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      I have a bunch of random observations/life sayings I have thought of, and wanted to share them, and see what people think about it. Also, just post your own observations on life, the universe, and everything. Anyways, here are mine:

      Violence is not the answer unless the provoked by violence in the first place

      I despise the saying "violence is not the answer" because in many situations it is the only way to protect yourself and others and to bring about changes. The thing is that I have noticed that these situations is that they are brought about always be some kind of violence in the first place almost always. Take for example World War II. Saying that it wasn't right for other nations to fight back against the Nazis is ridiculous, and it was the only way to stop them, but if the Nazis hadn't started their unprovoked violent drive for domination in the first place, this violent response would be completely unnecessary.

      Life's a bitch. The bitch of those who are successful

      I thought of this one thinking about how some people have such hard lives, while others are successful, and have control of their life. I realized that those without success often sit back in the sidelines and do not try hard enough to take control and make themselves more than just another person, while the ones that are successful (self-made, not those that are just born with a silver spoon in their mouth), grab life by the horns and decide they want to be more, and take control of their lives and get somewhere. I am not saying that all people who do not succeed are because they didn't try hard enough; things happen that keep people from success, but this is just a general observation for many people.

      Nobody gives a damn. You have to take it (this one is actually from early on in the movie "The Departed")

      Similarly to the last one. If there is something I can't stand it is the people who have nothing and don't try to change it and do something about it. I am not talking to the people in Africa for example where they just need outside help due to the extreme poverty, but am referring to many people in rich societies like America, where for generations and generations families keep making the same mistakes and end up working in a McDonalds living off welfare, and being a tax burden for the simple reason that they do not have the motivation and belief in themselves to try to get somewhere else in life. I don't believe most people are stuck in poverty because their parents were so poor. I think it is because they are taught (even unintentionally) that they are "stuck" and can't do anything about it, and therefore aren't motivated to change that.

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      You MUST fail to succeed....or.....there is no success without failure....

      Every time you look up at the sky and you think that you get an overwelming sense which people associate with an epiphany where you realise how large the universe is... times that feeling by the largest number your mind can process and you would not even be able to imagine even 0.0000000000001% of the universe as we know it....

      If God is all powerful howcome it took him/her 7 days to create the world...

      Words are just ways to communicate feeling from one person to another... if we were able to strongly communicate feelings directly then we would have evolved to do so, instead of speaking it...so that leads to (as close to proof as anyone can get) the conclusion that humans are not able to sense each others feelings....

      Did humans discover the laws of the universe or create them, as we arre smarter to those who lived 100s of years ago then we should be able to prove them wrong and through intelligence and wisdom finally break laws which we created...
      "Your unsuited for the rage of war so pack up, go home, your through.
      How could I, make a man, out of you!"

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      Ignorance is bliss

      Oft quoted, but terribly incorrect. People are always 'proportionately' happy/unhappy (depending on which side of it you choose to look at). As you become more aware of things and commit to critical thinking more often, you may or may not push aside the 'common' problems of life. Either way, new 'problems' you may encounter (usually increasingly abstract as you analyze things [existence of afterlife, nihlistic thought, etc]) may also add weight to any depression or unhappiness.

      "In the end, the lord shalth return in full regulation Soviet Uniform, hailing Lenin as thy true messiah." -Siberian Revealations

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      Don't be afraid to toot your own horn, because nobody else will do it for you. No one has the time.

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      "When you can stop
      You don't want to
      When you want to stop
      You can't"
      ~ Casper, from the movie Candy

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      Life and existance mean absolutely nothing, but they do because I say so.

      What I am saying here, is that objectively, or looking from a greater perspective, (human) life means shit. We are just a bunch of atoms, molecules, that happen to be in a certain place. Though evolution, certain systems of self replication came to be, while actually life is as special as every single rock. Life has no higher meaning, we live because we do. What does suffering matter? Just a bunch of neurotransmitters giving some signals? Big deal? Just more star-dust busy in a cascade of events. Even more destroying all meaning are things like the M-theory. You saved that puppy from drowning? Way to go, dipshit: In another universe the puppy did die. In another you drowned too. In another you both got raped.

