Happy birthday, Ash! Hope i got this right; if i didn't, happy birthday anyway! :)
On Jul 12, 2:42 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > [Life] hath many doors [yet to open] RP. Shouldn't there be infinite > potential between absolutes? > > I've gotten the new-ish Sam Harris book about Morality, a great German's > Chocolate-deluxe cupcake thingie with a candle and everything! It's that > time of year again. 28, FTW! > > On 7/11/2011 2:12 PM, RP Singh wrote: > > > > > The state of enlightenment , or self-realization , is simply a state > > of awareness like the dream -state or deep-sleep , and can be attained > > through concentration or substance - use. It is the mind which is > > aware and as the mind is finite , whatever it is aware of is also > > finite. The very fact that the so-called transcendental state can be > > experienced through use of entheogens casts a doubt about its > > spiritual nature. A person experiences such a state and when he comes > > out of it is just his ordinary self. God-state cannot be experienced > > by any being as it is beyond experience and can only be understood. We > > find it difficult to accept that we are mortal and hence believe in > > re-incarnation etc. The fact is that the " I " has nowhere to go on > > the death of the organism , it is simply an attribute of life and is > > no more on the death of the body , and is thus just an " illusion " . > > This is , of course , my reading of the matter and can be erroneous as > > my reason is not infallible and is subject to my limitations.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text -
