In what sense is the distinction between "internal"
and "external" still valid in Unity or any state
after? It should be merely a heuristic by that time
in my estimation.
--- matrixmonitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --External Gods may still be worshipped after
> Brahman Realization
> ("external" as Brahman, nondifferent); since
> Ramakrishna was devoted
> to Kali before and after Realization, and Ramana
> Maharshi was devoted
> to Arunachala Shiva.
>
>
> - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > My guess on love, truth, and beauty's evolutionary
> > purpose (as well as the notion of God, which may
> be a
> > synthesis of love beauty and truth) is that all of
> > them have to do with right-brain activity and,
> more
> > importantly, with uniting the two halves of the
> brain,
> > that is, with effecting communications between
> the
> > two halves through the mid-brain--giving a kind of
> > "three-dimensionality" to our notion of being
> > conscious and alive.
> >
> > In contrast, a fish has no mid-brain. So his
> notion
> > that he is alive comes from the sensory input of
> water
> > pressure as he is turning left and right slightly
> as
> > he swims. I noted in another post that a fish out
> of
> > water is a "Godless fish." It may be that our
> notion
> > of an "external" God is left over from our fish
> days.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.unleashingthewench.com/images/domebrdrd2.jpg
> > > Don't know if
> > > the image will show up for online readers, but
> the
> > > link above leads to
> > > an image that all of us are familiar with. It
> > > pertains to the concepts
> > > below. I've tried my best to discover the name
> of
> > > the artist -- anyone
> > > know? Edg
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung
> > > <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Stu" wrote: "Love, truth and beauty is the
> > > recognition of this
> > > > harmony around us. They are part of nature,
> its
> > > part of us. No
> > > > supernatural stuff need apply. Even a hardened
> > > materialist can
> > > > appreciate the organic unity of these ideals."
> > > >
> > > > Edg: You know those Necker cubes where the
> > > diagram of a "box" shifts
> > > > perspectives back and forth before your eyes
> --
> > > with the brain being
> > > > challenged to mindfully hold one of two
> > > perspectives?
> > > >
> > > > That's the process of enlightenment to me --
> you
> > > just suddenly flip to
> > > > the other POV. Blake would approve, eh? And
> this
> > > is echoed in the
> > > > adages of the masses such as "Fish or cut
> bait,"
> > > "Stand for something
> > > > or fall for anything," and/or "Do you see the
> > > glass as half full or
> > > > half empty." Note that communal wisdom
> underlines
> > > the natural ability
> > > > of all folks to DIRECT ONE'S ATTENTION.
> > > >
> > > > The appreciation of beauty is obviously not so
> > > hard wired that it
> > > > prevents us from seeing ugliness. I remember
> > > taking my children onto
> > > > my lap when they were crying or pissed off,
> and
> > > I'd usually be able to
> > > > tweak their minds such that they began to
> laugh
> > > even while their tears
> > > > or their clenched fists were still griddle hot
> > > processes.
> > > >
> > > > Like that, beauty is always there, but the
> secret
> > > of life is that
> > > > ugliness is as valuable as beauty. Yeah,
> Shiva's
> > > needed to dance a
> > > > jig -- gotta have a destruction phase to
> > > progression.
> > > >
> > > > In Art there's photorealistic works that amaze
> one
> > > with the exquisite
> > > > gem edges, leashed iridescence, and shiny
> > > glintings, and we swoon.
> > > >
> > > > Generally missed by all who view such an
> artwork
> > > is that using one's
> > > > eyes to see creates just such an artwork --
> > > looking at the back of
> > > > one's hand is just such an experience with its
> > > 3000 lines per inch
> > > > detail, its 10,000 hues seen, its astounding
> depth
> > > of view, its
> > > > perfect structures, anatomies, and sense of
> light
> > > -- and, ITS REAL!
> > > >
> > > > Flip onto that perspective 24/7, eh? -- ya
> think
> > > it might be a mental
> > > > technique that would evolve ya? I laugh that
> > > there's all these videos
> > > > games out there that are straining to achieve
> > > realism, yet, every kid
> > > > has reality smacking his face like bugs on a
> > > windshield on a dark road
> > > > in mid-summer Iowa -- like Huxley's birds
> calling
> > > "Attention!" in his
> > > > dystopia "Island." Smack, smack, smack.
> > > >
> > > > Heaven is right there in our faces down to the
> > > neenee-nana-nanosecond.
> > > > Each view, each sound, each report from any
> sense
> > > is as rich as,
> > > > well, as rich as God could create. Try
> flipping
> > > into God
> > > > consciousness -- you can do it just like being
> > > able to see a Necker
> > > > cube change. I think anyone has this ability
> to
> > > suddenly shift into
> > > > ephiphany at ANY MOMENT, "caused" by ANY
> INPUT.
> > > >
> > > > 'Course, there's no such thing as input, but
> you
> > > know what I mean.
> > > >
> > > > Edg
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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