[sharona97]

That little dittie adds even more to a very important story and lesson. Thanks!

[req_read]

sharona97…

I’m glad you enjoyed it… a welcome switch from the tedium of school perhaps?

Chybil…

When Einstein states that the world is an illusion I would not be so quick to dismiss it. He is, after all, considered by most to be one of the greatest minds of the 20th century… deserving, I should think, of some contemplation.

You have, however, raised a core existential question. If one accepts the posit that we create (collapse) our own reality somehow through the act of observing it… if you let that possibility really sink in… then you will be overwhelmed (perhaps horrified even) by the thought that maybe, just maybe, you are utterly and completely alone! If everything (maybe even everyone?) out there is simply a projection of your own consciousness, then you are about as alone as alone can possibly get. You are the only one here… or anywhere… creating toys with your mind. Kind of like those crazy movies where some guy in New York City wakes up to find everyone has gone and he is the only one left. Spooky huh?!?

Like I said, you never know where or who you might run into who thinks about such things. I needed an electrician so picked one out of the phone book and as it turns out, we spend hours talking about things like reality and time. Luckily he can work and talk at the same time. I can’t, but he can, so it works out good when he comes over to put in a new circuit somewhere.

So I asked him one day, “Tell me Al, if we are all connected, why did Someone (presumably God, the Great Spirit, whatever) go to all the trouble of setting up this physical realm where people can individuate? What was the point?

“Well,” he said, “probably so He wouldn’t be alone.”

“Huh?” I said.

Al explained, “Spiritual teachers and now physicists say all things in this (physical) realm are manifestations of one, unified consciousness. If you’re the only one, that’s it… you’re alone.”

Hm-m-m-m… so if unified consciousness could figure out a way to separate itself out (from itself), to individuate, then it could at least create an illusion of having someone else to hang out with? If that illusion is believable it just might work, and most everyone here in the physical realm agrees… this world is very believable. So believable in fact, we have great difficulty imagining anything else could be as real as this. This is, in effect, our gold standard of “believable.” Like you say Chybil, this (physical realm) is no illusion… it is definitely real.

A student went to his guru and asked, “Teacher… is the world real or illusion?”

His guru replied, “It is a very real illusion.”

Michael

[Miss_Chybil]

LOL, req_read, your quotes have me in stitches! "Virtual reality is real?" LOL! I love it. And the world is a "very real illusion." That's a masterpiece!

I have a question for you... If I'm the only one here, and you're the only one here and the other billions of people are the only ones here and the other inumberable sentient beings, just on this planet, are the only ones here, where did everybody go?

I don't doubt Einstein. He was a very smart man. Much smarter than I'll ever be, but perhaps when he said the world is an illusion, he meant the way we perceive it is an illusion. Think about it. They say dogs see in black and white. We see in color. Now, does that make the objects we look at any different, in reality, or are these objects only different in the way we perceive them? Did my dog and I just dream up the kitchen cabinets and each other in the same place, same time,
but in different colors? Or did I dream up "dogs" who can only see in black and white and who imagine cabinets in the same place I do? LOL!

This stuff is fun and I'd like to go on all night, but unfortunately I have to go to bed. You see, I dreamed up this boss who expects me to be at a certain place at a certain time even though I really hate getting up in the morning! I'd like to call her and explain that she really doesn't exist, but I think she's dreamed up an employee who will do pretty much what she wants her to do! It's such a dilemma...

Ok, req_read, goodnight... On a serious note, though, can you send me a real PM with the names of your books? I love reading what you have to say. Your thoughts are very intriguing. You tickle my brain and I love that. (I hope you don't mind a little kidding around.)

[req_read]

Chybil…

I don’t mind kidding around at all. I enjoy it immensely.

The ideas & concepts raised by the great thinkers of our time are indeed puzzling. But in a very real sense, that is the point; i.e. to be puzzled… to be comfortable with and intrigued by being puzzled. Puzzled is a good thing.

