Title: Life
Post by: fredhedd on December 17, 2002, 18:47:24
Post by: fredhedd on December 17, 2002, 18:47:24
i'm fred.
Title: Life
Post by: Hephaestus on December 18, 2002, 11:41:06
Post by: Hephaestus on December 18, 2002, 11:41:06
Usually if anyone asks "who are you?" I answer by saying "'I am me".
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 18, 2002, 15:39:24
Post by: Oliver on December 18, 2002, 15:39:24
Ok, let me rephrase that, if u were looking inside yourself and asking who u really were, what would your answer be? ;)
Ollie
Ollie
Title: Life
Post by: bitsmart on December 21, 2002, 08:38:46
Post by: bitsmart on December 21, 2002, 08:38:46
If I were looking inside myself and asking who I really was, I would be the act and experience of looking inside myself and asking who I really am, just as right now I am the act and experience of writing this.
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Title: Life
Post by: fredhedd on December 21, 2002, 20:44:55
Post by: fredhedd on December 21, 2002, 20:44:55
good job bit.
Title: Life
Post by: Frank on December 23, 2002, 09:03:15
Post by: Frank on December 23, 2002, 09:03:15
My answer is, I'm not sure. That's what I am tring to find out. Who I am, where I originated from, etc.
Yours,
Frank
Title: Life
Post by: Kodemaster on December 23, 2002, 10:19:55
Post by: Kodemaster on December 23, 2002, 10:19:55
Good post Oliver,
What's really bizarre is that when I write, I often think of myself as male. I feel like my whole approach to things sometimes is male...my sense of humour, certain personality aspects, etc. Most of my friends are guys, and I tend to get along with them better. I've also had better luck with male teachers.
I have no desire to become a man, nor do I have an interest in dating women. (sorry guys!) :) I often feel like I was a man in a past life. Even my approach to dating used to be how guys approach girls; I've always felt compelled to go up to guys, ask for their numbers, etc. It's taken me a very long time to unlearn all of that, and to let them come to me. It doesn't come natural.
Jeni
What's really bizarre is that when I write, I often think of myself as male. I feel like my whole approach to things sometimes is male...my sense of humour, certain personality aspects, etc. Most of my friends are guys, and I tend to get along with them better. I've also had better luck with male teachers.
I have no desire to become a man, nor do I have an interest in dating women. (sorry guys!) :) I often feel like I was a man in a past life. Even my approach to dating used to be how guys approach girls; I've always felt compelled to go up to guys, ask for their numbers, etc. It's taken me a very long time to unlearn all of that, and to let them come to me. It doesn't come natural.
Jeni
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 24, 2002, 18:36:04
Post by: Oliver on December 24, 2002, 18:36:04
Hi
Me too Frank, Im not sure either, what a mystry :)
Kodemaster... thats interesting but I dont know what to say:)
I guess like my post, it makes ya wonder...
Oliver
Me too Frank, Im not sure either, what a mystry :)
Kodemaster... thats interesting but I dont know what to say:)
I guess like my post, it makes ya wonder...
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 25, 2002, 19:09:49
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 25, 2002, 19:09:49
Usually when some one else asks me I just say, "I'm not really here. I'm just a figment of your imagination."
But when I ask myself, the answer is just me. I can not be anything else. I do not try and act like some one else or some thing I am not. There is no mistery. I know who I am, every one does. But the main thing is wether or not you are capable of being just you. Or do you feel a need to sperate you self into neat packages. The work you, the home you, the crowd you, the alone you, ect.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
But when I ask myself, the answer is just me. I can not be anything else. I do not try and act like some one else or some thing I am not. There is no mistery. I know who I am, every one does. But the main thing is wether or not you are capable of being just you. Or do you feel a need to sperate you self into neat packages. The work you, the home you, the crowd you, the alone you, ect.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 25, 2002, 22:24:32
Post by: Oliver on December 25, 2002, 22:24:32
Cainam,
lol at your first comment. You're right, you are you, that is who you are. So your answer is "I am me" when you ask yourself who you are. But what is your answer to "What is me?"
