Excellent analogy, but truths are not proven by analogies.
The first two sentences of my post below are what I believe the
patriarchs had in mind.
The understandings of Bill, Steve and others are requested.
--ED
--- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote:
>
My statement is intended to be simpler than that, just a statement of
fact. An analogy: a cylinder projected onto one plane is a square; on
another plane, it is a circle. People will argue circle vs square, but
they are not different. The cylinder is the cylinder.
> 'Samsara is no different than nirvana.'
> Yes, but only to the non-rational mind or no-mind.
> The neocortex/limbic_system which is the mind we normally reside in
cannot perform that trick.
--ED
