History, being a concept in and of itself would of course have nothing directly to do with God let alone “a unifying force”. On the other hand, rather than being “all myth”, humans can innately know God. This is in no way contradictory with the innate drive to survive.
Now, when it comes to ‘luck’ and ‘fortune’…well…now one IS in the realm of mythology as earlier presented…at least in the realm of confusion, no? Rigsy, I do appreciate your agnostic humor!!! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHJmCQohYVk&feature=related On Feb 9, 4:57 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > History/reality betrays this concept of God as a unifying force even > interested in the affairs/plight of humanity and creation. It's all > myth. Our behavior adjusts to self-interest and survival very quickly > after birth. I do pray, but to what I do not know- it could be I pray > to Luck or Fortune- yet I do expect some form of consciousness to > appreciate my humor and woes- someone just turned off the applause > machine! :-) > > On Feb 9, 3:35 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Whichever way you look at it the fact is that this world and > > everything in it is an illusion because everything is predetermined by > > God and nothing is permanent and merges with God and loses all > > individual identity. That freedom to act which moves along a > > predetermined course is not actually a freedom but an illusion as > > such. Still the fact remains that as far as we are concerned we are > > free and accountable to ourselves and others for whatever we do as we > > are the agents. But it is a cool thought that knowing our bondage we > > shouldn't be proud of our achievements and depressed about our > > failure , rather we should act with a coolness of purpose and not look > > down upon our less fortunate brethren. Ever acting to the best of our > > abilities in a spirit of Yoga we should surrender all our actions to > > God. > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:56 AM, ornamentalmind > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, the act of concluding that one isn’t “doing” anything and it is > > > all God’s “doing” is an illusion? > > > > On Feb 8, 8:23 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> God is not someone sitting on a cloud and watching Rigsy reading > > >> Tolstoy , Allan talking about being part of God , RP talking about > > >> Non-Duality again and again in different words , He is the Inner Force > > >> which is making it all happen. And if we feel that we are doing > > >> whatever we do , that's the illusion.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
