old3bob

your quote does not sound of the same meaning to me? Btw. it's up to you and not to me about removing one of your posts....

Not limited to just the Bible...

Maybe expound on that since I'm not sure if that was meant as sarcasm or your pov..

she was burning bright across the sky...

students of various yogas go through stages which are recognized.

I sure can relate to events like those Nungali ! Once after I adj. an auto transmission linkage it unexpectedly slipped into drive with the engine running thus picking up speed, which happened after I stepped out of the car for a moment! Fortunately I was nimble enough to get back in the car and put on its brakes before a disaster! This older guy probably couldn't repeat a quick leap to brake if same ever happened again...

Tip for anyone working on an old car door: if you adj. the door alignment by loosening its hinge bolts and move the door to a new position and then re-tighten those bolts, how the door strikes the keeper/lock tab may get thrown off enough to where the door will not re-open after closing it to check your new adjustment, in that case one has a major headache ! When or if in doubt about such a problem occurring one could first remove the door panel on an open door before making any adjustments since it can be extremely difficult to remove a door panel if the door is closed and won't re-open ! (then it may have be to ripped out!) But with a previously removed panel out of the way one might be able to trigger the door to open by probing its hopefully accessible lock mechanism with a long screwdriver or whatever works. (from inside the car) I've been through this before the hard way... One might ask what does this have to do with this website? Well I'd say because all of the yoga like positions one has to get in while crawling around inside a car which tests one's flexibility, determination and temper! ;-)

yea, gotta watch out on some old vehicles, for instance if you're in a rush and close the door with the keys in the ignition and the engine is running the door then automatically locks....then its locksmith time or maybe ask a helpful car thief if you see one milling around to open it for you! (no clickers back then) Btw, TV or movies are so fake when they show some rookie hot wire a car in seconds and make a get away! (although I'm not qualified in doing that ;-)

just koan like to blow the mind, but blowing the mind has risks if....

yea, and there are bright sparkly doctrines and teachings galore, more than enough to drive one mad, while the Self is Simple.

I don't know what the trade off costs in pollution and money are to make solar panels in comparison to say burning natural gas and or coal and that cost but if it is a fair amount better then why not? Btw. building those huge wind turbine/sites must be costly in pollution and money with all the chemical processes and compounds that go into making the blades, also they are far more intrusive looking on the land. I'm not that crazy about EV cars since it takes burning fossil fuels to power them, (besides whatever power solar can provide) although in cities for shorter drives they make sense if a well working, up to date powerhouse with stable operation and better pollution numbers provides them power compared to the lesser stability of the start and stop driving pollution created by gasoline vehicles? All the numbers for these points is out there somewhere but we don't hear about them like we do with the reports for everything else going on! (in an often crazy world) Nuclear power is another big topic with lots of pros and cons, especially with its radioactive wastes!!

agreed, but many have graduated (in an evil way) that is much further along than just lusting after money, namely exercising the power of life or death over common folk! :-(

variation on the OP, or right under your nose...

Hello Steve, Part of what you posted: "I was once talking with a friend at a campfire about these things and he was going on and on, waxing philosophical about the nature of this and that. Something possessed me to break this loop of logic and I spontaneously let out a loud shriek. He looked at me shocked, as was I, and I simply held his gaze. Within a second or two, in the silence that followed the interruption, I could see the dawning of recognition on his face and we both broke into laughter, then just sat together in silence. It was pretty cool. Never did that before or since. Sometimes that stuff just comes out at the right time." a friend and I were also once talking about philosophical stuff and he reflected saying, "I'm going to try the eternity trip someday" we then looked at each other for a second or two and chuckled ;-)

well I'd say the transcendent is connected to but also not limited to a something

yea, that term "emptiness" can be a loaded one...

a human soul (and other souls) are never completely disconnected from the "Source", but we may be heavily veiled from it. True Guru sees this and reveals this since soul can not normally untangle itself from mind identification without some help along the way... many people discount True Guru because of various false guru's corruption. (which is understandable but not the whole story or the end of it)

The Self is not empty of the Self, mind at any or all levels is only matrix, and a still mind or matrix does not resist the Self shining through it.

playing a hurdy gurdy might do it, or singing along with Donovan...

"In Hindu philosophy, the Akashic Records represent a universal memory bank. Derived from the Sanskrit word akasha (meaning sky, space, or ether), these records are believed to store all events, actions, and thoughts of every soul that has ever existed". Don't know much about this and less as far as how other religions or philosophies address it. Per the quoted description above that is one very huge memory bank, and who has would access would seemingly have great purity and great need to do so...(for the keepers/guardians to allow it) On a personal level I know that pure masters can access the memories of their students - memories that their students may have forgotten long ago although still stored somewhere in their mind.

too bad, for in the meantime a rat stole the breakfast.

Breakfast is waiting on the other side of this, so lets see... there is a wall there is no wall there is both a wall and no wall there is neither a wall or no wall.... Sounds good but he may still be hungry.

not really Apech, I'd say you are a pretty cool cat ;-) (figuratively speaking)