So do you know wether or not that living things with receptive bodies and a concious awareness are physical temples for a soul? Im not asking if you believe in the concept or do not believe, Im asking if you Know or Dont Know. And, do you think soul's are limited to the human experience or do you think all living things have them?
Ok, actually, adding the word 'mine' to the poll is kind of stupid, that would be more of a Christian concept and not a universal appraoch. Sorry ~ Just pretend that it says I know that souls are real and I am in tune with them ~
Ha, you need more options. It's like a christan asking 1.Do you accpet Jesus in your heart? or 2Are you doomed to internal hellfire? No in between. Personaly I think there is something more than what I can percive from day to day, but it's so mind blowing what ever it is its hard for me to even attempt to put into words. soul, god anything they are all odd concepts in trying to explain what I belive there is constantly lurking over us, its like trying to meassure the unvierse with a 12 inch ruler.
Well, I agree Fallout, but that would be for a different thread. Im asking if you get in tune with you the soul through meditation, or even through thought, because if you believe in a soul, then you and only you, know it to exist. But if you dont believe, then you know it, to yourself, to not exist. The in between are left out on purpose :tongue: Sorry, I dont intend to offend anyone, but just this is what kind of thread I was getting at ~
Personaly I think there is something more than what I can percive from day to day, but it's so mind blowing what ever it is, that its hard for me to even attempt to put into words. soul, god, anything they are all odd concepts in trying to explain what I belive there is constantly lurking over us, its like trying to meassure the unvierse with a 12 inch ruler. No offense taken, it's a very intersting topic and poll. Yes when I meditate is when I fell closest or most intune with this 'thing' but still even then I could not imagine trying to explain it.
Well, this feeling of something looming over you, I think you are referring to your astral body that exists simultaneously within you, without you, and through you, just like the rest of the plane. It's there, some dont know about it, but its there. But the soul can not be perceived, as we are using thought, which is a limited function from the essence of the ego (awereness) and honestly, the essence of the mind is an illusion, it's not real. In order to be in tune with the soul, we need samadhi (non-dualistic existance) ~
Right, when I meditate I try to let go of thoughts and just be, the less I function or try to percive things the more I fell it, but then when I return to a normal state and try to talk about what I felt, is when it gets hard. It's hard to explain through actions what you fell through inactions, if that makes any sense.
Of course, I know the feeling of confusion all to well! It's just another thing we have to come to accept ~
I know. I am just starting to learn, and try to figure things out. I am young, and have just started my path. But I know. When I first started meditating... well, i started because i would slip into these sort of meditative trances in my day to day life. And I thought I was going insane. So, slowly, I just learned to let it take me over. Like a drug. And... I'm learning so much. And that really, really makes me happy. And.... oddly proud.
Heres what i know.. I am ALIVE.. my pulse is beating.. so im obviously not dead.. and I know that one day my body will shut down.. and i will be DEAD.. beyond that.. i don't know.. nor care really.. i can't really prepare myself for something i don't know.. so i just prepare myself for the fact that i know one day i will die
i know that souls don't exist. i have studied enough biology, cosmology, cell biology, botany, philosophy, and psychology to be sure.
Namaste! I know exactly what you mean Placebo. The strangest occurence in my meditations was the first time I felt my conciousness drift from my "self", and into my higher Self. I thought I was losing my mind/dying lol. Another strange but beautiful experience was the one and yet so far only time I was visited by another soul. Yogananda appeared to me during what I thought was a very basic and meaningless meditation. He came and appeared to me after my mind had been completley emptied of any concept of my self, I was purley lost in the astral plane, and then there he was, sitting down looking right at me. He never said a word to me, and his features were very dull but definitley discernable and distinguishable, no doubt it was him. And he looked at me with this intense smile and a glow in his eyes, then in mere seconds it was over and I was right back into my body, and upon opening my eyes everything in my vision danced into jubilant life, completley high as if I was tripping. Much more euphoric and calming though. But just being visited by a soul, especially one whom I love so dearly and who has made such a wonderful impact in my life (I've in a way, accepted him as my guru until I meet my physical guru) left me with this feeling that all this meditation I do, and all these feelings I have regarding God and the Soul, the astral plane, and the reality of contacting the Soul's of those liberated from samsara, is very real, and that I can never feel alone or misguided because God is on my side, so long as I stay true and respect and love everyone. It was so powerful and beyond words, really, but though I was a firm believer in God before this moment, I used to laugh at stories of people meeting with other souls. Now, I know for a fact that it is very real. Trust me, I have taken psychedelics in the hundereds of times, and I know the differance between hallucination and reality. Om Shanti ~
that's incredible. i tried meditating a couple times but can't get it right, my noob mind cant focus long enough. i used this site http://here-and-now.org/VSI/Articles/TheoryMed/theoryHow.htm its pretty confusing to me
40oz! Havent talked to you in a minute. What I do, is sit on the ground, close my eyes, and just simply exist. That's all it takes to start Just exist in the most fulfilling way you can, perceive every sound you hear. This is the only life you have in this body, live it up
