DISQUS

killdistortion · 8 months ago

A lot of the time, I agree with what you're saying.
However, philosophically, analytically, there are gaps in a lot of your statements.

"If you are an atheist then you must believe in no afterlife. If you believe in yourself then you must believe in self-confidence. If you believe in another then you must believe they will not let you down."

Why? What about any of these things necessitates the latter? If you're going to make extensions, make sure your logical leaps are followable, sound, and most important: valid.

nicholaspowiull · 8 months ago

You're right, I don't know what's logical and what's not. ;)

What's wrong with not knowing? :)

killdistortion · 8 months ago

While there may be nothing explicitly "wrong" with not knowing, as you put it - you may become easily lead astray from things that are truthful, and make sense in a pragmatic, realistic, tangible way.
The dangers of being lead astray can be easily demonstrable by the concept of succumbing to fallacies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy

In the pursuit of truth, which one may hold as the most esteemed pursuit of all knowledge - it would be severely detrimental to make claims, but not be able to support them as truthful.

So, in short, while again there may be nothing "wrong" about being oblivious to certain knowledge- it opens the door to being severely remiss about the natural state of reality, which may leave you feeling wronged upon your awakening, or eventual realization.

nicholaspowiull · 8 months ago

Who is this "I" that may or may not be "in the pursuit of truth"? That is the question. If you seriously examine the question, you will see what is being pointed out here.

Everybody questions the world, but they do not question who it is that is questioning the world.

This is just an invite and sharing, like a musical play. A musician is not there to convince you of anything. The musician is just there to share a perspective that they find delight with. The musician would play the music, even if nobody showed up to the invite because it's not about changing anybody or anything, it's only about spreading the delight that is felt. :)

killdistortion · 8 months ago

You'll notice I did not invoke any sense of the word "I", but you did.

The question is a meaningless question. Are you not part of the world?

How do you not compare yourself in relation to it? Are all things not relative?

There is so much to be convinced of, I appreciate your endeavor to not convince, but at the same time - there is nothing inherently harmful about convincing people of beneficial beliefs. One might contend that an invitation or an intention to share music, as you stated in your Alan Watt's example, convinces people of innate things about invitations & sharing. There is meta-communication going on, unintentional or not.

"It's very structured and seems very logical." No, it isn't.


"Now I see that 1+1=1, all I see is oneness everywhere and it has nothing to do with belief, knowledge, remembering, or logic. It was only seen once I dropped everything I thought I knew."
Care to elaborate on that math?

"When one can take an innocent look at life and realize that this is a mystery that can not be solved, then awareness seems to open up into realizing itself as everything within awareness."
Why can't it be solved? What makes looking at life innocently change the reality of what life is? Perspective should not dictate truth.

nicholaspowiull · 8 months ago

I realize this pointing doesn't resonate with everyone. Go with what resonates with you, go with what works for you, go with what you find ringing truths with.

E · 8 months ago

I like your article. Thanks!

nicholaspowiull · 8 months ago

Thank you. It's my pleasure.