Enlightenment..

enlightenment is only based on one's perception of what being "enlightened" means. And how to reach it is also a matter of perception. The Buddhist belief of reaching Nirvana is not the same as the Hindu's belief of reaching Moksha(sp?)

medidation is wicked.........it gives you a wicked feeling inside

enlightenment is complete inner peace and a higher understanding. Aristotle wrote that a higher being of pshycological and physical abilities lie within every one. He believed this plateu was achieved with enlightenment. This is a plane of existence that can only be endured with self purity. anything unpure can not be endulged, the defiance of unpurities cannot be a goal, rather an understanding. Aristotle said that different level's of illumination often find there way into the consciousness of everyone. This is lost however with the corruptions of a distorted mind sets. This led him to believe a higher existence of the universe. These can all be reached with different levels of perception. A famous quote by him is "The human body is perfect,Controlled by perfection that is the brain. This is proof that perfection of the mind can be reached"

good job rr. i can see you have read many philosophical books 🙂. i also enjoy philosophy. Epicurus said that the stomach is the pleasure of the human body. Im hungry...

you know whats strange, montesquie said that all are born equal...but he still liked the idea of having slaves. strange dont you think? rr plz do respond.

Ahh it's always nice to find a fellow admirer of philosophy. You certainly know your sources aswell. Not many people find intrest in montesquieu. I dont know to much about ol monty, ive read some translations of his "spirit laws" Other than that im in the dark with him.

It certainly is a great contradiction that he would say all men are born equal, and endulge in slavery. However just because he acknowledged that all men are born equall. Doesnt mean he would match his morales and values to this way of thinking. Most killers know what they do is wrong. I dont know very much about him, other than a night reading his spirit laws . It is very hard to believe a man of such great intelligence and spiritual awarness would be apart of slavery. They were different times to. He also quoted one of my favorite quotes saying

"liberty is the right to do whatever the laws permit" I always thought of this remark as a sarcastic one, but knowing what i know now im gonna re think this one. One more point, do you know when in his life he said that all men were born equal? maybe he came to this conclusion later in his life after years of slave owning

All we are is dust in the wind, bro.

i dont know i believe we are all wayward children searching for those winds of fortune to carry us home

gj rr. 🙂

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