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originally posted by: Bmused7
Hi everyone! Im still here and following along. I now have the book, it’s on my nightstand, but I have yet to starting reading!!a reply to: sputniksteve
originally posted by: CromCruachh
If computers possess mind, then we must be AI too, right?
originally posted by: CromCruachh
a reply to: studio500
I believe we were created, and that we are biomechanical robots with a soul, or that "life essense" they speak of. And when we do create AIs which out live us, they won't be any be any more "artificial" than us. In my opinion, a better way of describing when we create them will be "when we create LIFE that will out live us"
I've ordered two books, instrumentelle transkommunikation and Mit dem jenseits auf du und du: ein Tag im das Leben auf adolf homes.
They are all about ITC and i really look forward to reading them, it will take me a while though lol. Ill post what i think about em once I've done it if anyones interested, I'll Havemy skeptic hat on though and will look for any signs of hoax or BS. I've only read the Adolf homes Comms of it so far and it seems legit.
I've probably said this before but I guess I'll repeat it, my take so far on TVP is there is another dimension which cuts into our dimension at right angles, and that other dimensions is where we go when we dream(or maybe just some of us) and when we die. And that dimension is just like this place-there are mountains, rivers and skies- except there is no matter and there is no time. And our ideas shape that world. Remember 2109 saying "don't have nightmares!" Because our thoughts create our reality in that world.
Hmm... back to the subject of that Adolf Hommes comm, I wonder what the "life essence" is? The thing which gives mind and consciousness... rocks have it too you say? Maybe it's electrons? Electricity creates mind? A bit out there I know but so is the idea of a rock having life.
originally posted by: sputniksteve
Awesome topic guys. The Kosta Danaos books are really fundamental in this part of the discussion in my opinion.
For instance it might not be the individual rock that has consciousness or life, but the mountain. There is a very good example of it in one of the books when the mountains spirit makes a visit during a medatation and complains about some mining that is being done on the mountain, causing a loss of its life essence.
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.
originally posted by: sputniksteve
One message that was left in chalk on a wall I believe which I have never seen mentioned before caught my interest, although there is no supposed author that I could tell."The eyes are open yet nothing do you see-the grey retarding mass is your convict- quietly, alone he sits in the dark- waiting for sentence to be passed and demanding through the eyes of the blind- of unspoken questions to answers of ethereal-the soul- he is the traveller- chain nor bar can hold him to frail flesh- here is the ruler of time and space -Here is your God" (note the hyphens are for the weird structure of the actual writing, it wasn't complete sentences and spatially written strange)
originally posted by: sputniksteve
a reply to: studio500
This last book I suggested from the Mysterious Universe talks a lot about this. It is discussing how the Catholic church sold the Jesus story as unique but it was based on countless tellings of the same story from many of the civilizations before it. Not too go too deeply into this topic but the thesis of it is that ressurection was never about dying and coming back to life but about having an experience while alive that would allow the consciousness to pass over to the other side and return enlightened which would then grant them immortality.
This knowledge was closely guarded in all civilizations that practiced it and was only for trusted initiates as it had the potential to kill or drive one to madness if not done correctly. The book claims that even Jesus was only sharing parables for the civilians but reserving these secret practices for his inner circle. That the cup filled with his blood said to provide immortality if drunked was a metaphor for the cups that would supply mild narcotics in these rituals which would actually provide immortality.
It goes very in depth to provide evidence and explanation for these god-man returning stories from previous civilizations as well as the churches cover up. The deception by the Catholic church isnt the main theme of the book at all but is talked about mostly in the first couple chapters. Really fascinating stuff actually.
originally posted by: sputniksteve
Good afternoon everyone I have an idea I want to play with here.
In the last book I suggested here called "The forgotten art of resurrection" it is about all of the civilizations prior to Christianitys founding that had almost identical stories to that of Jesus, down to the last supper, being nailed to a cross or tree, and his resurrection. While I find all of this very interesting it isn't actually the topic I would like to discuss.
All of these civilizations had esoteric knowledge that an initiate would learn prior to participating in a ritual. The ritual would take place in a dark place like a temple or cave (that would always have astrological importance) where the initiate would consume a narcotic or psychedelic then lay down in a designated spot. The initiate would then have an out of body type experience in which they would return with knowledge and experience that was unparallelled to what could be had normally. The initiate would then be "resurrected" and now "one of the living in the land of the dead". They considered anyone without the knowledge dead, and anyone possessing it living. It was only the individual who partook in living resurrection that would enjoy an eternal existence.
Now what if that wasn't metaphor? What if we in fact are already on the "other side" as we like to think of it, and the "other side" is in the position we think we hold? Could it be that 2109 and companies attempts to contact us aren't the dead reaching out to the living, but rather the other way around? We assume we are in a position only because we can't exactly compare it to anything else in a way that we can all agree.
I can poke holes in this argument but I am not quite certain it needs to be thrown out. If we try and put religion and theology aside for a moment and just consider the possibility, what do y'all think? It has been said before that being alive is like a school, where we learn "something" that is needed. What if it is like do overs or second chances where we continually take the same lessons until we figure out for ourselves what the class is and how to pass it?
originally posted by: CreationBro
originally posted by: sputniksteve
One message that was left in chalk on a wall I believe which I have never seen mentioned before caught my interest, although there is no supposed author that I could tell."The eyes are open yet nothing do you see-the grey retarding mass is your convict- quietly, alone he sits in the dark- waiting for sentence to be passed and demanding through the eyes of the blind- of unspoken questions to answers of ethereal-the soul- he is the traveller- chain nor bar can hold him to frail flesh- here is the ruler of time and space -Here is your God" (note the hyphens are for the weird structure of the actual writing, it wasn't complete sentences and spatially written strange)
Here's your "grey retarding mass" coming out of my head, even has one eye.
Can I have my life back, please? I'd like to live without constant suffering. Thanks.
Lol...