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- Jelaluddin Rumi “To know the world is literally to be on its wavelength.” -Karl Pribram Flying spaghetti monster gods! LMAO! What is that, modern neoplatonism? When [the soul] is firmly fixed on the domain where truth and reality shine resplendent it apprehends and knows them and appears to possess reason, but when it inclines to that region which is mingled with darkness, the world of becoming and passing away, it opines only and its edge is blunted, and it shifts its opinions hither and thither, and again seems as if it lacked reason. -Plato On May 18, 8:12 pm, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > 'Obey your noodley master' -http://www.venganza.org/materials/#flyers > > That was Lovecraft right? > > On 5/18/2010 7:37 PM, Chris Jenkins wrote: > > > > > /Ia Ia/! Yog Sothoth > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Ash <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Please forgive our ignorance Gabby. >:) > > > FF may be referring to the belligerent Demiurge (Yaldabaoth?) > > presiding over this universe, and it's acolytes. Purely speculative. > > > On 5/18/2010 1:18 PM, gabbydott wrote: > > > Pat is mistaking himself for God, but he's not the only one here, > > which makes them bearable. > > > On 18 Mai, 16:16, DarkwaterBlight<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I must be missing something here FF... Who's the > > determinist conmen > > that "we" are mistaking? I also have no feeling that God's > > understanding is anything less than infinite. The illusion > > that the so > > called "haves" have created, has been a veil of > > perception. I think I > > can agree on that point provided I am understanding you > > correctly. > > Would you care to continue in your discourse and elaborate? > > > On May 16, 10:18 pm, Fiercely Free<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Pat, > > God's understanding is infinite. There's no doubt > > about that. > > When we mistake some determinist conmen for omnipotent > > entity, we get > > the feeling that God's understanding is not infinite. > > This ignorance > > gives rise to illusion which, in turn, prompts us to > > assume that > > opinion of "haves" represents the entire cosmic > > awareness... > > > On May 7, 8:09 pm, Pat<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On 7 May, 15:53, RP<[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > God is the mind which concieves the universe , > > He is the mind which > > runs it, and He is the mind which destroys it. > > He does not see in the > > manner in which we see each other and He does > > not act in the manner in > > which we act. His awareness and action is > > transcendental in nature. In > > our vanity we may pretend to comprehend Him, > > but we do not see or > > accept the fact that our intelligence is not > > infinite but only a few > > grades above that of animals. We have to just > > look at animals to > > realise that , after all our understanding > > also is finite. We are > > learning and growing day by day , but we are > > far from being Supreme. > > > Well, He does see as we do, but He also sees in a > > way we do not. When > > you look at something, in reality, it is Him that > > is seeing (and > > hearing and every other sensation any of us > > sense). And His ability > > to multiprocess all our awarenesses (and the > > awareness of all living > > things!) is a part of what defines His > > transcendant abilities. But > > there are more (unseen) places than just this 4-D > > universe and His > > wareness includes all that, as well. You're also > > right about our > > level of consciousness being not that much above > > other animals. It is > > our conceit that leads us to believe we are far > > greater than they > > are. But we're not. God can think like a tree > > (and, in fact thinks > > like each tree, as each tree's awareness is, in > > fact, His), yet no > > animal can. I'm not sure that God's understanding > > is infinite, but it > > is comprehensive, that is, it covers everything, > > though there may be a > > limit, that limit is far beyond our > > comprehension.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
