Which should go without saying. :) However, the evolution of consciousness can be facilitated for some by the creation of a conceptual facsimile...
I AM may (and I use that word very loosely) be the most concise form of describing the state of pure being, but conciseness isn't necessarily...
A pure state of being is entirely transcendent of external conditions. In other words, someone who has attained such a state could be a hermit,...
You seem like a nice guy zen -- alot of wisdom and a good heart. Why diminish yourself by resorting to spitefulness when you feel threatened? Travis
Hmmm...I'm not sure I would use the word "nothingness", just because of its nihilistic connotations -- but really it is a type of nothingness in...
I wasn't implying that you were being a smart ass or dishonest -- I'm sorry you interpreted it that way. My question was an attempt to produce...
I've always found the most gratification in not knowing what the future holds. Otherwise, my immediate experience becomes filtered by a mental...
Neo and I have a bit of history and are just having a good-spirited debate. Any other interpretation of our dynamic has originated with the...
There's never tomorrow. Tomorrow is a figment of your imagination. It's not something that can be proven with the mind, Neo. Travis
No, you're not. But then again, I'm not the one who has proclaimed that the only thing I have to rely upon this afternoon is self-deception. ;)...
It's your need for control that confines you, not its abscence. "I am" is the original assumption. Travis
If you continue to define yourself in such narrow terms, then yes, it is all you have this afternoon. "I am" is the origin of all assumptions.
So self-deception is all you have? I don't think so, Neo. Assumptions don't qualify as reading between the lines. Travis
Well, that puts you in a bit of a sticky situation, then, doesn't it? ;) Travis
Same diff. Funny how people will take a statement made in a very specific (and limited) context and extrapolate upon it with their own...
We'd have to be on equal footing for that to happen. So far, I've just been sending you postcards from the front lines. ;) Travis
Well Bluesafire, it appears I've brought out the best in you yet again. :) One of these day we're going to have to try it without the...
That's a regrettable perspective. It's willingness to engage in discussion that will serve to dispel the many misconceptions and false...
It's kind of like how an enlightened person (and by enlightened I mean enlightened, not just "lightened up", which is just a watered-down version...
You were suggesting that I should be someone with more humility, were you not? Not entirely. It is only when I deviate from my path that I...
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