The Gnosis

[Species8472]

The purpose of life. Every being has a soul. A soul is an essence. Your essence. Your existence. An essence can neither be created nor destroyed. It always is, was and will be. You are eternal. You were meant to be. Predestined to exist through circumstances brought into existence from the creation of the universe. Your essence--I am. You are your own essence. It possesses you. An essence cannot be destroyed nor created. It is meant to be, even if it doesn't exist, as of yet. The essence of water is that it is water. You cannot destroy water. Water is water; just as you are you.

The purpose of life. Experience. Clothing for the soul. We exist in the physical world in order for the nourishment of the soul. Every spoken word, every single thought, every reaction, every moment--is a prayer--that adds stature to the soul or takes away there from. That is why Jesus says, it is what comes out of your mouths that will defile you.

 

[Species8472]

God chose the worst form of existence so that in all forms of creation, we would not be Forgotten. The Infernal Father.
The problem of evil.

 

[Species8472]

The mind has the only power to seek Truth. This was placed in the forethought before creation.

 

[Eudaimonist]

The purpose of life. Every being has a soul. A soul is an essence. Your essence. Your existence. An essence can neither be created nor destroyed.

Very Platonist. I'm not a Platonist, however.

It may very well be that "an essence cannot be created nor destroyed", because essences are ideas we form about entities. Unfortunately, we as entities can be destroyed, or more precisely disintegrated (literally losing the integration that forms our nature as living, structured entities), since we are not those ideas. This destruction is called death.

The essence of water is that it is water. You cannot destroy water. Water is water; just as you are you.

Yes, you can separate oxygen from hydrogen. You can destroy water. It is theoretically possible for water to cease to exist forever.

Can we destroy the possibility of forming the idea of water? No, we can't. However, this wouldn't help water if it there were no more water molecules left in existence.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[michabo]

Every being has a soul. A soul is an essence.

Can you be more specific?

The essence of water is that it is water.

Very helpful.

That is why Jesus says, it is what comes out of your mouths that will defile you

If Jesus said half of that blather, I'd eat my flip flops before losing the last vestige of respect for Christianity.

 

[Species8472]

Very Platonist. I'm not a Platonist, however.

It may very well be that "an essence cannot be created nor destroyed", because essences are ideas we form about entities. Unfortunately, we as entities can be destroyed, or more precisely disintegrated (literally losing the integration that forms our nature as living, structured entities), since we are not those ideas. This destruction is called death.



Yes, you can separate oxygen from hydrogen. You can destroy water. It is theoretically possible for water to cease to exist forever.

Can we destroy the possibility of forming the idea of water? No, we can't. However, this wouldn't help water if it there were no more water molecules left in existence.


eudaimonia,

Mark

energy is the only life. Death is just the shedding of the flesh.

 

[Eudaimonist]

energy is the only life. Death is just the shedding of the flesh.

I'm not a mind-body dualist either. Human individuals, IMV, are a unity of mind and body (we are entities that have both physical and mental characteristics), not a mind and a body stuck together for a time with spiritual Krazy-glue (R). Death is the disintegration of form and function.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Species8472]

Can you be more specific?


Very helpful.


If Jesus said half of that blather, I'd eat my flip flops before losing the last vestige of respect for Christianity.

Mark 7:15

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

 

[Species8472]

I'm not a mind-body dualist either. Human individuals, IMV, are a unity of mind and body (we are entities that have both physical and mental characteristics), not a mind and a body stuck together for a time with spiritual Krazy-glue (R). Death is the disintegration of form and function.


eudaimonia,

Mark

Only at your death will you know my words are proven true; and you will then know this, I am far superior to you.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Only at your death will you know my words are proven true; and you will then know this, I am far superior to you.

And if you cease to exist at death, I guess you'll never know that I was right. I guess that's okay, since I'm not one to say "I told you so", or to claim superiority over someone else just because I hit upon a correct idea.


eudaimonia,

Mark