playing the part of Judgment perfectly. No one could do it better. I am playing the part of YmirGF perfectly and no one could play it better. Even your keyboard is perfect, as itself, as no other keyboard is 100% exactly the same as it is. Extend this to All That Is, although that might be a bit of a leap for some.
My guess is that we have a fundamentally different viewpoint on this and while that is fine, I just don't see the logic on your side of the equation. The other reason I am resistant to the word perfection is that, by default, the word implies that imperfection exists and it also implies a state beyond which there is no possibility of further change. That is not how I see reality or god for that matter. In my stunted view, what some human animals call god, changes faster than we can currently conceive and it is because that change occurs beyond our capacity to digest that we perceive it as being changeless.
Imagine here a multi-coloured spinning top, if you will. When the top spins fast enough and true enough, the human eye will no longer detect the different colours that are apparent when the top is stationary. If we spin the top fast enough the colour will appear uniform. That is similar to what I am meaning here. God, if folks need to call it something, is a state of perpetual change and expanding at a rate that would make the big bang blush if it could.
You are most welcome to poke holes in my thinking. The reason for that is that I realize people are helping me to understand something important that I may have overlooked. I learned a very long time ago that its not so much the answers that one finds that are truly important, but rather, it is continue to ask better questions.
As I explained previously, my understanding dictates that this notion is false. Your thinking does have the support of various religions however, so I will give you that. Part of my difficulty with this idea is that if indeed All That Is IS "god" and changeless, then we are in fact, living in what is referred to as a "closed system".God does not change.
Precisely. If anything changes and god is everything (as the OP asserts), then obviously god changes. To me, this is further evidence that calling everything 'god' is not particularly helpful.One of the key aspects I have personally observed in all areas that I look, both physically and non-physically is change. To me, it seems inconceivable that a being that created such a gestalt of activity would itself be changeless.
As I explained previously, my understanding dictates that this notion is false. Your thinking does have the support of various religions however, so I will give you that. Part of my difficulty with this idea is that if indeed All That Is IS "god" and changeless, then we are in fact, living in what is referred to as a "closed system".
One of the key aspects I have personally observed in all areas that I look, both physically and non-physically is change. To me, it seems inconceivable that a being that created such a gestalt of activity would itself be changeless. If it was, it isn't logical to consider that it would instil change in the features of its creations because it wouldn't understand what change was to begin with. Reality itself would seem to fly in the face of the idea of a changeless "god" and so in my reality, "god" (if you need to call it something) is a changeling extraordinaire.
I understand what you are saying - and you will find more acceptance than I will.Ymirgf: As I explained previously, my understanding dictates that this notion is false. Your thinking does have the support of various religions however, so I will give you that. Part of my difficulty with this idea is that if indeed All That Is IS "god" and changeless, then we are in fact, living in what is referred to as a "closed system".
One of the key aspects I have personally observed in all areas that I look, both physically and non-physically is change. To me, it seems inconceivable that a being that created such a gestalt of activity would itself be changeless. If it was, it isn't logical to consider that it would instil change in the features of its creations because it wouldn't understand what change was to begin with. Reality itself would seem to fly in the face of the idea of a changeless "god" and so in my reality, "god" (if you need to call it something) is a changeling extraordinaire.
Me: Everything that has happened, that can happen is a thought. Since time is an Illusion - it is all happening NOW....
All of our history - the history of the Universe - Every Universe - the past present and future - happening NOW.....
We experience reality in relation to time. We have free will - and change is always before our eyes.That is us - a 'thought' within the mind of God. We are part of the whole - but also individual beings - with free will - created by our maker - which is everything. Since everything is happening right NOW - there is always possibility for further change - endless possibilities....
Your analogy does not take into consideration that the coastline of California is changing while it is being measured, so changing the units is irrelevant.look into fractals.
Words could be fractals within existence.
Analogy: measure the california coastline with a 1 mile straight line. Keep the line as close to the coast as possible. Count how many it took for the whole coast to figure the length.
Now do it again with a 1 yard stick. This distance will be longer.
The life is still the same, fractals increase the length.
Over time words enable mass to comprehend 'its' existence.
Existence comprehending itself could be the pinnacle of evolution.
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Your analogy does not take into consideration that the coastline of California is changing while it is being measured, so changing the units is irrelevant.
Who said tha I was rational? I believe that our Reality is created with our thoughts, feelings, emotions and most importantly Beliefs - change your beliefs and the world literally changes around you (lucid dreamers are well aware of this - when we dream our thoughts are instantly materialized - when it 'appears' that we are awake our thoughts are materialized in exactly the same way - there is just a delay involved.
