Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Lecture: Who Dares Say He Believes in God?" video.

  1. What if we try a different basis? It's popular to behave as if each person possesses his own "mind", whether good, bad, or deranged. What if... There is only ONE MIND, an infinite field of resonant associativity. "Association" is the operational process; the objects of association are the resonances created by EXPERIENCE (whether real or imagined, the body can't tell). Upon birth, the snake begins to eat its tail, the resonances attending the birth experience start the association ball rolling, and it's off to the races. The process is continuous at all levels. An example: the experience of the parent is naturally INTERNALIZED (memory, reflection, etc.). These internalized personages act as "authorities" which, when resonantly stimulated, pipe up characteristically, offering their peculiar viewpoints. Parents, playmates, teachers...everyone we've ever met we've internalized. Even those we've IMAGINED meeting have been internalized as experience dictated. We don't "have thoughts", or "think"; we associate resonances deliberately, and characteristically--it's the very expression of the individual's being, and at the same time its self-revelation. They say follow your thoughts to discover yourself--to me, be aware of your associations. Association is the currency of awareness, it's what we do in every waking moment. What something means to you is determined by your experiential resonances...no wonder people are challenged to have a productive civil discussion--always they assume the intended meaning is the same as the perceived meaning. Contradictions are insufficiently realized resonance patterns/sequences. "Insufficiently realized"? Resonate your question (i.e. ping the mind field); observe the resultant associations' patterns and sequences. You will characteristically (i.e. automatically) choose the resonances to include in the pattern/sequence which represents the "answer". This is where you develop your character, by considering/weighing your predilection against your evolving EXPERIENCE. As you EXPERIENCE this resonant conflict, it is resolved. It is resolved in the experience of the conflicting resonances. You don't have to DO anything; just maintain awareness of the resonant associations in play, with an unwavering intent to articulate what is "true".
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