http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/ <<exploring healthy therapy & counseling>> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/#comment-6955 Dianne Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:16:44 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/#comment-6955 I don't think this is a far fetched idea at all. Perhaps Martin is being a little closed minded. Just because an idea is very different from popular belief doesn't mean that the idea is inherently or practically flawed. I personally believe that there are forces out there we don't know nor ever will know about. Claiming that such forces cannot exist b/c we don't experience them is closing yourself off from some amazing and interesting possibilities. If nothing else, these ideas are fun to think and dream about. Of course, I guess if there were a higher order of wisdom in the collective brains of a population, some of our presidents would never have been elected! I don’t think this is a far fetched idea at all. Perhaps Martin is being a little closed minded. Just because an idea is very different from popular belief doesn’t mean that the idea is inherently or practically flawed. I personally believe that there are forces out there we don’t know nor ever will know about. Claiming that such forces cannot exist b/c we don’t experience them is closing yourself off from some amazing and interesting possibilities. If nothing else, these ideas are fun to think and dream about. Of course, I guess if there were a higher order of wisdom in the collective brains of a population, some of our presidents would never have been elected!

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/#comment-6953 Martin Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:14:09 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/#comment-6953 I just can't buy that our minds are interconnected. We were created as independent beings with free will and our own personal thought process. Claiming that we can get together and have more wisdom than we would alone is a bit far fetched for me. I just can’t buy that our minds are interconnected. We were created as independent beings with free will and our own personal thought process. Claiming that we can get together and have more wisdom than we would alone is a bit far fetched for me.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/#comment-6951 Ralph Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:08:29 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/09/the-unseen-sangha/#comment-6951 I wonder if consciously choosing to participate in nonlocal awareness would negate it somehow. I'm not sure why I think it would, just a gut feeling. I do believe that this nonlocal awareness is possible as well as probable. But, I do see it as somewhat "dangerous" and something best not to mess with. It has its purpose and its own way of working. If we try to alter the way it inherently and instinctively works, we may kill its spirit and therefore its possibilities. I wonder if consciously choosing to participate in nonlocal awareness would negate it somehow. I’m not sure why I think it would, just a gut feeling. I do believe that this nonlocal awareness is possible as well as probable. But, I do see it as somewhat “dangerous” and something best not to mess with. It has its purpose and its own way of working. If we try to alter the way it inherently and instinctively works, we may kill its spirit and therefore its possibilities.

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