12-30-2009, 04:11 PM
Oh so many questions! I'll try to answer as best I can while still trying to stay on topic...
Here's a thought. What if, as a spirit, we are literally identified to other spirits by our position in space at the time? I don't think that it's possible to assign any sort of 3D logic to our deeper Being. But the LOO material says that as we approach 7th, we turn back and look at all our incarnational experience. So that must mean that our spiritual essence has some sort of identification!
The mind is what creates and nourishes the brain, and the brain is what creates and nourishes the mind. Together, they accelerate consciousness. You could say that the mind and brain, being representatives of yin (essence) and yang (form) respectfully, depend on eachother. You power this mind! The word mind has a lot of meaning in zen, and it's way too much to go into here. But I'll say that everything has mind, but you have brain.
We are infinitely individual, but infinitely one. If you think of your soul as a timeless being, then it's entirely possible that you could be manifested physically in more than one place, because your soul wouldn't follow the time we experience in this density. Therefore, we are individual from the beginning of time until the end of time, and we are one "before and after" time is manifest. Or I could say that we gain individual experience wherever time is, and we are the One giving the opportunity for experience wherever time is not.
Quote:***One spirit? Does that mean that we aren't individual souls? I've read many times that we "each" individually have souls that live for infinity. What does LOO say about it?
Here's a thought. What if, as a spirit, we are literally identified to other spirits by our position in space at the time? I don't think that it's possible to assign any sort of 3D logic to our deeper Being. But the LOO material says that as we approach 7th, we turn back and look at all our incarnational experience. So that must mean that our spiritual essence has some sort of identification!
Quote:*** What powers this mind? I mean, is it an offshoot of a blended consciousness, or is it just a tool that is used, and then passes away like a withering flower?
The mind is what creates and nourishes the brain, and the brain is what creates and nourishes the mind. Together, they accelerate consciousness. You could say that the mind and brain, being representatives of yin (essence) and yang (form) respectfully, depend on eachother. You power this mind! The word mind has a lot of meaning in zen, and it's way too much to go into here. But I'll say that everything has mind, but you have brain.
Quote:*** So what is meant by a 'web'. If one looks at a real spider's web, we see that it is 'one' web, but has lots of strings that attach to each other. So are you saying we are individuals for infinity, but somehow are attached (perhaps by having the same type of thinking and serving?) Like mating: Two creatures join together in the literal sense and are 'one', for the joint purpose of creating, but they are also still individuals. (very rough example).
We are infinitely individual, but infinitely one. If you think of your soul as a timeless being, then it's entirely possible that you could be manifested physically in more than one place, because your soul wouldn't follow the time we experience in this density. Therefore, we are individual from the beginning of time until the end of time, and we are one "before and after" time is manifest. Or I could say that we gain individual experience wherever time is, and we are the One giving the opportunity for experience wherever time is not.