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Souls don't exist, so there goes that line of inquiry. If you really believe that there is only matter and that there is no one in the body, and all there is is matter. Then why do you try to communicate this idea to "others"? The matter that makes up your desk is essentially the same tha...

Sthitapragya wrote: So the mind suffers. What does it matter? The mind will die with the body. The soul never suffered. So what is the problem if the temporary body of the immortal soul suffers a little because of it's temporary mind? What is the big deal? Why is such a big deal made of the sufferi...

But that still does not answer the question. How can the soul suffer if it is imperturbable? This is due to identifying with the body and the mind. Just like in a nightmare the person suffers due to accepting the goings on in the dream as real, when he wakes up he realizes those things weren't actu...

What does the soul get out of it? Tell me this. The soul is supposed to be indestructible and imperturbable. So why does it need anything at all? It IS the supreme soul. Nainam chindanti shastrani nainam dahati paavakah nachaina kaledayantyapo na soshayati marutaha .(I assume that you know a little...

Hey Dalek...actually its a common misconception that yoga means simply stretching exercises...its actually a system that helps a person realize what im saying. The word Yoga means "the union of the soul with the supreme soul". One of the first things a person learns when taking up the pro...

Dear Forum readers... i have attempted disprove the modern teaching of body being the self in this audio lecture. i was hoping that some of you can try to find some flaws in my arguments. I teach yoga philosophy classes and nobody ever challenges these points. A healthy challenge is good because it...

sorry but im not interested in replying anymore...too many opinions on here with out enough substance to back up claims, a straight lack of understanding of what i was stating coupled with no desire to even try to understand makes for a pretty fruitless conversation... I was wanting to know if my lo...

sorry i fail to see your point...my point is that the body and mind are constantly changing...but the self is the observer of these constant changes. you were the same person you were 5 years ago...but the body is completely gone...if you for example started to chop off body parts, you will experie...

What Carl Sagan pointed out in that quote was that we, living beings, are made of matter. We're made of star stuff, he often said. That's just a basic notion from which the search for explanations of the real causes behind living processes should departure. It's not meant to be an all-encompassing ...

The way I can perhaps help is that no matter your argument against what you're calling the "modern, scientific view of the self," I can present an argument against your stance, because I hold the "modern, scientific view of the self." I'll just go over one point at a time: "...

sorry guys...im starting to learn how to use these forums...im new to it...

Dear Forum readers... i have attempted disprove the modern teaching of body being the self in this audio lecture. i was hoping that some of you can try to find some flaws in my arguments. I teach yoga philosophy classes and nobody ever challenges these points. A healthy challenge is good because it...

The way I can perhaps help is that no matter your argument against what you're calling the "modern, scientific view of the self," I can present an argument against your stance, because I hold the "modern, scientific view of the self." I'll just go over one point at a time: "...

What Carl Sagan pointed out in that quote was that we, living beings, are made of matter. We're made of star stuff, he often said. That's just a basic notion from which the search for explanations of the real causes behind living processes should departure. It's not meant to be an all-encompassing ...

ypc wrote: Dear Forum readers... i have attempted disprove the modern teaching of body being the self in this audio lecture. i was hoping that some of you can try to find some flaws in my arguments. I teach yoga philosophy classes and nobody ever challenges these points. A healthy challenge is good...