Oliver
lol at your first comment. You're right, you are you, that is who you are. So your answer is "I am me" when you ask yourself who you are. But what is your answer to "What is me?"
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 25, 2002, 23:27:18
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 25, 2002, 23:27:18
I am what I am and that's all that I am.
I am what you see.
I am the meek of the earth, and a leader amoung men. I am the innocent and the guilty. I am your best friend and your worst enemy. I am the town idiot and the village elder. I am nothing and everything.
I am what I want to be.
There is no question of what I am.
It is a choice.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
I am what you see.
I am the meek of the earth, and a leader amoung men. I am the innocent and the guilty. I am your best friend and your worst enemy. I am the town idiot and the village elder. I am nothing and everything.
I am what I want to be.
There is no question of what I am.
It is a choice.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 26, 2002, 14:09:15
Post by: Oliver on December 26, 2002, 14:09:15
So in other words, are you saying, you are what you experience?
Oliver
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: Kenneth on December 26, 2002, 18:22:37
Post by: Kenneth on December 26, 2002, 18:22:37
Exactly that question - "Who am I ?" has a little "game" attached to it, that sometimes can lead you directly into your very essence - your "Source" - your very being. (That special "experience" that are YOU in every way).
(This is best done with 2 people, but you can do it by yourself as well).
Try to clear your mind, stay open, and just ask the question "Who are you ?" (If you are 2), or "Who am I ?" if your are alone...
Stay focused and open, and say out loud the first thing, that comes to mind. After that, say "Thank you". (If nothing comes to mind, just wait a little while, and then say "thank you", even though nothing has been said).
Continue with this little "game", and make sure to stay as open as possible :-) ...
(Try to make a mental "snap-shot" of yourself before you do this, and then compare it to your self after you have done this little game)
/Kenneth
--- One thing at a time, be in NOW, and be gentle to yourself ---
(This is best done with 2 people, but you can do it by yourself as well).
Try to clear your mind, stay open, and just ask the question "Who are you ?" (If you are 2), or "Who am I ?" if your are alone...
Stay focused and open, and say out loud the first thing, that comes to mind. After that, say "Thank you". (If nothing comes to mind, just wait a little while, and then say "thank you", even though nothing has been said).
Continue with this little "game", and make sure to stay as open as possible :-) ...
(Try to make a mental "snap-shot" of yourself before you do this, and then compare it to your self after you have done this little game)
/Kenneth
--- One thing at a time, be in NOW, and be gentle to yourself ---
Title: Life
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 26, 2002, 22:19:25
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 26, 2002, 22:19:25
Oliver,
It is not a question that needs to be asked. It is a choice that needs to be made. I choose to be who I am. Experiences give you choices about who you want to be, but you can choose to be either side of the out come.
I am begining to think that perhaps you ask this question because you do or have done some thing and you don't know why it is done, or the answer given seems illogical.
I just had a good example.
Okay I smoke. Now if you ask almost every one who smokes why they smoke they will most likely say this. "I don't know, habit I guess." This is a person who either does not know themselves or is not aware of the choices.
Now if you ask me I will tell you this. "I smoke because I want to, every one needs to be a little bad." I did not start smoking untill I was 18. At that point in time I decided that I was too good. So I decided to pick a habit. It was not because my friends made me do it, or it was the cool thing to do. By that point in time it was becoming very obvious that this country will eventually bann smoking out right. But I made the choice to start.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
It is not a question that needs to be asked. It is a choice that needs to be made. I choose to be who I am. Experiences give you choices about who you want to be, but you can choose to be either side of the out come.
I am begining to think that perhaps you ask this question because you do or have done some thing and you don't know why it is done, or the answer given seems illogical.
I just had a good example.
Okay I smoke. Now if you ask almost every one who smokes why they smoke they will most likely say this. "I don't know, habit I guess." This is a person who either does not know themselves or is not aware of the choices.
