All of this understanding, however, begs for more questions. For instance: If the 'information system' hypothesis of reality is correct, then what does that say about the nature of the mind and its relationship to information? If information is 'non-material' in the sense that we understand physical reality, what does that suggest about the state of reality itself? And does the dogmatic, materialistic, neo-Darwinist worldview effectively block one's mind from assimilating real knowledge of the world and expanding on our understanding of consciousness itself, and of ourselves, as carriers of information? The implications for these lines of inquiry are as staggering as they are endless. And considering how limiting and damaging the 'accidental worldview' - and all of its offshoots are - perhaps it's time that humanity at large now comes to know what's truly at stake.
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The next step I believe in exploring all your questions (and all future questions) is to experiment and educate yourselves of the world around us - the environment, creatures great and small, other humans and what they have done ( as you said some of your guests have already walked the path).
It helps to start with the first question: ‘Does God exist?’ One way to experiment with this is to pray ‘If God exists, show me somehow? Prayer is a sincere heart felt feeling ; not words from the mind.
Then if so ‘What are God’s characteristics and nature?’ Etc. Once we determine that God is loving, truthful, compassionate and Kind, generous and forgiving, curious and creative, loves variety and abundance and generosity, I start to realise that God wants me to be like that too.
There are some differences in my beliefs: firstly God is only truth and love; there is no anger or revenge or any other negative emotion. Secondly the concept of necessary sin: I do not believe this was necessary; it was a choice as you spoke about. Man has been given the freewill choice with two paths: one is to act in harmony with God and the other is not. You talked about this in relation to looking at your motivation and deciding whether something was Nobel.
Adam and Eve made a choice to follow their own way, not God’s, giving up God reliance for self reliance. This is the original sin and the most prevalent sin on the planet today, handed down generationally.
Your conversation around this sin being necessary is false. You thought it may limit the potentiality for learning; this is only because your beliefs are limited in what we can potentially learn and do. The universe is our playground; there is nothing we can’t learn or do. We are only limited by our beliefs as to what those possibilities are.
You talked about the difference noted regarding the range of choices from a component to lower creatures then higher creatures and then a big shift when it came to humans. That is because only humans have a soul. No other creatures have souls; they operate on instincts and learned behaviour which can be seen to mimic humans where a relationship is developed. Everything for us is a choice; our instincts are only to do with physical processes like breathing and digesting.
The human soul has two functions: it is where all our emotions, beliefs (true and false), aspirations, intentions, memories, desires and passions are stored. This explains why patients have been known to recover knowledge and memories after ‘brain damage’ because this info is not stored in the brain it is stored in the soul.
Also it is the soul that contains the life force God gave us which is then passed to the spirit and physical bodies. With creatures the life force is passed on during the procreation process.
Yes we are like teenagers (babies even) in our world view. Now you are just starting to learn the true potential for the world and ourselves.
Having become unshackled from the evolution model and seeing how restrictive that is in learning and growing, beware the trap of adopting any religious beliefs because they all have some limitations. Remember Religions are not made by God but by man. Man invented the belief that we need an intermediary to connect to God which is not true - it suits the church. Look at the fortune the Catholic Church has amassed; it has not been used to feed mankind, only to feed the church and its ministers or priests. Qui bono?
My spiritual path is to have a direct relationship with God; ask for God’s help and guidance, ask for God’s truth on any subject and in the end I answer only to God.
Jesus was a son of God just as you are; yes he was a messenger, but anyone could choose to be. He came to teach mankind the way to God, not to be God. He was not crucified to save us from our sins, God Did not sacrifice him. Would you as a loving parent sacrifice one of your children and let the others off free?
Once you establish a connection with God all these questions can be asked.
Be prepared to be wrong; making mistakes is allowed - it is part of experimenting.
I have been studying this premise for 11 years now and here is what I have learnt.
Ezekiel 25:17 "I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Isaiah 26:21 For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.
Nahum 1:2-6 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers. The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it. Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Revelation 6:16-17 Calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
Revelation 19:15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Behind the Headlines: The 'Wetiko Virus' and Collective Psychosis: Interview With Paul Levy
Born in 1956, Paul Levy graduated with degrees in art and economics and has had a lifelong intense interest in the work of C. G. Jung. As a result of an intense personal trauma in 1981, he began a..."Paul has stated that "there is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests." "RC
The only time I cried when some celebrity died was JL, 12/1980.
He wasn't my particular taste, and he certainly wasn't of my politics, but it was so wrong.
R.C.
Within 3 hours of Di's death, I said to my sad GF, "Well, at least she lived up to her name."
RC
RC
P. Editing now. Took me a second to get your 'aware-wolf ' joke.
It's so weak, so bad, it sounds like pure RC; I wish I'd thought of it.
RC
The truth is I believe that the physical body dies whilst we still live. We just pass over to the next life.
T'is a good thing to be a nightingale.
RC
P.S., I first wrote the above about the audition, but singing with the harmonic howling puppies is cool, too. (IF you knew the song; I figure we all know the pups' 'song'.) (BTW, I do a fair Janis Joplin falsetto. I've sung and played a lot in front of folks but never have broken it out- blushing now as I type this. Silly.)
RC
If God has given you a gift it is good to share it with others. You never know who you will inspire. My daughter sings big Whitney Houston songs at weddings funerals etc. she is amazing. My voice is too old now for anything but choir.
Do you do puppy howls?<3
Growing up, we had some great dogs. One was a sweet dumb beagle who never, ever figured out that the garbage men were not stealing our stuff, despite my explications.
She sang like this, but never learned how to play piano. [Link] (See 0:33.) *
RIP, P. Great pup.
