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Old 08-29-2007, 11:41 AM   #15 (permalink)
absvan
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Default Probably no-thing exists!

Based on the discussion above, I understand that our ego needs time to exist. Time is a measure of change and change happens in a world of duality when everything is separate from you. However if you change the angle then you get a different POV.

The ego use the senses for perception. Eg: Steve is color blind and hence cant see some colors. So may be nothing exists and its only our mind/senses that create it. Eg: I have this glass in front of me now. Does the glass actually exist? If I break it into smaller pieces, its no more a glass but the smaller pieces you get. If I further crush them and so on we reach the smallest particle "quant" which scientists including beleive that its pure energy.

So essentially for materials to exist we need our senses/ego to perceive them. So if we release ourself from our ego, no-thing exists. This might be the state of Pure Awareness - timeless because there is "no-thing" need for change. This could be why teachers of nonduality mention that everything you see is an illusion.
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