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Originally Posted by Uplift  Interesting answers. So true or false, is there an unlimited being? |
If there is unlimited being, then can you be separate from that?
If you can exist separate from the infinite, then we are also separated from it; why would our opinion be more reliable than your experience?
If you cannot exist separate from the infinite, then then answer is in you; why would our opinion be more reliable than your own experience?
I understand your question, Uplift; I've been through that mode of questioning. And I strongly agree with your intuition not to accept half-truths. The problem is, all the mind can do is poke holes--it cannot synthesize an infinite whole from an infinite number of pieces. So no explanation will ever be satisfactory, not from me, not from Jesus or Buddha himself. All any of us can do is tell you a story of our own experience, or that we've heard from someone else. Can that ever be whole truth for you? Truth can only be validated by experience, so find the answer in your experience; and if it's not there, find the experience with the answer. Then use that as the springboard for the next big question...because it's waiting just around the corner.