ivanananan/religion

Ali još Pilat je rekao: «Šta je istina?»...Jezik uvek krivotvori. Što je veća usredsređenost da se govori istina, to se ispostavlja veća laž, uvećava se razlika («Dimenzija greške»). Jednostavno, naš jezik nas uvek izneveri, zaprav, on govori razlikom. Ipak, postoji nešto što se zove «intuicija», ili, pak, nešto što se zove «telepatija», ona je najtačnija, najpreciznija i to zato što zaobilazi našu svest i naš pojmovni jezik, koji su nasavršeni. No, ta nesavršenost je nužna i izbavljujuća. Jednostavno, stvarnost, samu istinu postojanja, čovek ne bi mogao da podnese. A istina je Bol, tj. Radost. Od toga se poludi.

"Some say he is a holy man, Others say he is a shithead."

From the page: "14: Do you believe there is no self? If so, are you comfortable with saying that people are collections of different perceptions in flux? If not, how would you define the idea of "no self," and how does this idea shape your views on morality, for example, and moral responsibility, or life after death?

The ego is an illusion. Absolutely. Your second statement strikes me as too general even if true of the mind. It doesn't help me to view life in this respect. Once we have created a basis, a foundation of love and compassion from which to work (heart over mind) we can view the world with greater understanding. Understanding something intellectually (mind) and experiencing it as truth (heart) are very different things. Once an experience of the truth has been attained then the last part of your question is answered intuitively. Not a question of moral or immoral but a question of truth. Truth as experienced not as intellectual conception. 'No self' is for me an act of surrender. This act is a form of meditation that is reaffirmed with every breath. I don't think in terms of life after death. There is only life.

15: Some might say that "God" is an oversoiled word. How do you respond to this remark? And how, if at all, do you give meaning to this word?

It's is difficult for us to embrace the formless, we who have taken form. For some it's possible but for most of us a more suitable path might be one of devotion. The nurturing of love above and beyond oneself. Our focal point might me a mountain, a tree, or a more traditional embodiment of divinity such as Christ, Krishna, Buddha etc. However, in the final stages of realization even the concept or form of god must be relinquished. Ultimately there is only the formless consciousness. Divine love.

God is a loaded word. It is high time for a new vocabulary with which to maintain this dialogue on the spiritual.

16: Do women and men have all the potential they need in themselves to make sense of and live out their existence, or is the truth's source in a higher, transcendent realm of meaning?

We exist in that higher realm of meaning but we remain ignorant of it. It is the goal of this journey to recognize and experience this truth. Ultimately, yes, we are That."