--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > On 12/30/2012 06:23 AM, Duveyoung wrote: > > "The cosmos is within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the > > cosmos to know itself." -- Carl Sagan > > > > To which I seriously respond: Nope. It is from the Self that all this has > > come into being. The universe is perhaps describable as a mirror of its > > radiance, but the Self knows the Self and no mirror is needed. > > > > Now, I'll try to defend this statement. > > > > See modern science for details. Singularities, for instance. > > > > We know not the universe -- except for: > > > > Our faint awareness of the ridiculously tiny titch of it inside our ittty > > bitty brains. > > > > A billion, nay, billions and billions of years hence, even then, Carl would > > agree, so much would remain undiscovered by the best minds using the best > > instrumentalities -- the universe being so huge. > > > > When it comes to having ultimate knowledge, only the Self can be considered > > the final arbiter of truth, since it was from Self that all else arose. > > > > I sure didn't really actually know this, until way way way late in life. > > Mostly I said such things as a form of wishful thinking. > > > > Pssst: You want to know, right? I should just tell you now, right? You > > don't want to have DECADES of seeking before you too find out the hard way, > > right? > > > > Question: Are you sentient and reading these words right now? That is, is > > that which has always been the witness to your thoughts, here right now? > > Are you, here? Are you YOU????? > > > > To which you say, "Of course, I'm here. If anyone would know if I'm here or > > not, it certainly would be me. I absolutely have forever and always been > > THE ONLY knower of my thoughts, THE ONLY feeler of my feelings, THE ONLY > > one who can rifle through my memory banks, THE ONLY livingness of this > > body/mind system. > > > > Therefore: Let no one seek the Self -- for all know the Self. All are the > > Self. And all that came from the Self can be only be SELF! > > > > Why? Because nary a person in all of history can describe the Self in any > > way that anyone else would not also recognize it to be a description of > > their Self also. It is the SAME SELF. Just as two pots under water can be > > said to be filled by the same ocean. > > > > Glasses on the nose being sought? Riding a hippopotamus looking for a > > hippopotamus? > > > > For all of anyone's life, ANYONE'S, there is only one Self attending that > > "history of localized sentience." > > > > It has never been lost, right? It's here right now, right? > > > > If you are not enlightened, NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN. You are complete now by > > your own admission. You do not say that you are half a being, half a soul, > > half a mind. You say you are here and have always been the one who is here. > > And you are CERTAIN that you will always be the "you" of the system you're > > witnessing.....no "other you" is possible. > > > > Limbs can be lopped, senses muted, consciousness attenuated -- but the Self > > is unaffected. > > > > One says, "I am sick." > > > > But, but, but what EVERYONE means is, "I am FULLY HERE completely intimate > > with the operations of this body/mind system, which at present is askew, > > and it is in a process of healing, during which thoughts may come and go, > > dreams may prevail at times, there may be variance in clarity, and > > consciousness will not always RECORD these almost endless doings, but all > > these processes may be a flurry of obfuscation and yet not dent my being > > CERTAIN that I AM STILL HERE. RIGHT NOW. > > > > Deny the above, and when you're 50 years older, tell them that I told you > > so, and that you should have considered the topic more deeply and saved > > yourself a whole lotta fuss and bother and tossing mucho buckazoids into > > collection plates. > > > > This sermon thus endeth on this last Sunday in 2012 -- The Year Of > > Unnecessary Dread > > > > > > And what will 2013 bring? How about the collapse of the dollar bringing > the collapse of the US economy about April? That would bring massive > rioting and hence why they want to collect guns now (sorry it has > nothing to do with mentally unstable people shooting kids). This is > not astrology but the logical progression of events. Time will tell. >
My guess is tr. Pluto in tropical Capricorn squaring tr. Uranus in trop. Aries almost certainly "causes" something like that. I think I told that several weeks back even on this forum, but am not absolutely certain about that...
