It all seems so real........doesn't it? But then again.......you thought you were real in your dream last night. I had a lucid dream last night. When I realized it was a dream, I woke up. You woke up from a dream. The goal is to wake up within the dream. The goal is to know you are being dreamt. So...

(t) People don't have or hold positions. Yes, however I regard that as a given. People ARE positions. What does that mean? They stay the same? They are located somewhere? In what sense? There is no such thing as a person. The person or the "I am" is an inference that emerges from the mnemonic debri...

toombaru wrote:

dilaram wrote:

toombaru wrote:
(t)
People don't have or hold positions.

Yes, however I regard that as a given.

People ARE positions.

What does that mean? They stay the same? They are located somewhere? In what sense?

It all seems so real........doesn't it?
But then again.......you thought you were real in your dream last night.




I had a lucid dream last night. When I realized it was a dream, I woke up.

toombaru wrote:

dilaram wrote:These are more concepts...

Concepts got you in this mess.
You will have to use concepts to get you out.

Absolutely, we have the power to create it we have the power to uncreate it because we are it. And we'll do it when it's "time", not before or after.

you say it's all good fun xmac but is it? Fun or enjoyment can fade quickly when there is all eternity within which to have it. So what to do? Well hiding or concealing the experience of Lila is a cosmic hoot! Ignorance is really ignore-ance. I find it so amazing that one can find wisdom in the most...

Toombaru says “there is a place of total peace.......but no one lives there.” Sorry, I may just not be understanding any of Toombarus pronouncements---but, they seem way off target. and besides that, enlightenment can certainly be Known, you know when you 'get it' and when you don't. You know. Now,...

This is a lot of fun.

Enlightenment cannot be taught or mastered...yet there are many accounts of transmission. There are also many accounts of werewolfs. Toom you're a howl! [bigsmile] And you're right. So what to do? Pick what is scary or what is inspiring or both or nothing. Maybe inspiring is scary to some people. B...

aquarius wrote:.


It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present.
It is not until you awaken that you will realize you have been asleep, dreaming that you are awake.

~Leonard Jacobson~

Should that be different?

toombaru wrote:

dilaram wrote:It cannot be otherwise, because it is all inclusive, it contains all paradoxes.

Can you find a paradox in nature?
Paradoxes exist only in the human conceptual mind.

Nature is part of the human mind, therefore paradoxes exist in nature.

Toombaru says “there is a place of total peace.......but no one lives there.” Sorry, I may just not be understanding any of Toombarus pronouncements---but, they seem way off target. and besides that, enlightenment can certainly be Known, you know when you 'get it' and when you don't. You know. Now,...

toombaru wrote:I know how many angles will fit on the head of a pin.

45 degree angles or what?

Is it healthy to encourage a child to believe that Santa is the bringer of gifts? It is if I believe in Santa. Does it help people to think that a loving God will alter the course of events and answer their prayers? Does it help you to think that other people are deluded to think that a loving God ...