Toofargone

I am trying to reconcile various ideologies. The objective is to find the essence, simplify things,  and find common ground in order to create more acceptance of each other.  A head to head comparison should be useful. This exercise is not really for me. I have more or less figured out my life path. It is kin d of intellectual masturbation. Do the same fields and energies that make a stone make living things? Is it simply an exchange of fields and energies? Everything is an energy or field (including thoughts) and leaves an imprint in some form on the overall energies and fields. IMO there is pattern in the randomness. I will refrain from calling it intelligent design. Can we explain karma, ghosts, supernatural powers etc using these fields and energies? I think we can. This is probably what spiritual masters call body mind illusion. It is seeing through the gross body and experiencing it as fields and energies. How does physical and mental transformation occur? ...

Most of us are driven by survival instinct. What is survival instinct? Survival instinct is the hardwiring which enables a person to survive. IMO both survival of the fittest and collective survival instinct are at play. Once collective survival instinct need is fulfilled, survival of the fittest comes into play. This is basic human nature. Survival instinct manifests in different ways. Our brain circuits or pathways are wired for different types of  pleasures and pains. Pleasure circuits are activated in case of actions favoring survival whereas pain circuits are activated in the opposite case. In animals there are limited options for activating these pathways. However, in humans the pleasure pathways (even actions which are not good for survival such as drugs) can be activated by different mechanisms. This is the essence of manifestation of survival instinct. But is survival instinct our only nature? Our true nature is pure consciousness.Survival instinct is maya. We need to s...