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tycho
#101 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:48:47 PM
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Muriel wrote:

As is intimately divergent.


And intimately convergent.
Wakanyugi
#102 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:28:21 PM
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Posts: 1,635
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
symbols
#103 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:32:24 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 3/19/2013
Posts: 2,552
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?
Wakanyugi
#104 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:44:06 PM
Rank: Veteran


Joined: 7/3/2007
Posts: 1,635
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
tycho
#105 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:50:06 PM
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Joined: 7/1/2011
Posts: 8,804
Location: Nairobi
Can a network be, without unity?
symbols
#106 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:50:48 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 3/19/2013
Posts: 2,552
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?
Muriel
#107 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:56:35 PM
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Joined: 11/19/2009
Posts: 3,142
tycho wrote:
Can a network be, without unity?


Yes.

A network implies interchanges. Intersections. Seeming conflicts and cross purposes.

Unity is marginal. Incidental. Irrelevant.
tycho
#108 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:58:29 PM
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Joined: 7/1/2011
Posts: 8,804
Location: Nairobi
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Can a network be, without unity?


Yes.

A network implies interchanges. Intersections. Seeming conflicts and cross purposes.


An intersection without union?
Muriel
#109 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:00:15 PM
Rank: Member


Joined: 11/19/2009
Posts: 3,142
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Can a network be, without unity?


Yes.

A network implies interchanges. Intersections. Seeming conflicts and cross purposes.


An intersection without union?


Yes its Possible.

Direction. Mixing. Agitation. Turbulence. Iron with clay.
tycho
#110 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:00:21 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 7/1/2011
Posts: 8,804
Location: Nairobi
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.
symbols
#111 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:04:02 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 3/19/2013
Posts: 2,552
tycho wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.

That's also an illusion.
tycho
#112 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:07:33 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 7/1/2011
Posts: 8,804
Location: Nairobi
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Can a network be, without unity?


Yes.

A network implies interchanges. Intersections. Seeming conflicts and cross purposes.


An intersection without union?


Yes its Possible.

Direction. Mixing. Agitation. Turbulence. Iron with clay.


A network can be graphed. Are you talking of a network without a graph?



Wakanyugi
#113 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:35:58 PM
Rank: Veteran


Joined: 7/3/2007
Posts: 1,635
symbols wrote:
tycho wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.

That's also an illusion.


Thank you Tycho. You can test anything against the knowledge of your true self (Unity). In fact we do this all the time and only go 'wrong' when we ignore the verdict.

But there is a counter question too: Does it matter whether something is illusion or not?

Back to the house analogy, whether the house is illusion or not, the important thing is it serves your purpose, no?
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
symbols
#114 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:42:47 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 3/19/2013
Posts: 2,552
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
tycho wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.

That's also an illusion.


Thank you Tycho. You can test anything against the knowledge of your true self (Unity). In fact we do this all the time and only go 'wrong' when we ignore the verdict.

But there is a counter question too: Does it matter whether something is illusion or not?

Back to the house analogy, whether the house is illusion or not, the important thing is it serves your purpose, no?

You don't see the dilemma.Purpose is also an illusion.'I' am supposedly an illusion.Everything is an illusion but my 'true self (Unity)' isn't an illusion.Your words and conclusions are supposed to be illusion.
Wakanyugi
#115 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:20:52 PM
Rank: Veteran


Joined: 7/3/2007
Posts: 1,635
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
tycho wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.

That's also an illusion.


Thank you Tycho. You can test anything against the knowledge of your true self (Unity). In fact we do this all the time and only go 'wrong' when we ignore the verdict.

But there is a counter question too: Does it matter whether something is illusion or not?

Back to the house analogy, whether the house is illusion or not, the important thing is it serves your purpose, no?

You don't see the dilemma.Purpose is also an illusion.'I' am supposedly an illusion.Everything is an illusion but my 'true self (Unity)' isn't an illusion.Your words and conclusions are supposed to be illusion.


Symbols, I don't see why this is is a dilemma.

Illusion is a tool, one that we use to operate in this reality.

We are playing a role here. Even the language we use is a pointer to that: we call ourselves Human-BEING. Not DOING, not ALREADY DONE; BEING.

We are in a movie. One so exciting that sometimes it seems real. But of course it is not and it helps to occasionally remember that.

One day the movie will end.

Then we shall go 'home' and maybe say damn, that was a great movie! We should do that again.
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
symbols
#116 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:42:01 PM
Rank: Elder


Joined: 3/19/2013
Posts: 2,552
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
tycho wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.

That's also an illusion.


Thank you Tycho. You can test anything against the knowledge of your true self (Unity). In fact we do this all the time and only go 'wrong' when we ignore the verdict.

