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Religion / Re: Christian Nonduality
Last post by Me_Be - April 14, 2024, 09:13:19 AMQuote from: Asmodean on April 07, 2024, 09:45:44 AMI don't think nothing precludes other realities existing since the word ''other'' is simply a different 'appearance' of the same ONE existence. The claim 'I exist' is the same experience for every person, and although every person's experience of existence is different, the difference is simply an appearance of the same one aware real existence.Quote from: Me_Be on April 05, 2024, 04:27:03 PMAwareness is the only ONE real reality.Explain. What precludes other realities from existing?
For example: I believe the actual possibility of there being a conscious experience where consciousness is able to be aware it is aware, appears to itself as an ''other' where the illusion of duality is born.
Thought creates a duality, where the same one reality splits into many; into many existing parts by being aware it is aware. Suddenly there is an awareness of I am a ''person'' or a ''self''
This introspection points to the very fact that we are all the same person being different parts of the same one existence unaware of the 'other' experiences; as all 'other' experiences are happening simultaneously all at once within the same one aware reality.
It seems there's just one reality appearing as the many, so yes, on the one hand; it seems there are many different realities, but on the other hand, those ''other's'' are unavailable since they are simply part but NEVER apart of the same one infinite aware existence.
There is already a potentially infinite period of time where you didn't exist, which ended when you were born. And if you return to the state you were in before you were born after you die, what's stopping you from existing again and again and again, because the very concept of 'you' is already known by the ''Actual'' direct experience of being aware of being aware in the first place.
That's the only explanation I've got for the ONE and true real reality, which seems feasible to me right now. It's what I believe anyway, but doesn't mean it's seen this way for every person. It's just my opinion, due to how I perceive reality as and through the lens of my own personal direct experience of what thinking on a philosophical human level means to me here.
#92
Laid Back Lounge / Re: what is the worst job you ...
Last post by Icarus - April 14, 2024, 02:10:02 AM^ an exceptional mind is a terrible thing to waste.
#93
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Doesn't fit under any othe...
Last post by Dark Lightning - April 13, 2024, 05:27:00 PM^ Motorcycle courier was one of the more dangerous jobs.
#94
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Doesn't fit under any othe...
Last post by billy rubin - April 13, 2024, 05:00:54 PMmy gran dfather worked on the canal duri g constru tion as a telegraph operator. went on to ride an indian across france in the US signal corps during the great war
#95
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Reasons to be cheerful!
Last post by Recusant - April 13, 2024, 03:33:43 PMGood news, Tom. Onward ! 
#96
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Reasons to be cheerful!
Last post by Dark Lightning - April 13, 2024, 01:51:02 PMIndeed! Nobody likes to be sick and be denied decent, effective treatment.
#97
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Reasons to be cheerful!
Last post by zorkan - April 13, 2024, 11:53:27 AMBest of luck with your treatment.
#98
Laid Back Lounge / Re: what is the worst job you ...
Last post by zorkan - April 13, 2024, 11:50:10 AMBut they do want you to work in order to pay taxes, and any old dead-end job will do.
Truth is all jobs are dead-end.
I once knew a very bright woman.
Her CV read Oxford University degree in quantum physics followed by qualifying as a chartered accountant.
She ended up as a payroll clerk.
Problem was, she was so boring and so it suited her.
Truth is all jobs are dead-end.
I once knew a very bright woman.
Her CV read Oxford University degree in quantum physics followed by qualifying as a chartered accountant.
She ended up as a payroll clerk.
Problem was, she was so boring and so it suited her.
#100
Laid Back Lounge / Re: Reasons to be cheerful!
Last post by Tom62 - April 13, 2024, 05:55:39 AMMy health insurance finally approved my off-label chemotherapy in combination with immunotherapy. My first treatment will be on Wednesday.