Metaphysical musings

[manitou]

There is no god

because god is all there is.

[GrandmasterP]

Then by that reasoning, there is one.

;-)

[skydog]

1

[skydog]

2

[GrandmasterP]

3 And they're off........

[Everything]

There is no god

because god is all there is.

All that is, is. It cannot be NOT BEING.

 

Not being, by very difition, does not exist. Not being means, not existing. Non-existance, means not existing. Not existing means not existing. Non-existance does not exist. There is no non-existance.

 

There is only existance. All that is exists as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one as all as one.

[Thunder_Gooch]

There is no god

because god is all there is.

 

Nailed it

[Thunder_Gooch]

There is no god

because god is all there is.

 

 

 

 

The argument goes something like this:

 

‘I refuse to prove that I exist,’ says God, ‘for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.’

 

'But,’ says Man, ‘the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance, it proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t QED.’

 

'Oh dear,’ says God, ‘I hadn’t thought of that,’ and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic,

 

“’Oh, that was easy,” says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next pedestrian crossing.

 

Most leading theologians claim that this argument is a load of dingo’s kidneys, but that didn’t stop Oolon Colluphid making a small fortune when he used it as the central theme of his best-selling book, Well That about Wraps It Up for God.

 

Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.

 

 

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

 

 

[manitou]

All who have lived and died are here with us Now.

All who live now are here with us Now.

All who have yet to be born are here with us Now.

[GrandmasterP]

Quite a few are in the waiting room (bardo).

[Fū Yue]

If you listen closely, you can hear it singing

and if you trace the ends of any thought to it's beginning

you will only find a musical harmony

in the incessant buzzing

of endless bees

making nectar of their movement

through the notes in every song

[GrandmasterP]

Mmmmmmmm

Honey

:-)

Lovely stuff.

[manitou]

The highest aspiration of the ego is studenthood.

[skydog]

The highest aspiration of the ego is studenthood.

 

I dont know what that means but I liked it

 

maybe saying how people are perpetuating their ego with the idea of being a student and this appeals to their ego?

 

boom

[skydog]

If you listen closely, you can hear it singing

and if you trace the ends of any thought to it's beginning

you will only find a musical harmony

in the incessant buzzing

of endless bees

making nectar of their movement

through the notes in every song

 

I liked it cos it was musical...weyy

[GrandmasterP]

 

What are those that aspire to the death of the ego?

......

Aspirational.

[doc benway]

There is no god

because god is all there is.

All who have lived and died are here with us Now.

All who live now are here with us Now.

All who have yet to be born are here with us Now.

The highest aspiration of the ego is studenthood.

I recognize you!

Nice to hear your musings....

[skydog]

What are those that aspire to the death of the ego?

 

The ego cannot be killed because it doesnt exist

[GrandmasterP]

Well not if you've killed it it doesn't.

[skydog]

Well not if you've killed it it doesn't.

 

yh but nah mean

[suninmyeyes]

The highest aspiration of the ego is studenthood.

The most skillful ones dance in the shadow . Fearlessly - in the arms of the Unknown. Leaving no footsteps.

[GrandmasterP]

.

 

 

yh but nah mean

...........

Dem hitey titey hard ears Babylans dunno de yard tak bwoy.

[skydog]

lol...

 

suninmyeyes I didnt get that, do you mind explaining? would please my good old rational self haha

[GrandmasterP]

 

The most skillful ones dance in the shadow . Fearlessly - in the arms of the Unknown. Leaving no footsteps.

.......

Don't dance with strangers, may get your tootsies stomped.

[manitou]

What are those that aspire to the death of the ego?

 

The inner journey has killed the ego if it's done to its conclusion. From that point on we're capable of sidestepping or transcending ego whenever it's needed. Studenthood means a perenially open mind and the willingness to learn. To label ourselves as masters is self-limiting and reinforces our own conclusion that we have the answers. The sage is muddled and nebulous.