Very good. So the why of why we exist may just be that the aspect of God within us "MUST do this as a function of Omnipotence and in order to maintain both Omnipotence (with respect to awareness) and Omniscience, as omniscience is realised by virtue of those 'teeth'/slices all being extensions of the One."
Which leaves us like Siddhartha, on the river bank, finding redemption by speaking the word, Om, engaging in experience with complete love to end the suffering. The one and the many, complete. Countless problems with resultant suffering can be named as a result of feeling only the individuality, the separation, as rigsy points out below. The recognition that there are those in power creates a separation that dooms the experience to one of domination, as in fact, "power" exists in the unity, suffering in the separation without unity. The teeth of the comb have not real value without the comb itself, and cannot perform the function of "combing." So it is with our individuality. Our only real power comes in knowing our connectedness, and feeling and acting from there. On Dec 7, 6:45 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 Dec, 13:30, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What other forms are there, Pat? And how is it we share our > > particular slice with so much in common? Why slice at all? > > I view vegetable 'awareness' as a different 'form' of slice, one > that is purely chemical. In that way, our computers have a form of > awareness that is purely electrical. Our form is a combination of > electrical and chemical. > The term 'slice' is a bit misleading, although it does show the > relationship between our consciousness/awareness and that of the whole > in that we have but a small part of it. A better analogy might be the > teeth of a comb. They are all connected at one point but each 'tooth' > extends from the One, that is the comb. > As far as "Why slice (it) at all?" Well, this is the way that > the One differentiates its awareness so that there can be inter- > realation between the differentials. As Neil had quoted the Qur'an > earlier, "...so that you may know one another." From a more 'divine' > viewpoint, God differentiates His awareness because God CAN > differentiate His awareness, He MUST do this as a function of > Omnipotence and in order to maintain both Omnipotence (with respect to > awareness) and Omniscience, as omniscience is realised by virtue of > those 'teeth'/slices all being extensions of the One. > > > On Dec 4, 10:03 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 3 Dec, 21:25, e <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Along with why is how? If we can ascertain how we exist then maybe the > > > > why becomes clearer or resolves of itself. Changing Descartes a bit > > > > too... I think, ‘I exist’, we see that I’s exist within thought > > > > bounded contexts. Do I’s exist outside of those thought bounded > > > > contexts? I don’t see how we can claim that I’s do. If I’s are then > > > > bound to context, then I am is just another thought that arises and > > > > passes away with context. That is, I’s really don’t exist the way we > > > > think I’s do i.e. permanently and separately. When the I am thought > > > > resolves showing there is no separate me, then the infinite totality > > > > is realized without an inside or outside. > > > > The way I put it is that, in truth, Consciousness is a 3-D loaf. Each > > > of us has an 'apparent' slice of that loaf. But the loaf itself has > > > always existed and always will, as it is nothing but energy, which is > > > neither created nor destroyed--only transformed from one form to > > > another. But, any 3-D 'loaf' can be sliced in a number of differnt > > > ways across various axes. our 'form' of consciousness is just one > > > form. There are others.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