      However, life does has 'meaning'. It has meaning in the sense, that I gave it meaning. In a way, everything is in our head. I am not saying matter doesn't exist or some far fetched stuff like that, but everything is subjective, without being less true. I do care about saving that puppy, or about not hurting other people, because I gave meaning to those things... I hope you people get the point : )

      “What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume

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      Quote Originally Posted by Neruo View Post
      Life and existance mean absolutely nothing, but they do because I say so.

      What I am saying here, is that objectively, or looking from a greater perspective, (human) life means shit. We are just a bunch of atoms, molecules, that happen to be in a certain place. Though evolution, certain systems of self replication came to be, while actually life is as special as every single rock. Life has no higher meaning, we live because we do. What does suffering matter? Just a bunch of neurotransmitters giving some signals? Big deal? Just more star-dust busy in a cascade of events. Even more destroying all meaning are things like the M-theory. You saved that puppy from drowning? Way to go, dipshit: In another universe the puppy did die. In another you drowned too. In another you both got raped.

      However, life does has 'meaning'. It has meaning in the sense, that I gave it meaning. In a way, everything is in our head. I am not saying matter doesn't exist or some far fetched stuff like that, but everything is subjective, without being less true. I do care about saving that puppy, or about not hurting other people, because I gave meaning to those things... I hope you people get the point : )[/b]
      That is so true. We, as humans, are just carbon-based life forms that have reached sentience, civilized, and made the world to our wants due to our capable anatomy (opposable thumbs, plus upright posture), and our brain capacity. We are no more special than any fish out there, or any one-celled organism, or even a useless piece of rock, and nothing we do matters in the grand scheme of things. At the same time, we have given ourselves a meaning, set ourselves codes to live by, etc., and without that we wouldn't be what we are now. Though it doesn't matter we care because it is in our head. When you think about it, things like greed, power, hate, and love are nothing more than natural traits that most species need to survive, but to us they mean more because our mind makes it so.

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      When a door closes, another one is opening... Keep your eyes open for opening doors!

      That is the way to be successful, if you look at the opportunities you're given, you'll see you're always getting more and more of them.

      We must look at ourselves before we look at other people. When we criticise someone, we're loosing a valuable chance to change something inside of us.

      What does it matter if you're sad or happy? When you're in the highs or the lows, at least you're not stuck in neutrallity...



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      A few people have the quote,

      "The greatest temptation to quit, comes when you are about to succeed."

      in their signatures.

      So true.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Neruo View Post
      Life and existance mean absolutely nothing, but they do because I say so.

      What I am saying here, is that objectively, or looking from a greater perspective, (human) life means shit. We are just a bunch of atoms, molecules, that happen to be in a certain place. Though evolution, certain systems of self replication came to be, while actually life is as special as every single rock. Life has no higher meaning, we live because we do. What does suffering matter? Just a bunch of neurotransmitters giving some signals? Big deal? Just more star-dust busy in a cascade of events. Even more destroying all meaning are things like the M-theory. You saved that puppy from drowning? Way to go, dipshit: In another universe the puppy did die. In another you drowned too. In another you both got raped.

      However, life does has 'meaning'. It has meaning in the sense, that I gave it meaning. In a way, everything is in our head. I am not saying matter doesn't exist or some far fetched stuff like that, but everything is subjective, without being less true. I do care about saving that puppy, or about not hurting other people, because I gave meaning to those things... I hope you people get the point : )[/b]
      I'm new here and don't know anybody very well but this hits one of my favorite things to talk about.

      While your body may be a bunch of molecules that will whither away and crumble into dust when it dies, it is a very good vessel in which an intelligent consciousness can "live" and experience the material universe, collect information/experience, and take that collection back to the spiritual universe and add it to the larger body of knowledge there.

      Most scientists believe life is simply an epiphenomenon, a by-product, of the material universe. I.e., it's just a happy accident that life occurred and evolved into intelligent beings. But some physicists have recently started to investigate the role of consciousness in the universe and feel that consciousness preceded matter or that the two cannot exist without each other.

      I now believe that there was and is a grand consciousness, present since or perhaps before the big bang, and a piece of that consciousness dwells in each of us. Why? So that the grand consciousness can learn about itself. Basically, we're all reporters sent here to "get the story" and report back what we find out.