I have written on several occasions, here on RF, that our personal reality is created by our thoughts, emotions and beliefs. The main resistance to the idea that I have encountered is that people find it difficult to understand that they can change their beliefs. There has actually been a thread or two discussing the matter. What is required is a better description than simply saying, Personal reality is created with our thoughts, emotions and beliefs. What would be far more compelling is attempting to describe how the process works rather than just dropping the line and not explaining the mechanics. What Seth doesnt mention is that to change beliefs there must be some kind of mitigating circumstances to do so as belief structures are very sturdy foundations that are build over time. One must have a reason to change a given belief or be presented with earth shattering evidence that effectively squashes a given belief outright.This is a shared universal dream - one where we feel hunger and pain - but a dream none the less) - Your thoughts are as alive as the wind blowing around the leaves in a tree, as alive as the flowers in a garden. Your thoughts have a fundamental effect on all that is around you - they are not separate from me - sitting here in NJ or separate from the clouds in the sky. Our conscious mind has taught itself to block out inner knowledge - that very inner knowledge is our very spirit - and our spirit can indeed 'help' but we are not listening. Put no one's words above your own inner knowledge and Understating. Sometimes the answers to the most difficult questions are the more simple answers.
I am intimately aware of the concepts you are using here and that alone should give you pause. Fifteen years ago, I would probably have agreed with you without reservation. Again, you only assume that I don't understand the spacious present, where it is actually central to my understanding in fact. Once again, we simply have different vantage points.I understand what you are saying - and you will find more acceptance than I will.
You were unable to imagine a concept of Time not existing. For any 'change' to take place - Time would have to be present.
If Everything is happening 'Right Now' - Time is an Illusion that allows us to experience.
God is changeless because God exists Now. Without Time.
That being the case, you have just defeated your own argument. What you are not saying is that you are talking only about chronological time which results from the attenuation of the physical senses impacting on their environment. In a sense, no pun intended, our physical senses compress reality so that we can process information. This is central to the experience of physically based life forms, imho. Also, its a bit negative to say that our senses are illusory as that tends to negate them unnecessarily. I have become rather fond of telling those who promote the idea that sense perception is illusory that I have a large piece of 2 x 4 that will change their mind rather quickly.We experience reality in relation to time. We have free will - and change is always before our eyes.
The problem here is that "god" has not been a singularity for a very, very long "time".The Closed System is in the state of being isolated from its surrounding environment. That can not be the case here because God is not separate from the surrounding environment - but is one with the surrounding environment.
The refinement of your thought is far too subtle for this unwashed knave, methinks. If I were you, I wouldn't waste another moment on further elaborations. :flirt:i offered you a tangible frame to comrpehend how knowledge evolves in a physical frame and an existing mathematical analogy already proven within living things. geeeeeeeeze... :slap:
The refinement of your thought is far too subtle for this unwashed knave, methinks. If I were you, I wouldn't waste another moment on further elaborations. :flirt:
Words to live by, child. :yes:don't **** off the mighty mouse. :bow:
Agree. Unfortunately, as you have seen, My explanations are simple and at the most basic level. I found it quite easy to change my beliefs - but - I have found others that are trapped and unable to do so. For me - the first thing I wanted to change was a bout with (what I thought was) insanity. At times I could not control my mind - I could not slow it down - I felt trapped and in pain. BUT... once I realized that I control my reality... and that I was at the mercy of nothing except my own understanding... I only needed to 'Deny the Battle' within my mind. Instead of fighting it - I realized that I had full control of it. With that came sanity, an end to depression, an end of nightmares and a light of understanding smashing against me.Ymirgf: I have written on several occasions, here on RF, that our personal reality is created by our thoughts, emotions and beliefs. The main resistance to the idea that I have encountered is that people find it difficult to understand that they can change their beliefs. There has actually been a thread or two discussing the matter. What is required is a better description than simply saying, “Personal reality is created with our thoughts, emotions and beliefs”. What would be far more compelling is attempting to describe how the process works rather than just dropping the line and not explaining the mechanics. What Seth doesn’t mention is that to change beliefs there must be some kind of mitigating circumstances to do so as belief structures are very sturdy foundations that are build over time. One must have a reason to change a given belief or be presented with earth shattering evidence that effectively squashes a given belief outright.
Interesting meeting. I would like to hear more of this meeting. For now we will just have to disagree on this topic of time. I understand Multidimensional time - however - I can still only view this as experiencing time - in different dimensions - but - time nonetheless. I use the word 'God' because people understand the word - in their own ways.Ymirgf: I am intimately aware of the concepts you are using here and that alone should give you pause. Fifteen years ago, I would probably have agreed with you without reservation. Again, you only assume that I don't understand the ‘spacious present”, where it is actually central to my understanding in fact. Once again, we simply have different vantage points.
I see reality as being like a bubble that is forever expanding whereas you see it like a glistening beach ball, resplendent and complete. What you are failing to account for can be described as "multidimensional time" if you will. As Seth said in one of his books, “It takes time to understand time.”
To illustrate this, I once had a visitation from no less than Vishnu. The “meeting” lasted approximately 6 earth hours (to the physical me sitting on my bed in the full lotus position). The personality energy essence of “me” that was attending the “meeting” experienced something that was entirely outside of time constraints as we know it. To that aspect of “me” the experience seemed to go on forever. Now add to this the possibility that that aspect is still hovering slightly below the form of Vishnu even as I type these words. Now add the reality that I am the “me” for which all these are but memories. The sum total of the above is what I am meaning by multidimensional time experienced by a multidimensional personality. The important part is EACH exists in its own present; all within a spacious present and each have their own sense of time.
