Paradise (Where is it now?)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Thursday, December 31, 2009, 16:42 (5223 days ago) @ dhw

dhw,
> George is quite certain that Paradise doesn't exist anyway. For me it's inconceivable, just as a Universal Intelligence, a chance creation of life and the stars, a D-I-Y mechanism for consciousness, a Big Bang from nothing etc. are all inconceivable. But we're told 96% of the universe consists of unknown matter and energy, and I probably only understand about 0.0000001% of the 4% we do know, including human reality. So I'm certainly not qualified to say what's possible.-I'm reminded of the first Matrix movie, when the Agent discussed the "paradise" that the machines had first concocted for mankind. "We lost a whole batch that year!" He sneered. Humans painted by machines as those who seek and revel in suffering. -A very dark take on the human race, but a poignant one. How much of this isn't shaped by the religions we grew up with? Something tells me that when my Viking ancestors had near-death experiences, it wasn't "peace and love" they were experiencing. -I bet near-death experiences are just as subjective as the literary background that forms our cultures.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"