O Sleeper to Awake.

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Originally Posted by Nowayout

If you meet the Buddha, kill him. I get it. If Jesus comes to me, he might send me to hell, and the Buddha too. What do I do? Give up on Christianity, or try to understand its view. I find it very deep, ...paths.

I'm referring to Buddha not 'The Buddha'... I don't for one moment believe that Jesus would send anyone to Hell, we put ourselves there imo.

What do I do? Give up on Christianity, or try to understand its view. I find it very deep, ...paths.

What about trying to understand our own views on Christianity I personally think that would be more beneficial, we as Humans are very deep

[Nowayout]

Originally Posted by sky

I'm referring to Buddha not 'The Buddha'... I don't for one moment believe that Jesus would send anyone to Hell, we put ourselves there imo.

Yes, no doubt the way I see it. A mind undisciplined can be hell. And referring to Buddha nature, and not "the Buddha", sheds more light for me. yes, Christ Consciousness and Buddha-nature are one. TNA a great man brimming with his Buddha hood.

Originally Posted by sky

What about trying to understand our own views on Christianity I personally think that would be more beneficial, we as Humans are very deep

Yes, that's what I do, peace and light sky..

[Nowayout]

My own views on Christianity are always changing. I was born into it, and have some very fond memories from my early days, my mother and father very good Christians and I loved going to church.

I have always considered myself a contemplative Christian, and I was a novice cloistered monk for a year or so.

These days I have been really getting into the Buddhist notions of the I, the ego, and the way it just wants to keep going on and on. On some days, I see very clearly, or not I, rather the seer of my false I? The monks I lived with shaved their heads too, it was more about shedding our identity with worldly things.. and the ego too.

When I rest "there" as a Christian mystic something smiles inside, everything is OK.. and thanking God, that need is not me, it's in me it seems..
The resurrection of Jesus leaves me a bit perplexed. It's part of the Christian puzzle for sure. This resurrection of the body and the soul, it's a new beginning, but how I don't know. One would think it would get tedious after a few million years, but there would not be time to get wrapped up in? More like a returning to the center alive and well.

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Originally Posted by Nowayout

The resurrection of Jesus leaves me a bit perplexed. It's part of the Christian puzzle for sure. This resurrection of the body and the soul, it's a new beginning, but how I don't know.

At a young age I use to wonder ' How will all these resurrected bodies fit on the Planet ' Oh the joys of innocence

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Originally Posted by Nowayout

The monks I lived with shaved their heads too, it was more about shedding our identity with worldly things.. and the ego too.

I'd like to see how these shaved headed Monks in their Monasteries would survive without the ego

[Nowayout]

Originally Posted by sky

At a young age I use to wonder ' How will all these resurrected bodies fit on the Planet ' Oh the joys of innocence

A new heaven, and a new earth.

[Nowayout]

Originally Posted by sky

I'd like to see how these shaved headed Monks in their Monasteries would survive without the ego

Peacefully, living in silence, they chanted as one, many hearts together. It could be a struggle too no doubt about it.
I could not hack it, too big an ego I guess.. some entered at a very young age,..... Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk too, his writings led me there, among other good Christian mystics.


https://www.newyorker.com/books/unde...came-a-prophet

If anyone should be interested...

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Originally Posted by Nowayout

A new heaven, and a new earth.

Heaven is a state of mind and the Earth reNews itself during the cycles of Nature, that's a Miracle itself..... Imo

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[quote=Nowayout]Peacefully, living in silence, they chanted as one, many hearts together. It could be a struggle too no doubt about it.[quote]

Jesus had an 'Ego' The Monk's are actually using their 'Ego' to try and shred their 'Ego' , I personally believe the 'Ego' is very important and extremely beneficial when its healthy..... An unhealthy ego definitely needs healing but not ' Shredded '.... imo.

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[quote=sky][quote=Nowayout]Peacefully, living in silence, they chanted as one, many hearts together. It could be a struggle too no doubt about it.

Jesus had an 'Ego' The Monk's are actually using their 'Ego' to try and shred their 'Ego' , I personally believe the 'Ego' is very important and extremely beneficial when its healthy..... An unhealthy ego definitely needs healing but not ' Shredded '.... imo.

Well OK, ego or no ego, that is the question.

I would need to go back and figure out exactly what they were doing, but right now I'm too busy watching Alan Watts on youtube.

Let's see, I am God I just don't realize it yet. "I" is a delusion, just like so many other things that we place "our" attention on. Life is, we are the actors, the stage was set a long time ago..
What else can I say? The wave that I am will always remain as water.

Was Jesus wave and water, was he just like us as he waved goodbye.