Why do we humans exist as individual beings? Our "meaning and purpose" is being alive and directly experiencing life and the awe of nature from the perspective of an individual being. We do this by directly living in our sense world of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. (has been called absorption in the one)… Continue reading What is the purpose of our lives?
Category: How We See the World
Oceanic Awareness as an explanation for everything which Exists
Is there a system in everything we see?Scientists fear this question, because if they say yes, then the religion folks jump on them and say that the system is some sort of intelligent design(er).... ie. Some sort of god. So, instead they (not all of them, but as a group) lean away from admitting that… Continue reading Oceanic Awareness as an explanation for everything which Exists
Oren Lyons – First Nations – faithkeeper
Small Mind ~ Big Mind
Small Mind - Big Mind We experience the small mind, and have our existence; a part the Big Mind. Limited Mind - Unlimited Mind We experience the limited mind, and have our existence; a part the Unlimited Mind. A Particle - The Whole We experience life as a particle, and have our existence; a part… Continue reading Small Mind ~ Big Mind
Blaming Religion – a new fad
Many folks thrive on pointing the finger at things outside themselves...... in all directions except for where the problem really lies....... a favorite blaming place is religion......Quite frankly, organized religion is just filling an emptiness that folks feel when we have lost the inner sense of fullness. Pointing the finger of "who dunnit first" is… Continue reading Blaming Religion – a new fad
Oceanic Awareness – a continuing story…
In the beginning was Awareness.And the Awareness was like an ocean.The Ocean of Awareness was without form or without "things".... no divisions.... only Unity.There was and will always be, nothing but the Oceanic Awareness.And the Ocean of Awareness (the "God" of everything) , forever inquisitive, discovered how to pull themself into discreet parts, and the… Continue reading Oceanic Awareness – a continuing story…
Oceanic Awareness as the Source of All
Early on, in Greek thought and Oriental thought (Indian thought was a bit more complex), humans thought atoms were the smallest thing that existed (the word in several languages means or suggests "indivisible"). In the last century, we have moved through a number of deeper levels to smaller and smaller particles. In those early days… Continue reading Oceanic Awareness as the Source of All
A set of comments and replies on the Worldview taught by the Free Methodist church
i was raised in the Free Methodist church, and proud to be a son and grandson of Free Methodist church ministers. i believe that they were upright and honest men, teaching the truth as they understood it, to bring those in their church, to a better understanding of how to live.Unfortunately, like many other churches,… Continue reading A set of comments and replies on the Worldview taught by the Free Methodist church
Faith is……. (part 2)
"Faith is the bridge which carries us through moments of despair" What has faith come to mean for me? when i was young, the understanding of what faith meant to me, was akin to hunkering down, closing the eyes (in many cases closing to the voice of reason), clenching my teeth, and saying "i believe,… Continue reading Faith is……. (part 2)
Faith is……..
"Faith is the bridge which carries us through moments of despair"When the light at the other end of the tunnel has not yet appeared, and there seems to be nothing but darkness........ realizing that "all things must pass".... realizing that "this darkness is simply a cloud floating past in the sky"...... this is faith.In the… Continue reading Faith is……..
Reality is Dharma 