Now if you ask me I will tell you this. "I smoke because I want to, every one needs to be a little bad." I did not start smoking untill I was 18. At that point in time I decided that I was too good. So I decided to pick a habit. It was not because my friends made me do it, or it was the cool thing to do. By that point in time it was becoming very obvious that this country will eventually bann smoking out right. But I made the choice to start.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 27, 2002, 01:16:30
Post by: Oliver on December 27, 2002, 01:16:30
Hi Cainam,
"I am begining to think that perhaps you ask this question because you do or have done some thing and you don't know why it is done, or the answer given seems illogical"
I think you should re-read my original post, the reason i started with a question was my way of bringing forth my idea.
I dont think that you are getting entirely what im talking about. Im talking about life, everything.
When I got off my bed from my meditation the otherday, this feeling suddenly hit me, its hard to describe, if u re-read my post you might get what i meant.
I'm kind of saying that we are life. We are everything.
Oliver
"I am begining to think that perhaps you ask this question because you do or have done some thing and you don't know why it is done, or the answer given seems illogical"
I think you should re-read my original post, the reason i started with a question was my way of bringing forth my idea.
I dont think that you are getting entirely what im talking about. Im talking about life, everything.
When I got off my bed from my meditation the otherday, this feeling suddenly hit me, its hard to describe, if u re-read my post you might get what i meant.
I'm kind of saying that we are life. We are everything.
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 27, 2002, 22:21:16
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 27, 2002, 22:21:16
Oliver,
Okay so I was wrong. It's not the first time.![]("http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile_wink.gif")
But some times you never know until you ask.
However to continue.
"I'm kind of saying that we are life. We are everything."
Yes I agree with this statement.
---
"Why are we all seperated?"
We are seperated because of what I mentioned earlier. The choice of who we want to be. A person may dismiss or deny some thing that they experienced simply because it does not fit into who they want to be. Rather often cold, hard, calculated facts mean nothing to a person if they don't fall into what they want to be. They get ignored and that person continues on thier path.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Okay so I was wrong. It's not the first time.
But some times you never know until you ask. However to continue.
"I'm kind of saying that we are life. We are everything."
Yes I agree with this statement.
---
"Why are we all seperated?"
We are seperated because of what I mentioned earlier. The choice of who we want to be. A person may dismiss or deny some thing that they experienced simply because it does not fit into who they want to be. Rather often cold, hard, calculated facts mean nothing to a person if they don't fall into what they want to be. They get ignored and that person continues on thier path.
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 27, 2002, 23:29:27
Post by: Oliver on December 27, 2002, 23:29:27
Cainam,
Think deeper. Why are we here? What is all this? How? That is the mistery i'm talking about. :)
Oliver
Think deeper. Why are we here? What is all this? How? That is the mistery i'm talking about. :)
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: Squeek on December 29, 2002, 23:26:54
Post by: Squeek on December 29, 2002, 23:26:54
I guess my answer to that VERY insightful qwestion is that I am the best that i can be, and that is all that i am.
~~~!
Marge: Homer no..You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
!~~~
~~~!
Marge: Homer no..You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
!~~~
Title: Life
Post by: Squeek on December 29, 2002, 23:33:39
Post by: Squeek on December 29, 2002, 23:33:39
Now that i think about it...I don't know...Why we are all here... I guess in some little way we aer all doing something for some good reason...Maybe to keep God's world working, or just have fun..who knows?
~~~!
Marge: Homer no..You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
!~~~
~~~!
Marge: Homer no..You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
!~~~
Title: Life
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 30, 2002, 07:00:27
Post by: cainam_nazier on December 30, 2002, 07:00:27
Oh, you mean THE question. The one that man has been trying to answer for a couple of thousand years. The one that still goes unanswered.
Me personally, I don't try to answer that one. It is too likely to lead to insanity. More so if you find the answer.
I focus more on why am I here. The question is much easier than people think, and really should be worded slighty different most of the time. More like "what are you gonna do with the time that you have?"
And besides, if you can't figure out why just one person, you, is here, then how are you going to figure out why every one is here?
