Please don't tell me you think that investing one's energies in curses and "black magick" qualifies as empowerment. It is nothing more than the...
I'm sorry if my posts conveyed a sense of antagonism. When someone takes issue with semantics and not with the content that those semantics are...
Oh, you mean like the opinion that spiritual quests exist for the purpose of reinforcing opinions? :D Travis
We have the universal identity -- the energy that creates and sustains all life and transcends the illusion of separative existence. Generally,...
I was using that statement in the context of the conversation I was having with SelfControl. If you look at the post that preceded it, you'll...
Which is exactly why it must ultimately be transcended. If one is under the impression that their true identity is derived from words and...
Enlightenment is the total liberation of freewill, and requires the conscious (willful) devotion of one's entire being to the process of spiritual...
Language is a good thing. It's just not an end unto itself. Travis
You have a tendency to fixate on semantics, don't you? Like I said, the point is to transcend dependency on words and concepts. Naturally, I'm...
Dependency on words and concepts is in and of itself responsible for the existence of spiritual charlatans, as well as for the inability of their...
No words can capture the essence of divinity. The point is to transcend dependency on words and concepts, to realize that they are inherently...
There is no good or bad, only gradations of that which serves. In this case, there are three fundamental approaches to relating with the divine....
I was simply using the Old Testament's portrayal of God as an example. If God or Brahman is conceived of as a separate entity that only bestows...
When one truly understands the nature of God, they cease to be concerned with labels. Cultivating present moment awareness, which is a practice...
To quote another wise member of these forums: "We are born out of the universe's necessity to know itself." ;) I think you comprehend more...
I don't believe it -- I know it. How do I know it? Because I engaged in certain spiritual practices that allowed my awareness to expand beyond...
What would you like to know? Travis
I'm you of course -- in the form of me. :) Travis
Exactly. Travis
We just mean that you have become falsely identified with the fragment of universal consciousness that happens to be occupying your mind and body....
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