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Originally posted by arpgme
There is nothing or no-one else. Different life forms and different perspectives are only me observing my own beauty in many different ways.
Originally posted by Drala
I "HIGHLY" recommend strong drugs while contemplating my last statement...edit on 9/26/2012 by Drala because: changed my mind...i can do that..i think...
Originally posted by Drala
reply to post by arpgme
tricky part...the line down the middle...like a mirror you reflect upon or a window you look through to come to this conclusion...What is the divider that allows this "insight" in...sight
I "HIGHLY" recommend strong drugs while contemplating my last statement...edit on 9/26/2012 by Drala because: changed my mind...i can do that..i think...
Originally posted by winofiend
Originally posted by arpgme
There is nothing or no-one else. Different life forms and different perspectives are only me observing my own beauty in many different ways.
Well as a ME observing ME observing YOU observing YOU I can put it to you that you are entirely wrong.
Or am I simply denying a part of ME the right to observe ME as YOU?
WHO ARE YOU!!!
Originally posted by icepack
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do you also create your dreams ?
Originally posted by Ben81
You are close !
i see that you have forgot the most important word in your thread
LOVE
You make your own beauty yes
by loving everyone the same way you want to be loved
trust the ME from your heart not the ME from your mind
Originally posted by silent thunder
I had a dream not long ago that I was looking at my ladyfriend and as I stared at her, her face became more and more my own face, closer and closer to what I see in the mirror. At first I was very happy because it felt like we were becoming one, but then I was sad because I realized that as she was becoming me, the real "she" was disappearing and all that would be left would be me! Then I woke up, happy it was just a dream.
I think love is only possible through differences, across a gulf of separation of some kind. Maybe if the universe is "all one" at core, we/it split itself/ourself into different individuals so we could know love.
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
Your consciousness couldonly be your firing synapses. You may well only be a meat machine controlled by a gooey cpu and nothing more. What if death is only a blue screen with no reboot? What if all this metaphysical dribble is nothing but a pain pill to soothe the thought of our inevitable end? To this point in humanity's history, fact only supports matter. Is the pain of reality too much? Most religions tacitly say YES.
Originally posted by silent thunder
I had a dream not long ago that I was looking at my ladyfriend and as I stared at her, her face became more and more my own face, closer and closer to what I see in the mirror. At first I was very happy because it felt like we were becoming one, but then I was sad because I realized that as she was becoming me, the real "she" was disappearing and all that would be left would be me! Then I woke up, happy it was just a dream.
Originally posted by silent thunder
I think love is only possible through differences, across a gulf of separation of some kind. Maybe if the universe is "all one" at core, we/it split itself/ourself into different individuals so we could know love.
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by silent thunder
Anyhow, emotions, such as love, are a chemical/electrical reaction within our brains. Love, hate, happiness, sadness are easily maleable through ssri's and dopamine reuptake inhibitors.
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by silent thunder
What more proof do we need that this idea of "soul" or homunculus has no basis on fact?
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by silent thunder
Are mentally retarded people upgraded in their afterlives? Is their soul retarded as well?
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by silent thunder
If I damage my frontal lobe and my personality radically changes, will my soul revert back to normal when I die?
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by arpgme
If you are given massive antidepressants/mind altering meds, receive a serious brain injury or suffer a major traumatic experience, your zen perspective of "one is all" would radically change.
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by arpgme
So you are saying that a mentally retarded person, a rape/torture victim or an amputee are ways you and I view ourselves?
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by arpgme
You talk about beauty and such, but those notions are created within the meat mechanism that is your brain.
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by arpgme
If someone took a cleaver to your encephalic mass, will the beauty disperse everywhere?
Originally posted by Snoopy1978
reply to post by arpgme
Solely feel-good thoughts do not equate with reality if we consider the facts.
Originally posted by icepack
reply to post by arpgme
did you ever fly in your dreams ? did you feel the force lifting you ? imo, this force is not you, it is something additional.