Thanks Rocket Surgery, that helps a little.
I know from what I have read that it is really impossible to understand this fully with the mind. I also know from reading and experience that the mind, in order to understand, will create answers to questions it does not know.
So, without giving this a lot of deep thought this morning, and without coffee I might add, based on your thoughts is it that having a memory enables us to become or be Aware, Enlightened, etc? Enlightenment goes beyond the mind (again I've read), however without the mind then you cannot know that you are enlightened correct?
If you could choose to come back as something else, why would you choose something other than a human being. On top of that, why choose anything less than a human being with the mental capacity to become and understand Enlightenment.
I keep hearing and reading theories, and some contradict themselves, so my conclusion so far is that no one
really knows. The term Enlightenment, I am start to think, it another theory to explain the unexplainable. Much like the creation of gods to explain the season and heaven to explain the afterlife.
I do still like Tony Parsons thoughts:
- "This is it, that's all there is".
- "There is nobody"
- "You can't find something that isn't hidden"
- "It is happening to know one"