Chrissy Newbury
Then we must strive to overcome the barrier... open our hearts to the cosmos... and to each other.
Dan Hettmannsperger III
"Yes.....my love.....who is one with all vines, flowers, forests and live....."- Dan Hettmannsperger III
*lifeExtending the metaphor....I wonder, so you think Christians and other monotheists are those poor wretched merged with the wall....who imagine they've found supreme truth and instead have a comforting delusion...like one who might mistake the skin of an apple for the apple as a whole?*like - Dan Hettmannsperger III
Because in the comics....those who merge with the Source Wall are trapped....stuck as it were....and Monotheists seem "trapped" within the cage of their belief-system....It seems to fit doesn't it? - Chrissy Newbury
I certainly does. It's such a simple, yet true, way of looking at it. It just seems so obvious...! - Dan Hettmannsperger III
I think....and I know you agree with me on this....that this is why it is important for us to be courageous and questions our assumptions.I certainly encourage you in your private moments to do so with the Dhama.*Dharma.I have for years.<<wonders what you're thinking... - Chrissy Newbury
Yes. At the moment I am learning so much. But it's a bit of a jumble in my head. I need to take a step back maybe and try to look at things individually. That's why I think it's important for me to talk to you 'in person'. You have a way of explaining things that makes it all so simple... - Chrissy Newbury
You do wonderfully!
Not specifically. I just need to get thing straight in my head. Like I confuse Dharma with Dukkha.. and Samsara. - Dan Hettmannsperger III
Dukkha=First Noble Truth.The word Dharma has two meanings depending on context.Most of the time just means "The Teachings of the Buddha".Less often but no less important it means "Truth".What kind of truth?A: That which is SELF-EVIDENT. - Dan Hettmannsperger III
Correct."God" is a metaphysical speculation....and ALL metaphysical speculations are NOTconsidered Dharma."Heaven" is not a Dharma."Soul" is not a Dharma."Angels" are not Dharma. - Dan Hettmannsperger III
....and lastly....Samsara is the phenomenal world as perceived by those who lack insight....this is the Ocean of Birth and Death.Ever heard that expression "the World I what you make it?" - Chrissy Newbury
I do agree with it. You can't expect the world to come to you, you must at the very least meet it half way. - Dan Hettmannsperger III
Those who see the world as they WANT IT TO BE are really living in Samsara.....To see true-reality-as-it-is...that is Nirvana. - Chrissy Newbury
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” - Dan Hettmannsperger III
When I sense my own discontent....my own bitterness at life....it's dark tendrils wrapping around my psyche in unguarded moments I know that I am being dragged down into Samsara....When I see large numbers of people like that...it makes me concerned.The Mass-deluded.... - Chrissy Newbury
Yes... the world is being pulled down by their own bitter and twisted demons... I feel that all the time. - Chrissy Newbury
Until everyone individually can recognise those demons as being 'the self'.. and deal with them, there is no ready solution... - Dan Hettmannsperger III
Bodhidharma felt the only way to save the world was to sit and stare at a stone wall inside a cave for 9 years.Why?You just answered the question. - Chrissy Newbury
My headache is passing. I feel... 'smiley'. And light. Like a weight has been lifted.
