[mkirkpatrick]

What power there is in an idea,in particular if it is willed by Absolute mindful intent,so powerful in fact that it produces this physical universe we now inhabit.

It is difficult to grasp and finally accept that we are but "thought-forms" held in mind
and willed to evolve along the evolutionary pathway of return.

When this question who and what are we is finally realised,then a quantum shift in
consciousness will occur.



tbc



regards michael.

[Profpat]

Hi Michael;

I used to paraphrase " Cognito ergo sum " by Decartes as "I think, I think" but as I become older I doubt even that.

Best,

Pat

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by Profpat

Hi Michael;

I used to paraphrase " Cognito ergo sum " by Decartes as "I think, I think" but as I become older I doubt even that.

Best,

Pat

It is wise at times to doubt Pat/Thoughts when backed by awesome intent are stronger
than steel!



regards michael.

[Drifter]

Originally Posted by Profpat

Hi Michael;

I used to paraphrase " Cognito ergo sum " by Decartes as "I think, I think" but as I become older I doubt even that.

Best,

Pat

I think therefore I am.

I am . . . only when I think.

Thinking . . . makes it so [I think, so thinking is everything].

thinking and doubting . . . the tension of the opposites. [from 'Tuesdays with Morrey', Death and dieing serenly]

kudos

[Drifter]

There are so many beautiful and holy and glorious things in human
life, and they are a balm to the hearts of men. They should be
cultivated, they should be sought for; not eagerly and selfishly
for oneself, but only that by becoming ourselves beautiful
inwardly, we can shed the light of our love with its softening
and refining influence. Love is always beautiful, and therefore
is always grand, especially the higher love, for it is universal.

I wonder sometimes if the great scientists, I mean those who
devote their lives to the impersonal study of Nature, realize
that they are cultivating within themselves an aspect of the
beauty in Nature, because, by the fact of losing themselves in
their study, they are becoming progressively more universal in
their thoughts, less concentrated on self. A selfish love can
even damn, and this is the inverse case of evil spirituality; but
a beautiful love can raise. -Wind of The Spirit

[Drifter]

Regard only MORAL asceticism as necessary. It is as a means to
an end, that end being the perfect equilibrium of the INNER
nature of man, and the attainment of complete mastery over the
body with all its passions and desires. -From; The Building of The Home.

[Drifter]

This story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air-until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore. "My God, this is terrible," the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me!'
Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?' The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?' The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'"

[Drifter]

Thoughts are Imaginations.

Imaginations arise like waves . . . out of the Ocean of Nothingness [Pure Unalloyed Awareness, . . . attributeless Brilliant Virtue].

Our deeds are determined by our thoughts.

The ability to Idealize is the Creators hand in Creation.

The faculty of Ideation is the Creators gift to his Creature.

The Buddhists have a saying: The wing of the Spirit is always on ones shoulder.

"Is today the day? my little friend."

Without love we are as birds with broken wings.

[Profpat]

Hi Drifter;

I was just "thinking" about you, therefore you are.
Good to hear from you again. Were you on vacation?

Best,

Pat

[Drifter]

A "twice born" alludes to the "Spiritual birth" of man.

What's nice about being "older" is, I can be any age [when appropriate] I want to be, from 5 years old to 57 years old. I've experienced them all. To understand death is to understand life. And understanding it [life and death, death and resurrection]makes it all the more worth living.

From stillness we sprang, to stillness we will return.
Life Through the Son: John chpt. 5. vs. 16., - 5.30. NIV

The Vine and the Branches: John 15.1, - 15.8

Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick

From stillness all motion springs from indeed,all aspects of reality are by nature
paradoxical,which at times makes it very difficult to accept and even understand.

I remember an aged guru who at times would say that he was only 15 years old,
when he was nearing 70,I died 15 years ago he would say,and was reborn again.

I understand that principle now,for the samething happened to me,I died over 30
years ago when i was engulfed within an incurable illness and given only six months to live,this was the point,the "ignition point" that led to me dying,and being reborn into a
new life,and aquiring a new employer at the sametime?

I then knew the answer to the question asked in the bible,"how can a man be born again
without entering the womb twice?"You know by the nature of personal-experience,and not
something you have read from a book.

regards michael.