Thoughts at the end of the year (for Mary, Sabine and all)

[Guest guest]

Namaste Mary,

 

I would agree with what you are saying. However, there many new

developments in science, particularly physics, that are fascinating

and could potentially transform our ordinary ways of perceiving

Nature.

 

Specifically, in the newspaper article we discussed earlier, the

writer states that some physicists are now thinking that there are

parallel universes to coincide with all the possiblities of our

present reality. If this were the case, we can take solace that

suffering as we know it could take on a new meaning.

 

Why? Because there could be other parallel universes in which we are

enjoying life as we know it! So, we can take heart that what we see

is not necessarily what it appears to be! Or, we can ask: who's

running this show anyway?

 

For this reason, I appreciate what the Gita is trying to say when it

states, "Be without the gunas." That is, we should not be overly

attached with the apparent worldly phenomenon. As such, we should

perform actions being established in yoga, or the True Self.

 

Further, the Shrimad Bhagavatam appears to be addressing this

possiblity of other universes. For example, there is a story which

states that, when Vishnu sleeps, he spontaneously creates new

universes as he breathes out. At the same token, he easily dissolves

other universes as he inhales.

 

Regards,

 

John R.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

valist, Mary Quinn <mary1quinn wrote:

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> Hello John and Sabine,

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> In a way, I agree with you both. I think that if one

> studies the past too much one gets caught in it and

> there is no present and no future because the present

> is immersed in the past and your back is turned to the

> future.

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> John says, "our present consciousness has a critical

> role in interpreting the past and foreseeing the

> future."

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> It seems to me that the present is not only critical,

> but is ALL that there is, and that's why they say all

> time happens at once. Afterall, if you truly live in

> the present, alive to the moment, you'll see the

> lessons unfold that are the most valuable asset of the

> past, and you'll see the future as it unfolds as that

> is what the present is.

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> Man, it is way past my bedtime. Goodnight!

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