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   "Tang Huyen"  wrote in message   
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   On 8/24/2016 12:34 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
      
   > "djinn"   
      
   >> ask a priest what one does all day in heaven   
   >> and they don't know. they do however seem   
   >> to think that they know what takes place in   
   >> hell all day long. so any state, even serenity,   
   >> may pale in the long run.   
   >>   
   >> this may be why what is called the absolute is   
   >> said to be a state of non-knowing. deep states   
   >> of samadhi and samyama are said to be similar.   
   >>   
   >> no state which is said to be knowable can stand   
   >> the test of time. even our sleep state dissolves   
   >> into a state of non-knowing when one has been   
   >> asleep for a while. it's actually consciousness   
   >> itself, and the existence it perceives, that we   
   >> *absolutely* can't stand.   
      
   > That is the problem that religions attempt to resolve.  For a few   
   > people, they all seem to work.  There is something the rest of us   
   > don't understand, I suspect.   
      
   Not to go as far as what djinn says, but for   
   many people, they are the bane of their   
   own lives. They can't abide themselves.   
      
   To borrow from djinn of some years ago:   
      
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   Tang Huyen   
      
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   and peace is the stepping stone to non-knowing   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)