Beefbisquit
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You answered my statement with a question. Care to actually respond?
But I must thank you for side-tracking us!
50 Questions for an open mind.
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But I must thank you for side-tracking us!
Dislexicmidget2021
Well-Known Member
what is the nature of mind itself?
Michael Sparks
Active Member
Its the unknown, you can manifest anything from the unknown, which most of us tend to do.
Michael Sparks
Active Member
I would not assume that 'they' or 'it' did not know, I would find great neglect, one being would pose a question that they had not already the answer to. Perhaps it would be gaining information of what is comprehended, to know, what to teach, or to re-correct my thinking or focus.
Michael Sparks
Active Member
Thank you for the good laugh....are they atheist aliens?
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I would likely say to them that the church represents a body, the one that the church makes up. It's a skeletal structure, considering that we're looking at an old gothic church. It's the framework in the flesh. At the heart of it, the eucharist and the wine. Transubstantiation 'makes' a body a continuous cycle that envelopes that skeletal structure (conjunction of earth and spirit = the cross). I would also say that it was placed over a place on earth that coincides with points in the sky. I would tell them that the bell tower represents the pineal gland, and when 'church is in', the bell had rung. It would be beneficial esoterically to point out that the church was build on proportions that suit the book of Revelations by craftsmen. 4 of those craftsmen make up the 'four corners'.
Followed by a long-winded jaunt into particle territory. Adam and the 'rib'. They'd laugh, we'd vaporize a beer.
Fin, Fin
Michael Sparks
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It is different in every being, yet the same in many ways.
Michael Sparks
Active Member
We have but fear to fear.
I believe when we are aware of what we fear we have the ability to adapt and comprehend why we have been in fear.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I don't agree.
If I'm hiding in a cave and hear a growl out there, and i don't know what it is ... my fear has a certain ceiling that comes from not knowing.
I guarantee however ... if I know that the sound comes from a leopard announcing an appetite, I will be way more scared.
Fearing fear is fearing an abstraction ... while the fear can be real, it's limited by the scared one's imagination.
Concrete things are not limited in that way, and I believe them to be inherently scarier.
Of course, my imagination frolics where angels fear to tread.
cn
If I'm hiding in a cave and hear a growl out there, and i don't know what it is ... my fear has a certain ceiling that comes from not knowing.
I guarantee however ... if I know that the sound comes from a leopard announcing an appetite, I will be way more scared.
Fearing fear is fearing an abstraction ... while the fear can be real, it's limited by the scared one's imagination.
Concrete things are not limited in that way, and I believe them to be inherently scarier.
Of course, my imagination frolics where angels fear to tread.
cn
Michael Sparks
Active Member
I wasn't attempting to influence yout thought Canna, I was just sharing, seems we have all been set to believe we must agree/disagree to share a thought. Thank you for sharing yours.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Ideally disagreements, when and if presented with respect (which I hope I'm doing) bring about discussion. That is my goal here.
I AM unapologetically (if without any hostility) trying to influence your thoughts, Michael. If the result is that I've nudged you into participating in a spirited debate, ending either in a consensus or in a map of the boundaries of mutual dissent, I feel like I've helped accomplish something.
If you succeed in making me rethink/retract my original position, which I will do if presented with reason to do so ... I would be delighted, once I've put my old bad instincts (fight; win! Feed the ego!) to bed. cn
Michael Sparks
Active Member
Discussion is the progression to agreement, though in dismay it doesn't always turn out that way (if it becomes such a heated debate), I am and continue to be interested and enlightened by your rebuts.