06-21-2011, 09:08 PM
(06-21-2011, 06:32 PM)Oceania Wrote: i'm PMSsing.
duh
(06-21-2011, 01:33 PM)Ankh Wrote:(06-21-2011, 12:46 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: If I'm a wanderer, I'm surrounded by people that give virtually no heed to anything deeply spiritual.
In my experience people don't need to be spiritual in order to be able to love and to serve. I've met people who simply can't believe in anything else besides what can be seen or proven by scientific methods; but whose ability to love and to serve is far greater than mine.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything like that. Actually, what I was trying to convey was that I'd rather be those people. I'm saying those people are in a good place because their mind isn't overwhelmed with spiritual "stuff".
(I'm not whining. I love who I am and what I know. I'm just pointing out that another life can seem as though it is the 'greener grass' on the other side of the fence.)
(06-21-2011, 08:00 PM)zenmaster Wrote:(06-21-2011, 09:39 AM)Bring4th_GLB Wrote:I have experienced many things that could be considered 'paranormal', but all of those can be described. This experience was beyond words, but it's like you are suddenly a part of everything or connected to everything, and you 'know' you're directly participating as a creator in the present creation. You are connected to your 'true nature', which is eternal. You are not guessing this is what's happening, you are defining the meaning of it. It is an extremely peaceful feeling of sacredness, there are no limits. It is not a suggestion, or something interpreted through the senses - you know it is real. There is nothing ever to compare with the experience as far as a profound indication of 'true reality' and 'beingness'. So when it subsided, I was thinking to myself, 'that's cool that that type of experience is even possible'.Quote:Zenmaster wrote: I wonder if perception of intelligent infinity is in any way like a satori? After a satori there is no 'going back', and you have a 'ground of being' that seems to support everything.
Zenmaster, how would you define or describe satori? (I know that it is one of many terms used to point to various grades of self-realization, but it's basic meaning escapes me at the moment. I can look it up of course but its meaning to you is most pertinent here.)
Take me to your leader. I 'want'