Re: Mind's Eye Re: Are You A Human Being ?

That tribe went for a long walk some time ago, some say they became
lost. Occasionally one is born of their zombie descendants and discarded
as a degenerate but entertaining target of their manic aggression,
hysteria, and ego-sexual deities. Stand apart and it is clearer, I'm not
talking genetics.

I'm not sure your question makes sense to me, I can be a little sloow.
Did you answer the question?

On 8/11/2012 2:58 PM, Vam wrote:
> /I believe, people who put in their 2 cents on this thread were already
> daunted by my rules... no regurgitating other people's thoughts. /
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> /What's more basic than the topic : Are you a human being ? In what way,
> over and above what animals do ? And, all the brilliant minds here are
> struggling.../
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> /I am afraid, raising the bar into non-dual will simply crash on them !
> So.../
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> Mind Eyers ! Let me ask yet again...
> Are you a human being, over and above the animal ways ?
> What do you think is so difficult about the topic ?
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> On Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:29:47 PM UTC+5:30, Molly wrote:
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> Moving in spirit, and outside the realm of time, is non dual, and
> therefore, also outside the realm of cause and effect. I think when
> we are moving in spirit, and centered in a non dual view, we have
> integrated entirely. It does not mean time and cause and effect do
> not exist. It means that our viewpoint transcends, and therefore our
> external and internal experience of life transcends also. I love
> this Joseph Campbell quote: "/We can't rid the world of sorrow, but
> we can choose to live in joy ... The Bodhisattva participates
> joyfully in the sorrows of the world." /Maybe, being human is the
> journey there (the view we bring into the world) and back again
> (after being completely submersed in the world). Siddhartha.
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> On Saturday, August 11, 2012 4:32:15 AM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote:
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> I think the nature of man as we know it is really not going to
> change much, there will be time of better behavior and times of
> less desirable behavior. Other than for the development of the
> soul into a greater being in closer connection with the Entirety.
> Every soul has complete free choice in its development and
> progression.
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> It is the relationship with the Entirety that is important..
> some people seek this connection through wealth and greed,
> others through war and destruction.. What ever path that is
> chosen it will have effects on the soul.. and none of them
> actually effect the immortality of its existence. The soul is
> already eternal whether people believe it or not, even that does
> not matter.
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> Darma tells us that life is for moral, ethical and truthful
> living. Karma tells us there are effect to be expected from our
> actions.. karma does not tell us when though. This can be a
> problem because of my understanding in the spiritual realm there
> is no time.
> Allan
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> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Vam <atewa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> If mere being raised by human beings, and being a part of
> their family, is the criterion... I'm afraid, even dogs and
> cats can lay a claim to being human.
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> #*BrainIsNotTheMind*
> <https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23BrainIsNotTheMind&src=hash>
> I've never held in hand or dived into the brain 2 connect
> neurones, or throttle endocrine glands, 2 deal with matters
> in the mind !
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> And, to those who continue to primacy to the animal in man
> ... I've not known of any animal devising 84 different, well
> thought out positions to copulate, or prepare thousands of
> distinct food preparations and still distinguish their
> flavours enough to write volumes on each !
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> On Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:09:24 AM UTC+5:30,
> AmandaRheen wrote:
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> I guess the only thing that really allows me to know
> that I am a human being is that I was born into and grew
> up within a family of creatures who identified
> themselves and me as human beings. Then as reinforcement
> of this idea I attended large communal gatherings at
> regular intervals with others who generally looked and
> acted the same as myself. Occassionally the creatures in
> charge would take great pains to demand that we act like
> human beings, not like animals hehe. Mostly from these
> experiences I have learned to identify myself as 'human
> being'.
> As far as considering myself 'apart' from other animals
> I'm not sure I really attended that class. Perhaps I
> played hooky that day and was off riding my horse
> through the bush with our two dogs. Granted some of the
> human being creatures I knew would tell me we were apart
> from other creatures but my own human being family
> seemed less concerned about this distinction and more
> concerned with showing other creatures great care and
> respect in return for the loyalty and co-operation they
> gave in their interaction with us. Sure we occasionally
> ate one of them but animals have their own ways of
> levelling the field when they really feel like it. I
> concede though none of them ever actually ate me.
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> |_D Allan
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> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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