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Me personally, I don't try to answer that one. It is too likely to lead to insanity. More so if you find the answer.
I focus more on why am I here. The question is much easier than people think, and really should be worded slighty different most of the time. More like "what are you gonna do with the time that you have?"
And besides, if you can't figure out why just one person, you, is here, then how are you going to figure out why every one is here?
David Rogalski
cainam_nazier@hotmail.com
I am he who walks in the light but is masked by the shadows.
David127385.freestoreclub.com
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 30, 2002, 17:36:12
Post by: Oliver on December 30, 2002, 17:36:12
quote:
Originally posted by cainam_nazier:
And besides, if you can't figure out why just one person, you, is here, then how are you going to figure out why every one is here?
I for some reason think that both those things are very closely related.
Its fun to think about, why we are all here etc, its so awesome :)
Ollie
Title: Life
Post by: Squeek on December 30, 2002, 19:37:28
Post by: Squeek on December 30, 2002, 19:37:28
Good qwestion...you got eevryone thinking.
~~~!
Marge: Homer no..You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
!~~~
~~~!
Marge: Homer no..You'll kill us all!
Homer: Or die trying!
!~~~
Title: Life
Post by: Combat Skill on January 15, 2003, 10:46:18
Post by: Combat Skill on January 15, 2003, 10:46:18
there answer to that question is imposible i have been trying tofind that one out for a long time, i hvae been almost been driven to insanity a few times, however i can't stop asking myself that question, and thinking about it all the time. Why am i me? why am i not someone else? why am I here?but it a way the whole of exsitence for me, is me...
Title: Life
Post by: James S on January 15, 2003, 14:38:05
Post by: James S on January 15, 2003, 14:38:05
I am who I am right at this point in time, which is possibly a different person to who I will be in a few hours. Who and what I am depends on how I feel, so with my moods I become different people. If I am unhappy with who I am when I am in a bad mood say, I will try not to be in a bad mood, and become somebody that I am comfortable being. It also depends a great deal on your perspective at the time as to who you think you are.
If we are the sum of our thoughts and experiences, then we are as liquid, because we are ever changed by the perspectives and moods present at the time of those thoughts and experiences.
I have spent some time in great confusion about who I really am, and I then realise that I have just wasted that time. Who I am is subject to change without prior notice. I'm ok with that.
How many existentialists does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one - but first the light bulb has to prove that it really exists!
James.
If we are the sum of our thoughts and experiences, then we are as liquid, because we are ever changed by the perspectives and moods present at the time of those thoughts and experiences.
I have spent some time in great confusion about who I really am, and I then realise that I have just wasted that time. Who I am is subject to change without prior notice. I'm ok with that.
How many existentialists does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one - but first the light bulb has to prove that it really exists!
James.
Title: Life
Post by: Fat_Turkey on January 15, 2003, 15:20:31
Post by: Fat_Turkey on January 15, 2003, 15:20:31
Ooooh THAT question. THE ultimate question of life, the universe and everything??? I know the answer [:)] It's none other than FORTY-TWO!!! Yes! That's right. 42!!!!!!!!
But seriously. Why ask all these questions. Man has been puzzling about it for millions of years and never found the answer. We are here because a concsiousness chose to evolve the way it did from simple bacteria. We are who we are at this point and time. That whole thing about everything being your consciousness is bullcrap. So you're saying that if I say a leaf is green because my concsiousness sees it that way, it could be blue or purple or furikuri from somebody else's concsiousness. We are here because we are. I am who I am. You are who you are. And if anybody doesn't like me the way I am, that person isn't worth my time. Maybe all of you should watch Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the movies too. That series invokes a lot of questions like the meaning of life and why humanity exists and such. I recommend renting it at Blockbuster's or something because seeing it on TV will make you miss story lines and episodes. Give it a shot, especially Ollie. It makes you think a lot, a little bit like The Matrix.
