@mister-moggy saidcorrect
death is not the decay of the body.
ego is the "great death".
ego is not self.
the end of self is either the end into nothing or into the" greater self".
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@bigdoggproblem saidI think what he is saying is that ego tends to make one think they are something they are not.
Please elaborate...
what i have said is that ego is the material of spiritual death.
selflessness is the birth into the greater being.
there may not be a greater being.
we may, perhaps be but a thinking part of the periodic table not yet known.
or perhaps, there is a universal strength in life with a design beyond our small sense.
or perhaps there is an old testament god of judgement who changed his mind to create a new testament god of love.
all is possible since their can be no horizon beyond "an expanding universe ( the "red shift"😉.
if "all" came out of "nothing" then where did "nothing" come from ?
the only evolutionary creation that darwin ever made was when he put wheels on his chair and made the modern office chair.
and then he may have seen a poor carpenter in cornwall who had done this and then just copied it and history recalls darwin putting wheels on a chair when it was just a cornwall carpenter who did not have the royal society audience that darwin had.
@mister-moggy saidIsn't there a balance, though? If I seek only my own enrichment, that is selfish, but if I exist only to placate others, that is being a doormat. Neither seems like a healthy way to live.
what i have said is that ego is the material of spiritual death.
selflessness is the birth into the greater being.
there may not be a greater being.
we may, perhaps be but a thinking part of the periodic table not yet known.
or perhaps, there is a universal strength in life with a design beyond our small sense.
or perhaps there is an old testament god of j ...[text shortened]... r when it was just a cornwall carpenter who did not have the royal society audience that darwin had.
@bigdoggproblem saidThose who seek their balance in life, centered between the ying and yang, between the sturm und drang, are to be followed and admired, no matter their religion.
Isn't there a balance, though? If I seek only my own enrichment, that is selfish, but if I exist only to placate others, that is being a doormat. Neither seems like a healthy way to live.
@caesar-salad said"At large" in the meaning of "on the loose", as in "not apprehended yet"?
Hey, moggs. I'm just happy to see that you are still at large. 🙂
@mister-moggy said"if "all" came out of "nothing" then where did "nothing" come from?"
what i have said is that ego is the material of spiritual death.
selflessness is the birth into the greater being.
there may not be a greater being.
we may, perhaps be but a thinking part of the periodic table not yet known.
or perhaps, there is a universal strength in life with a design beyond our small sense.
or perhaps there is an old testament god of j ...[text shortened]... r when it was just a cornwall carpenter who did not have the royal society audience that darwin had.
"All" did not come from "out of nothing".
There cannot be "nothing" unless, and until, there is something.
"All" came into existence from "out of" the creative genius of the mind of God.
There is no other rational explanation for the reason why the universe exists.
@secondson saidThe universe has always existed, in one form or another. Dismissing that as irrational is self-defeating, as it is the very argument you tender yourself for the existence of God.
There is no other rational explanation for the reason why the universe exists.
If God is eternal and beyond time, why not the universe itself?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThe only reason that God being eternal would mean the universe is too would be they are one and the same. An eternal God and a created universe does not mean that the universe is eternal.
The universe has always existed, in one form or another. Dismissing that as irrational is self-defeating, as it is the very argument you tender yourself for the existence of God.
If God is eternal and beyond time, why not the universe itself?