Noble Dust

I would re-order those terms to say that: God is essence; existence emanates from God (essence). The physical world, and we humans, are existenants; e...

Can you explain "Being" for us, then?

God isn't so much a human feeling in this view (the experiential view), but rather the human feeling is pointing to the reality of God. By drawing the...

apropos...how we all feel inside when we post here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENPyRc238OU&feature=youtu.be

Originally from the Midwest, living in NYC. Attempting a career as a musical artist and failing royally. Interested these days mostly in mysticism, re...

No; I did.

I doubt you personally would need to do so.

I wouldn't know..

Seemingly docile, secretly angry, brooding, bullshit stereotypical Scorpio over here...

:-d

Hi, I'm NB, and I have no idea what I'm talking about!

I think your missing his point.

(Y)

"How, then, may we know this Life, this creative and original soul of things, in which we are bathed; in which, as in a river, swept along? Not, says ...

I don't think fighting against all odds to be a successful businessman is analogous to the fight to free the creative impulse from worldly constraints...

I think the creative approach to business is popular in Western culture thanks to the cult of Steve Jobs and his ilk; there's a whole informal movemen...

Children, children..

Finished Philip K Dick's VALIS last night. That shit is whack.

Do you guys have recs for more reading material on mysticism? I feel like I've asked you that before, Wayfarer.

And so the reason to strive for this awareness is because it's the "real" reality? It's a pursuit after truth? I think spiritual refers to the "inner"...

Right; esoteric (hidden) vs. exoteric (visible) knowledge.

Yes, this is important.

So is conciousness of this absolute state of union the goal for you? Is this state of union dependent on conciousness apprehending it?

The problem is what sort of meaning the belief system imputes. Religion imputed a telos that gave every day life a purpose; science as a belief system...

Death metal like you've never heard, let alone imagined... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zdg4Sbefg4

Nice job editing that to sound less complaining. :-$

Maybe, as a mod, send this to specific offenders, rather than complain to the unwashed masses that gather here in the gutter?

So you actually disagree with the entire premise. :P You continue to either miss or ignore my argument. There is a section of the population that trea...

Yeah, that's what I meant by putting it in quotes; I'm aware of the basic history.

Thanks, great stuff.

Also, you're actually obfuscating my argument. Your specific points are interesting to debate about, but they don't address my main argument. This is ...

>:O

Resources for who? Your statement suggests that resources are valuable, but you admit that you think individuals are not valuable. What makes resource...

Given his response to you, I think you might be right.

I think we're at an impasse; I'm not arguing from atheism. Are you?

How would that make sense? Too many typos; not sure what you mean. Maybe make an argument about this? Instead of stating it as obviously true. I think...

Again, are you talking about The Christian concept of The Devil, or no?

Ok, we're not too far off from one another. I disagree that this only exists in some of us; however, I should clarify that I think that "spiritual fee...

Are you talking about the Christian God and the Christian Devil? If so, the Bible and other theological sources have info about the devil, within the ...

As to a definition of the devil, I don't have one. I'm just addressing some issues I have with your argument. It's a complicated topic for me, actuall...

That was given after your OP; your OP began with the assumption. But yes, I also didn't read all the way through the thread; my apologies. The issue h...

No words... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLG10604Cig

VALIS - Philip K. Dick :-O Should I be worried by the fact that I can't put this one down?

I'm trying to highlight that it's not either/or; begin with experience: experience tells you your environment determines some amount of your moral bel...

I agree with you on an emotional level, but we need to be able to make arguments against this kind of nihilism. These kinds of arguments should be wel...

I'm not saying that; I'm saying environment determines our specific moral positions. Atheism or theism doesn't come in to play yet because whether an ...

The example in the thread so far is the existence of quarks, not a light switch. So, we take it on faith that quarks describe things best; quarks don'...

Yes, you're not alone; everyone has done things they regret, and everyone has hurt someone else. It sounds like your shame for having done those thing...

Ok; can you expand on that?

I didn't feel accused, I was just clarifying. (Y) No apology needed. I'd still be interested to hear your responses to my questions.