RC
*OMG! See wedding at ~1.22? I once saw an outdoor wedding like that when some Cujo mutt from hell came up and sniffed at the bride!
RC
When dogs do things like play the piano and ‘sing’ just mimicking us, we are amused. It’s cute. But I think they would prefer to go hunting.
My dachshund I had in Darwin used to come on a one hour run with me in the morning. On the way home she had her own route where there was thick undergrowth and some wildlife. All you could see of her was a tail wagging madly. I just had to wait until she came home by herself.
I am off to the pool. 🏊♀️
Root veggies SiSi I LOVE.
Quiz... where did the Dachshound name come from?
Root Veggies and Badger (29) medicine, do you see the connection(?)
(Why i asked you about 29 months ago )
N.B. Chinese Medicine states, we are only as clean as our bowels for a reason.
Behind the Headlines: The 'Wetiko Virus' and Collective Psychosis: Interview With Paul Levy
Born in 1956, Paul Levy graduated with degrees in art and economics and has had a lifelong intense interest in the work of C. G. Jung. As a result of an intense personal trauma in 1981, he began a...For myself I find the hope & love of Creator, whatever you may call Creator, He, She, It, Grandfather, Father/Mother, First Source & Center, The All That Is...whatever. I find love a much happier and hopeful state of being than fear.
I'd like to take a moment and share a link about God's Peace. In my tradition, I find it more personable to share God as Father, although it has nothing whatever to do with patriarchy or sex, exclusively maleness or anything anthropomorphic.
The last two paragraphs wrap up a section on God's Peace found in the 'Manual for Teachers' section of A Course In Miracles, a channeled work that I resonate with. A Curriculum that is but one of Thousands, maybe more, but one that I find calming to my mind. The ideas always leave me feeling better about myself, and so, keeps me ever wanting to expand on being the very best I can be & to share that with the world.
. M-20.5. Living is joy, but death can only weep. 2 You see in death escape from what you made. 3 But this you do not see; that you made death, and it is but illusion of an end. 4 Death cannot be escape, because it is not life in which the problem lies. 5 Life has no opposite, for it is God. 6 Life and death seem to be opposites because you have decided death ends life. 7 Forgive the world, and you will understand that everything that God created cannot have an end, and nothing He did not create is real. 8 In this one sentence is our course explained. 9 In this one sentence is our practicing given its one direction. 10 And in this one sentence is the Holy Spirit's whole curriculum specified exactly as it is.
M-20.6. What is the peace of God? 2 No more than this; the simple understanding that His Will is wholly without opposite. 3 There is no thought that contradicts His Will, yet can be true. 4 The contrast between His Will and yours but seemed to be reality. 5 In truth there was no conflict, for His Will is yours. 6 Now is the mighty Will of God Himself His gift to you. 7 He does not seek to keep it for Himself. 8 Why would you seek to keep your tiny frail imaginings apart from Him? 9 The Will of God is One and all there is. 10 This is your heritage. 11 The universe beyond the sun and stars, and all the thoughts of which you can conceive, belong to you. 12 God's peace is the condition for His Will. 13 Attain His peace, and you remember Him. [Link]
For those not put off by the language depicting Creator as a Father and share in a similar tradition, I highly recommend checking it out. Even then, it still isn't for everyone. Many paths lead to Truth. 'The' Truth as I understand it is that there is no separation from Source and from brothers and sisters, & all life, and that the mind is what needs to be healed, waking from the dream of separation. We have powerful helpers & each other.
Many in the world are enamored by the vision of Krsna, or Buddha, or Christ. Actually they may be names for the same underlying Oneness of Being One in God. Either way, I like to see it as all of us walking each other home...
The only way the earth will change is if we change within and that is not easy; it is hard. Change requires courage to really see what is within us because I know the truth that in some way what is within me is contributing to the reality around me. I know I have contributed to the pollution of plastics, the destruction of the Forrest’s, the taking of more than I need, my entitlement. I know I have lived thinking I am better than others, know more than others, am entitled to more than others. This is not equality or impartiality. I also know I have attempted, projected control on all those around me, and dismissed those I thought less of. All these I see reflected back to me in the world around.
My problem with it is the belief that we are pure within and as I said above I do not believe that. I believe we have lots (possibly hundreds) of injuries and false beliefs that we may not even be aware of. The course says to see past that to the purity or whatever.
My beliefs are that in the soul there can only be one belief on a topic held and I must clear my false belief before I can absorb the new belief ( hopefully God’s truth).
For example if I inherited and had reinforced the belief that men are more important than women (and I did have this one) then I must release this false belief before I can accept God’s truth which is that He made the genders equal. This requires an emotional release both to release the error and accept the truth. It is the only way I have found that works.
When I have Replaced all the errors within me then I will be projecting only love and not having a negative influence on the planet. This is the only way I know that we can and will create heaven on earth and it is what I want to do.
"Judge not..." He says. " Do unto others..." He says. Karma, you say?
Still cooking, I say.
Would anybody care for hors d'oeuvres?
With so many brilliant coming out in favour of Intelligent Design, Richard Dorkins & Co will, I hope, soon find themselves in deep water.
Just stumbled into a very good video of Paperback Writer. There are a lot of tropes that didn't feel used up until the early 90s, such as Ringo having nothing to play 'air drums' on. Also, you can and see who really sang what. (Of course they're lip syncing. ) [Link]
(I'd guess it was in the later 60s. I just came across another video of how The Beatles made it. [Link] )
R.C.
One of the things they shared with us was that they knew all the Beatles music. Their dad being a Fan put a cassette player in their bedroom with Beatles songs - they were brought up on them. Smart Dad.
But,whos design is of much more interest
Cos we're a clever species of steeple...