Well i mean, infinitely, it IS other than a penny. It is a penny as well, but it's also a coin, it's also money, it's also matter, it's also bronze (if that's what penny's are made out of), it's also a weapon if i decide it to be one (though it might be a kind of lame weapon), it could also be a toy for boredom if i have nothing to do. So what i'm saying is that i create the significance of the penny, and anything else for that matter. So does everybody else. Like if an alien from outer space saw a penny, and had absolutely no idea about our currency system, he might look at it in a completely different light than someone from earth would. He may look at it like a scientist might look at a strange foreign object. It's just infinite.
We aren't playing the synonym game here ChinaCat. I feel like you are intentionally obscuring things. Yes, someone could call a coin a penny and mean it's money, that's entirely different than calling a penny God and meaning it's actually God.
its the interface between our ordinary conciousness and that which is beyond the scope of our ordinary conciousness. its the living realm of archetype and dream. though it may seem mystical and magical, its really a very basic and fundamental aspect of reality. this realm is home to thought, intent, inspiration, emotion, knowledge, and all things that exist within life on more subtle levels than basic physical nature. if your looking for someone who is capable of translating this jargon into a model that fits into the westerners mind very well, id recommend stanislav grof and his work.
Well, everyone has a different answer to that question. But it's precisely because of that fact that we have to treat the word with respect and mutually agree that there is some sort of middle ground for all opinions to converge upon, or else, what's the point of having a word?
more synonyms could be sacred dimension hyperspace the imagination manifested as a physical dimension basically, there is this 'place' you can get to, via drugs, or meditation, or just by accident for some people that is much more than just a lucid dream. It's where as far as you can tell, it is just as real, and registers to just as many senses as any other state of your existence.
It doesn't have to do with 'knowing', it has to do with remembering. And while yes, post experience, if a sufficient pre-existing metaphor exists to convey your feelings, then you use such a metaphor. But I simultaneously try to use every metaphor I come across and then some. Mystical dimension, hyperspace, astral, whatever. My metaphors are highly interchangeable to me and I hold no reservation for any specific metaphor, of any particular flavor, from any particular culture or esoteric background. If the metaphor is suitable, I'll use it. For all intensive purposes, I could make up new metaphors as I go. It seems to me your running off the hunch that everything formulated in a persons brain is there because of something that they were taught in school, or read in a book, or learned from some words somewhere, or is 'knowledge'. But this isn't the case, this hunch you have on other people is your own nature, it is how your brain has been formed. Other peoples realities have formed via many different routes. Some people don't store a single thought structure or belief system in their mind in english, or any spoken language or phonetic alphabet. They only translate it to phonetic alphabet on the fly when necessary.
that's kind of what i was trying to get across. not everyone is going to be able to see 'god' because they might have a wall right infront of their face preventing them from seeing things. this is the third dimension. when we read about such things or have mystical psychedelic experiences where we think we know god but we actually don't is where part of the problem lies. you can't just 'learn' about something like this. when it happens, it hits you in the face like a ton of bricks. what is god? well that is a much more complicated question. god resides over the akashic record(think about it, where else could there actually be an akashic record for drugs if not in a higher dimension), higher dimensions, this dimension, everything. he is the master of all the objective knowledge in the universe. there is a vast body of objective knowledge which we belong in. god is us. we are him. he is the things we create and dream up. he is our subjective experiences and beliefs. just because some people have come along and 'created significance' for something that doesn't always mean that it is false significance. sure, there is alot of false significance in the world. but that does not mean that every kind of thing is false. because if you believe that to be true, then when the real truth comes along, it will just pass you by. there is a difference between belief, and divine truth, as absurd as it may sound. and no, i don't understand the concept of occam's razor. sorry, i didn't pay attention in logic class. i think it had something to do with the fact that human made concepts that are tought in institutions have nothing to do with real life. but neo and writer, i'm glad that you guys aren't agreeing with what i am saying. that was part of what i meant earlier also. we all have our own path.
so does an orgasm. doesn't make it magical or mystical lol you really, really should look into getting a firm understanding of the concept. yeah I'm ecstatic
Gahnerzt!!! I once knew this auryervedic disciple chick who insisted that the vitality of vegetables was seriously compromised by freezing on the basis that it had been discovered or determined and nothing could ever change this, a 4,000 year old perfection. So "dogmatized" was she when asked if frozen egg or sperm would account for a less than viable humanity, her answer was yes, an answer that I paid for, which explains everything.
True. Although I've heard the best teachers ask for nothing in return. And the best teachers have the truest lessons.
It was a segment of yoga teacher training, a statutory requirement for insurance purposes. I have never charged.
they were my own experiences. but the point isn't that i am right and you are wrong. the point is that there is an objective standard. i wasn't saying it is magical or mystical. i was just saying that it happens. well don't let a little dogmaticalness throw you off from what could very well be true. if you reject wholly the things that someone says just because they sound dogmatic then you might miss out on the parts of what they were saying that actually were true. besides, if there was something that was true wouldn't it make sense to be dogmatic to a certain degree. not that all dogmaticalness is correct, but that doesn't mean it is all wrong. like, you can't refute gravity, so is it dogmatic when someone tells you about it?