[Mind's Eye] Re: Given that it is almost impossible to be an individual

Sure.

'If ya can't see, feel, touch, taste, or smell it then it ain't real.'

How do you know this? I don't think you can so it must be a beliefe,
a pure act of faith or belief with some reasonable thought behind it?

I think the latter myself. Which why I have stressed a few posts back
the link between faith and reason.

On Apr 27, 8:37 pm, Chuck Bowling <aardvarkstudio.chu...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Care to elucidate?
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> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:20 AM, leerevdoug...@googlemail.com <
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> l...@rdfmedia.com> wrote:
> > Heh a belife?  Unsubstanciated at that?
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> > On Apr 26, 8:47 pm, Chuck Bowling <aardvarkstudio.chu...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > To be honest, I really don't want to scan more. I'm not all that
> > interested
> > > in gnosis. I have read enough to convince me that it is a spiritual or
> > > mystical perspective on the universe. While I don't reject the idea that
> > > there are things we don't understand I lean towards a less esoteric view
> > of
> > > the world.
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> > > If ya can't see, feel, touch, taste, or smell it then it ain't real.
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> > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Ash <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Do a little more scanning, you should find gnosis and many other
> > > > 'spiritual' oriented paths veer far off course with theism in many
> > ways.
> > > > Ontological reductions toward archetypal figures aren't necessary
> > (gods),
> > > > interestingly I've found the newer pagan paths to be the most advanced
> > and
> > > > flexible. In both, /you/ choose, they seem to be acquainted with the
> > notion
> > > > of many schools, then there's life. Kinda like Taoism's syncretism in
> > that
> > > > respect I guess. You could speak with any of these for hours and know
> > they
> > > > are talking about the sciences but seeking hermetic constructions in
> > all
> > > > angles, with no mention necessary of 'fantastic' stories. I think the
> > term
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