Guest guest Posted August 10, 2000 Report Share Posted August 10, 2000 Dear Dennis, You may rememeber that we corresponded in the past. I was never able to make a secret of my heretical tendencies when participating on the advaitin list and I eventually ceased to take an active part when it was suggested that I ought to find my self a guru. I was of course extremely interested (and I confess not a little amused) by your heartfelt exclamation about the point of it all (i.e. Advaita). The passage below (from your message) seems to me to be a succint statement of how things are: there is no free-will, no soul, no sin, no karma and no reincarnation. (And I might add that consciousness is just an epiphenomenon of matter although of course I know you won't agree with that statement.) What puzzles me is that you seem feel that there is something that you are missing ('self-realization') as if an honest appraisal of the way things are leads inescapably to nihilism and despair.... Regards, Patrick There is no individual who could become realised. There is no 'path' that can be followed. We cannot 'do' anything. There is no such thing as choice or free will, only the illusion of this; everything that will happen is effectively already determined. We act irrevocably according to our natures and events around us. There is no one who could die (only the material body reverting to its elements) and there is no one who could be born or re-born. There can be no such thing as reincarnation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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