"Ash could you explain to me how can something does not exist attain eternal bliss?" -Allan

You know I have to! ;-) When I was a young boy I had to learn how to entertain myself sustainably, which meant combining my early rudimentary understanding of things in the world with a limited collection of cars, army guys, and some other things with my environment. So around the age of three or four I recall making cities and construction sites with various roles played out by the toys in dirt or gravel with sticks and string for crafting rigs and structures. It was also around that age I learned to tune a TV to watch the late night Cheers and M.A.S.H. episodes, the kid stuff was mostly earlier and weekends. The relationships I developed in fantasy and with my shows were an outlet, though I always had a strong capacity to fixate on something until it nearly encompassed my whole world, just the simplest things I could study in peace endlessly. My older sisters were taken away from us at that time so it was just my little sister, mom and I. Then a fire that I caused erased all that remained of that time, I guess that's why you shouldn't leave toddlers home alone for extended periods of time.. It was only just now thinking about it, how frantically I was hushed while trying to apologize and shaking in front of the firemen and why my mother cried with real pain when the grief from that time caused me to finally apologize and claim guilt for destroying our lives five years later. From before that time my mom and her six kids had rough times in the south, then there was my two sisters who cared for me and they were constantly in trouble with the law and fighting but they looked after me and cared. After the fire there was repeated loss, friends, schools, belongings, going from eking it out to beggar over and again. What do you choose if you can only pick what you can grab in a bag on the way out.. Anyways, I developed very sentimental attachments to the things time was spent on like tinkering with electronics parts, toys, gardening, reading, and tv shows. Rummaging through my junk to clean up was overwhelming with memories most of the time, and still is sometimes when organizing books, pictures, school documents, there is a flood of emotion and sadness I guess. Much of how I've seen the world has been through a very tarnished lens, or what I've seen tarnished it, whichever.. Now I am older and have thought and drank beyond exhaustion, I look back and can choose whether to think about things in a way that can lead to strong psychosomatic reactions, or in a blink collapse my world up to this time and identify what is worth fighting for and investing hope in. Most of it has been like a dream, compared to the simplest and purest things. The realest things of all have been those I can prove the least. The strong sentimental attachments, guilt, etc are not real except in their consequences I suppose as a particle doesn't exist but by interactions of various forces/energies. Even I must know this to overcome and offer more than reactions, but the road between absolutes must logically be an absolute as well. So IMO, there is a lot of room, probably much more than I could think up in a lifetime, a very different number from what I can put into words sadly.

I'll read the other responses after posting, I feel like a shit tonight. :p


On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:31 AM, RP Singh <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    When a person realizes that he is just a figment of God's imagination
    and that Brahman alone IS then he attains to salvation , liberation of
    the soul from duality to a state of non-duality , unending and
    unbreakable bliss.

