Guest guest Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 >Our lives are the same as a movie being played out except instead of just the 2 senses being filled (sight & sound) all 5 senses and thoughts and emotions also. Much like sitting in the movie theater we lose ourselves in identification. We think these are our thoughts and our emotions. We think we are making decisions and in control of our lives. Even the thought "I" is an identification, yet everyone falls >for it...nutty! Hi Shawn, Good point. Since you compared life to a movie, let's compare the 'I' with a re-run. When something intense is happening there is no ' I feeling' but the moment it is over, or becomes less intense the mind starts rerunning the incident. If the incident has been pleasurable, to enjoy it again through knowing; if it has been bad with the purpose to exorcise it, to prevent its repetition. This process is the past assimilating the new, turning it into a manageable memory. That is the 'I' building process at its minimum. If, the intense experience has been of a spiritual nature, the 'I' might be tented to say " I'm enlightened" which in reality amount to saying ' I don't exist' which, of course ,is an absurd phrase. If that were true, nothing would have been said because there would have been no 'I' to say it. So anyone saying I'm enlightened is either mistaken, or giving the word a meaning other than complete unity. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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