really.. youre a sikh... i had no idea.... no wonder you have such nice hair.. you know.. i have never known a Sikh person with bad hair...both girls and boys ..its true.. i know i am sounding very foolish right now....
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Umm RP I don't think I can agree with you here. > > Whether a transendental moment occoures via drugs or meditation or > other avenues, the same thing happens in the brain. > > The I we speak about is present in the brain, when the brain is dead > the I has gone, to suggest that this change in brain chemistry if > occouring via drugs is not spirtual makes no sense to me. > > If I walk across the road or run, I still get to the other side. The > end result is the same no matter what route I take. > > As to God state, then being Sikh I simply must disagree. The aim of > my faith is obtaining Gurmukh(God conceiousness)whilst still alive. > > > > On Jul 12, 9:11 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- EverComing
