What am I?
What is existance?
Do I fullfil the criteria of existance?
Do I exist?
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crystalmage
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Do I exist?
Post #1McCulloch wrote: I make no claims about God.
McCulloch wrote:We claim that god does not exist
People who keep changing their story are called liars.
Re: Do I exist?
Post #2Personally I think a better question is "Who am I?"crystalmage wrote: 1. What am I?
2. What is existance?
3. Do I fullfil the criteria of existance?
But to answer:
1. I presume you are a homo sapiens...but then again, as the old cartoon put it, "on the internet no one knows if you are a dog".
2. atoms and space, all else is opinion.
3. yes...if you are made up of #2.
"Whatever you are totally ignorant of, assert to be the explanation of everything else"
William James quoting Dr. Hodgson
"When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
William James quoting Dr. Hodgson
"When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Re: Do I exist?
Post #3Do you? You are self limiting, so you define the criteria and set your standard. Only you can answer these questions.crystalmage wrote:What am I?
What is existance?
Do I fullfil the criteria of existance?
What we do for ourselves dies with us,
What we do for others and the world remains
and is immortal.
-Albert Pine
Never be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no one persons definition of your life; define yourself.
-Harvey Fierstein
What we do for others and the world remains
and is immortal.
-Albert Pine
Never be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no one persons definition of your life; define yourself.
-Harvey Fierstein
Post #4
The Christian reply goes something like this:
You are a special creation of God, made in his image; yet this image has also been spoiled, and even shattered, by our sinful and selfish choices. Nevertheless there is a way to re-form that image - through Jesus Christ, the complete human being...
Thanks for the question.
You are a special creation of God, made in his image; yet this image has also been spoiled, and even shattered, by our sinful and selfish choices. Nevertheless there is a way to re-form that image - through Jesus Christ, the complete human being...
Thanks for the question.
Re: Do I exist?
Post #51. You are a mind, a body, and a spirit.crystalmage wrote:What am I?
What is existance?
Do I fullfil the criteria of existance?
2. Any of these 3
3. Yes, threefold.
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Post #6
No, haha.
Does it matter whether or not you exist if at least you percieve it to be so? Humans are not the be all end all of consciousness like we pretend to be, so what does it matter if we percieve things wrong and we dont exist in our conventional sense? Perception is as good as reality to the beholder. It is interpretation that will ruin you.
Does it matter whether or not you exist if at least you percieve it to be so? Humans are not the be all end all of consciousness like we pretend to be, so what does it matter if we percieve things wrong and we dont exist in our conventional sense? Perception is as good as reality to the beholder. It is interpretation that will ruin you.
