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petrophysics1
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Message 39 of 60 (697485)
04-26-2013 5:48 AM
Reply to: Message 38 by Sombra
04-25-2013 1:01 PM


Re: The workings of the mind
It seems to me you have an aversion to suffering, if this is true it is most unskillful.
Who is greedy the man who provides all he needs or the one who does not and looks for the help of others?
Buddha writes:
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
When did you become a sentient Being?
Can you tell me 50 things that happened to you in the first four years of your life and how they affected you?
Can you tell me of your birth, what was it like being born?
Can you tell me about the last time you died?
Who is ignorant and who is wise, the man who can answer the above questions or the one who can not? Being ignorant is most unskillful.
Lao Tzu writes:
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Buddha writes:
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
The answer you seek is in your own subconscious mind/memory. It is part of this universe, why don't you look there?
Know thyself, and thou shalt know the Universe and God.
And, you are not the Universe and you are not God...but you can know about them.
Edited by petrophysics1, : typo

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