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Author: TestingTesting Date: Jul 1, 2008 19:04
What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
is it possible you think?
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Author: THE BORGTHE BORG Date: Jul 1, 2008 19:36
> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
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> is it possible you think?
>
But what is "Life as it is"?
What if Life at each moment is a million different things?
That at each moment - Life presents itself to you in a million different
ways?
That for each occurrence there are...
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Author: Mark EarnestMark Earnest Date: Jul 1, 2008 19:42
> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
> is it possible you think?
It would take stop worrying about what others think for a change,
and to be yourself instead of others.
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: Jul 1, 2008 21:01
On Jul 2, 12:04 pm, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
> is it possible you think?
No so much possible, but inevitable. Like a binary code at work,
beliefs swith on and off, and slowly disintigrate.
I like the imagery of the pendulium swinging from belief to disbelief,
and that the pendulum becomes shorter, untill the 'apex' comes nto
sight.Thats when things 'really' speed up.
The apex is the real pov. See, it was in the words all along !!!
BOfL
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Author: Paul GriegPaul Grieg Date: Jul 2, 2008 03:07
On Jul 2, 3:04 am, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
> is it possible you think?
There are rumours that ancient sceptics walked off cliffs because they
doubted the reality of the cliffs. So you have to hold some beliefs.
But you don't have to hold them as absolute truths, just as reasonable
hypotheses. We *might* all be in the matrix, but let's live as if we
aren't (and no testing the program by walking off cliffs :-)
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Author: C3C3 Date: Jul 2, 2008 03:36
On Jul 2, 3:07�am, Paul Grieg yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 2, 3:04 am, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:
>>> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
>> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
>> is it possible you think?
>
> There are rumours that ancient sceptics walked off cliffs because they
> doubted the reality of the cliffs. So you have to hold some beliefs.
> But you don't have to hold them as absolute truths, just as reasonable
> hypotheses. We *might* all be in the matrix, but let's live as if we
> aren't (and no testing the program by walking off cliffs :-)
Could you explain more what you mean about the matrix? There is a book
called The Divine Matrix. Is it about this?
C3
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Author: ErrolErrol Date: Jul 2, 2008 05:42
On Jul 2, 4:04 am, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
> is it possible you think?
To suspend belief, one must necessarily forget all that youv'e learnt
in life so far. It's called advanced Alzheimers.
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Author: tata Date: Jul 2, 2008 07:20
On Jul 1, 10:04 pm, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
> is it possible you think?
Only one way to find out . . .
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Author: tata Date: Jul 2, 2008 07:56
On Jul 2, 8:42 am, Errol gmail.com> wrote:> On Jul 2, 4:04 am, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:
>>> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
>> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
>> is it possible you think?
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> To suspend belief, one must necessarily forget all that youv'e learnt
> in life so far. It's called advanced Alzheimers.
No. Suspending belief is not about forgetting. It's about seeing
possibilities rather than conclusions; it's about acheiving "freedom
from the known".
Alzheimers entails a dulling of the mind. Seeing "what is" entails a
quieting of the mind. Big difference.
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Author: tata Date: Jul 2, 2008 08:12
On Jul 2, 6:07 am, Paul Grieg yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 2, 3:04 am, "Testing" philosophy.net> wrote:
>>> What would you need to do to "suspend all your beliefs" and see Life as it
>> IS, vs what you've been told to believe as being true?
>
>> is it possible you think?
>
> There are rumours that ancient sceptics walked off cliffs because they
> doubted the reality of the cliffs.
The physical world is one thing -- it is governed by predictable laws.
But psychological beliefs are another thing altogether, and I think
that is what the poster is inquiring about.
I think it would be a terrible waste of time to go around suspending
your belief that gravity exists, or whether an axe to the arm will
actually cause pain, or whether Santa Claus exists. :-)
On the other hand, suspending your belief in the garbage being poured
out onto the airwaves from CNN and Fox News may be worth
considering. ;-)
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