But seriously. Why ask all these questions. Man has been puzzling about it for millions of years and never found the answer. We are here because a concsiousness chose to evolve the way it did from simple bacteria. We are who we are at this point and time. That whole thing about everything being your consciousness is bullcrap. So you're saying that if I say a leaf is green because my concsiousness sees it that way, it could be blue or purple or furikuri from somebody else's concsiousness. We are here because we are. I am who I am. You are who you are. And if anybody doesn't like me the way I am, that person isn't worth my time. Maybe all of you should watch Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the movies too. That series invokes a lot of questions like the meaning of life and why humanity exists and such. I recommend renting it at Blockbuster's or something because seeing it on TV will make you miss story lines and episodes. Give it a shot, especially Ollie. It makes you think a lot, a little bit like The Matrix.
Title: Life
Post by: James S on January 15, 2003, 19:30:49
Post by: James S on January 15, 2003, 19:30:49
The meaning of life according to Neon Genesis Evangelion?
Studying the philosophical excretia of whacked-out hyper-active Japanese anime producers is truly a scary thought!
Stick to 42. It works, even if the ultimate question to the ultimate answer is all screwed up [:D]
James.
Studying the philosophical excretia of whacked-out hyper-active Japanese anime producers is truly a scary thought!
Stick to 42. It works, even if the ultimate question to the ultimate answer is all screwed up [:D]
James.
Title: Life
Post by: PeacefulWarrior on January 17, 2003, 11:07:23
Post by: PeacefulWarrior on January 17, 2003, 11:07:23
I am a child of God. I am also the decisions I make.
Title: Life
Post by: kifyre on January 17, 2003, 16:46:13
Post by: kifyre on January 17, 2003, 16:46:13
Hey all,
I've been reading No Boundary by Ken Wilber, and it made me think of this thread when I hit page 67. It's hard to explain. He talks about the self in relation to experience, but he tears apart all that New Age stuff about fully inhabiting the body and the senses. He talks about the timeless NOW, but he tears apart hugging to the present moment and denying the past and future. We are not the little guy/girl in our heads pulling the levers (doesn't exist), we are not our memories (memories are present tense). It's about what we are and what we are not, and it's been hitting me like a sledgehammer. Toss in One Taste, also by Ken Wilber for meditative/obe states, add a dash of Robert Bruce for some perspective (RB's reality does not contradict KW's reality, and in many places perfectly, explicity agrees.) and you get a great framework for a theory of everything. (The fun part then is filling in the details. [:)])
Mark
I've been reading No Boundary by Ken Wilber, and it made me think of this thread when I hit page 67. It's hard to explain. He talks about the self in relation to experience, but he tears apart all that New Age stuff about fully inhabiting the body and the senses. He talks about the timeless NOW, but he tears apart hugging to the present moment and denying the past and future. We are not the little guy/girl in our heads pulling the levers (doesn't exist), we are not our memories (memories are present tense). It's about what we are and what we are not, and it's been hitting me like a sledgehammer. Toss in One Taste, also by Ken Wilber for meditative/obe states, add a dash of Robert Bruce for some perspective (RB's reality does not contradict KW's reality, and in many places perfectly, explicity agrees.) and you get a great framework for a theory of everything. (The fun part then is filling in the details. [:)])
Mark
Title: Life
Post by: Patty on January 18, 2003, 18:04:01
Post by: Patty on January 18, 2003, 18:04:01
(Squeak, I love the Simpsons.)
A lot of the following is stream of consciuosness, hypothetical. YOu may consider it a waste of your time.
An interesting exercise to try: See how you behave when with different people. Don't simply reflect on it now, but rather spend the upcoming day seeing if you can be aware of your thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs through your interactions with different people.
I am finding that even what I believe changes depending on who I am with.
I think, what I "am" is incredibly flexible. (I think James said something like that too.) Maybe I am just a relative stable continuity of awareness. I'm aware of what this body was experiencing 30 years ago, but I am not that person anymore.