      I also think that lucid dreaming is but a hint that a world of consciousness, a spiritual world, exists. That is, a hint to those of us who have forgotten where we came from.

      Just my 2 cents. You may proceed to poke holes in it.

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      Yeah, PenguinLord13, nice to see someone understands what I was saying

      Quote Originally Posted by EddieSpaghetti View Post
      I'm new here and don't know anybody very well but this hits one of my favorite things to talk about.[/b]
      No problem, welcome.

      While your body may be a bunch of molecules that will whither away and crumble into dust when it dies, it is a very good vessel in which an intelligent consciousness can "live" and experience the material universe, collect information/experience, and take that collection back to the spiritual universe and add it to the larger body of knowledge there.

      Most scientists believe life is simply an epiphenomenon, a by-product, of the material universe. I.e., it's just a happy accident that life occurred and evolved into intelligent beings. But some physicists have recently started to investigate the role of consciousness in the universe and feel that consciousness preceded matter or that the two cannot exist without each other.

      I now believe that there was and is a grand consciousness, present since or perhaps before the big bang, and a piece of that consciousness dwells in each of us. Why? So that the grand consciousness can learn about itself. Basically, we're all reporters sent here to "get the story" and report back what we find out.

      I also think that lucid dreaming is but a hint that a world of consciousness, a spiritual world, exists. That is, a hint to those of us who have forgotten where we came from.

      Just my 2 cents. You may proceed to poke holes in it. [/b]
      Ah. The 'Grand conscious' theory, or some variation on it. A 'spiritual world/universe' as you call it. It is a pretty well-known hypothesis. Even I believe there might be something similar to it, in a way. However, big difference, I believe it is purely 'man-made', it didn't exist before mankind, as you said. I believe that if it might exist, and perhaps it might, it can be scientifically explained. I don't think it is metaphysical, godly or anything magic like that.

      My biggest argument against it is: How do you explain evolution if this 'Grand conscious' exist? It would mean something directed evolution, right?. I mean, do we just tap into it, or is it almost 'designed' for humans? Otherwise, can animals also tap into it? Don't forget all our minds are, is some electric interaction between cells. It really doesn't sound logic to me that there is some special universe for our minds, that did nothing for 99.99% of the time of the universe.

      Lets say it is (subconsciously) 'man-made': it wasn't always around, or lets say it exists because it can, assuming there is an infinity of universes, including that spiritual one, outside our material universe. In the first case: What connects all those people? In the universe-case: how can our brain-waves or whatever pass trough to another universe, while nothing we know can?


      Basically, it by far isn't impossible, there just isn't any proof what so ever, expect for some cases that don't mean much.


      For instance, often people that get a genius idea say they felt like they didn't come up with it, but that they just 'received' it, as it they plucked it from a well of thought outside of their own mind. But does that means there is such an uber-conscious? Maybe our minds just work in a way that makes us feel that way. As in the same way that I think Chi is bullshit, but those chi-channeling stuff monks do actually works on some physiological/neurological level (and not on a 'magical', weird-energy-flows level).
      “What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume

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      There's much more to this dense material world. Have you ever heard of String Theory?

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      Quote Originally Posted by Neruo View Post
      Yeah, PenguinLord13, nice to see someone understands what I was saying
      No problem, welcome.
      Ah. The 'Grand conscious' theory, or some variation on it. A 'spiritual world/universe' as you call it. It is a pretty well-known hypothesis. Even I believe there might be something similar to it, in a way. However, big difference, I believe it is purely 'man-made', it didn't exist before mankind, as you said. I believe that if it might exist, and perhaps it might, it can be scientifically explained. I don't think it is metaphysical, godly or anything magic like that.

      My biggest argument against it is: How do you explain evolution if this 'Grand conscious' exist? It would mean something directed evolution, right?. I mean, do we just tap into it, or is it almost 'designed' for humans? Otherwise, can animals also tap into it? Don't forget all our minds are, is some electric interaction between cells. It really doesn't sound logic to me that there is some special universe for our minds, that did nothing for 99.99% of the time of the universe.

      Lets say it is (subconsciously) 'man-made': it wasn't always around, or lets say it exists because it can, assuming there is an infinity of universes, including that spiritual one, outside our material universe. In the first case: What connects all those people? In the universe-case: how can our brain-waves or whatever pass trough to another universe, while nothing we know can?


