MetaKron said:I know that there is a body of evidence that you are aware of that you have dismissed and that you pretend does not exist.
Yet, your not willing to share that body of evidence?
MetaKron said:I know that there is a body of evidence that you are aware of that you have dismissed and that you pretend does not exist.
(Q) said:Yet, your not willing to share that body of evidence?
VitalOne said:So you really believe that science is fully developed and knows everything there is to know? There's lots of missing gaps in science, if you believe science knows everything there is to know you're really mistaken
Yeah I admit it sounds like a lot of gibberish, I bet if I described zero-point energy before it was confirmed in science you would also say gibberish. Or how about if I stated some quantum concepts before they were confirmed in science, gibberish right?
MetaKron said:I know that there is a body of evidence that you are aware of and have dismissed and you pretend it doesn't exist. Share that.
(Q) said:I have no idea what you're talking about. Mind-reading is still in it's infancy.
samcdkey said:I wonder what that says about the country he leads as an elected representative.
perplexity said:When observers assume that karma presumes a soul of some sort a Buddhist will usually avoid the issue, proposing "no self", notwithstanding "self" as a persistent practical theme of the Dhammapada and sundry original Sutras.
It appears to be a logical flaw but they are nevertheless remarkably attached to the paradox.
--- Ron.
That is because Buddhism grew up in Hindu society. We in the west only see it as Buddhism because Buddhism came to prominence here before Hinduism did. That which is Buddhism is not a religion, but a philosophical method to achieve Hindu enlightenment.perplexity said:Indeed, there is much to Buddhism that was already current when the Buddha Gotama turned up, including the principle of karma which, surprisingly, scarcely crops up in the original texts.
--- Ron.
I had a hard time with this question for years. It seems quite the problem, doesn't it? Until you read translations that are more academic, and do a better job of clarifying ambiguous word->word translations.perplexity said:You could say so.
It is fun to argue with a Buddhist about their desire for Nirvana.
First of all, there was never a time when things weren't united. You are living in your own personal reality, all your experiences are relative to you, this is your reality alone, this is your personal universe, your personal dream. You, as true self act as all the people you meet, all the things you see, and all your personal experiences, always trying to tell yourself something.Ogmios said:VitalOne,
"there is no individual, get it?"
So everyone is in their own reality, but there is no me, hence it's a general universe. wow. Back to square one.
I think you're using useless metafores which are just confusing people. I think the world was originally Chaos, a complete disorder where all energy was in its smallest possible form, the indivisible. And the world is CLIMIBING towards unity. Wholeness of one. That's where eastern philosophy differs from the western. Eastern philosophies tend to think that at first everything was united, and if we could just return to that state oh how wonderful it would be.
I think "go forward". Not one step back. The big boom separated all things and now it has to attain unity again. The universe is infinitely separate, and ego is just a self-image of there being "one" me. It can be split into millions of parts. That's what "there is no me" means. Not deviation from unity.
Very good postings MetaKron. I liked it.MetaKron said:This is a very complex and delicate thing that is deserving of respect from the very highest of brahma.