--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can't comment on that. I'm a Buddhist who doesn't > even believe that God exists. :-)
Really? If Buddha-->Buddhism-->Buddhist exists, how can God not exist? I'd like to hear your definition of Buddha. > > This progression of states of consciousness has occurred because > > of my dissatisfaction with the previous state of consciousness > > (or Someone's dissatisfaction anyway...;-)). > > That is my entire point. If you are dissatisfied with > *any* state of consciousness, it's because *you* are > dissatisfied, not because the state of consciousness > is less satisfying than any other. I can see it that way- means the same thing to me. > > > In other words, there were things I wanted to achieve for myself > > that were unobtainable at the lesser state of consciousness... > > I would say instead that you *assumed* they were not > available to you. Therefore they weren't. Hang on-- Broadening the discussion beyond human form, would you also say that a chimpanzee doesn't speak English because of some self-imposed limitation? Where do you draw the line between self- imposed limitations and physiologically based limitations? Later some- > thing happened, which you attribute to a shift in > your state of consciousness, and you dropped that > limiting assumption and they were available to you. > But they were available all along, in every state of > consciousness you have ever "worn" in this life. > > > ...so I watched myself evolve to the next state. The next state > > was then more enjoyable because I was able to accomplish more > > for myself. > > And this is a good thing? Some have it that the purpose > of spiritual evolution is to accomplish things for others. :-) That (accomplishing things for others) could certainly be included as a goal for myself. > As you say, it's a fascinating subject, but I don't > think I have anything more to say about it. >
