Connecting - Theosophy.Net2024-03-29T11:10:15Zhttps://theosophy.net/forum/topics/connecting?commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A136059&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLol, good call John.
I suppo…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-17:3055387:Comment:1360702014-06-17T00:57:09.092ZSeth Edwardshttps://theosophy.net/profile/SethEdwards
<p>Lol, good call John. </p>
<p>I suppose one *could* truly connect while talking on the phone, but merely ringing someone up and superficially saying hi doesn't count, at least in my mind, as actually connecting. Connecting involves some kind of illusive give and take between two individuals, some kind of "divine" exchange. When two individuals truly connect, both leave with a better understanding and purer love for the other. It's not merely a melding of ideas and perceptions. It's the…</p>
<p>Lol, good call John. </p>
<p>I suppose one *could* truly connect while talking on the phone, but merely ringing someone up and superficially saying hi doesn't count, at least in my mind, as actually connecting. Connecting involves some kind of illusive give and take between two individuals, some kind of "divine" exchange. When two individuals truly connect, both leave with a better understanding and purer love for the other. It's not merely a melding of ideas and perceptions. It's the sharing of something underlying all of those ideas and perceptions.</p> Actually, I think the act (sy…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-16:3055387:Comment:1359562014-06-16T20:14:55.946ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
<p>Actually, I think the act (synchronicity) of running into another person who can think at a theosophical level is a spiritual experience. One needs to work at making it fruitful for *both*.</p>
<p>Actually, I think the act (synchronicity) of running into another person who can think at a theosophical level is a spiritual experience. One needs to work at making it fruitful for *both*.</p> calling on the the cell phone…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-16:3055387:Comment:1359552014-06-16T20:09:41.275ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
<p>calling on the the cell phone is "spiritual" ? That is not what I think we mean here...</p>
<p>Seth ??</p>
<p>calling on the the cell phone is "spiritual" ? That is not what I think we mean here...</p>
<p>Seth ??</p> growing by becoming conscioustag:theosophy.net,2014-06-16:3055387:Comment:1362342014-06-16T15:26:42.019ZMark Kusekhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MarkKusek165
<p>growing by becoming conscious</p>
<p>growing by becoming conscious</p> We are all connected. It is i…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-16:3055387:Comment:1360682014-06-16T03:17:06.038ZDavid Allenhttps://theosophy.net/profile/DavidAllen
<p>We are all connected. It is interesting that we walk around with cell phones, so we are all connected in that way, all we need is a number to call up anyone. Our connections are the same, only the number is a perception. So as we communicate with each other we find shared experiences, each of these shared experiences influences our understanding of each other, and the connection grows.</p>
<p>I say the connection grows but that is not quite correct. It is actually our awareness of existing…</p>
<p>We are all connected. It is interesting that we walk around with cell phones, so we are all connected in that way, all we need is a number to call up anyone. Our connections are the same, only the number is a perception. So as we communicate with each other we find shared experiences, each of these shared experiences influences our understanding of each other, and the connection grows.</p>
<p>I say the connection grows but that is not quite correct. It is actually our awareness of existing connections that is growing.</p> John,
I understand completely…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-16:3055387:Comment:1359522014-06-16T03:01:40.593ZDavid Allenhttps://theosophy.net/profile/DavidAllen
<p>John,</p>
<p>I understand completely what you are talking about. The thing I discovered when I looked at this is that everybody else has as much right to their perception as I have to mine. Whats more, each of their perceptions is as essential to me as my own.</p>
<p>About that bridge, it is already there. You built it when you passed through where you think they are.</p>
<p>John,</p>
<p>I understand completely what you are talking about. The thing I discovered when I looked at this is that everybody else has as much right to their perception as I have to mine. Whats more, each of their perceptions is as essential to me as my own.</p>
<p>About that bridge, it is already there. You built it when you passed through where you think they are.</p> I do not think it is on "our"…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-14:3055387:Comment:1359512014-06-14T20:18:46.758ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
<p>I do not think it is on "our" side. Others can not see what you mean when you open up. A distant void exists between what you care about and what they think is important. </p>
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<p>just not sure how to get them to open up.</p>
<p>I do not think it is on "our" side. Others can not see what you mean when you open up. A distant void exists between what you care about and what they think is important. </p>
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<p>just not sure how to get them to open up.</p> Connecting spiritually is ver…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-14:3055387:Comment:1361292014-06-14T20:15:55.466ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
<p>Connecting spiritually is very hard for me. I just do not find people who think at the deeper spiritual level. People who look at life from a deeper and spiritual level are few. It is hard to find others that do this. Also - I have a hard time connecting because ideas are "missed" when I express them. It takes a lot of effort to understand exactly where people are spiritually coming from and then to build the bridge between them and myself. For some people it is impossible. It often appears…</p>
<p>Connecting spiritually is very hard for me. I just do not find people who think at the deeper spiritual level. People who look at life from a deeper and spiritual level are few. It is hard to find others that do this. Also - I have a hard time connecting because ideas are "missed" when I express them. It takes a lot of effort to understand exactly where people are spiritually coming from and then to build the bridge between them and myself. For some people it is impossible. It often appears almost like there is nothing to work with. What they are willing to understand is sometimes absent from a lack of true desire on their part to even care about the "why" of existence.</p>
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<p>you ask good questions here.</p> I know what you mean. But per…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-13:3055387:Comment:1362282014-06-13T18:14:25.903ZZainab Farhadhttps://theosophy.net/profile/ZainabFarhad
<p>I know what you mean. But perhaps you need to open up a little more. I had that problem too but now I think I've gotten ridden of my social anxiety and express myself more than I used to.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. But perhaps you need to open up a little more. I had that problem too but now I think I've gotten ridden of my social anxiety and express myself more than I used to.</p> I'm not sure. When I say "con…tag:theosophy.net,2014-06-13:3055387:Comment:1360622014-06-13T02:32:06.081ZSeth Edwardshttps://theosophy.net/profile/SethEdwards
<p>I'm not sure. When I say "connect," I really mean just that- to feel connected- to understand another while feeling understood yourself. I guess it would be more along the lines of spiritual relating than anything else.</p>
<p>I'm not sure. When I say "connect," I really mean just that- to feel connected- to understand another while feeling understood yourself. I guess it would be more along the lines of spiritual relating than anything else.</p>