Why are we separate? Well, we aren't really. We are a group, we agree on things. How about the cells in our body? I think we are just a larger analogy of cells in a body. Do our cells have individual consciousness? Not the way we think of consciousness. Does our group society have consciousness? Not the way we think of consciousness. But you know, maybe there are different levels. We perceive separateness only because of the level we are at. Now, part of this particular paragraph is pretty silly, but whoever is enjoying thinking about these questions might like to think about levels of individuals and groups and how maybe we only perceive our consciousness and separateness the way we do --- because of the level in the system that we are at.
I "am" also --- enjoying the mystery unfolding.
A lot of the following is stream of consciuosness, hypothetical. YOu may consider it a waste of your time.
An interesting exercise to try: See how you behave when with different people. Don't simply reflect on it now, but rather spend the upcoming day seeing if you can be aware of your thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs through your interactions with different people.
I am finding that even what I believe changes depending on who I am with.
I think, what I "am" is incredibly flexible. (I think James said something like that too.) Maybe I am just a relative stable continuity of awareness. I'm aware of what this body was experiencing 30 years ago, but I am not that person anymore.
Why are we separate? Well, we aren't really. We are a group, we agree on things. How about the cells in our body? I think we are just a larger analogy of cells in a body. Do our cells have individual consciousness? Not the way we think of consciousness. Does our group society have consciousness? Not the way we think of consciousness. But you know, maybe there are different levels. We perceive separateness only because of the level we are at. Now, part of this particular paragraph is pretty silly, but whoever is enjoying thinking about these questions might like to think about levels of individuals and groups and how maybe we only perceive our consciousness and separateness the way we do --- because of the level in the system that we are at.
I "am" also --- enjoying the mystery unfolding.
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on January 18, 2003, 21:59:28
Post by: Oliver on January 18, 2003, 21:59:28
Hi,
Fat turkey dont be so quick to dismiss an idea, how can u be so sure of anything? And no i wasnt saying that someone else may see a leaf in another colour than u might, I was saying something completely different.
Patty, I liked your post:) I've thought of that too. Also think about the way sub atomic particles make up an atom, and atoms make up different elements and everything in our world is a whole lot of atoms that make up what we experience. Maybe us humans and life here on a planet is making up something even bigger. The plannets orbit suns, i wonder what is outside of the universe, if there is even anything. there is SO much to wonder about.
Oliver
Fat turkey dont be so quick to dismiss an idea, how can u be so sure of anything? And no i wasnt saying that someone else may see a leaf in another colour than u might, I was saying something completely different.
Patty, I liked your post:) I've thought of that too. Also think about the way sub atomic particles make up an atom, and atoms make up different elements and everything in our world is a whole lot of atoms that make up what we experience. Maybe us humans and life here on a planet is making up something even bigger. The plannets orbit suns, i wonder what is outside of the universe, if there is even anything. there is SO much to wonder about.
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on January 23, 2003, 02:44:26
Post by: Oliver on January 23, 2003, 02:44:26
Hey,
Timeless thanks:)
Isn't life great?
I think Your post was very on the mark.
I liked the way you used a play as a metaphor to get across what you were saying. Its true, that some people are too concerned about the props in the play that the dont really care about what the play is.
When we go out and experience, it is our life. We are forever experiencing and living. I guess you could say that our life is the sum of all our experiences, but really it is just one experince on a whole. Every experience is a part of something/someone else also experiencing.
Oliver
Timeless thanks:)
Isn't life great?
I think Your post was very on the mark.
I liked the way you used a play as a metaphor to get across what you were saying. Its true, that some people are too concerned about the props in the play that the dont really care about what the play is.
When we go out and experience, it is our life. We are forever experiencing and living. I guess you could say that our life is the sum of all our experiences, but really it is just one experince on a whole. Every experience is a part of something/someone else also experiencing.