      Basically, it by far isn't impossible, there just isn't any proof what so ever, expect for some cases that don't mean much.


      For instance, often people that get a genius idea say they felt like they didn't come up with it, but that they just 'received' it, as it they plucked it from a well of thought outside of their own mind. But does that means there is such an uber-conscious? Maybe our minds just work in a way that makes us feel that way. As in the same way that I think Chi is bullshit, but those chi-channeling stuff monks do actually works on some physiological/neurological level (and not on a 'magical', weird-energy-flows level).[/b]
      I am also interested in how science will "discover" a spiritual universe, if it exists. My point above was that some scientists are indeed looking to explain the phenomena of "consciousness" not as a by-product of matter but as a partner with matter. If such a thing as a spiritual world exists, it must be discovered, like electricity or gravity, rather than invented, like purgatory or needing special permission to enter the afterlife.

      "Designed for humans"? Whatever it is, it has to apply to any living creature whatever planet they live on so this is not a earth or human centric concept. If some kind of consciousness is behind evolution, it does the best it can at its own pace to create intelligent, articulate creatures that can store information for making decisions.

      We are not our bodies. I am not my hands. You are not your eyes. The only question is the brain. But I don't think the "I" back here behind my eyes is the "me" either. The "I" is a consciousness not made of matter so this is at least one place we disagree. Proof of that will have to come from more intelligent beings that can devise tests for it. If you don't suspect it's there, you don't look or test for it.

      I believe the consciousness that resides in each of us survives physical death of the body. It is not bound by time or distance. It plays a role in what we call psychic ability. When the body dies, it may hold beliefs that prevent it from understanding what is happening. For example, I think ghosts are dead people who are convinced there is no afterlife and are able to resist the usual return of the consciousness to the grand consciousness.

      I greatly envy people who LD so easily and freely. I think such people are in the best position to explore these things.

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      Quote Originally Posted by petersonad View Post
      There's much more to this dense material world. Have you ever heard of String Theory?[/b]
      You speak as though that were a fact, and yet in the next sentence you use the word "theory."


      This tree stands lonely here in the mountains; it grew high above man and beast. And if it wanted to speak it would have nobody who could understand it, so high has it grown. Now it waits and waits - for what is it waiting? It dwells too near the seat of the clouds: surely, it waits for the first lightning.
      --Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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      Quote Originally Posted by M View Post
      You speak as though that were a fact, and yet in the next sentence you use the word "theory."
      This tree stands lonely here in the mountains; it grew high above man and beast. And if it wanted to speak it would have nobody who could understand it, so high has it grown. Now it waits and waits - for what is it waiting? It dwells too near the seat of the clouds: surely, it waits for the first lightning.
      --Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra[/b]
      I took Music Theory in college. I was heartbroken to learn that it's just a theory. I read a book on Color Theory and dang if it wasn't just a theory too!

      The difficulty with String Theory, from what I've read, is that it cannot be proven/disproven because the particles it describes are too small to detect. We have no way to "zoom in" on something that small so-to-speak.

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      Quote Originally Posted by EddieSpaghetti View Post
      I took Music Theory in college. I was heartbroken to learn that it's just a theory. I read a book on Color Theory and dang if it wasn't just a theory too!

      The difficulty with String Theory, from what I've read, is that it cannot be proven/disproven because the particles it describes are too small to detect. We have no way to "zoom in" on something that small so-to-speak.[/b]
      Strings are not particles.

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      All that we see or seem
      Is but a dream within a dream. -Edgar Allen Poe


      At any point within the experience of perception you remain trapped in a self-imposed cage, a lie. A dream wrapped within a dream wrapped in a dream trapped in infinity. Even if a higher consciousness existed it would be equally a lie as this 'reality' is. You go to heaven or hell to realize it is as much a construct of your mind as this reality is. A self-imposed infinite journey of self-realization where the ultimate end result leaves you realizing no more need to exist or realize. You ultimately realize you have to become the dream, and the process loops back in on itself, infinitely. Why in the world would you believe perfection remains synonymous with perception? Perfection bypasses all this noise we exist in right now. It is 'the now', 'the infinite moment' in which all superfluous layers seemingly exist...
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      "in the kingdom of the two legged, the amputees always have shoes for sale but a limited customer base."

