GENIUS FORUMS

One of the benefits of enlightenment is that you are made aware of the Cosmic Self as well as the material worlds and their organization. This only makes sense since all existence is in the the form of psychological states. Enlightenment is the understanding of the actual psychological arrangements....

You're right Rory, nothing is anything until you DEFINE it - including Rory.

I think maybe you're having trouble with the concept of "real" I am very clear about what is real. Are you? This world of yours and everything in it is dreamstuff. You are unreal. I am unreal. It is impossible for objects to even exist let alone you and your logic and wisdom. Give it up. ...

The Carlos books demonstate the power of the mind to create a world and inhabit it. That world is quite real for those who inhabit it.

You mean like Carl Jung's description of the collective unconcious? No. I mean Carl Jung's description of SYNCHRONICITY. This is perhaps the most important concept of the 20th century. A real gift form the gods. Go back and read what he says about it. It is a key into reality. ALL that we see and e...

It must come from inside one's self, but it can't come exclusively from inside one's self. I find it likely that the sentiment of what he perceived was true, but the external events merely triggered the opening of the gate of internal truth, which arrived to him symbolically, as in a waking dream. ...

Scott my son, you never disappoint me. You always give me a smile. You're like Pavlov's dog.

The only things which are truly deserving of god-status are the authentic thoughts and lines of reasoning which awaken the mind to the nature of Reality. They are like angels from heaven which can guide u The human brain runs in ruts. It is controlled by old programs and is not capable of the great...

Tomas, what happened to you? If it involves Vietnam, there are MANY really interesting sightings reported by soldiers in Vietnam. Is this where you were? There are also many credible sightings at nuclear facilities where many witnesses see the same craft. They seem to be very interested in secret ba...

One note on the piano is the piano. But that note does not sound the same as Clair de Lune which also comes from the piano. A god is not the same as your neighbor, neither is a dragonfly comparable to an actual god, despite its divine beauty and grace. When you meet a god, your mind will not remain ...

Great philosophers and enlightened men like Siddhartha and Shankara spoke of both nonduality and duality. Of a self and a nonself. Of a void and a material world. Of this earth and billions of earths. Of gods, ghosts, spirits, aliens and demons. Of worship of dieties to worship of oneself. It is all...

I was hunting through old photos lost on CDs today. I found my stash of UFO pics I took during an encounter at Mt. Rainier. I've never posted it on line. Of course, this digital version is hardly as clear as the large photo I have at my home. The original picture was shot with real film in my nice L...

What is going on here is the usual fear of sex, fear of contact, fear of women, fear of life, fear of the body etc. 'Wisdom' is considered avoidance of all such normal things. 'Enlightenment' is considered the ability to avoid contact with all worldly issues and contacts - which also involves going ...

In the meantime I entertain myself by learning from the irrational unconscious blunderings of those who are asleep.

It is always so popular to refer to others as 'asleep.' But if you ever indeed 'woke up,' you would be quite amazed that you are the ONLY person in your dreamworld who is awake.

I'd define a saint as someone who doesn't have anything hidden from himself anymore. True transparency.

I suggest you set up an appointment with Dr. Freud.

mini-p, Your posts have a certain smell to them. I get smells off people. You remind me of a guy we use to have out here in Seattle. He would dress up in all-black Nazi gear with boots and the hat - the whole bit. He carried a bull horn and a large Bible with a Gothic silver cross on the front. He a...

Sure, repent if it makes you feel better. You can live a very saintly life if you'd like. The same underlying subconscious will still be there, however. And, despite all of your sublime righteousness, you will still find a major problem if you are perceptive. I emphasize living with 'bad habits' for...

mini-podium, Perhaps you were banned for being a cretin. I find nothing wrong with Thomas. He's a gentleman. What is wrong with a philosophy collection? Philosophies are like a collection of deserts or photos or bracelets. All pretty and a little different. Makes no difference to the enlightened one...

People who are being honest with themselves do not put on aires and feel compelled to do what they do. That is very natural since we are all creatures of cause and effect and do not control destiny. So, an honest person with many faults will more likely recognize truth when it appears to them in one...

Without ego there can be no enlightenment. Why, because there will be no counterforce with which to create the impetus to escape the hell of ordinary living. Ego is the force. Will the counterforce, which must be harnessed. And all this talk of no seeking is nonsense. Ego is very important to enlig...

I miss seeing Thomas here. He was a well educated and experienced person with much success. Where I point out on this forum that nothing here has anything to do with 'enlightenment' as understood by Vedanta, Thomas was useful in pointing out that nothing here has much to do with sound philosophy. He...

Did I change my post about me and Satan laughing at you? Not to my knowledge. I'll have to go look. I didn't change anything.

Actually, seeking IS a necessary part on the path to enlightenment, but not for the reasons you suppose. Seeking is the beginning of the end phase of inquiry into the self. A person is to seek for a long long time. Perhaps many lifetimes. What this searching is to finally reveal to the advanced soul...

The person who sets out seeking enlightenment can never find it. Why is this? Because enlightenment does not come to a person. It does not come to the person who is the seeker. As long as a person sees himself as seeking, he is constantly in ego modality. Enlightenment CANNOT COME to one who is in e...

Mat 21:28 ¶ But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. Mat 21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. Mat 21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I ...