Oliver
Title: Life
Post by: PeacefulWarrior on January 28, 2003, 15:38:01
Post by: PeacefulWarrior on January 28, 2003, 15:38:01
I'm a power spot rotating, ever-changing
transmitting like a radio wave frequently feeling
what's goin' on
times are weird
all this static
things erratic
seems like we lost the magic
see hear how clear is inner quality
a yin and yang type of thang sacred geometry
ascending mad energy crazy bad
I'm something NASA freakin' wish they had
transmitting like a radio wave frequently feeling
what's goin' on
times are weird
all this static
things erratic
seems like we lost the magic
see hear how clear is inner quality
a yin and yang type of thang sacred geometry
ascending mad energy crazy bad
I'm something NASA freakin' wish they had
Title: Life
Post by: jason on January 30, 2003, 13:23:19
Post by: jason on January 30, 2003, 13:23:19
I like to think of myself as compressed light.A tiny piece of the universe.I just read a book called "the tao of physics".It compares modern quantum physics w/eastern philosophy.Science and spirituality are finally starting to mix.scientists are finding that the classical notion of an odjective observer vs. observed reality is basically an illusion.We, and everything in the entire universe are connected on a fundamental level.The universe is composed of energy fields that are interrelating on the quantum level in impossibly complex ways.matter is composed of waves of energy that also have characteristics of particles.If we could see on an incredibly tiny scale, our ideas of ourselves, and the rest of the universe as being "out there somewhere"/matter composed of "fundamental building blocks", basically dissolves.everything-ourselves included- are composed of light.There is a theory called (I think) "quantum electrodynamics" that states that there is an unseen background electrical field that permiates everything, everywhere in the physical universe.Conciousness interacts w/the field in that it causes the transformation of parts the field into what we percieve as particles/waves of energy (electrons/protons,etc...)that come forward into what creates matter.Everything is energy.Everything is alive and dancing with motion deeper than the human eye percieves.Everything (planets/tables/people/you name it!) is a temporary state of energetic structures that are constantly transmuting into other forms of energy structures.Life is a piece of the universe.The universe is conciousness and life.We are filters that interpret energy fields in a certain way.When you alter your perception, the universe changes completely.This has comparisons with the dimentional/vibrational levels in astral projection.The universe vibrates at a certain rate.Learn to percieve higher frequencys of vibration,and you percieve different universes.
Title: Life
Post by: ssjoku on February 01, 2003, 17:53:33
Post by: ssjoku on February 01, 2003, 17:53:33
i think the meaning of life is WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT
Title: Life
Post by: DjM on February 02, 2003, 01:50:55
Post by: DjM on February 02, 2003, 01:50:55
The word "universe" means: One Song. We are all separate notes and together we can make great music!
Who am I? I AM. (FYI: the I is exactly what we are develping in this current epoch so your instincts are right on!)
It's not the WHO that is important, it's the what. It's not important WHO gave; it's just important that someone gave.
Who am I? I AM. (FYI: the I is exactly what we are develping in this current epoch so your instincts are right on!)
It's not the WHO that is important, it's the what. It's not important WHO gave; it's just important that someone gave.
Title: Life
Post by: Anonymous on February 06, 2003, 18:43:15
Post by: Anonymous on February 06, 2003, 18:43:15
I am a unique series of overtones in different proportions resonating in a distinct and original way. I am the entire set of colors, in different proportions. I am energy. I am a random mass of molecules, labeled with a name by others similar in appearance to myself, made entirely of atoms from stars, some destroyed, others still in existence, others in the process of being destroyed. I am some spirit or being's creation. I am a pattern of thoughts, a fractal, a mindscape, an explorer, naturally drunk and high on life. 42. I am a circle and part of a larger circle which is part of a still larger circle. I am all that you can imagine and more, and just like you I am not like anyone at any point in time (which does not exist).
Title: Life
Post by: assia on February 07, 2003, 17:12:13
Post by: assia on February 07, 2003, 17:12:13
I like "42" as the answer, but prefer "E=mc2" myself.
I'm energy, mass, movement combined in an amazing equation of life.
For me, the energy is choice, expressed though my physical body, in a movement called love . . . or something like that :)
I'm energy, mass, movement combined in an amazing equation of life.
