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Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:08 pm
by Hobbes' Choice
Harbal wrote:
thedoc wrote:
sthitapragya wrote:
But your opinion doesn't count because you don't keep touching your higher self. Sorry, man.
How do you know that he doesn't touch himself?
Just for the record: I don't touch my lower self, either, except for legitimate purposes.
Touching your lower self is much easier as your hands are closer.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:11 pm
by marjoram_blues
Hobbes' Choice wrote:It transformed me from a thoughtful though reserved adolescent to a completely insufferable geek.
Thankfully it did not last long and I un-knew "god" in a year or two and resumed my thoughtful and inquisitive self towards adulthood.
In what sense did you knoiw, or get to know God? How come you didn't know God before adolescence?
I assume that you would know of God, so what made the difference > a special knowing?

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:13 pm
by Harbal
Hobbes' Choice wrote: Touching your lower self is much easier as your hands are closer.
Unless you are a very lucky boy and your feet are closer.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:14 pm
by thedoc
sthitapragya wrote:
Reflex wrote:After ecstasy, the laundry. (Zen saying)
Are you saying
Or are you saying?
Apparently you know nothing about Zen or God.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:18 pm
by thedoc
sthitapragya wrote: Because he doesn't talk about it with pride and that seems to be a requirement of higher self touching. You have to talk about it.
You are really demonstrating your ignorance of Zen, "Those who know, don't say, those who say, don't know ". - (Zen saying.)

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:22 pm
by thedoc
Harbal wrote:Just for the record: I don't touch my lower self, either, except for legitimate purposes.
Did the "legitimate purpose" feel good?

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:38 pm
by Harbal
thedoc wrote:
Did the "legitimate purpose" feel good?
No. I normally enlist the help of an assistant for that.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:43 pm
by thedoc
Harbal wrote:
thedoc wrote:
Did the "legitimate purpose" feel good?
No. I normally enlist the help of an assistant for that.
Did it feel good for your assistant?

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:44 pm
by Harbal
thedoc wrote:
Did it feel good for your assistant?
Who cares.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:45 pm
by thedoc
Harbal wrote:
thedoc wrote:
Did it feel good for your assistant?
Who cares.
The assistant might care.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:48 pm
by marjoram_blues
sthitapragya wrote:Did it make you a better person? Calmer? More at peace? Did it give you the ability to love all mankind? Did it make you healthier? Did it make you richer? Did it improve your relationships with people? Did it take away your anger? Did it take away your anxieties? Did you develop skills? Did it make you more focused? Did it give you extra strength? More tenacity? Did it take away your frustrations? Do people respond better to you now? Did it make you more attractive to people? Did you get promotions you did not expect? Did it make you more successful? Does food taste better now? Does music mean more to you now? Do you appreciate your fellow men and women more now? Do you think of all men as being equal now?

What changed in real life after you found God?
What would you expect to change in real life?

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:50 pm
by attofishpi
....none of you KNOW God.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:52 pm
by thedoc
sthitapragya wrote: What changed in real life after you found God?
Before you discovered God you chopped wood and washed your dishes. After you discovered God you chopped wood and washed your dishes.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:53 pm
by thedoc
attofishpi wrote:....none of you KNOW God.
I'll tell God you said that, God will be amused.

Re: How did knowing God change you?

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:56 pm
by marjoram_blues
thedoc wrote:
sthitapragya wrote: What changed in real life after you found God?
Before you discovered God you chopped wood and washed your dishes. After you discovered God you chopped wood and washed your dishes.
Is discovering God the same as knowing God?