The Dead Series. (Page 29 of 40)

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It's not over until the pink Bucky sings!

Spi......Eye.......See You .....I to Eye and tooth be said.

fixed yer post

If anyone is interested in the real Paramahansa Yogananda then read  "the Autobiography of a Yogi".  [free e- book on the internet].  Unlike the imposter i just read in the above post, the book is actually decipherable and grounded.  The real Yogananda doesn't sound anything like a fluffy white cloud.

I have yet to see any irony coming from you.

Anyways, I accept your apology.

Good points z3n3rg.  I think destini misunderstands the concept of "nothingness" and from that misunderstanding come all the rest. 

Yes the ALLGod is "nothing" ... ie. ... "no- thing" in particular but "everything" in general.  There is "no- one- thing" which defines God but God is the SUM of ALL parts.  God cannot be formulated by any defined "thing" but IS every defined "thing" and MORE.  God is "no- static- thing" but moves through everything.

From kid mongo's comments and z3n3rg's reply it appears Destini's misunderstanding includes the concept that to 'empty' the mind and emotions is to revert to nothingness and a state of non- activity.   Fair enough, a state of rest exists in God reality.  But really, if we can accomplish the stilling and 'emptying' of the mind and emotions we allow the spiritual Self to enter- in to our material vessels  [physical, mental and emotional] and direct the soul's activity.  As that happens more and more we find the spiritual- Self acting through us and expressing divine creativity in the material planes.  That communion is the most potent motive to action.  This is the divine intent for our incarnation in matter ... to be freewill co- creators with Spirit... that is, if we can still the carnal mind and uncover the higher- Will within.  God is no spiritual vegetable so, as God's issue, neither are we.  Our soul's oneness with spirit is the ultimate expression of creativity that gives life meaning.  It is the fulfillment of our reason for being.

Given that [according to kid mongo] destini dismisses all meaning to life, levels of consciouness, levels of reality, ascension etc as just illusions of separation, and given all these concepts actually do represent reality, then it appears to me that destini is in denial of reality.  It is not just ignorance when someone presents themselves as a spiritual teacher and says they know that "nothing" is the sum of life.  It's a fine way to start a conversation with us.   But to insist it means that all roads lead to the apex of nothingness and non- will is disingenius.   Surely, the surrender of the carnal mind and it's human will is a vaccum which our divine nature abhors.  IN COMES THE SPIRIT to ignite the soul's innate creative tendency to expansion.  "I nothing, Thou ALL".... in action in me now.   

The indian branch of the black brotherhood sent their representatives to the west during the past few decades with the same nihilistic philosophy.   It had a certain comforting ring to it that some people found attractive.  Perhaps it is a lack of faith in one's self... in the ability to create well.  Perhaps it appeals to souls who's revulsion and aversion to life's manifestations has caused them to lose their nerve to create, ...  Souls who are traumatised by the karmic fruit of action and seeking refuge in non- being.  Like some modern buddhists, Destini and friends appear to misunderstand nirvana as a state of inactive "non- being". I venture to say that destini's misunderstanding sounds to me like it is similar to the suicidal impulse.  But the winds of the spirit are- a- blowin' anew  and we can feel it's passion for creation and recreation... internally in meditation and externally in physical action... in a balanced way.  This is the only antidote to death and the desire for ultimate non- being.  The creative Will of the river of life cannot be damned by a soul's refusal to join the creative flow.  It will only leave those who choose nihilism to wither on the vine, eventually to drop away and return to the elements from which they came.

"To him who hath, more shall be given,
To him who hath not, even that which he hath will be taken away"   [Jesus]

Becoming mulch and fertiliser can be avoided by embracing life.  Life is an active choice.  All we have to do is open our souls to the flow ... let spirit's impulse form divine thoughts in our mind and divine love in our feelings and let spirit influence our desire to create according to divine Will.  Amen.  Sermon over.