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"So some creatures are allowed to be meat eaters and others to be eaten out of a desire on the part of both? "
"So awareness, then, is only awareness of bodily states? A devotee friend of mine says we have a level of awareness only available to us when we have re-awakened to our true identity. Our ordinary "I am" awareness is just in relation to the body. Our…"
"Hare Krishna
I think I understand what you are saying. Since we are of the same substance as God, and God is never unknowing or unconscious, there must be at least an aspect of us that is the same. Does that sound like the right way to put it?…"
I think I understand what you are saying. Since we are of the same substance as God, and God is never unknowing or unconscious, there must be at least an aspect of us that is the same. Does that sound like the right way to put it?…"
"Hare Krishna,
That makes sense. I've gotten the idea in my readings that the soul, the real identity of the person, is the sense of "I am" or pure conscious awareness, but now I see this may have been a mistaken notion. When I become unconscious,…"
That makes sense. I've gotten the idea in my readings that the soul, the real identity of the person, is the sense of "I am" or pure conscious awareness, but now I see this may have been a mistaken notion. When I become unconscious,…"
"Hare Krishna
Much to ponder here, and I am very grateful for your help in overcoming this difficulty.
Your servant,
Doran"
Much to ponder here, and I am very grateful for your help in overcoming this difficulty.
Your servant,
Doran"
"Hare Krishna.
Thank you for the excellent blog post. Very helpful.
Your servant
Doran"
Thank you for the excellent blog post. Very helpful.
Your servant
Doran"
"Hare Krishna,
So when we fall asleep or otherwise lose consciousness, the consciousness we lose is not pure consciousness?"
So when we fall asleep or otherwise lose consciousness, the consciousness we lose is not pure consciousness?"
"Wow, thank you for this amazing long extract. Wonderfully helpful. Haribol. "
"That is a sobering thought about Arjuna. And I appreciate your point about not trying to artificially convince ourselves that we are not affected by bodily pain (or sickness, or pleasure, or grief, of whatever). I have no doubt that that is true at…"
"Hare Krishna, Mataji
PAMHO.
Thank you for your very helpful, detailed reply. It exactly addressed the source of my doubt, though I am still having difficulty understanding.
If someone cuts me, I say “I have been cut.” I—the soul. But if I am the…"
PAMHO.
Thank you for your very helpful, detailed reply. It exactly addressed the source of my doubt, though I am still having difficulty understanding.
If someone cuts me, I say “I have been cut.” I—the soul. But if I am the…"
"Hare Krishna,
PAMHO.
I appreciate your insights very much. I have no doubt that I am not my body and that I will survive death. What strikes me as challenging is the idea that the soul is totally transcendent to the body and to experience. If I get…"
PAMHO.
I appreciate your insights very much. I have no doubt that I am not my body and that I will survive death. What strikes me as challenging is the idea that the soul is totally transcendent to the body and to experience. If I get…"
"I'll let others more learned than me speak to whether there could be only one energy. We do know that there is only one God, Sri Krishna, and that everything is His emanation, ultimately. "
"Hare Krishna.
You're probably right. I do feel like I'm stuck in a labyrinth with certain questions. Will keep chanting.
Haribol,
Doran"
You're probably right. I do feel like I'm stuck in a labyrinth with certain questions. Will keep chanting.
Haribol,
Doran"
"Hare Krishna,
Thank you for the reply. So then, it's just a matter of perspective. Being "contaminated" is just a state of mind? In reality everything is Krishna, and Krishna is always pure?"
Thank you for the reply. So then, it's just a matter of perspective. Being "contaminated" is just a state of mind? In reality everything is Krishna, and Krishna is always pure?"
"Hare Krishna. That is a very helpful reply. Thank you.
So it is not like so-called Gnosticism where matter is considered evil. I would have thought that what "contaminates" is also, if not evil, then is at least not good. But from what you wrote…"
So it is not like so-called Gnosticism where matter is considered evil. I would have thought that what "contaminates" is also, if not evil, then is at least not good. But from what you wrote…"
"Hare Krishna,
Thank you for the reply. Then when Srila Prabhupada speaks of "contamination," he is speaking metaphorically, and in a way that simplifies things for us? Otherwise, since the material energy is Krishna's energy, and we are…"
Thank you for the reply. Then when Srila Prabhupada speaks of "contamination," he is speaking metaphorically, and in a way that simplifies things for us? Otherwise, since the material energy is Krishna's energy, and we are…"
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