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Spida, (I understand I write lengthy posts, but response times are sad at best, and it's impossible to discuss anything of real value with only short posts) Maybe you cannot remove things from Existence, but you can regress to a time before those things existed. This is exactly what is implied(I bel...

Spida, I'm not sure you can define "nothing". That's kind of a contradiction. "nothing", basically by definition, has to be undefined. I also don't think that's correct to define "nothing" as what's left if you remove "everything". 1 - 1 does not equal "u...

Cerber, [smile] Abstract concepts are still valid as definitions. I'm actually quite relaxed about what I might accept as a valid definition. For example, even though I can't personally imagine having a 360 degree field of view, I know it can exist because vision is just about color data, and the id...

OP, it's cyclic. Order is a special case of chaos. If you equate random with chaos then order is just when by chance you get a random value which is coherent in some way. Ex: take a random number generator. No matter how good it is, there's probably a chance of eventually getting a sequence of ident...

Spida, yes, but they might also have gotten 11 from the fact that there are 10 numerals (0-9) and 10 + 1 = 11. Or that the flying spaghetti monster owns eleven cats (six of which are black, one of which is yellow, and the others some other color). Your correlation is valid, but my point is that it c...

If this is how you feel then you probably wont be happy studying occult and magic. I have seen the same problem in a lot of magic circles- a lack of philosophical unity, even though they employ philosophical pretense. You cannot have it both ways: we either accept every opinion and action or we lim...

the best answer i can give study m theory its the finished form of Enstines general theory aka the theory of everything but you dont need to understand the pure theory the majors heads in quantum physics basically are going blue in the face doing docu campus talks pupblic speaking breaking the scie...

I just want to comment on this to tell you that I know exactly what you are talking about. There is a transition that occurs here. You could call it a nexus, threshold, or simply a transitory state. This is analogous to a switch. Obviously the trick is complete the transition, and maintain it. It's...

Your human personality, likes and dislikes is of a secondary concern, you bond over something greater. Differences in perception, abilities and experiences are meant to supplement not too divide. You don't bond merely for fun, or for company, or so you could do more of the same. You bond so you cou...

Your suggestion has been quite useful so far. I am currently trying to develop a procedure for projection, but it will likely take some time. In the mean time, could you please explain how you think the Transworld Identity theory is helpful in this topic? I definitely see its uses myself, but I want...

Individual growth is limited. Eventually you either end stuck being just that - you, or you have to try become part of something greater than the sum of all. Agreed. My experience is very specific and maybe even personal. We were "designed", meant to operate in such way for that patch of ...

No Idea. It doesn't make sense to me now, so my best guess there used to be somebody's else post in-between that's long gone. That sounds about right. I was talking more about practical side of things. Two entities of same or similar calibre yet not exactly same in terms of abilities and strengths ...

?? Cerber was on a few hours ago.

I've noticed that sometimes when I'm near a sleep state, but not quite, my field of vision will suddenly snap into a scene. It feels magnetic. It's like my vision is sharpened progressively as I enter the scene, and it's as if it "locks" into the scene so that it feels like I'm actually th...

Truly and fully deep connection comes with a price. I wouldn't do it with just anyone. Because you have turn off defences, like tearing down one wall of your house and you have rely on that other one to keep your house both warm and safe from pests, thieves and everything else you rather not have u...

Aside: I like that we have similar yet somewhat different perspectives. If you felt like it (it is a very long read, I know), if you could make a commentary on the ideas within this thread: http://www.occultforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=40708 I could probably produce some significant resul...

We are both right actually. This is a akin to a Software Program that processes certain variables, and when the Variables are modified, or new ones are added then the application requires an update, ergo an enhanced form of reasoning. i.e. using conventional 'reason' where applicable, but expanded ...

Stukov, Lost the power for a second right while I was in the middle of a post and lost it. Now I know how Shawn Blackwolf feels. In retrospect, you are probably correct. I interpreted the quote as meaning that Spida lost the ability / interest to respond to me, and I interpreted the Shawn Blackwolf ...

[thumbup] My claim that you all complain does not imply that I feel superior or that my feelings are negative towards all of you. I admit though, it was incorrect to say that "all you people do is complain" because obviously you all do more than complain. Perhaps "all you people compl...

Are you trolling? You can't extend my feelings regarding one member towards all of them. That's invalid. I also never claimed superiority, but if you somehow feel inferior, that sounds like a personal problem. And why did you feel the need to dump that comment here? You weren't even a part of the th...

Now I know how Shawn Blackwolf feels. I don't particularly care how they feel. They can barely write themselves, and they rarely write anything but gibberish. But thanks anyway for the insult. Again, you've failed to specify what the problem is. All you people do is complain. Anyway. I was just poi...

Out of curiosity, and this probably won't help much with your explanations. Do you not understand? I am wondering if you have also factored in at some level the concept of 'reason' being transcended here. I'm not sure how you would transcend reason. If something happens, then it is as a result of s...

But if you take time and make it infinitely linear then how do you resolve the problem of an Infinite Past? It seems as though Time cannot proceed forward without a starting point, ergo infinite regression. We're using different models. You're thinking of lines, like geometry. I'm thinking of lines...

I wouldn't say it is defined separately from consciousness. So, you mean a part of consciousness, but separate from our individual consciousnesses? It is as if the world itself is conscious? If that's what you mean, that makes perfect sense. First of all, we are dealing with two levels of Conscious...

You can use a programming array as an analogy, but I don't think it's necessary. I just refer to it as a Spectrum, and that gets the point across. It doesn't though. Every key has specific lock. That means that there's a mapping. The point wasn't to use programming. The point was to explain the map...