Now you're talking! They're only our evil masters if we let them be.
Interesting definition, but I don't see it so black and white. Being human is being confronted with one's own hypocrisy, we are constantly forced...
I read that it was American corporations that presented the Chinese government with the software to spy on their own people, go figure. Somehow I...
Just to clarify, I wasn't criticizing anyone's lack of humility, just making a point. I've read that some cultures hold their youth in high...
Yep, just like they did here, in the land of milk and honey...
The Indian people, the Chinese people, the US, it's all about the money. I'm all about everyone receiving health care, water, the basics, but...
Wow, Thank You! I'll try and keep the ego in check. ;) Yesterday my wife received her Master's degree, and the speaker of her commencement...
I'll be hiking down from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to Phantum Ranch, and jumping into a kayak in two weeks, baby! Gettin' stoked!
Agreed. Yes. Now we're getting to the core of epistemology, "if a tree falls in the woods...", knowledge versus belief. That which we "know"...
Still stoked! I sure hope so. Like the last election, we'll be hanging out partying by the fire, running inside at various intervals to see...
I agree it's overwhelming, and I've experienced my fare share of guilt. The very fact that I can read this implies that I am part of the problem....
Very cool, but when you speak of enlightenment in terms of proportion, you're contradicting your previous assertion of it being an all-or-nothing...
The nature of enlightenment, as I envision it, is a moment of clarity the instant after death, a nirvana, the culmination of life, the true...
Yes, or that others must be excluded from the Essence in order to validate the ego. Agreed. There is no "winning" in a discussion such as this,...
Ironic isn't it, that the very concept of enlightenment, as it pertains to who is and who is not enlightened, is subjective and judgemental, and...
I agree with this concise well worded definition, but at the same time I don't think man is capable of a permanent state of alignment, because we...
You have a point. Our ability to measure our universe may be limited by the raw materials we have at our disposal for instrumentation, but the...
This is not to say that the pursuit of enlightenment is a waste of time. The more we are able to turn on this higher consciousness, the more we...
What does this mean, "divine in nature"? We are neither better nor worse than the rest of our world, we are one with it, part of its fabric, and...
Exactly. My thought is that we cannot hope to attain enlightenment in our life time, though the pursuit of enlightenment can elevate us to a...
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