How To Live
Author:
John
Posted: Wed Oct 31 2001 01:04 am
I guess the first question to ask is; where do I begin?
Living is an action that I perform. This includes the ingestion of foods to sustain my body. The matter in the banana is made up of the same stuff as the matter in wood. It's all energy, and what we see are "appearances," or "tendencies" for matter to have the appearance of organization. This is because you're body is constructed in your mind, and with it, your universe as well.
The physical universe looks real, but in reality, it is just a series of conditions, or laws. The game-head scenario does apply to some certain extent, but in this game, matter behaves according to its own laws, and Newton realized this 400 years ago.
So the object of play becomes; how to exploit your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. This person may be a better doctor, or this person may be a better engineer, and so forth.
Author: shogun
Posted: Wed Oct 31 2001 01:16 am
What the vast majority are busy engaging in, I don't consider "living". I consider it tortured pathos.
Author: Virginia
Posted: Wed Oct 31 2001 01:19 am
Shogun,
Plus, a thetan doesn't need to learn "how to live". That implies survival, which is an immediate paradox for an immortal being, if you study the LRH on that subject.
Course having a body that "does survive" is a large part of the paradox.
Hey, where's the soup recipe.
Virginia
Author: John
Posted: Wed Oct 31 2001 04:48 am
Tortured pathos?
Obviously, having a body implies responsibility.
Author: Rudy
Posted: Wed Oct 31 2001 05:56 am
John,
Are you the John that posted here before into martial arts, and science?
If yes, then I just wanted to say hello, how are you?
If not then hello, who are you?
Author: John
Posted: Wed Oct 31 2001 08:51 am
I'm fine thanks.
I wanted to add something here. In a history of man, lrh wrote that thetans could die. Also, I received a post from the tech dictionary stating that the eighth dynamic is the urge towards infinity.
It's funny that you should mention martial arts, because martial arts emphasize survival along all wavelengths. Physical, mental, and spiritual survival are seen as one entity which the being handles.
I think survival has a great deal with existence, and our urge to exist forever. But that existence would be empty if we did not have goals and purposes.
