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This is interesting. If I remember my Kabbalah correctly, it's said that God became divisible the moment he became self-aware, therefore knowing what He is and isn't and the universe split into duality at that point, and began to divide into the 10 sephirah.
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Advaita or non-duality seems to imply from my understanding that god is divisible the moment any awareness arises. Nisargadatta Maharaj said in
I Am That,
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Obviously, every thing experienced is an experience. And in every experience there arises the experiencer of it.
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Chapter 3 of I Am That (
3. The Living Present ) addresses the problem of suffering. Here is the chapter's conclusion:
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M: In the going beyond the limiting, dividing and opposing mind. In ending the mental process as we know it. When this comes to an end, that mind is born.
Q: In that mind, the problem of joy and sorrow exist no longer?
M: Not as we know them, as desirable or repugnant. It becomes rather a question of love seeking expression and meeting with obstacles. The inclusive mind is love in action, battling against circumstances, initially frustrated, ultimately victorious.
Q: Between the spirit and the body, is it love that provides the bridge?
M: What else? Mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it.
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impaul99:
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Why invent a whole world of cars, trees, insects, stop signs, pens, computers, cellular phones, light switches etc. just to experience the range of human emotion indirectly?
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My four year old's answer would be "Because he did." And I think that's probably the best answer. There may be many ways to experience and to grow. Maybe reality is like imagination, kind of an experiment or game for no reason outside its own sake.