"that is what my God is, but I need to understand how exactly I am connected to it, and how it fits into the universe."
>From my view, you are connected to your soul like your are connected to your imagination. It is an operable aspect of who you are. It fits into the universe the way that you do as the one and the many, you are yourself the individual and everyone else. "explain why bad things happen" because, I think, things happen. So that we can understand what is happening based on our state and stage of consciousness at the time, we assign the value of bad or good - or we don't. Not everyone does. After I die from this life? First, I think that this life has lots of little deaths, where our eternal self is brought into our experience and our timelessness can be felt. Especially during sleep, I think we can reach the states and stages of being that may be included in our existence after the death of our physical body in this life. Hard to say, because part of the mystery is that our view is limited in the moment as well as unlimited, and the limitations limit our view manifest experience, keeping our focus on what is limited and excluding what is eternal. In other words, I think we constantly experience what is available to us after death, we just don't recognize it as such because of the limitations of our viewpoint. For example, if you have ever had the experience called "cosmic consciousness," where you are aware of all time, space and everyone and everything and all that is - during that moment where this is my experience, I say to myself - "oh yes, this is it, I understand." Yet when my state and stage of consciousness resumes to that of my current consistent viewpoint, I can only remember this state, and it plays in my background holographically and archetypically, yet my more limited focus allows me to relate to my experience in a more integrated way that is more inclusive of the physical body. I don't know anyone who walks around in a constant state of cosmic consciousness although we can speculate that this is the heaven on earth of the Christ consciousness. But I know that I achieve it in sleep as I come out of it during REM with the memory, and am refreshed, or maybe defraged. All of this said just to agree with my friend Alan, after I die, I continue to live as Molly. The mystery is, how, without the physical body, as an important part of this life is integrating the body into our experience of living. Right now, because I am living, I can only speculate that what I experience as the eternal Molly will continue on in much the same way as the eternal Molly integrated with the limited Molly living in this body. Perhaps the mystery of the resurrection is finding the answer while in the body. I'll let you know if I figure that one out. On Oct 26, 3:03 pm, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, no worries, I left the rack in my basement... it's really too > large to be carting around, not heavy, just awkward to get through > doorways. > > Just that bit has told me so much already, so much that I am out of > questions. ;) > > I feel that we are approaching the world from such a different > perspective, that understanding each other is very difficult. For > instance, your belief in a soul is the summation of your experience, > it is a symbol. I understand that.. that is what my God is, but I > need to understand how exactly I am connected to it, and how it fits > into the universe. I think you might would say that was an > unnecessary distraction, I would say that it is part of the process. > > The Jews had a mystical tradition, Kabbalah, my main attraction to it > is that it actually attempts to explain why bad things happen in a > world that is God, and in a way that doesn't cop out with the whole > Satan myth. Its God head is much like Brahman, but there is a veil > seperating us from it, a veil that we cannot pass without losing our > selves (as consequence, or as payment). There is said to be much joy > in the path of seeking that God, this is called devukut, I cannot say > myself why there would be joy in such a thing.. perhaps this is > something I need to visit again. > > Okay, I do have another question. What happens to Molly after she > dies? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