The point I am trying to make is that time is not necessarily solely chronological, though that is how our physical senses order time, but in other areas of activity time still exists, but not as we normally think of time. In other areas of experience time oscillates in a most peculiar way to our ordinary senses and is based on cognition or perhaps rates of cognition.
I might add that this “visitation” occurred during a period where I still believed in a given god concept. I no longer feel a need FOR such concepts and my reality is not dependant on such a factors. It would not be incorrect to say that “god” has become irrelevant to my existence. I KNOW I exist, I prefer to leave to others to decide if “god” exists. From my perspective, I am merely consciousness that has come full circle – though that may be a daunting claim. When I looked into the eyes of Vishnu what do you think I saw? The answer to that is the root of where my need for a “god concept” began to unravel.
I am speaking of any kind of time. If 'Everything' is happening 'Now' ....Then Time is something we experience in many dimensions - BUT - something that is not universal to all of existence.Ymirgf: That being the case, you have just defeated your own argument. What you are not saying is that you are talking only about chronological time which results from the attenuation of the physical senses impacting on their environment. In a sense, no pun intended, our physical senses compress reality so that we can process information. This is central to the experience of physically based life forms, imho. Also, it’s a bit negative to say that our senses are illusory as that tends to negate them unnecessarily. I have become rather fond of telling those who promote the idea that sense perception is illusory that I have a large piece of 2 x 4 that will change their mind rather quickly.
I thought you might be entertained by what was possibly my 2nd post way back when on RF. It is a delightful thread called The Mind of a Child. Quess what I book I had been reading? Any comments I could say about your own experience are covered in that thread. Do check it out and feel free to add your own comments. I'd did find it amusing that no one asked me what they book was that I got the idea from.Agree. Unfortunately, as you have seen, My explanations are simple and at the most basic level. I found it quite easy to change my beliefs - but - I have found others that are trapped and unable to do so. For me - the first thing I wanted to change was a bout with (what I thought was) insanity. At times I could not control my mind - I could not slow it down - I felt trapped and in pain. BUT... once I realized that I control my reality... and that I was at the mercy of nothing except my own understanding... I only needed to 'Deny the Battle' within my mind. Instead of fighting it - I realized that I had full control of it. With that came sanity, an end to depression, an end of nightmares and a light of understanding smashing against me.
That is exactly what I am saying too. People have to want to change and believe they have the power to change that which makes them unsatisfied or unhappy.In the end - people need to believe before anything is possible.
But - Seth does go in to great detail on how this works - just a few quotes.
To change the physical effect you must change the original belief -- while being quite aware that for a time physical materializations of the old beliefs may still hold. If you completely understand what I am saying, however, your new beliefs will -- and quickly -- being to show themselves in your experience. But you must not be concerned for their emergence, for this brings up the fear that the new ideas will not materialize, and so this negates your purpose."
Though I wouldn't call two paragraphs "great detail" it certainly is helpful I will agree."You must accept the idea completely, however, that your beliefs form your experience. Discard those beliefs that are not bringing you those effects you want. In the meantime you will often be in the position of telling yourself that something is true in the face of physical data that seems completely contradictory. You may say, I live amid abundance and am free from want, while your eyes tell you that the desk is piled with bills."
Interesting meeting. I would like to hear more of this meeting. For now we will just have to disagree on this topic of time. I understand Multidimensional time - however - I can still only view this as experiencing time - in different dimensions - but - time nonetheless. I use the word 'God' because people understand the word - in their own ways.
Fair enough.I am speaking of any kind of time. If 'Everything' is happening 'Now' ....Then Time is something we experience in many dimensions - BUT - something that is not universal to all of existence.
I certainly don't dispute what Seth is saying in these quotes but then again he isn't saying that time does not exist or that it is an illusion. What I get from his statements is that unlike our normal understanding where time and space are inter-connected, he gives the impression that they are separate. For example, he gives the impression that we can move through space independantly of time and also move through time without moving a millimetre in space.All Seth Quotes - Bold for impact...
And here you have it. Further evidence is not required for those that understand.Ymirgf: I thought you might be entertained by what was possibly my 2nd post way back when on RF. It is a delightful thread called The Mind of a Child. Quess what I book I had been reading? Any comments I could say about your own experience are covered in that thread. Do check it out and feel free to add your own comments. I'd did find it amusing that no one asked me what they book was that I got the idea from.
As soon as people understand - the sadness fades away. I was depressed on and off up until I hit 25 - then - I was never depressed again.Ymirgf: That is exactly what I am saying too. People have to want to change and believe they have the power to change that which makes them unsatisfied or unhappy.
Oh no - there is much more. I only posted the two..Ymirgf: Though I wouldn't call two paragraphs "great detail" it certainly is helpful I will agree.
He does say reality itself is an Illusion... All Seth Quotes.Ymirgf: I certainly don't dispute what Seth is saying in these quotes but then again he isn't saying that time does not exist or that it is an illusion. What I get from his statements is that unlike our normal understanding where time and space are inter-connected, he gives the impression that they are separate. For example, he gives the impression that we can move through space independantly of time and also move through time without moving a millimetre in space.