Dear, Ibrahim
Greetings and peace be with you also.
I honor you for being my teacher.
Your perspectives from your experiences, your point of views are interesting to me.
quote from Ibrahim:
Firstly you are most welcome to chose your path and remain in it as you chose, having said that, let me correct some of the misconceptions that you seem to be having ( just a hint)
Rusty says; Thank you, as my path is to live at peace within, at all times. My previous post are from my perspectives, and are my points of views, and from my point of view you are right and I am right, for if one says that only they are right, then everybody else is wrong. My points of view may seem in error and a misconception from your point of view. I understand the need you feel, to be right, and want to correct my misconceptions, as they may differ from your own experiences and teachings.
quote from Ibrahim:
Ibrahim says; this is sadly the Hindu misconception that Hindus try to promote since they believe all things are maya (illusion) and they themselves are gods. Which is why you keep repeating namaste at the end of your posts. At the same time I would like you to seriously consider, How degrading it would be to consider the filth that you threw out of your body ( that you yourself would not like to stand near) as being god ( may Allah forgive me) . This is what you are conveying in principal due to the philosophy that you have adopted.
Rusty says; Do you believe your body is solid?
A quantum physicist will tell you that these bodies our spirits occupy are mostly comprised of empty space, like the cosmos above. from a molecular level of our body, is just like the macro level of above. It is all just different concentrations of earth, water, fire. In every breath you exhale 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms from every part of your body, (brain, organs, even your skeleton ) (from one point of view this could be called filth or waste.) in essence it is atoms of earth, water, and fire. you replace every atom of your body every year. breath by breath.
Every atom in the body you live in today is different from the atoms in your body from last year and the year before. the only thing that is timeless is your spirit. So I can see why the Hindus call this maya(illusion) everything seems like it is solid but actually it is not. When you inhale you also receive 10 to the 24 power of atoms of earth, water, and fire. We are all exchanging body parts with every breath we take. The waste from food we excrete will eventually break down into its basic elements earth, water, and fire and be absorbed by plants, insects, animals, and humans. you are right I would not want to stand near concentrations of waste in this form. but this is a feast for a plant or insect. and the cycle continues. There are hundreds of books on these subjects.
I like what it means Namaste; the God force in me, honours the God force in you.
to your response to my quote:
There are only two kinds of thoughts, either the thought is a memory (in the past) or a desire.
Ibrahim says: The teacher that God sent taught all of us, that they are good thoughts and good deeds and evil thoughts and evil deeds and that we must separate from evil thoughts and deeds , such that we can obtain Nirvana / Moksha / Surga/ paradise / heaven in the hereafter .
Rusty says; a thought good or evil is still a desire. I chose to think good of you and all my brothers and sisters on this planet. All the answers are within. You are not separate from God he is within You and each one of us.
to my quote:
every thought wether its a memory or desire is either based on fear (afraid of loosing something) or based on love.
Ibrahim says;
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real
Which is the deception of the evil one , which would cause you to become faithless.
And Love is basically associated with Goodness , which would bring you closer to God.
Hence it still fundamentally boils down to Good verses Evil, the choice is indeed yours to make and that is why you have been given a brain and numerous teachers and scriptures to guide you along the way not invent your own gods or make yourself a god.
Rusty says;
False Evidence Appearing Real,
I herd it this way - False Emotions Appearing Real
Fear and Love are Emotions
Please give me an example, of False Evidence Appearing Real, I would to hear your point of view.
I have read, fear is being afraid of losing something, - loosing a loved one, a possession , a argument, a point of view, a way of life, losing a body. etc. on and on.
Once you know that God is everything, there is no fear.
When you boil it down to Good verses Evil, who decides who is good and who is evil , some may say killing people in the name of God is good, Some may say that killing in the name of God is Evil. Some say just killing is Evil, some say killing is a necessity to promote something.
Good and Evil, its all a individual point of view, depending on where you are located on the planet and in what time span you live in.
I did not invent God or make my self a God, God created me from the elements of earth, fire and water in a concentration of space that is now this years body.
If you have a glass of the ocean setting on the table, (your body is
the glass, your spirit is the water) and told it, it was part of a
huge and mighty ocean. It may not believe you. How
could something so small and weak be part of something so all mighty
as an Ocean. and one day the glass tips over and breaks and the water
evaporates into the air and later after a rain, the water reunites into the ocean. Ah now It understands.
My soul is a small fraction of God having a unique physical experience on this planet in this time and space. I believe God is in me, and I want to live in love and be closer to the God within me.
see the post - A Prayer From God
Thank you for your views as I found them quite enjoyable, I hope my own views have not offended anyone and may love and peace be with you always.