old3bob

if we meet this guy (Lord Yama) I'd say one wants to be prepared as much as possible...

the manifest is connected to the unmanifest thus I'd say it can not be just an illusion per se. (or the "ten thousand" are connected to Tao thus are not just illusion per-se...so it follows that the only illusion is in the lack of full or correct perception .

"Nor did I claim that gods, goddesses, and demons do not exist", By Steve Agreed its just that they are not eternal, or to me do not exist beyond the present cosmic cycle. are those four lines also from the Beatles who said something close to it in a line from, "I am a walrus" although theirs sounds like or was a nutty 60's mashup.

"But you put those comments under a quoted post from me , which is why I responded the way I did. By the way , this reply IS meant for you". By Nungali, Ok you are right on that, my bad, I was still caught up in the earlier post. Have to think about the rest...

we can over think it but just spell live backwards... which would you rather go with?

or also by what it is not

who knows the exact measure of a cosmic cycle of time although there are some well reasoned estimates, (like the very long but still limited lifetime of Lord Brahma the creator) but they still have beginnings, endings and re-beginnings. The historic Buddha sounded like he alluded to this when he mentioned to Ananda that he could stay until the end of the cycle (in whatever form?) but Ananda missed that didn't he?

if anything goes and there is not general recognition of dharma and adharma then its open season on any truth, including the Spirit inherent in all Beings but I'd say that is not going to work by paraphrasing the Taoist Sage that basically said, that which is against the great Tao soon perishes...

some deep ideas to think about....

analyzing all that is quite hip, and shrinkable in some ways but we're not really each others shrinks. FYI I was commenting on the earlier posted Judith song thus not the one you posted. But thanks anyway. Scroll back a ways and listen to and watch the Bob Marely video that I posted if you care to, or not. It has no need to tap into dark power. Btw, the following saying is simple and pure, even transcendent in a way without overly lamenting or trying to be profound even if it is profound for a Christian and really for any religion if understood right, "There but for the grace of God go I".

real good/Spirit is always present but relative good and evil come and go

that sounds like wanna be hip bullshit... there is not much to get other than dark rage, blaming God, Jesus or Spirit and not seeing our karma thus the singers lyrics and the tone of music is in a way glorifying hellish inner states of conflict and gnawing doubt or a false view about Spirit, thus not magical or spiritual, get it?

or $2k

I did not listen to the whole thing and did not need to with its typical hell metal like vibe. (the piper will collect on those enthralled to variations of same) I partly fell for some lower astral crap like that back in the 60's the 70's when I was a kid.

Btw in case you are not sure it is common to download or copy a youtube video right to this site thus not needing to list it as a url. It sounds like the band is tapping into the hell realms for dark power....