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      Quote Originally Posted by M View Post
      Strings are not particles.[/b]
      You sure? Okay. Subparticles. Objects.

      String theory uses "strings" instead of point-like particles described in the standard model. But ultimately the various string theories attempt to describe the fundamental constitients of matter.

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      I am and will always be me.

      Very simple to some, but extremely complex to me. Why do I look the way I do? Why am I the host behind this body, this layer of skin? Is it strange that I am never going to see myself the way my friends see me? Whenever I look in the mirror, I sometimes just browse my features and look into my own eyes. Weird, sure, but when you think about it, you&#39;re never going to able to change yourself and you will always just be you.


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      You can change onbody - only yourself, forcing others to adapt and only then you can change others.
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      Quote Originally Posted by petersonad View Post
      There&#39;s much more to this dense material world. Have you ever heard of String Theory?[/b]
      OMG REALLY?&#33;?&#33;

      Yes, so? Just because everything I touch is 99% empty space and 1% neutrons, protons and electrons doesn&#39;t mean it is less solid. Also, who cares if about 95% of that matter also is either dark matter or dark energy. It doesn&#39;t change anything, it still is substituted to the same rules. Now that I know my chair is made out of mostly dark matter or energy instead of normal matter doesn&#39;t mean I am going to fall through it.

      Actually, string theory was about the 10/11 dimensions curled into our one, right?

      Don&#39;t get me wrong, really interesting if it appears al gravitons actually hop in and out or dimensions from 10 other dimensions, thus explaining gravity properly on a quantum mechanic level, but that doesn&#39;t make a &#39;spirit world&#39; existent all of a sudden.

      It does not even increase the chance of such a place existing.

      Quote Originally Posted by petersonad View Post
      I am also interested in how science will "discover" a spiritual universe, if it exists. My point above was that some scientists are indeed looking to explain the phenomena of "consciousness" not as a by-product of matter but as a partner with matter. If such a thing as a spiritual world exists, it must be discovered, like electricity or gravity, rather than invented, like purgatory or needing special permission to enter the afterlife.[/b]
      Here we disagree. First of all, I never heard of any scientist that are looking into the same hypothesis you have. Secondly, I do not think that if a spiritual link between humans exist, it is not &#39;uber-human&#39;, not metaphysical, not eternal. I think such a place would just be &#39;created&#39; when the first intelligent lifeforms appeared.

      Actually, I think even that is highly unlikely, 20% chance at the highest.

      "Designed for humans"? Whatever it is, it has to apply to any living creature whatever planet they live on so this is not a earth or human centric concept. If some kind of consciousness is behind evolution, it does the best it can at its own pace to create intelligent, articulate creatures that can store information for making decisions.[/b]
      If the special spiritual-realm was not predestined for humans, what is so special about our atoms that we can reach that &#39;universe&#39; (or the &#39;universe&#39; can reach us)? Why can&#39;t a rock&#39;s atoms reach that place? Or a bacteria? Or a plant? Or a fly?


      We are not our bodies. I am not my hands. You are not your eyes. The only question is the brain. But I don&#39;t think the "I" back here behind my eyes is the "me" either. The "I" is a consciousness not made of matter so this is at least one place we disagree. Proof of that will have to come from more intelligent beings that can devise tests for it. If you don&#39;t suspect it&#39;s there, you don&#39;t look or test for it.[/b]
      We disagree there. I know that "I" isn&#39;t my hands or anything. But I think "I" is a completely self-created, subjective entity. When we grow, our minds make an "I" because evolution proved and "I" is a useful thing to have. It might not feel like just that, but in the end the "I" is just purely made from a grid of electronic signals. It isn&#39;t even as much matter, it more is the interactions of our brain-matter we consist of.


      I believe the consciousness that resides in each of us survives physical death of the body. It is not bound by time or distance. It plays a role in what we call psychic ability. When the body dies, it may hold beliefs that prevent it from understanding what is happening. For example, I think ghosts are dead people who are convinced there is no afterlife and are able to resist the usual return of the consciousness to the grand consciousness.[/b]
      Yoy. Souls and such. A soul makes no evolutionary sense, I am sorry. Does a bacteria have a soul? When in evolution did the soul came along? In what medium does the soul travel after death? Isn&#39;t it so, that no mind can think properly without blood flow and such? Why would a soul disconnected from the body gain the ability to think without oxygen and such, while before it could not?

