What is the greatest illusion?

[godnotgod]

Friend gng,

Since your have raelized the last am sure there is nothing further to discuss with any other as the self is all knowing.
Dust has realised itself; *dust*.

Love & rgds

What 'dust' is there that realizes? Is an agent of realization necessary?

 

[zenzero]

What 'dust' is there that realizes? Is an agent of realization necessary?

None ask questions, none responses!
Those that are will know what ghosts writers are!

Love & rgds

 

[godnotgod]

None ask questions, none responses!
Those that are will know what ghosts writers are!

Love & rgds

 

[.lava]

I believe in God and I also believe that life consist of many things, including a grand illusion. What do you see as this grand illusion? What is life's greatest illusion?

Me, i think

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[godnotgod]

Me, i think

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That which is thinking itself an illusion....who, or what, is that? Obviously there is something that is NOT part of the illusion which recognizes something that is.

 

[Me Myself]

Illusion is the only illusion.

 

[.lava]

That which is thinking itself an illusion....who, or what, is that? Obviously there is something that is NOT part of the illusion which recognizes something that is.

yea maybe the one who observes the observer is not part of the illusion

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[godnotgod]

yea maybe the one who observes the observer is not part of the illusion

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The key is that whatever it is that is observing the illusion can recognize it as such. One taken in by an illusion cannot since he thinks the illusion to be real.

 

[Falvlun]

If they don''t give us the whole picture, how can they give us an accurate picture of reality?

Is one photo more "real" or more "accurate" than the other? The first is a scanning electron microscope image of goat fur. The second image is a goat. Both images tell you something about the goat, but neither captures everything there is to know about what a goat is.

What would it take to accomplish that?

Great question. And upon reflection, my thoughts are pretty vague. I certainly imagine greater evolved intelligence, but I understand that even that would have limitations. I imagine greater control (and an environment in which it would be successful) over negative emotions, like greed, rage, and distrust, and a greater desire and ability for cooperation, both between ourselves and our environment. I imagine gaining different perspectives on our place in the universe, like the one that Copernicus and Darwin gave us.

But I don't know exactly how these things would actually enhance our ability to see the whole picture and to accurately experience it.

Are we not intelligent beings which emerged from an intelligent universe?

I don't believe the universe is intelligent. I just believe that it is.