GENIUS FORUMS

Another interesting discussion by Chris Hedges, recorded three days ago, where he gives his latest thoughts on the Trump administration and the state of the world more generally. Still as perceptive and direct as ever. Highly recommended. Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: No Way Out Through Elections...

While abstract reasoning - the doing of philosophy - is usually necessary to break the spell of conventional thinking so one may know who or what one is in the ultimate sense, once one receives wisdom of the infinite, wisdom of oneself, abstract reasoning must be transcended. Why? Because in order t...

Pam Seeback wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:50 pm As I see it, having the understanding that one thing causes another as if they are independent objects or in the case of selves, independent subjects, is the same thing as declaring things to be inherently existing. jupiviv: No, causing each other means d...

Another interesting discussion by Chris Hedges, recorded three days ago, where he gives his latest thoughts on the Trump administration and the state of the world more generally. Still as perceptive and direct as ever. Highly recommended. Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: No Way Out Through Elections...

When viewed from the point of view of the realized I of the absolute, the darkness or shadow of ego was meant or willed to be caused in order to initiate movement of spirit 'into' consciousness. Of course, the causation of the illusion of 'not me' came at the price of suffering, ergo, the cause of t...

Avolith: Why is it not the case that all humans become enlightened as a normal part of growing up, if not from birth? That scenario may very likely be the way things are in a time yet to come, but for now, we live in the epoch of the ego or the sense of a separate or independent self. Part of being...

Diebert: The deeper psychological issues have little to do with politics but more with alienation and fractioning within the nation states of old. And even deeper than the alienation and fractioning within the states of old is the psychological-existential alienation and fracturing of the notion of...

Pam Seeback: Are 'you' and 'me' and 'yours' and 'mine' not ideas just as 'expressing' and 'oneness' are ideas? After all, there is no inherent self to be aware of. Which by default, means there is no inherent other (self) to be aware of. jupiviv: Self and other exist *because* they lack inherent ex...

David Quinn about Rhett: Rhett comes across as a kooky beta-male with anger issues and a desperate need to exert control. This could easily be a Trump tweet. Rhett to David Quinn re the above: Is this the beginning of a smear campaign? I started posting again here and almost immediately you have ma...

jupiviv: "Oneness realisation" doesn't exclude awareness of "other". I am aware of things other than myself, as are you (demonstrably so, since you're having a conversation with me and expressing disagreement). How does that contradict oneness? But I am not having a conversation...

Pam Seeback: I state the obvious when I say that there is a grand realization of monism if this is one's named reality. But since names such as 'grand' and 'idea' and 'perfect' are relational to what they are not, they are names used by ego consciousness that is attached to self identity, and when ...

jupiviv to David Quinn: There is no grand realisation of monism, either within or beyond a specific thing. Likewise, no grand illusion concealing that. The thing *is* all of reality so any talk of how it relates to or exhibits a monistic reality is utter nonsense. For that reason there is also no m...

My impression is that a significant proportion of women are pro choice regarding abortion. But, they arent saying they want to kill their baby, they are saying, they want someone else to kill their baby. If those same women were given the ability to safely kill their own baby, would they do it? Eve...

Vishesh, yes, I am aware of the experiential journey of Soul/Mates-Twin Flames. Quite the ride. :-) What made you ask this question in relation to my post on Self-Love?

Hopefully, a more hopeful vision of the fortress of Homo: Created fortresses of self, be they ancient or modern, be they of civilized culture or of nature culture represent the resistance of Self to realize its nondual nature, a truth that is realized only after the fortress has fallen. There is str...

SELF REALIZATION

All that thy hated is thine.
All that thy love is divine.
All of thy forms, in quiet and storm
Are yours to shine Yes
I define!

David Quinn: The bottom line is this: If you are not fully comprehending the nature of God and dwelling in His boundless freedom, then you can take it as read that your mind is under the spell of the core illusion. If one has anti-Trump views, are they under the spell of the core illusion or are th...

Diebert van Rhijn to David Quinn: And this "mind", as you referred to, would also be mentally constructed and demarcated, where it starts and ends, what it can do and can't. Since this is then a mind constructing itself and defining its own boundaries, it wouldn't have any reliability wit...

David Quinn: The bottom line is this: If you are not fully comprehending the nature of God and dwelling in His boundless freedom, then you can take it as read that your mind is under the spell of the core illusion. If one has anti-Trump views, are they under the spell of the core illusion or are th...

Jordan Peterson's identity is linked to that of 'clinical psychologist' which has its own Hero's Story see here to tell (thanks to Diebert for bringing it into the conversation), but that Hero's Story is different in purpose and content than that of one who identifies with 'mystic' or 'philosopher',...

Pam Seeback: Why battle ten demons when you can battle one? jupiviv: It's a continuous battle with many forms of the same delusion. Fair enough, but at some point, weariness of battling the many forms of the same delusion sets in. Don't get me wrong, the weariness to which I refer is a necessary pa...

jupiviv: Fine, there is one primary delusion. But this one delusion will take many different guises throughout your life and you have to clear all of them away. Why battle ten demons when you can battle one? Pam Seeback: It is not logical to believe that one can be honest while they are being affec...

jupiviv: Logic means beings aware of things: Pam Seeback : I read this as meaning to be aware of distinction. Which can be applied to mundane things as well as spiritual things, i.e, the logic of a dog on a couch or the logic of dependent origination. jupiviv: And since logic applies to both types ...

Pam Seeback I don't believe that Kevin, David or Dan are suggesting that the transition between ignorance and wisdom can be reduced down to a comprehension of abstract logical deductions. Rather that logical deductions act as the fire of (and for) the transformation beyond ignorance. I propose that...

Obviously I do not consider the view of the conscious feminine as being one of 'giving into' or of 'seeking safety.' How would you generally describe masculine and feminine drives? Generally, I would describe the masculine drive as the drive to make logical connections and the feminine drive as the...