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This book has changed my life. I no longer have any questions about death. I have never been attracted to beliefs because I've always recognized the dualistic nature inherent in out 3-dimensional reality... ideas have always seemed like a better route to take. For the first time in my 23 years of life, I believe in an explanation. Please let me know what you think if you read it. Thanks! -Seth

A few months back, I posted a book in the book club section hoping that some of you may have read it and could bounce ideas with me. The name of this book is Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul. The reason I'm bringing it up again is that I've been having thoughts that the philosophy of existence found in this book is more valuable to me than Taoism. ^That was a hard sentence to type. I am relatively familiar with Eastern philosophies, and I accepted Taoism as my own when I was 18. I feel as though Taoism provides an awesome understanding of the Way of 'the world', but it didn't quench a certain mystic thirst that was latent within me... it didn't and couldn't touch on the idea of an existence that follows this one. This is my first time admitting that Taoism wasn't sufficient for the knowledge I sought. My purpose for this post is attempting to relieve myself from some of the estrangement I feel due to the ideas presented in this book. I have never been a man of beliefs, but I can't deny my trust in the material. Much like the Tao Te Ching, as I read, I felt like my thoughts were being put into word-form and arranged beautifully into sentences and paragraphs. There is a section about 66.7% into the book where Seth discusses the concept of God, and it evoked enough emotion to make me cry in Starbucks... tears of happiness though. It is now ingrained in my consciousness that the Answer to the Question is simply the beauty of creation. I would like to recommend this read to anyone and request that you notify me if you do. [email protected] There is a facebook page that has the entire text posted as pictures. Here's the url: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?aid=117046&id=163181792631 I hope all is well my friends -Seth

What we "can do" while centered in 3 dimensions is much different from what our souls do with no limitations... we are divisions of Infinity. To answer your question directly, I believe all of us manipulate reality at all times with our thoughts. But if you're asking me to show you my superpowers... I left them in my other pants. Jesus was a highly psychically-advanced individual who created a religion to spread graspable concepts of the truth, which is infinitely beautiful. The concepts of Heaven and Hell truly do exist, as does every other concept - including the absence of concept. Good and evil are concepts emphasized by religion to represent deeper ideas, or that was Jesus' intention. Evil is ignorance of growth. I'm a stranger myself.

I believe so.

Read This: http://www.fromthestars.com/_printed%20pages/page178p.html I like to think about that page as the story of the man named 'All That Is.' As for creating interest for you, I'd truly love that! But I don't feel comfortable reviewing his ideas and possibly misconstruing them because I didn't elaborate enough... so instead I'll just mention some aspects of the book that really took hold of me: 'Reality is what you make it'- The human mind literally creates the 3-dimensional objective reality that we all live in and agree upon as fact. It works like a machine in that it intakes units of electromagnetic energy from thoughts and intentions and outputs everything in this world, including our own self-images. Also, upon entering into each of our reincarnational instances, we choose who our families will be based upon either what we need to learn or possibly according to relationships we've had with these personalities in previous existences... I could mention more, but there's SO MUCH material. If you go to the facebook page in my 1st post, each picture of the chapters has a sentence that tells you a little about what it covers. Thanks for your responses, and please let me know your thoughts if either of you finish the book. Thank you. Your words are always appreciated, as are the rest of the respondents'. I'm a bicyclist.

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Buddhist: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Taoist: Tao Te Ching interpreted by Stephen Mitchell Metaphysical: Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul by Jane Roberts & Robert Butts And here's an extra must-read for fun: Bones of the Master: A Secret Journey to Mongolia by George Crane Enjoy

Hey Non. I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong, because you're not. I wont even tell you to stop venting to us... that's what we're here for. What I will tell you is that not all women are terrible... same for the rest of society. You won't find contentment if you observe a characteristic in someone or some people and write off the rest of a demographic due to bitter feelings. I'd advise you to stop searching. When you realize there's nothing you can do, then everything will be done for you. Good luck my friend.

Ask him to tell you his life story, then ask him to ask you a question. Why is this person considered enlightened?

if I started up a TaoBums meetup group in Austin?

Very comforting post. What book is this?

5 The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. The Master doesn't take sides; she welcomes both saints and sinners. The Tao is like a bellows: it is empty yet infinitely capable. The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand. Hold on to the center.

Well-put, thank you!

Thank you both very much. I genuinely appreciate your consideration That is such a fundamental thought. I feel blessed to participate in it. "How am I not myself?" And I also enjoyed the water-pot story Marblehead!

