The Distinction Principle

Gem · #1 13-06-2013, 04:57 AM

If, as they say, 'it's all one', how can we tell things apart?

psychoslice · #2 13-06-2013, 05:20 AM

Its all one, but as the mind body we are designed to see thing that seem apart, its the only way we can live as an organism.

#3 13-06-2013, 10:33 AM

If we couldn't tell things apart, the question of 'all is one' probably wouldn't even arise. There would be no life to speak of, no questions to ask, no answers to seek. (Or that's what I imagine...).

#4 13-06-2013, 11:39 AM

Just to add to the previous 2 posts..

We see things as physically separate because of space.. We see space as nothingness yet it is something at the same time... It's a paradox.. Without space you wouldn't be able to look at the constellations in the night sky, or see your family or walk down your street everything would be a congealed blob of somethingness, a right old mess..

So in turn things look to be separate but everything is held together as one..

H:O:R:A:C:E · #5 17-06-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gem

If, as they say, 'it's all one', how can we tell things apart?

Things aren't apart when seen from the perspective of "it's all one".
Distinguishing things "apart" is non-sensical from that vantage point.
It's all a matter of perspective.

#6 17-06-2013, 01:18 PM

What I find peculiar is if we are all one, why is judgement so taboo? This is an accepted form of conditioning that is inconsistent as I see it.

This is my thinking on this situation. I criticise myself (e.g. when I think I could have done things better) yet we are not supposed to judge others, since it is seen as duality??? However, if we are all one, i.e. others are extensions of ourselves, why is it not acceptable to extend judgement? I am not trying to encourage value judgements (notably, where there is disapproval) but, it would appear, we are not able to call a spade a spade e.g. discernment seems frowned upon. Keeping everything hazy/undefined can make reality look blurred.

Sorry Gem if this is slightly off track - although you may find this issue co-relates and interesting?

Gem · #7 18-06-2013, 04:54 AM

I reckon people are fond of the idea that all is one, but then they can tell things apart as well, so I don't know how that get that idea.

psychoslice · #8 18-06-2013, 04:57 AM

As the mind body we are designed to see all separate, how could we live our life if we didn't, but there comes a time when we as the mind body realize that we are much more than the body, its that simple.

Gem · #9 18-06-2013, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by psychoslice

As the mind body we are designed to see all separate, how could we live our life if we didn't, but there comes a time when we as the mind body realize that we are much more than the body, its that simple.

Yea... so the body/mind is distinct from what isn't the body/mind

#10 18-06-2013, 05:59 AM

We are all One is simply an abstract knowing of the idea of oneness, with perhaps an overpowering feeling of oneness experienced once or even occasionally.....This does not mean that at the moment of transition you become one with the creator/oneness.... We were designed as physical beings with amnesia, to live, learn, experience and grow as unique separate entities in a world of separateness........The journey to rejoin the Godhead is a very long one....