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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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if we do find the ultimate truth ... what then?

is the truth there is no truth?



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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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think of the image of a donkey with a stick tied to his head, from the stick dangles a carrot, which the donkey constantly chases but cannot reach.
ee-aw! its fun running around and around and around. try not to crash into things too much.

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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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In reply to:
if we do find the ultimate truth ... what then?


Convince others that what you found is the ultimate truth.
In reply to:
is the truth there is no truth?


If that's true, then it's all a lie.


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To call humans 'rational beings' does injustice to the term, 'rational.'  Humans are capable of rational thought, but it is not their essence.  Humans are animals, beasts with complex brains.  Humans, more often than not, utilize their cerebrum to rationalize what their primal instincts, their preconceived notions, and their emotional desires have presented as goals - humans are rationalizing beings.

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Re: the answer [Re: Evolving]
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Convince others that what you found is the ultimate truth.

But people try to do this all the time, and their truths are often conflicting. Have they all found the ultimate truth? If not how can we tell whether the truth we found is real?

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Re: the answer [Re: Metasyn]
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Somebody (or everybody) must be wrong if there's no kind of consensus. You need some way to verify these observations or ideas.


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To call humans 'rational beings' does injustice to the term, 'rational.'  Humans are capable of rational thought, but it is not their essence.  Humans are animals, beasts with complex brains.  Humans, more often than not, utilize their cerebrum to rationalize what their primal instincts, their preconceived notions, and their emotional desires have presented as goals - humans are rationalizing beings.

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Re: the answer [Re: Evolving]
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who cares what the ultimate truth is. i can't stand it when people spend half their lives in a church, or watch every step because it might be wrong. just live your life worrying about life, and death will come naturally. too many wars and fighting about whose "truth" is the real truth.

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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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if we do find the ultimate truth ... what then?

Get planted in a corn field and become one with Jiffypop.

Seriously, we then use the truth in such a manner that we and the world we connect with have better lives, here and there.

is the truth there is no truth?

No. Ultimate truth exists.

Cheers,

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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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"No. Ultimate truth exists."

under what circumstances


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if you can't find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

this is the purpose

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Re: the answer [Re: CleverName]
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All.

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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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Are you trying to rip me off, Mr_Mushrooms?
At least get the quote RIGHT. hehehehe

Ultimate truth is the future... our truth is the present...
One cannot live in the future... only in the present...

Thus, the ultimate is left unattainable.


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

Hey, imitation is the highest form of flattery! :wink:

The quote actually reminded me of my ex, she tried to become one with the Jiffypop by consuming it, which she did, with great relish.  What a combo, huh?

The Ultimate Truth so defined may be unattainable but that is only because the definition has delimited the response.

Cheers,

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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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The Ultimate Truth so defined may be unattainable but that is only because the definition has delimited the response.

Could you elaborate on this?


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Re: the answer [Re: trendal]
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Not at the present time.

Cheers,

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Re: the answer [Re: trendal]
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I can elaborate with a little straw man... just for kicks...

Mr_Mushrooms thinks that the ultimate truth is a static object.
Being a static object, it is attainable.

The truth is that the ultimate truth is a process...
It cannot be attained... it can only be danced to.


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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well i wasnt asking just wanted to hear some opinions

i think there is no ultimate because if there was there would be an end. just like you said its the process of finding it .... that way reality can exist forever.


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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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but thats just a thought

:wink: 


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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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i think there is no ultimate because if there was there would be an end. just like you said its the process of finding it .... that way reality can exist forever.

This is really good.
It's a neat metaphysical twist on what I think.


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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wow, good post. I have seen what i believe to be a glimpse of ultimate truth. when ultimate truth is grasped their is nothing left to be grasped, the full circle is complete and everything begins again. my goal in life is to be able to grasp that same truth without the use of phsycadelics. i have been very successful but i am in a lull right now. the number of places in the the universal body to play the game of truth is infinite, truth is not.


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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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is the truth there is no truth?

I don't think that's very far off the truth.

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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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See sig...


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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The truth is that the ultimate truth is a process...
It cannot be attained... it can only be danced to.

How do you know this?

Can you elaborate?

Cheers,

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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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i dont know

the saying the grass is always greener .... you know the rest. well why does there have to be something "better and bigger" then this lifetime.

you can make your life heaven or hell right now.

forever in both heaven or hell seem very scary to me but forever of lifetimes in the darkness i can deal with because at least i will never know what happens tomorrow .... heaven and hell, you know what happens tomorrow forever.


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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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The truth is that the ultimate truth is a process...
It cannot be attained... it can only be danced to.

How do you know this?
Can you elaborate?

Sure, I can elaborate. Understand what zen is about... not just the religion. Then apply the way to everything you've ever read.