    On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:06 AM, iam deheretic
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    > RP  you must be awful fearful of death. and you are talking in
    circles
    > trying to sound like you understand some thing but to me you
    sound confused
    > and lost and searching for salvation,  Sorry RP I fall short on
    just what
    > this salvation thing is. To simplify it for you RP When you
    begin to realize
    > you are part of Brahman and because of the simple fact there is
    an infinite
    > connection,, now all you have to learn is to be a kinder gentler
    person
    > learning to love others as Brahman loves you, Simple yes, but it
    take a life
    > time to perfect.
    > Allan
    >
    > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:17 AM, RP Singh <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >>
    >> For those to whom the idea of death is fearful it is death to
    them ,
    >> but those who recognising the inevitability of death and being
    >> unattached to the various bonds of life see that they will
    merge into
    >> the One God , attain to the supreme bliss that is Brahman.
    >>
    >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:36 PM, iam deheretic
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
    >> wrote:
    >> > Hmm I have read part of it . some what interesting and if you
    have
    >> > nothing
    >> > else it could be totally fascinating  I like work but it
    means little
    >> > and I
    >> > can often times see the purpose,  reading what you say work
    without
    >> > attachment. you make it sound difficult  really is it as you
    want it to
    >> > be
    >> > ,, sounds more like an self fulfilling prophecy personally I
    like work
    >> > simply because I enjoy working
    >> >
    >> > Yes you often reiterate old teachers , but does that mean you
    understand
    >> > what they are actually saying?
    >> >
    >> > RP the purpose and function is to get to know God and that
    applies to
    >> > every
    >> > one, is it going to happen? The entirety of your being both
    body and
    >> > soul is
    >> > totally contained with in God (no matter what name you want
    to call
    >> > him.)
    >> > the other is to do his will for you  and for each person it is
    >> > different. By
    >> > responding to the world around you in reality you are
    responding to God
    >> > the
    >> > creator.These request of God are often times very quiet and
    subtle.If
    >> > you
    >> > don't respond well then you just simple don't.
    >> >
    >> > You tell me RP to open my eyes and accept the certainty of
    death and
    >> > salvation. Do you even know what death is and what salvation is?
    >> > Allan
    >> >
    >> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:08 AM, RP Singh <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >> When a person loses wealth or name he becomes depressed
    whereas a
    >> >> person who has attained to the calm of self-mastery remains
    cool and
    >> >> composed as he has ever a spirit of detachment from all  worldly
    >> >> things. But that doesn't mean that he becomes a zombie as he
    acts and
    >> >> behaves normally , doing all necessary work and making
    efforts without
    >> >> the attachment associated with such work. This view has been
    put forth
    >> >> by many great teachers and I am only reiterating it --- read the
    >> >> bhagwadgita and you may find something of what I am saying
    clearly
    >> >> enunciated there. People go in search of the elusive self as
    if it
    >> >> were somewhere underneath wraps , whereas the truth is it is
    right
    >> >> there before you and you fail to see it.
    >> >> The Self is that Nothing of which scientist speak from which the
    >> >> universe has emanated and to which it will go---and if you
    think that
    >> >> you will be able to grasp it within your hand , you have lot
    to learn.
    >> >> You ask me to learn but all that you speak of has been
    gathering dust
    >> >> in books and folklore , why don't you just open your eyes
    and accept
    >> >> the certainty of death and salvation.
    >> >>
    >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ash <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> >> > Hope I don't get in the way here RP but I was waiting for
    Allan
    >> >> > before
    >> >> > butting in. At first I found this troubling and not purely
    on the
    >> >> > basis
    >> >> > of
    >> >> > Individuality, but that there is a separation between
    things such
    >> >> > that
    >> >> > we
    >> >> > are striving for our own nullification in a process of
    spiritual
    >> >> > division
    >> >> > then multiplication, while at the same time we are
    speaking of an
    >> >> > eternal
    >> >> > and infinite wellspring. It may be that this is the
    greatest height
    >> >> > that
    >> >> > any
    >> >> > teacher will speak of or has attained and it may indeed be
    The truth,
    >> >> > however it may also be a misleading truth if we accept it
    as the only
    >> >> > destination. The definition of self-realization may also be a
    >> >> > half-truth,
    >> >> > depending on how you define self-mastery.  If realization
    is a mere
    >> >> > perceptual trick in the grand scheme compared to God, it
    is just one
    >> >> > step of
    >> >> > the ladder, of which there may be an infinite supply (and
    all of that
    >> >> > may
    >> >> > fall within another mastery).
    >> >> >
    >> >> > I would much prefer to walk my path for a very long time,
    wherever it
    >> >> > may
    >> >> > lead, through samsara or hell and put a foot in many
    dimensions of
    >> >> > existence, merely to explore and discover. Heaven and hell
    I'd flip
    >> >> > upside
    >> >> > down and leave no stone unturned to see where and what we
    are and
    >> >> > what
    >> >> > possibilities may be. Noone can say where that would take
    us, or what
    >> >> > we
    >> >> > could become. Until then we do need pieces of insight, I
    suppose even
    >> >> > if
    >> >> > they come in the form of neti neti, many disciplines and
    many arts so
    >> >> > long
    >> >> > as we don't lose the urge or spirit that led us to make
    them- tools
    >> >> > handed
    >> >> > down for us to build on.
    >> >> >
    >> >> > I hope this was along a constructive path for thoughts,
    could you
    >> >> > offer
    >> >> > more
    >> >> > insight into how far self-mastery can go in your belief?
    >> >> >
    >> >> > On 1/23/2011 1:16 PM, iam deheretic wrote:
    >> >> >
    >> >> > RP  by my experience you have a lot to learn
    >> >> > But your mind is closed and you know it all , sadly when
    people set
    >> >> > the
    >> >> > conditions for something they can never exceed them
    because they have
    >> >> > set
    >> >> > the only conditions they have set.  sadder still it
    becomes a self
    >> >> > fulfilling prophecy .
    >> >> > Allan
    >> >> >
    >> >> > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM, RP Singh
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> >> >>
    >> >> >> The nearest a person can get to a state of
    Self-realization while
    >> >> >> still in this body is to attain to the calm of
    self-mastery , that
    >> >> >> is
    >> >> >> , to remain cool and self-composed in all favourable and
    adverse
    >> >> >> circumstances  ----- to live and act with a spirit of
    detachment
    >> >> >> while
    >> >> >> doing all works to the best of one's ability.
    >> >> >>
    >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:05 PM,
    [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    >> >> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> >> >> > I almost agree with you RP.  But of course it is
    possible to
    >> >> >> > experiance such bliss whilst still alive, not easy, but
    possible.
    >> >> >> >
    >> >> >> > On Jan 19, 2:49 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    >> >> >> >> All are different , some are incompetent , some
    competent; some
    >> >> >> >> are
    >> >> >> >> fools , others are brilliant ; some are esteemed , others
    >> >> >> >> despicable;
    >> >> >> >> and so on and on. But in reality all are equal as all
    are made
    >> >> >> >> from
    >> >> >> >> the One , Godself , and to that Godself all eventually
    go and
    >> >> >> >> find
    >> >> >> >> eternal peace , the supreme bliss which can be
    understood but
    >> >> >> >> never
    >> >> >> >> experienced while in this body.
    >> >> >
    >> >> >
    >> >> >
    >> >> > --
    >> >> >  (
    >> >> >   )
    >> >> > I_D Allan
    >> >> >
    >> >> > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    >> >> > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
    >> >> >
    >> >> >
    >> >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > --
    >> >  (
    >> >   )
    >> > I_D Allan
    >> >
    >> > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    >> > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
    >> >
    >> >
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    >  (
    >   )
    > I_D Allan
    >
    > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
    >
    >




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I_D Allan

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,


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