Guest guest Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 .... This object, the human body, can be seen from another totally different perspective, equally spectacular. The view of this object, as observed from a distance further and further back, is replaced first by a house, then in turn by a town, a country, a continent, then by the earth as a planet, followed by the solar system, the sun, a galaxy, the Milky Way, and finally by clusters of galaxies rapidly dwindling into points of light in a great vastness and about to vanish altogether. So, the story of the outward and the inward perspectives both come to much the same thing: the human being is virtually empty space and utter illusion. ... Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar Consciousness Speaks (Ramesh S Balsekar) published by Advaita Press PO Box 3479 Redondo Beach CA 90277 USA www.advaita.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Nisargadatta , " Grant " <g-ssummerville wrote: > > ... This object, the human body, can be seen from another totally different perspective, equally spectacular. The view of this object, as observed from a distance further and further back, is replaced first by a house, then in turn by a town, a country, a continent, then by the earth as a planet, followed by the solar system, the sun, a galaxy, the Milky Way, and finally by clusters of galaxies rapidly dwindling into points of light in a great vastness and about to vanish altogether. > So, the story of the outward and the inward perspectives both come to much the same thing: the human being is virtually empty space and utter illusion. ... this comes right out of Douglas Harding's work. have you tried the experiments? they work. ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " Grant " <g-ssummerville@> wrote: > > > > ... This object, the human body, can be seen from another totally > different perspective, equally spectacular. The view of this object, > as observed from a distance further and further back, is replaced > first by a house, then in turn by a town, a country, a continent, then > by the earth as a planet, followed by the solar system, the sun, a > galaxy, the Milky Way, and finally by clusters of galaxies rapidly > dwindling into points of light in a great vastness and about to vanish > altogether. > > So, the story of the outward and the inward perspectives both come > to much the same thing: the human being is virtually empty space and > utter illusion. ... > > > this comes right out of Douglas Harding's work. > > > have you tried the experiments? > > > they work. > > > .b b.b. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM & mode=related & search= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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