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If you knew that you were eternal and are a cog in the wheel that, we / you / they call God, would you feel the same way?
Originally posted by mysticnoon
reply to post by squandered
If you knew that you were eternal and are a cog in the wheel that, we / you / they call God, would you feel the same way?
I have no idea, really, except that I doubt I would be posting my perceptions on an internet forum.
There seems to be a constant shifting in your point of reference, so I find it difficult to follow the points you are trying to make.
Originally posted by fedges
reply to post by NewAgeMan
Very well put this time around and much easier to grasp the concept (for me anyway). Two things I'd like to raise. Firstly, is there not a huge generalisation that one's first thought/recollection will be a negative? Much as I've tried I can't think of anything other than happy, positive occasions - how does that fit into the model? Secondly, you make a very bold statement "..since we can longer change ourselves..." !! I can only fundamentally disagree with this and surely this is what the whole post is about? CHANGING
Originally posted by StarLightStarBright2
reply to post by NewAgeMan
I want to be your first patient!!....You should be writing books to!Your blessed at writing and comprehension.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
If someone is truly wishing to change something of the past...no matter how bad it is...this is a unhealthy sign of inability to cope or adapt or accept.
Its more healthy to learn how to cope and adjust...then to live in regret.
The past has purpose to teach us and test us.
I consider this whole thought to be very unhealthy.
Originally posted by NewAgeManAnd of course our strong suit will remain for this life A strong suit (since we're not free to choose who we are and are becoming), and while we can now fully accept every single part of ourselves, reintegrating all of it, making it "functional", at the same time, relative to the unconditioned ground of being that is the timeless domain of all possibility
I'll have to assume Gseven that your reference to "new age" wasn't a side shot at me, But you're right, this can't be tainted by lumping it into what most people traditionally think of when they hear the term "new age". This is very old science, the very wisdom of the ages, now verified by modern science. It's not new but very very old, and, already always everywhere all the time, now.
Originally posted by pikypiky
Okay, do you want to know something? Impossible! I've not read the threads and jumped right in. Why? For example, if I wanted to be, say, less HAIRY, then shouldn't I have foreseen how unpopular HAIRY women in today's standard for beauty? Poo! Get real, people! This is reality. With that said, there is no PAST or FUTURE: This thought occurred a few seconds ago! This has to be the truth. It was staring at our faces all this TIME!
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by pikypiky
Okay, do you want to know something? Impossible! I've not read the threads and jumped right in. Why? For example, if I wanted to be, say, less HAIRY, then shouldn't I have foreseen how unpopular HAIRY women in today's standard for beauty? Poo! Get real, people! This is reality. With that said, there is no PAST or FUTURE: This thought occurred a few seconds ago! This has to be the truth. It was staring at our faces all this TIME!
You see, half way through your post, you were pulled into the strange attractor..
Originally posted by Gseven
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
If someone is truly wishing to change something of the past...no matter how bad it is...this is a unhealthy sign of inability to cope or adapt or accept.
Its more healthy to learn how to cope and adjust...then to live in regret.
The past has purpose to teach us and test us.
I consider this whole thought to be very unhealthy.
You've brought up a good point, but also one that is a conditioned thought. What if we aren't meant to "accept" what we create for ourselves? What if we have the ability to change those things we don't like? Because by simply coping, adapting and accepting some terrible drama that has befallen us, the very tone of those words prevents us from looking through different eyes. No one is suggesting that we deny or live in a fairy tale, but rather VIEW our dramas with a different attitude.
Analogy: Let's say that I hate ball sports, and anything to do with crowds and yelling people. (For the sake of conversation, of course! LOL!) If someone forces me to go to a game and I don't want to go, I will have a miserable time for sure, and I will resent that I wasted several hours of my life enduring hell. Forever after, unless I change my view, I will always remember that with disdain and recall the story, reliving the irritation and angst I felt toward the people who forced me to go and all the screaming fans who annoyed me in the process.
BUT...let's say I realized the err in my ways, and I change my tune after the fact. Let's say I decided to be thankful for that opportunity. How in the world could I be thankful for something I hated so much??? Well, for one, I could be thankful that someone loved me enough to want me to experience their joy with them. That, in and of itself, is quite enough, and is selfless. As I continue with this line of thinking, the resentment and anger goes away, and I no longer have a negative emotional reaction when I talk about the incident. In fact, I have love and gratitude.
Herein lies the the big quantum mystery, masquerading as a bunch of new age, lovey dubby, tree hugging hooey. But it's NOT new age!! It's as old as time and new agers didn't invent this. When science can physically measure the energy of our thoughts and emotions, that's some serious power we've got happening in us! And when science can physically witness HOW these thought energies (i.e., expectations, intentions, etc.), control the actions of subatomic particles that make up EVERYTHING in our physical existence....wow, how can it NOT sit you back in your chair and gasp in wonder and amazement?!? And if that isn't enough, the fact that these subatomic particles have also been proven to be inter-dimensional, and not bound by our linear perception of time...I mean, we're treading on new ground here, and it IS forcing us to adopt new ways of thinking.
So we no longer, I believe, have to "settle" for accepting things that happen. What we DO have to do, is take responsibility for EVERYTHING that happens to us, and actively change it. Why on earth would we want to settle with our mistakes? That makes no sense, unless we blame others for our mistakes? If we can swallow that pill and stop playing the victim, there will be no limits to what man can do. But for now, humans very much enjoy pointing the blame finger, and categorizing everyone into victim/perpetrator and innocent/guilty categories. If we go through sh*t, we most certainly caused it in some way by our past actions. In God's eyes, we're ALL sinners, but we're all also innocent. We have done EVERYTHING to ourselves, both on an individual level and a planetary one.
I postulate that it's quite unhealthy to be apathetic to our mistakes by NOT actively seeking to change the the things that caused these circumstances to happen in the first place. Not doing so is cause for regret, not the other way around. IMHO.