Reality is what you make it. If protection is what you seek, then you have options. It seems that you are succumbing to a Karmic reckoning of sorts... if this is the case, then I must show my respect for your confrontation of fear and bidd you good fortune on universal levels. Be safe.

**Edit: I've often thought about this- as a Taoist, would I consider myself a Taoist?** These are very good points, and I'll be the first to admit my own contradictions... for Dualism has gone so far as to become an affectionate concept in my life. My reason for saying what I said about definitions of the self is the stress I've seen those definitions cause in my own life and the lives of others around me. In a concrete world, it is very easy for people to become imprisoned by stagnant thought and quite difficult for people to find the freedom of fluidity. I speak out of my love for water. Please forgive my words. I only aim to aid.

Do Not think this way. The moment definition pursues me, I unclench like the Tao. Definitions are for those who have limitations.

Karma may be nothing other than a guide to help people better their lives. Whether or not Karma exists is not the focus. There is a common cornerstone in 21 different world religions. It is known as the 'Ethics of Reciprocity,' and also 'the Golden Rule'- "Treat others as you wish to be treated yourself." In math, you start with 0, and you're neutral. If you add+ to 0, you'll find yourself in the positive. If you subtract- from 0, you are then in the negative. So to return to 0, the neutral state, simply do the opposite action. The common idea is whatever energy is put in, will return. That is how I live my life under Karma's hand. But you must realize that Karma transcends actions and depends on energetic intention. Rather than wonder what action will counteract punching an old lady in the face, simply see it as negative energy and counteract with positive energy. After that point, all you have left to do is to trust that Nature is just. Life is a rollercoaster, when living in action. It will go up, and go down, and go up, and go down, and it may even flip a few times. If that is your reality, then I'd say, "you only get one ticket, so enjoy the ride." Some of us tire from such action. If this is your reality, then your aim is to transcend Karma and stay in the center. If you take nothing else from what I've said, please pay attention to this: You are the canvas. Experience is the paint. Action is the brushstroke. Do not regret you're work of Art. Good luck my friend

Hmm... I wouldn't necessarily say it's the most powerful video I've seen... But there was a very dense gloom leaking from it. That's cool... I guess

I went to college at UNO. I moved to NOLA two weeks before Katrina hit. Were you from there?

Romanesco, cousin to cauli and broccoli

I've recently had this same conversation with a 'Scientific' friend of mine. When he posed his version of the thought 'not even nothing,' I was stumped. I had no answer for him, and thus, he was not able to accept the Tao into his objective reality. Which, in turn, left him feeling victorious and me feeling defeated. So, through my defeat, the Tao proved to me that it cannot be proven... I graciously accepted the loss and realized the gain. Since then, I've come upon a very interesting Nobel-Prize winning experiment claiming that there is no such thing as empty space or non-existence... only a state of perpetual fluctuation. This conclusion developed through their study of the "empty space" in protons. It's mentioned and graphically-represented toward the middle of this Lawrence Krauss lecture: WOW. You said it friend. When involved in a conversation of distinctions, I constantly feel like yelling, "YOU'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE IMPORTANT MATTER AT HAND... POTENTIAL!!" Thanks Marble

MATHMAGIC LAND CHANGED MY LIFE!!! I wanted to get the rectangle tattooed on myself for the longest time... but I realized that anything worthy of a permanent place on my body, already has a permanent place in my mind. Thanks for bringing it up

For such a MASSIVE forum involving so many profound thoughts and thinkers, rooted in an understanding of the Tao... there seems to be a recurring slip-up. I understand that it is in human nature to attempt to place boundaries on concepts so that we can grasp and define them for use in an objective world... But when you go into detail about what the Tao 'is' or 'is not' in aims of giving it those same graspable qualities, you must realize that whatever characteristic you decide upon will be both true and false at the same time. The Tao is All-encompassing. It loosely translates to 'the Way.' I take that to mean the Way of Everything and Nothing. The Way of Life. Don't focus on thinking it into objectivity. Just feel it and give it the complete benefit of your doubt. Then figure out how to rid yourself of doubt. Please excuse me for interrupting your topic!! Good morning my friends

I hadn't heard about this, but it doesn't surprise at all. I have a very strong idea that everything grows according to the golden spiral... even humans. Search google images for "golden rectangle" & "golden spiral," and you'll see what I mean... if you didn't already know