But there is a counter question too: Does it matter whether something is illusion or not?

Back to the house analogy, whether the house is illusion or not, the important thing is it serves your purpose, no?

You don't see the dilemma.Purpose is also an illusion.'I' am supposedly an illusion.Everything is an illusion but my 'true self (Unity)' isn't an illusion.Your words and conclusions are supposed to be illusion.


Symbols, I don't see why this is is a dilemma.

Illusion is a tool, one that we use to operate in this reality.

We are playing a role here. Even the language we use is a pointer to that: we call ourselves Human-BEING. Not DOING, not ALREADY DONE; BEING.

We are in a movie. One so exciting that sometimes it seems real. But of course it is not and it helps to occasionally remember that.

One day the movie will end.

Then we shall go 'home' and maybe say damn, that was a great movie! We should do that again.

I have my own views and experiences and they contradict what you're saying but I also understand I can't prove them.It's the same way I know you can't prove yours.
tycho
#117 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:16:47 PM
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@symbols, how is it possible to understand that no proof is available? What does a proof imply?

Again, unity isn't opposed to contradiction. In fact, contradiction implies unity.

Lol, when is a proof possible?
symbols
#118 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:20:29 PM
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Joined: 3/19/2013
Posts: 2,552
tycho wrote:
@symbols, how is it possible to understand that no proof is available? What does a proof imply?

Again, unity isn't opposed to contradiction. In fact, contradiction implies unity.

Lol, when is a proof possible?


And you are yet to show me Big brother is me or morality is mathematicsLaughing out loudly
tycho
#119 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:30:20 PM
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Joined: 7/1/2011
Posts: 8,804
Location: Nairobi
symbols wrote:
tycho wrote:
@symbols, how is it possible to understand that no proof is available? What does a proof imply?

Again, unity isn't opposed to contradiction. In fact, contradiction implies unity.

Lol, when is a proof possible?


And you are yet to show me Big brother is me or morality is mathematicsLaughing out loudly


Red herring, @symbols. At least the post is asking whether you can identify a proof if you see one. Please read carefully.
Wakanyugi
#120 Posted : Wednesday, July 16, 2014 5:35:01 PM
Rank: Veteran


Joined: 7/3/2007
Posts: 1,635
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
tycho wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
symbols wrote:
Wakanyugi wrote:
Muriel wrote:
tycho wrote:
Muriel wrote:

Back then to the old question: absoluteness or relativity of morals.

Clash!

Keanu Reeves's Matrix in real life!


The 'clash' between relativity and absoluteness has always been there. It's hard wired to life.

Or would you say that the new born for example doesn't experience this conflict? Yet maturity and growth is about balancing the conflict.


Hence control is an illusion. So is oneness.


All existence is illusion. You are illusion and so am I. Of course some illusions are given more importannce than others. Methinks it is time we brought the illusion of separation down a notch or two.


If existence is illusion,how can you make conclusions based on that illusion?


Why not?

In this reality, illusion is all we have to work with.

Take a look at the wall in front of you. Your senses tell you that it is solid. Extend your senses by using, say, an X-ray machine or a particle accelerator. Suddenly the wall is not solid any more. Does that stop you from trusting the capacity of the house to shelter you from the elements?

Is illusion an illusion?


Yes it is. Anything we generate is illusion. Absent us and it is no longer there.

Unity is the only non illusion. The true reality from which all else is projected.

How do I know what you're saying isn't an illusion?


By testing against non illusion.

That's also an illusion.


Thank you Tycho. You can test anything against the knowledge of your true self (Unity). In fact we do this all the time and only go 'wrong' when we ignore the verdict.

But there is a counter question too: Does it matter whether something is illusion or not?

Back to the house analogy, whether the house is illusion or not, the important thing is it serves your purpose, no?

You don't see the dilemma.Purpose is also an illusion.'I' am supposedly an illusion.Everything is an illusion but my 'true self (Unity)' isn't an illusion.Your words and conclusions are supposed to be illusion.


Symbols, I don't see why this is is a dilemma.

Illusion is a tool, one that we use to operate in this reality.

We are playing a role here. Even the language we use is a pointer to that: we call ourselves Human-BEING. Not DOING, not ALREADY DONE; BEING.

We are in a movie. One so exciting that sometimes it seems real. But of course it is not and it helps to occasionally remember that.

One day the movie will end.

Then we shall go 'home' and maybe say damn, that was a great movie! We should do that again.


I have my own views and experiences and they contradict what you're saying but I also understand I can't prove them.It's the same way I know you can't prove yours.


That is OK, no one holds a monopoly of knowledge.

Which is why it helps to test everything your hear or read against your 'inner knowing.' Does this 'feel true?' If the answer is no, then it is not true for you, no matter who says otherwise.
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
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