If you think you have it...........
If you think you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
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Re: If you think you have it...........
toombaru wrote:If you think you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning about any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
agreed.
nothing of what i thought i interested in, have read, knew
doesn't makes sense any more........
.....................like a cracked balloon...........

Last edited by ANNA on Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: If you think you have it...........
ANNA wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning about any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
agreed.
nothing of what i thought i interested, read, knew
make sense any more........
Even knowing that it doesn't make sense evaporates in the light of awareness......and one gazes out into the Flowing with baby eyes.
Re: If you think you have it...........
Agreed.toombaru wrote:If you think you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
No matter how much we search, or how long we study, no amount of learning will ever bring us closer to understanding the nature of self.
It says so in the following article ......

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/s ... 149095.ece
However, it doesn't stop the restless mind from it's futile quest..
I love talking about nothing ...
it is the only thing i know anything about.
it is the only thing i know anything about.
Re: If you think you have it...........
toombaru wrote:ANNA wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning about any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
agreed.
nothing of what i thought i interested, read, knew
make sense any more........
Even knowing that it doesn't make sense evaporates in the light of awareness......and one gazes out into the Flowing with baby eyes.
..............even the stories
of the Flowing and the 'Dream Dreamt by no one'
doesn't makes sense.......
like an antique they all have done, passed away.....
.....................................................................................nowhere
Re: If you think you have it...........
toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
Re: If you think you have it...........
aquarius wrote:Agreed.toombaru wrote:If you think you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on.........you are deluded.
No matter how much we search, or how long we study, no amount of learning will ever bring us closer to understanding the nature of self.
It says so in the following article ......
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/s ... 149095.ece
However, it doesn't stop the restless mind from it's futile quest..
thanks for the article, aqua

it makes me smiles and laugh, especially to this:
....lolas Einstein’s ideas would baffle a chimpanzee

Re: If you think you have it...........
Libra wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
('=D>')
Re: If you think you have it...........
How dualistic.toombaru wrote:Libra wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
('=D>')
Log on to the inner-net and be kind to your mind (or not).
Re: If you think you have it...........
Xmac wrote:How dualistic.toombaru wrote:Libra wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
('=D>')
"You" cannot exist outside of dualism.
Re: If you think you have it...........
Well that's half "true".toombaru wrote:Xmac wrote:How dualistic.toombaru wrote:Libra wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
('=D>')
"You" cannot exist outside of dualism.
Log on to the inner-net and be kind to your mind (or not).
Re: If you think you have it...........
Xmac wrote:Well that's half "true".toombaru wrote:Xmac wrote:How dualistic.toombaru wrote:Libra wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
('=D>')
"You" cannot exist outside of dualism.
You are a persona whose totality is composed of nothing but swirling mnemonic debris......empty in the center.
You are not the "oneness out of which everything emerges".
That is merely one more mind map.
Re: If you think you have it...........
toombaru wrote:
That is merely one more mind map.
For "a mind map" there has to be "a mind" and "someone who owns that mind", otherwise you're talking bollocks...
but for the rest, nevermind the bollocks...


Re: If you think you have it...........
Do you believe that there is only the one (please try to resist 'advaita speak' by saying there is not even one etc.) 'instance' of the persona that is composed of swirling mnemonic debris i.e. the one that is evident right now. Or is it the case that this persona arises with each apparent organism?toombaru wrote:
You are a persona whose totality is composed of nothing but swirling mnemonic debris......empty in the center.
You are not the "oneness out of which everything emerges".
That is merely one more mind map.
If there is one, that amounts to solipsism.
If there are many, are they separate, discreet and self-originating...
Or part of a whole?
Re: If you think you have it...........
toombaru wrote:Xmac wrote:Well that's half "true".toombaru wrote:Xmac wrote:How dualistic.toombaru wrote:Libra wrote:toombaru wrote:If you think [size=0]you understand the nature of self.........you don't.
If you believe that you have a handle on reality.........you haven't.
If you cling to the idea that your mind is able to know anything concerning any spiritual matter.......you are mistaken.
If you think that any human being..........at any time in history......has been capable of grasping what's going on[/size].........you are deluded.
('=D>')
"You" cannot exist outside of dualism.Ouch!.....(hmmmmm).......I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I?You are a persona whose totality is composed of nothing but swirling mnemonic debris......empty in the center.![]()
Not/Is not, oneness/separateness, everything/nothing, emerge/fade.You are not the "oneness out of which everything emerges".
The difference is no difference.
Log on to the inner-net and be kind to your mind (or not).