[Mind's Eye] Re: Enlightenment

Hahah Pol, well that is quite an old pic now. I have I'm rather
ashamed to say shorter hair now, although a fair bit greyer it is
still loverly!

On Jul 13, 4:16 pm, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> 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....
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> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM, leerevdoug...@googlemail.com <
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> > Umm RP I don't think I can agree with you here.
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> > Whether a transendental moment occoures via drugs or meditation or
> > other avenues, the same thing happens in the brain.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > As to God state, then being Sikh I simply must disagree.  The aim of
> > my faith is obtaining Gurmukh(God conceiousness)whilst still alive.
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> > On Jul 12, 9:11 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Happy birthday, Ash!
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> > > Hope i got this right; if i didn't, happy birthday anyway! :)
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> > > On Jul 12, 2:42 am, Ash <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > [Life] hath many doors [yet to open] RP. Shouldn't there be infinite
> > > > potential between absolutes?
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> > > > 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
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> > > > time of year again. 28, FTW!
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> > > > On 7/11/2011 2:12 PM, RP Singh wrote:
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> > > > > The state of enlightenment , or self-realization , is simply a state
> > > > > of awareness like the dream -state or deep-sleep , and can be
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > > 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 "
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> > > > > This is , of course , my reading of the matter and can be erroneous
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