[QUOTE=John Freestone;288057]1. Well, of course, as we have been discussing earlier, the philosophy you have just expressed is just a judgement and perception of yours about life in general. How will you ever know if it is the correct one?
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Originally Posted by John Freestone  2. I do not "have to realize" it. I "realised it" when I was 20, as the above explains, and then I realised that it was an unreasonable and unreal set of beliefs. |
no you do not have to do anything. believe as you desire to believe, but why do you come here to argue your case?
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Originally Posted by John Freestone 3. Your reply suggests that I could have posted any number of very different potted histories of my life, all of which are equally valid, all just perceptions. I wonder how far you would take that. Does it mean that it is pointless saying anything at all about who you are? Does it mean that I could just start again: "I am 23, and have received a Nobel prize for physics and one for peace. I have enjoyed my work with NASA and particularly my missions to explore the solar system, following my invention of warp drive technology. At the weekends I fly my own human-powered helicopter, which I designed and built myself after the breakthrough in aeronautical engineering that bears my name...."? |
a snarky smart-ass or offhanded remark which isn't something you truly believe won't be real for you in any way. We can say or think a million things, all of which are meaningless, thoughts & words create nothing. They are merely a reaction to our perceptions.
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Originally Posted by John Freestone Would you consider the following an equally relative view: "I am living in a tattered tent in the desert, with a couple of thousand others of my tribe, all of us slowly dying of starvation, as the relief is confiscated by the soldiers most of the time. I am very grateful to the nice Westerner who interviewed me, or my story would not even have a chance of being heard. Despite the high levels of disease, it is essential that I circumcise my daughter tomorrow, as it is our custom. If she is not circumcised, she is unlikely to have a husband, in the unlikely event that she survives the drought and the war..."? |
likewise this is a judgment & perception of a personal reality.
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Originally Posted by John Freestone Is there nothing of your own life that you are proud enough of to consider a fact, rather than just an arbitrary judgement? Is there anything you just accept as an unfortunate fact, or do you still feel you have failed to master the LoA enough yet to unmanifest anything you don't like? |
there are plenty of experiences & situations I've perceived incorrectly. To the extent I allow those experiences & beliefs to create and define a personal identity for myself right now in this moment, is the extent they are truth or illusion.