Errrr... Okay: So I guess I won't be looking for the book at amazon.com any time soon.
Best wishes, Andy From: Ode Coyote Bottom line: "You" are the only thing that cannot be destroyed. But you certainly can misdefine what you think you are...and that misdefinition defines your self validating illusions of reality. ..which is how reality 'as we each know it' is created. Vision depends upon NOT seeing everything. If you could see everything there is to see, you'd be completely and absolutely blind. Vision depends on focus, but the more clearly you see any one thing, the less you can see of everything else. The final truth behind the illusion is that there is no 'each'. This is difficult to keep in mind when every illusion proves itself to your satisfaction. If it doesn't, you create another illusion that does. But then, all the proofs are contained within the illusion. It's especially difficult to keep in mind when the very idea of 'me' depends upon misdefining mind. [Because any definition at all has to be incomplete..by definition..because "mind" has no limits or boundaries or locations to define] Clue: The mind is not in the brain. The brain is held in the mind as a symbol of location. All objects are symbols with meanings that vary depending on point of view. The brain does not think, it sorts though all of thought and selects those that successfully don't contradict the program it is running...and denies all others. If the program is so conflicted as to crash, the brain changes it and selects different thoughts to back up and confirm the change. [but no program is without fatal conflicts, so, programs don't crash...denial does. No program could run at all without denial.] Oddly, the closer you examine anything with the sincere desire to know what it really is and the idea that you don't already know, the more it goes away. "You" don't exist, therefore, cannot be destroyed. [???] Or is that, You are real 'because' nothing at all is? Each of us is only that one mind taking different points of view in a common loosly defined [misdefined] field of symbology...which can only be done by denying to some extent that other points of view are valid. [This is the function that the black or white-out tool 'ego' serves. This is this, therefore, it is not that.] Just what is it that tells a drop of water how big it is when it's in an ocean of water? [It's 'unreal' "sense" of self vs all that it denies being it...but all senses depend on denial.] Fear is not real. It's a tool we use to make things SEEM real. After all, how much fun is a roller coaster if you're not scared? Adventure is defined as that which you'd rather not happen [because it's so darned scary ], but are glad it did...after the fact. Waxing Phil Asophical ..makes him shine up nice, ey? [Fellow thrill seeker pretending to want security] Ode At 12:19 AM 8/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>>> Andy: I won't be ready to write my real book until I'm done caring about this world. The truth is simply just too painful and overwhelmingly joyous at the same time -- and also exceedingly dangerous. It takes quite alot of illusion ( for us as people ) to maintain coherant consciousness in this world which is so seperated from nature, where the lines of division have been drawn knowingly by hands which touch far more than the fabric of society... None of us is an exception to the rule. Indeed, our enemy has always been both ignorance and the power of knowledge. It's a double-edged sword that slices at both ends of the extremes and it is a self-sustaining system. I enjoyed Levi's writing style... Although I have always disagreed, occasionally venemously, with the hermetic "traditions" of masking things within secrecy and placing blinds within knowledge. I spent quite some time in my very-younger days attempting to penetrate the 33+ levels of the mystery schools, with a touch of success here and there. I probably would have never been open to the idea of colloidal silver had I not ( ironically enough ). One of my favorite "quotes" ( paraphrased, I believe ) Fear not. What is not real never has been and never shall be. What is real always was and cannot be destroyed. This is an abstract philosophical riddle that has a solution, or solvent, written into a hypothetical conceptual absolute. The riddle states that the final answer to fear lies in the fundamental definition of reality... That this solution can be comprehended by simply observing two facts in nature: What is real and what is not. Further, it provides the needed definition of reality as a starting point. Ironically, the only way to solve it is finding something that cannot be destroyed, as one would have to wait eternity to see what truly remained otherwise. The value comes in agonizing over any possible solvents to the riddle. The conclusions are stunning if one chooses to accept the fundamental starting point -- conceptually. The implications are equally profound. Best Regards, Jason > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:02 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Re: The Ol' Bob & Mike M. debate... > > > Hi Jason, Way back when, I used to read Eliphas Levi, I was impressed by his idea that apathy was one of the greatest sins man could accomplish. I flashed back to that when I read your post. So here is the free plug: What is the name of your book and who publishes it? Best regards, Andy From: Jason Eaton <snip> In the pursuit of knowledge, one applies every known test, every possible idea. Doing so may at times not be feasible or practical. However, in my book, WANTING to do less is unexcuseable, and is the result of 1. laziness, 2. fear, or 3. uncaring. I'm often amazed at how widespread wanting to say more and wanting to know less - is. Best Regards, Jason
