old3bob

what is the benefit of being theoretically sure about what some ordinary Joe or Jane (or a Self Realized Sat Guru) knows or doesn't know? (Btw the Rishi's - authors of the Upanishads were not just Theoretical imo or ime)

yea but who is the gal? If it's Apech's wife shouldn't she be helping the hubby? (since Mark has the advantage of breath control thus can't be choked)

when death has fully died then the Life of life fully lives

Shiva/Shakti as transcendent "God" or Supreme Being who is also immanent is far beyond the limitations of form, (including even the soul light form) thus has no division of any kind including with Kundalini or Shakti, as a jiva in human/astral form and thus not yet being a fully evolved soul that has merged in unification with the Supreme Being there is still some remaining degree of division/duality...even if there are periods of Self-realization. (aka coming and going)

ok but a picture is worth a thousand words...

Ultimately not divided although effectively so if we are divided...

yea, although some of Eastwood's more recent movies, directing or acting or both were not bad imo..

nope, he wore something else

ok, but did the historic Buddha have to give up the fun of swimming underwater? (via, "relinquish volition in the activity of inhalation and exhalation")

Jesus is alive, (but things in the world are not well...)

black cats are evil, (an old superstition)

some say we should hold ourselves to the highest standard, and trying to hold others unless they are close with agreed upon standards won't work.

opinions are a dime a dozen, but dozens of abstractions may only go for 2 cents...

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" and or Never in the field of human history is there so much owed by so many to so few.

that which is enlightened is always already enlightened, that form which is not can be lit up...

It is foolish to sink your boat before you've completed the crossing, it is foolish to renounce will before will has completed its task...(like in paddling)

no man or woman is an island, thus our realities are a process of refinement

Warning: Nungali might be tempted to steal (I mean borrow) that cute little bugger and take it home to go along with the rest of his buddies... (the little hedgehog looking avatar)

well maybe we should get the thread moved to current events that has more latitude for both of us and others... Apech does have a point...

some say almost nothing while acting like some kind of troll...btw I'd say our quotes or one liners are not really saying very much although I too use them at times.

video proof that some aliens are friendly...hollywood has it all and even adds sound to make it more dramatic...

so we have an expert, good luck with that... "Debates concerning the original composition and transmission of the "Laozi" have been stimulated by the recent discovery at Guodian of late fourth-century-B.C. bamboo-strip manuscripts composed entirely of textual material found in the received text of the "Laozi". Edward L. Shaughnessy shows that, although the archaeological finds are new, the issues they raise were first debated in China in the 1920s. Tracing discussions of the "Laozi" over the course of the twentieth century, Shaughnessy suggests that now, as in the past, political, institutional, and intellectual agendas shape the debates. He cautions against premature conclusions based on the new finds. Although the Guodian "Laozi" manuscripts do not resolve issues about transmission, some evidence suggests that the Guodian manuscripts drew from an already existing text with more or less the same sequence of chapters as the received "Laozi"."