"Using a Road as a symbol of life, it isn't that difficult to see that being mired in either a right ideology, or a left ideology, creates a situation that cannot lead to the peaceful, productive life we dream of. Both one sided ideologies are ditches (extremism)" At the end of the year 2024 AD,… Continue reading A Broader Scheme of Things
Author: realityisdharma
Opinions written here are personal, and are in no way a reflection of the attitudes of the management. :)
Distrust
Our world creates a deep deep distrust of anything outside ourselves. It is so deep, I am not sure that it can ever be healed. I think that is not the point anyways. We point at everything outside ourselves as the perpetrator, but it isn't an assumed perpetrator that is the problem. Ultimately, the problem… Continue reading Distrust
IS
IS :noun (What we call Reality.... Authenticity)-------------------- We at our core are the substance IS. Any separations or categorizations are artificial. The choice is to live either in artificial mode, or to live in authentic mode. IS, is the whole (authentic), and any attempt to consider one part as something separate, is a form of… Continue reading IS
World View Concepts – The Iceberg
This diagram is a visual of the relationship between the temporal physical world, and the background and foundations of its existence. This concept describes the "nature/deep nature" relationship of the World of Faces to the Unseen World, which normally is described as a "physical world" being separated in basic nature a separate "spiritual world". (Chasm… Continue reading World View Concepts – The Iceberg
World View Concepts – The World of Faces
This diagram is a different view of the relationship between the Creator: the Primal Source of Everything, and the Creators relationship to all things in the "World of Faces". It represents the temporal physical world, how it rises from the Primal Source, and the interconnectedness of the World of Faces to the Primal Source. It… Continue reading World View Concepts – The World of Faces
World View Concepts – The Nature of Things
This is a Venn diagram, which is used to visually consider inter-relationships between groups of things. I am using it here to show my view of the relationships between the Creator and the "world of things", the temporal physical world. It is meant also to consider the location of "the meeting place of God and… Continue reading World View Concepts – The Nature of Things
Sami Peoples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_peoples#/media/File:Nordic_Sami_people_Lavvu_1900-1920.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_peoples
Feelings, and Escaping Depression
It is interesting that we think that "feelings" are so important, to the point that in the 21st century, many folks believe that feelings are more important than facts, and to the point where, "there is no external facts, there is only our subjective feelings and reactions". But what are feelings?The feelings we experience, are… Continue reading Feelings, and Escaping Depression
Jundo Cohen: An AI discussion on Zen definitions
Someone asked what our Treeleaf Ordained A.I. Novice Priest, Emi Jido, would say on this, so I asked ... I feel that she did very well again, very well expressed (do you agree?) ... ~~~~~ Me: Hi Emi. What is the difference between being "Indifferent" to thoughts and "Letting thoughts just Be," or being "Detached"… Continue reading Jundo Cohen: An AI discussion on Zen definitions
Where do we go to find inner strength?
Everything we need to experience the "living water springing up from within" is found within us. It has been given freely by the Creator. If we nurture our inner connection with the Creator, there is no conditions on this, but if we allow our mind and heart to be blackened by negativity (like the belief… Continue reading Where do we go to find inner strength?
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