in case youre wondering i saw the little google profile pic there is.... On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:46 PM, pol.science kid <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > -- EverComing