      There is a reason our brain consists of 100.000.000.000 braincells, because we use it to hold our complex little "I". If the soul, the I, was completely outside matter (and thus could survive death), we wouldn&#39;t need such a big head. Also, since if you remove or stimulate certain parts of the brain, the motor-functions, the personality, the perception, everything changes, what is left of &#39;soul&#39; if taken out of the physical brain? Or does it &#39;magically&#39; not get influenced all of a sudden?

      I greatly envy people who LD so easily and freely. I think such people are in the best position to explore these things.[/b]
      You don&#39;t honestly think that a dreamworld is anything besides a creation of our own mind and nothing else? A dreamword is a reality in itself, but a personal reality, far away from empiricism.
      “What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume

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      Yoy. Souls and such. A soul makes no evolutionary sense, I am sorry. Does a bacteria have a soul? When in evolution did the soul came along? In what medium does the soul travel after death? Isn&#39;t it so, that no mind can think properly without blood flow and such? Why would a soul disconnected from the body gain the ability to think without oxygen and such, while before it could not?

      There is a reason our brain consists of 100.000.000.000 braincells, because we use it to hold our complex little "I". If the soul, the I, was completely outside matter (and thus could survive death), we wouldn&#39;t need such a big head. Also, since if you remove or stimulate certain parts of the brain, the motor-functions, the personality, the perception, everything changes, what is left of &#39;soul&#39; if taken out of the physical brain? Or does it &#39;magically&#39; not get influenced all of a sudden?[/b]
      Interesting input.
      Could someone who&#39;s very into this subject please give me an counter-post to this? It would be interesting to read. I&#39;m still confused whether there&#39;s a soul or not. There are strong arguments for and against I think.
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      Quote Originally Posted by BohmaN View Post
      Interesting input.
      Could someone who&#39;s very into this subject please give me an counter-post to this? It would be interesting to read. I&#39;m still confused whether there&#39;s a soul or not. There are strong arguments for and against I think.[/b]
      There are some arguments perhaps indirectly for. Like people feeling like they feel the presence of dead people. But a soul, especially the eternal (goes to heaven and such) kind of soul, really doesn&#39;t make any sense (to me) if held to the light of evolution (of the entire universe).
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      Neruo, I don&#39;t believe in a soul in the christian sense of it because I believe at any point in our perceptions, be it higher or lower, you are just convoluting your &#39;self&#39; with distraction, and therein lies the &#39;why&#39; to existence. I don&#39;t think the meaning goes any deeper than that regarding this material world, or any world that follows. But I would hardly find it to be only a cosmic coincidence. My personal reason being, I constantly have these weird intuitions, two minute deja vu&#39;s, reading peoples&#39; personalities through their auras, etc. where people around me end up being freaked out and I&#39;m so used to them I just laugh. It just provides me with more and more proof of this just being one big dream.

      Here&#39;s an example from yesterday, actually. Right after I was finished typing that dream within a dream quote from Poe I had to teach someone some English and I decided to do a lesson on proverbs and towards the end of the lesson the student asked me, "Do you know japanese calligraphy?"
      To which I responded, "Yeah but I&#39;ve never actually seen it done."
      As I say this I start to write that Poe quote, "All that we ever see or seem, is but a dream within a dream." and before I get a chance to show it and explain it to her she starts to show me a picture of some calligraphy her friend drew, taken on her cell phone. Before I read it I just knew it would somehow tie into what I had just wrote so I laughed and read it, which it translated to, "All of what is happening now, is just someone&#39;s dream from long ago". She then asked me how you would say that in english, to which I just pointed her to the thing I had already written down and smiled and said, "Yeah, weird isn&#39;t it? These kind of things happen to me all the time."

      Sure you can write those experiences off as mere coincidences but when they happen as frequently as they do to me it&#39;s kind of hard to do that. I don&#39;t think some all-powerful consciousness is trying to tell me some deep-seated meaning, I think I&#39;m just open to the connection we all have as just one gargantuan dream character sitting in a room twiddling their thumbs.


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