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More details; Some theoretical cosmologyFrom: Steven
Subject: Philosophy
Date/Time 2010-03-17 14:26:32
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Message>>>Very nice explanation, very logical, very consistent.
Thank you. Knowing how much of an adept you are, I take
that as a high compliment. :)
>>>There appears to be certain judgments about life before
>>>and after human form, do they alter or influence our current life?
My opinion here is that, that is probably very likely.
As an example:
Radical muslim extremists who believe that committing acts of terror
in the name of Allah via suicide bombing will grant them immediate
entry into heaven will follow a much different path from atheists
who believe that a suicide will take them to oblivion vs. Roman
Catholics who would believe that regardless of the circumstances,
suicide is a one-way trip to hell.
This example demonstrates how the beliefs/judgements about life
after human form will directly influence our current life.
Do such beliefs also influence what does indeed happen after human form?
I guess that remains to be seen! Of course it should be clear
that exposure to a particular belief system will cause a person
to act in ways consistent with that belief system, and if indeed
that belief system matches reality, then such actions will move
the person toward a more "positive" result--whatever "positive" means.
I suppose ultimately each person has to let certain beliefs about
pre-human and post-human states float around in their psyches and
see which of them "feels right", and then choose to resonate with
whichever ones do. Of course, there is an implicit amount of trust
being laid down here, in that we are expecting/hoping our deepest
level of intuition to not guide us astray into a false model. But
if we don't make such a presumption or assumption, then there isn't
much point in trying to do or believe in anything!! . . . because
in that case ultimately you're going to end up screwed despite
your best efforts. Thus that avenue ends up being of interest
only to nihilists. And my feeling is that (pardon the pun) there
isn't much point to nihilism. So you may as well trust the
universe that it will guide you to the truth if you are a sincere
seeker, and as such you should be able to trust your inner voice,
as that is a microcosm of the universe.
Once you "pick" a cosmological model of how things work, then even
if you keep an open mind and allow for the possibility that you
could be wrong and need to change your views, you can't HELP but
be influenced in your current life by these beliefs.
>>>Does the Ling change with alchemy?
Here's my OPINION:
Since the Ling exists in the prenatal, and the prenatal is also
subject to the Dao, and since part of the nature of the Dao is
change, then the Ling is subject to change like everything is.
However, since the Ling is a prenatal entity and not as influenced
by the ordinary ebb and flow of everyday postnatal life, that
it's time rate of change flows on a completely different time
scale than our postnatal realm. In comparison to our postnatal
realm, I would say it is relatively static. Can the alchemy
we do in the postnatal affect the prenatal? Most definitely.
Since the Ling is in the prenatal, it is also subject to this
effect. However, I would say relatively speaking, it's amount
of change is much smaller than the change on the XIN. The LING
is a much more static entity I would say.
In some ways, the LING is more closely related to the static
"core" part of you that doesn't change . . . your essential nature,
your yuan shen. From this perspective, doing Zen meditation
or even doing alchemy is also about seeing through the changing
clouds of your XIN and getting a glimpse of the more stable
LING that is the skeletal part of "who you are". Thus the
Zen practitioner who has a goal of truly understanding your
immortal true self beneath the clouds could be said to be
trying to see and identify with the LING that will endure on
in the hereafter REGARDLESS of whether or not the XIN evaporates
due to the scattering SHEN. This is one reason why I do
think this approach has merit also, as it is the LING+XIN that
comprise the individual, so getting intimate with "everybody" is a
good approach. Do you follow me? ;)
Hope you are smiling and enjoying life,
Steven
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