When certain Greek philosophers start looking alot different than they did... you're probably getting closer. When the Gospel of Thomas changes your perception of Christianity and the Bible forever... you're probably getting closer. When Joseph Campbell agrees with you... you're probably getting closer. When you don't have to ask me "what do these lines mean?"... you're probably getting closer.


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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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why does there have to be something "better and bigger" then this lifetime.

you can make your life heaven or hell right now.

You got it.


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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Understand what zen is about... not just the religion.

I understand what zen is about. At its core it is a set of non-rational ideas so flawed it would take many posts to cover them.

When certain Greek philosophers start looking alot different than they did... you're probably getting closer.

This is true. The more one understands realism the more one can understand the world and the flaws of certain 'esoteric' philosophies, like zen.

When the Gospel of Thomas changes your perception of Christianity and the Bible forever... you're probably getting closer.

When a person accepts the books excluded from the canon they miss the entire message of the work as a whole. I would recommend a study of New Testament Greek, hermeneutics, and above all a course in philosophy with an emphasis on the Ancients, especially Aristotle.

When Joseph Campbell agrees with you... you're probably getting closer.

To being totally confused.

When you don't have to ask me "what do these lines mean?"... you're probably getting closer.

Or you know exactly what they mean and disagree because of it.

I will, in time, be covering some of Campbell's erroneous ideas and the philosophical foundation from which they sprung.

Cheers,

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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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if you attend enough Philosophy classes it will make sense and "the truth" it will appear to be.... go to enough bible studies and it does the same ... along with any teaching you attend zen, judaism, islam, catholic, yoga. there are 2 sides to everything .... anyways the greeks for the most part participated in orgies, boy rape, slavery, and nonsense wars. not saying we're better (or worse) but having so much pleasure and liezure time does give you alot time to think in circles.

my opinion is as much bullshit as any other

its all a lie ... its all bullshit ... make your time on earth fun.


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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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I understand what zen is about. At its core it is a set of non-rational ideas so flawed it would take many posts to cover them.

Don't you see the flaw in summarily rejecting a philosophy based on the precepts of another philosophy?

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Re: the answer [Re: infidelGOD]
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Good point


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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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I understand what zen is about. At its core it is a set of non-rational ideas so flawed it would take many posts to cover them.

At the core of zen is not an idea, but an experience. What experience is the core of realism? If there is none, if there is just an idea at the core of realism, I say useless it is. To worship a philosophy that cannot give you the experience of what it is all about... that's like eating paper currency instead of buying food.


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Re: the answer [Re: Nomad]
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To worship a philosophy that cannot give you the experience of what it is all about... that's like eating paper currency instead of buying food.

This is what Mr_Mushrooms DOESN'T understand.

Nice analogy, BTW.


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Re: the answer [Re: ]
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I understand what zen is about. At its core it is a set of non-rational ideas so flawed it would take many posts to cover them.

Wrong.

This is true. The more one understands realism the more one can understand the world and the flaws of certain 'esoteric' philosophies, like zen.

True Zen is NOT esoteric.
Ignore the religious aspect of zen and you'll get a clearer picture.

When a person accepts the books excluded from the canon they miss the entire message of the work as a whole.

The work is a lie. 
Do you really think Constantine & Co. left it alone?
The bible reeks of roman reinterpretation.

I would recommend a study of New Testament Greek, hermeneutics, and above all a course in philosophy with an emphasis on the Ancients, especially Aristotle.

Blah blah... why don't you just tell us you don't know what you're talking about?
:wink:

I will, in time, be covering some of Campbell's erroneous ideas and the philosophical foundation from which they sprung.

The Power of Myth (tv interviews) were fucking right on.
"Myths to live by" is fucking right on.
I haven't read the rest of his stuff... but it is so damn zen it's unreal.

I wish I could hang out with you and give you a good mindfucking...
(don't take that the wrong way  :smirk:) 


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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Nice analogy, BTW.

Not mine. I stole it, probably from Watts.

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Re: the answer [Re: Nomad]
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hey we should all get together makes a legit religion .... save our generation so that the future generations can pervert it and use it for evil hundreds of years down the line .... yay


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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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Legit religion?

Cool. Let's start by not having any sort of rules to it...


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Re: the answer [Re: Sclorch]
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ok, first rule there are no rules:

damn ... i give up, already fucked it up  :confused:

oh look a butterfly  :grin:   


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Re: the answer [Re: Kemist]
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how about:
rule # 1 - the rules are whatever you want them to be
?

I know I'd choose to have none

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Re: the answer [Re: dee_N_ae]
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how about:
rule # 1 - the rules are whatever you want them to be

I'd be worried about the interpretation.


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