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What is the first thing that you visualize when you hear/read the word "God" ?

stvdv

stvdv

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chinu said:
Also please explore the difference between “Ananda” and “Happiness” :)
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stvdv said:
I have
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chinu said:
There are many people who watch debates/discussions very closely but NOT come forward. Sometimes they also grasp the true meaning of something that were unable prior to that.

You must reply :)
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You told me to explore the difference between "Ananda" and "Happiness"
And I replied "I have"

I think I misunderstood you.
For me "explore" means try to find out something for my self. So, I thought you were maybe clairvoyant, and knew that I have been a bit lazy with meditation, and that's why you gave me a hint to meditate and thereby explore Ananda to discover that it's different from Happiness.

But reading your latest reply, I think that you mean with "explore" that I should "elaborate" on it. Not because you need to know, but because you think other people who read this thread can learn something. In case that's what you meant, I'll give it a shot.

So, how to explain the difference between "Ananda" and "Happiness" in an easy to understand way?:D
Happiness:...Sex makes you happy, so you control your desire for 3 days and then you have sex ... then you experience happiness
Ananda:...... Sex makes you happy, so you control your desire for 3 years and then you have sex ... then you experience Ananda:cool:
 
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Onoma

Onoma

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What comes to mind ....probably the early cuneiform cognate ( The dingir, an ideogram of a star ) to the Semitic " El " and how it was used as a silent determinant for divinity in literature ( Next to the names of deified priest-kings ) , like a trademark symbol: King so-and-so™

The use of silent determinants like the titlo ( Little horn ) also appeared over all nomina sacra in Greek NT manuscripts, so this marking of divinity and divine places / people / things in the NT really dates back to the conventions of early Mesopotamian literature

What comes to mind next is the grand mystery
 
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