For me, the energy is choice, expressed though my physical body, in a movement called love . . . or something like that :)
Title: Life
Post by: panabelle on February 18, 2003, 08:02:03
Post by: panabelle on February 18, 2003, 08:02:03
I am the hope of the universe.
Actually, Goku said that, not me. [|)] But I think it applies in both instances.
Actually, Goku said that, not me. [|)] But I think it applies in both instances.
Title: Life
Post by: Oliver on December 17, 2002, 15:58:56
Post by: Oliver on December 17, 2002, 15:58:56
Hi everyone,
I was sort of meditating/sleeping the otherday, when i got up and this thought just came to me, so i've decided to share it here and see what you think.
If I were to ask you, who you are, what would your answer be?
Would you tell me your name? Would you tell me things in your life that you think in a way define who you are? eg, I'm Harry, and Im a doctor, I have a wife and two kids......etc
What we percieve as who we are is a lot different then what we in actuality.
We all have a body, when you see your friend walking towards you, you see your friends body and think, thats my friend. You look at yourself in the mirror and think, thats me. But we are so much more then that, i think bodys are more of an outward expression of our experiences. Forget bodys, pretend that you dont have one. What are you now? You are what you experience. Each of us are our experiences, that is who we are, our consciousness experiences for a reason, and everything in our experience is who we are, the atmosphere, everything, our whole life, that is us. Its hard to explain in words but i hope im able to put people in this frame of thinking with what I write so that you can understand what I mean.
Everything we experience is us, that includes everything in our entire life, for example, you go down your driveway to the mailbox, everything u see, feel, smell, is you. Every experience we have in life is part of our consciousness, and is who we are. Now think about this, you see your friend, and your friend sees you, you are both experiencing at the same time, everything your consciusness experiences is you, everything your friend experiences is him or her. Therefor, by seeing each other, knowing each other, "experiencing" each other means that you are both each other as well as yourselves, in a way. You are really the same consciousness as each other, only seperate, that way consciousness experiences from different perspectives. Ok, lets think about the whole world now, all counsciousness is one, but it is seperated, everyone, everything in the whole entire world, universe even, is a part of each other. I could carry this on more, but i think i've communicated clearly enough what i wanted to say.
Heres some more thoughts though, Why are we all seperated? Why are we experiencing, what exactly is this thing called life? ...........
:)
Oliver
I was sort of meditating/sleeping the otherday, when i got up and this thought just came to me, so i've decided to share it here and see what you think.
If I were to ask you, who you are, what would your answer be?
Would you tell me your name? Would you tell me things in your life that you think in a way define who you are? eg, I'm Harry, and Im a doctor, I have a wife and two kids......etc
What we percieve as who we are is a lot different then what we in actuality.
We all have a body, when you see your friend walking towards you, you see your friends body and think, thats my friend. You look at yourself in the mirror and think, thats me. But we are so much more then that, i think bodys are more of an outward expression of our experiences. Forget bodys, pretend that you dont have one. What are you now? You are what you experience. Each of us are our experiences, that is who we are, our consciousness experiences for a reason, and everything in our experience is who we are, the atmosphere, everything, our whole life, that is us. Its hard to explain in words but i hope im able to put people in this frame of thinking with what I write so that you can understand what I mean.
Everything we experience is us, that includes everything in our entire life, for example, you go down your driveway to the mailbox, everything u see, feel, smell, is you. Every experience we have in life is part of our consciousness, and is who we are. Now think about this, you see your friend, and your friend sees you, you are both experiencing at the same time, everything your consciusness experiences is you, everything your friend experiences is him or her. Therefor, by seeing each other, knowing each other, "experiencing" each other means that you are both each other as well as yourselves, in a way. You are really the same consciousness as each other, only seperate, that way consciousness experiences from different perspectives. Ok, lets think about the whole world now, all counsciousness is one, but it is seperated, everyone, everything in the whole entire world, universe even, is a part of each other. I could carry this on more, but i think i've communicated clearly enough what i wanted to say.
Heres some more thoughts though, Why are we all seperated? Why are we experiencing, what exactly is this thing called life? ...........
:)
Oliver