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In the Bible the Holy Spirit was called (if I’m correct) The Comforter to comfort Christ’s followers after he was no longer physically present. But could this provision of comfort be part of God’s Love from the beginning? An enduring function instead of a temporary one to console Christ’s...

I remembered Jaspers from an existential philosophy class (or was it a reading on my own?) . What I took from the information about him was that if you can’t take God out and use it like you would a pocket knife, what good is “God?” This, of course fits with my own interest in the “God...

This may be more in line with my unfinished assignment by Thomas of reading book Paths To Transcendence. But I currently looked up Jaspers as I was contemplating God as Comforter, which I plan to make a theme for a new thread about one specific way that God FUNCTIONS in our lives, helping create...

We may have a closed mind that demands certainty even if a false truth/belief, and if closed mindedness is seen as a personal characteristic, then it appears to negate choice. But fact is, we can choose to open our minds at any point, whether it is a default program (as in the case of creative...

I like Blaise Pascal’s concept of placing our bets when it comes to what we choose to believe. Of course there are those who choose not to see it that way, and instead think they have a certainty, but they have chosen delusion.

But we choose to go along with the conditioning. The possibility of free “propreoceptive” mental activity that David Bohm, in his book Thought As A System holds up as an alternative to the conditioned thought we often succumb to, allows us to come up with new insights instead of being caught up...

I had a dream recently that resembled Shodinger’s thought experiment. I was shooting a very long and low percentage basketball shot and as I waited to see the result, the ball never appeared. The outcome was undetermined. Perhaps my semi-lucid sensing of my participation in an Imaginal realm of...

Liked the fusion of east and west music. Loved the contemplation about “who/what is the true Self?” (Paraphrased). To tie in with my earlier discussion with Talib, today the Unknown was (and this is one denier of Holy Spirit) The Comforter who not comforts ALL who are, have ever, or will ever...

Got book. Only in intro so far. Especially liked this, as one of three “basic themes” of transcendence: 3. The existential “return” to normal awareness…how does the realization of the highest state translate into everyday life…? This is when “God” functions in our lives, bears “good fruit.”...

Good points about how the perfect can become the enemy of the good. If we try too hard to love everyone it certainly could backfire. But perhaps we could learn to hold the idea of loving everyone lightly/loosely, knowing we are but moving in that direction, being gently pulled towards it. Yes...

One thing I like about this forum is the different take on things. I see the marathon project as a personal celebration of life—not as a personal achievement, not ego satisfaction. But then my Christian upbringing had a negative side effect of making me feel a bit inadequate, falling short...

I recently read about mention in the Bible of a female presence somewhere within the Creation account. But I think it might have been in a Bible book later than Genesis.

We tend to locate imaginal processes in the realm of subjective reality, but apparently Corbin thinks there is a different kind of objectivity to it and that it interfaces with the regular objective reality we are in. I think he is/was probably onto something there.

Replied simply to highlight for myself and contemplate further, later. Fascinating

Fits well with my own speculation about “soul” that I just expressed in a reply moments ago before seeing this very interesting share of yours. I love your ability to make me think and to challenge the thoughts I’ve had so far in my quest for understanding.

Just now got around to ordering book. Looking forward to reading it. Thanks, Thomas for the recommendation. I haven’t watch the two hour talk link you shared some time after this. Was taking forever to connect on my iPhone. May have to watch on laptop.

Interesting. Fits my belief that in our depth of being there is a natural convergence that allows for interconnectedness akin to relationships that women generally excel at as compared to agency (doing)-oriented males. Assuming soul is deeper inside us than regular “self” and regular thinking...

I have been using the undefined God Function to help me run lately during my training for a marathon soon after my 70th birthday. I’m only up to 8 miles now but need a well of hidden potential to tap into for help this old man. Amazing how an overthinker like me can even shut of most thoughts in...

A useful neologism might be “IDEAism,” without the “L”. The idea attracts positive reality. Mind over matter.

Right to the heart of my theme here. If we are open to the potential to love all (even as we fail to do so in actuality) then we may create a positive self-fulfilling prophecy of loving a whole lot more , if not ALL, people.