Theosophies, Sleep-Waking and the Illusions of Life - Theosophy.Net2024-03-29T12:34:48Zhttps://theosophy.net/forum/topics/theosophies-sleep-waking-and-the-illusions-of-life?feed=yes&xn_auth=no Hi, friends!!!
Well, sorry …tag:theosophy.net,2012-02-25:3055387:Comment:1090402012-02-25T14:07:24.486ZFerran Sanz Orriolshttps://theosophy.net/profile/FerranSanzOrriols
<p> Hi, friends!!!</p>
<p> Well, sorry if I am rude, but need is not at all "merely one of a handful of similar meditations", need is need. We all humans share need, the same basic needs.</p>
<p> We all need air, water, food, shelter, medical services, education and friends if we are to live as true human people. Those are not optional, but needed.</p>
<p> It seems that comfort and habit are against aknowledging real needs... :-(</p>
<p> Hi, friends!!!</p>
<p> Well, sorry if I am rude, but need is not at all "merely one of a handful of similar meditations", need is need. We all humans share need, the same basic needs.</p>
<p> We all need air, water, food, shelter, medical services, education and friends if we are to live as true human people. Those are not optional, but needed.</p>
<p> It seems that comfort and habit are against aknowledging real needs... :-(</p> Of course, to ‘…know thyself’…tag:theosophy.net,2012-02-25:3055387:Comment:1089472012-02-25T07:07:02.039Zornamentalmindhttps://theosophy.net/profile/BillFaust
<p>Of course, to ‘…know thyself’ is ‘true’ or perhaps at least an ongoing process. The stages of the path no matter what the School of wisdom and/or knowledge are many and seldom discussed let alone achieved and therefore known.</p>
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<p>G had a method although in my view a rather limited and bumpy one.</p>
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<p>To ask ‘Why?’ as a habit is merely that… a habit and a sign of a psyche attached to and/or cathected in one area.</p>
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<p>To focus on ‘need’ too is of value yet…</p>
<p>Of course, to ‘…know thyself’ is ‘true’ or perhaps at least an ongoing process. The stages of the path no matter what the School of wisdom and/or knowledge are many and seldom discussed let alone achieved and therefore known.</p>
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<p>G had a method although in my view a rather limited and bumpy one.</p>
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<p>To ask ‘Why?’ as a habit is merely that… a habit and a sign of a psyche attached to and/or cathected in one area.</p>
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<p>To focus on ‘need’ too is of value yet merely one of a handful of similar meditations. As to the survival of humanity, I have grave doubts. This in no way stops me from doing the work nor from being happy to be alive.</p>
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<p>Back to the topic… yes, Gnosticism in the sense of knowing the Divine is a result of clarification of what ‘self’ actually is. In this way one wakes up and can transcend the myriad of thoughts and experiences one has attached to during this lifetime.</p>
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<p>The question of what is important, for me, centers on enlightenment. There can be and are other areas of focus; however, none as profound nor pure as this.</p> Hi, friends!!!
Yes, it's a…tag:theosophy.net,2012-02-23:3055387:Comment:1089372012-02-23T15:31:26.623ZFerran Sanz Orriolshttps://theosophy.net/profile/FerranSanzOrriols
<p> Hi, friends!!!</p>
<p> Yes, it's a fact that most people are asleep, in the sense that they are not aware of the causes and consequences of their behaviour, but respond to stimuli that they don't understand.</p>
<p> This is the only explanation I can accept of the insane situation we humans have to suffer: milions are stressed because of obesity while milions are starving, etc, etc.</p>
<p> Once again, systems, why is theosophy to be a system? if everything is interrelated, how can an…</p>
<p> Hi, friends!!!</p>
<p> Yes, it's a fact that most people are asleep, in the sense that they are not aware of the causes and consequences of their behaviour, but respond to stimuli that they don't understand.</p>
<p> This is the only explanation I can accept of the insane situation we humans have to suffer: milions are stressed because of obesity while milions are starving, etc, etc.</p>
<p> Once again, systems, why is theosophy to be a system? if everything is interrelated, how can an ultimate end be? is really useful to think on terms of ultimate ends? if it's the mind trying to understand itself, why do we need any divinity to land on, if divine is just an adjective to the noun "mind" ? and if it's the mind trying to understand itself, what has it to do with you and me? are "who am I" and "what is the mind" the same question?</p>
<p> The question that I have made myself is: what do I need? Need, raw need, not "important", not "desirable", but what I do need.</p>
<p> Need is a source of creativity, too. The creative effort often stresses the body. Some artists have succeeded in creating under really stressful circumstances. </p>
<p> We humans are right now creating a new way of life under stressful circumstances, the disaster brought by the old greedy agressive ways. We will survive!!!</p>
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