tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post554726300773268002..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Having 'no self' as self transcendence, or spirituality.Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-16421607684130819002018-01-01T04:50:57.009-06:002018-01-01T04:50:57.009-06:00have often come up in the minds of people across e... have often come up in the minds of people across every corner of the globe. As said, 'it is not ignorance that derides wisdom it is the semblance of being all knowledgeable that derides it'. <a href="https://www.7chakracolors.com/root-chakra" rel="nofollow">1st chakra - learn more</a><br />Jason Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338743281471659139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-66221432788615045402014-10-08T05:11:14.967-05:002014-10-08T05:11:14.967-05:00Thanks for your comments. Thanks for your comments. Deric Bowndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-57023868135451600562014-10-07T21:41:38.415-05:002014-10-07T21:41:38.415-05:00In “Waking up” Sam Harris uses the terms ‘spiritua...In “Waking up” Sam Harris uses the terms ‘spiritual’ and ‘mystical’ interchangeably. Just as he says that you do not have to be religious to be spiritual, so too you do not have to believe in God or be religious to be a mystic.<br /><br />In my free ebook on comparative mysticism, “The Greatest Achievement in Life,” I summarized many similarities, and some differences, among the mystics of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.<br /><br />Ironically, the man who personally introduced me to mysticism was an atheist who once wrote “God is man’s greatest invention.” Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was also a Nobel astrophysicist at the University of Chicago.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-20220448176654811332014-10-06T14:38:25.782-05:002014-10-06T14:38:25.782-05:00Sam Harris is referring to the Buddhist belief in ...Sam Harris is referring to the Buddhist belief in skandhas, the five aggregates of all human beings: bodily matter; sensations; perceptions; mental formations; consciousness. “They are constantly in the process of change and do not constitute a self.” Most Buddhists in daily life accept continuity of self, while acknowledging changes in the emotions, mind and body of each person.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.com