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in optical illusions we are fooled by our physical eyes. Therefore: why would we trust our individual perceptions to be True ones? I just had a thought about this. Isn't it really the mind being tricked? Doesn't the mind sometimes project strange things for us to see? After all, illusions are often...

What we call inner and outer are all contents: of What? Find that out, sense that which does not change among the changing contents, and we have moved from the appearances to the reality. But the contents of the inner and outer are constantly changing. Our thoughts are constantly moving, even as we...

your two statements contradict eachother dear Anubis. I see that now. I would like to amend that statement now by saying that we all do experience a world exterior of us, but each of our perceptions on it lead to the often differing opinions of what is and isn't real. But QM has shown us, yes albei...

If we do not use our physical eyes to see - then what are we using to see? When we meditate, we receive a new pair of eyes ... One may refer to this as the mind's eye. But, what is the mind's eye? Is it not just a visulization of our thoughts? That we have used our eyes to see the world around us a...

Deja Vu is an interesting mental phenomena, isn't it .... And still you insist on trusting the personal mind and its individual ideas? I still do, yes. But that is only because Deja Vu is a product of the mind, as are optical illusions. If I may briefly digress back to Nietzsche, he theorized that ...

Hello Avery!! There is no boundary in experience, or knowledge, or awareness, between inner and outer. Of course there is. That boundary exists in the "I" of which you speak. Awareness and separation between the experiences of interior and exterior are defined by you personally. For me, th...

You need to learn to meditate!!! With my daily schedule, that is a difficult task for me to accomplish. Plus, I'm far too fidgety to sit and meditate. I always have to be on the move, doing something. I actually have a deep respect for people who lead moral, kind, selfless lives - and think there i...

Anubis, can I ask you this question: in your framework, when the physical body dies - then do you then cease to exist?

Yes. As grim an answer as that may be.

some scientists posit that the "material" atoms do not ultimately exist, the basis of all that we perceive as "material" is Light ... And the same would apply to the so-called "physical", "material" world that surrounds us... ? I have heard of this idea that ...

So would you however agree that we are not our bodies as we perceive our bodies. i.e. that our physical bodies are really mainly space between atoms I would partially agree, yes. I only say partially because, even though we do contain matter from the origins of our Universe, some of that matter has...

Then how can you say we are our thoughts? That there is not a larger field of consciousness, a larger field of Being and Awareness than our thoughts and perceptions, i.e. a field larger than the ego? To put it simply, it is because I think it is impossible to clear your mind of all thought. I have ...

I would think that the scientists would be the first to see the exquisite order and beauty of the material universe .... ? I think there are a few schools of thought to subscribe to on this issue. Some may see the inherent order amid the apparent chaos in our world, contending that whatever happens...

We have created the universe? No. Merely defined it. If you clear your mind of all thoughts - do you cease to exist? Or do you still retain Being and Awareness? I believe that you would retain being and awareness. What you described here - If you clear your mind of all thoughts - do you cease to ex...

Wouldn't you put this saintliness under the general category of evolution? If not: why not? Well, yes and no. Yes in the fact that the person in question has taken conscious steps to better themselves and works to implement positive effects on the world around them. However, it is no for the reason...

And this new Man using logic and reason as a result of evolution would be a higher Self - would you agree? Yes. However, I would like to acknowledge one area of our discussion that I think has been causing a bit of confusion. Through out the course of our discussion, I've held that the highest form...