There are also "prayers" of gratitude I should have included with the humor and woes- but to whom is the question- to my problem solving or living in an age of science?
I agree with Henry Adams that the dynamo has won out over the Virgin- a very perceptive essay of the 19th Century and those with a greater familiarity in the various fields of science could argue more successfully than I am prepared to do, despite wishing I could! :-) Luck and fortune- reason and scientific exploration and discoveries- faith and worship--- they are all attempts to control our enviornment and response in varying degrees along with the inherent failures arising from human nature. On Feb 9, 7:57 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > 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!!! > :Dhttp://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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