We cannot possibly know all there is to know. The great danger is to grow lazy and fall into the trap of thinking that if I don’t actually know everything, I’ve gotten close enough to suit me… so I’m satisfied and will stop looking. If you’re not puzzled, you’re not looking… and if you’re not looking, you’ve stopped growing.

I was amused by Fred Alan Wolf in his book, A User’s Guide To The Universe, when he made some comments about “the C word.” I thought, “C word? What’s that?” In my work I refer to the “D word” (death or dying) but what the heck is the C word? Well, in the world of physics and physicists the word consciousness was apparently shunned for years. Scientists don’t like being puzzled. They like to be able to explain things… and consciousness is utterly and totally inexplicable. We have it. We’re in it. But we (including scientists) are entirely clueless about what it is. And since scientists don’t know what it is they simply ignore it. It’s the elephant in the scientific living room. Until relatively recently that is. Now some of them are talking about it, although they still don’t know what it is. What we can do however is take note of what it does… which is interesting of course. For example, it always becomes more, and since we are consciousness, we can assume that we too will always become more.

Good point about dogs seeing only black & white etc. I think they also see auras. Some people who are capable of seeing auras have told me mine is blue. One lady who told me that said she has always been able to see auras. She thought everyone could… until she was in school one day and a new girl in town came over to play with her & her friends. She asked her friends, “Do you think we should play with a blue girl?” They all looked at her like she was nuts. After that she realized she was different and kept her mouth shut. And this lady was no flake either… she was a pretty tough business woman, CEO of a State hospital.

I think when physicists talk about material objects being illusions they are referring to the fact that they have found matter’s building blocks are not particles, but rather light, or vibration. In other words, there is nothing “solid” there. They have also found that their observations of an experiment affect the experiment’s outcome. In other words, there is no clear line of delineation between the observer and the observed, they are inextricably linked. They have even discovered that even just their intent can alter an experiment’s outcome. But anyway, that’s not my department so my explanations do not do it justice. Read Fred Alan Wolf or John Hagelin.

The 2nd half of the guru story goes like this (I think it may have come from Ram Das… I’m not sure.

A student went to see the guru one day and found him weeping inconsolably. The student was shocked and asked what was the matter. The guru told the student that his son had died. The student said, “But teacher, I thought you said this world is just an illusion.” The guru replied, “Yes… and the death of one’s child is the greatest illusion of all.”

Michael

[earle58]

Originally Posted by req_read

Good point about dogs seeing only black & white etc. I think they also see auras. Some people who are capable of seeing auras have told me mine is blue. One lady who told me that said she has always been able to see auras. She thought everyone could… until she was in school one day and a new girl in town came over to play with her & her friends. She asked her friends, “Do you think we should play with a blue girl?” They all looked at her like she was nuts. After that she realized she was different and kept her mouth shut. And this lady was no flake either… she was a pretty tough business woman, CEO of a State hospital.

Michael

i had a 6yo pt, who, towards the end of her stay on earth, complained about the bright, white light around my head.
with the neuro involvement, i knew she was photosensitive, but her eyes were locked onto this 'light' around me.
she was literally mesmerized.
the next day, i brought her in very pretty sunglasses.
and she giggled, and reveled in this light.
i never doubted it or her, for one moment.
such a gift.

leslie

[req_read]

Leslie...

Thank you.

Michael

[Miss_Chybil]

Originally Posted by req_read

Chybil…

A student went to see the guru one day and found him weeping inconsolably. The student was shocked and asked what was the matter. The guru told the student that his son had died. The student said, “But teacher, I thought you said this world is just an illusion.” The guru replied, “Yes… and the death of one’s child is the greatest illusion of all.”

This, I don't get.

[sharona97]

Thinking out of the box, perhaps......?

[Franemtnurse]

Since I have pulmonary and heart disease, I'm constantly struggling with breathing issues, I want to die without struggling; meaning knocked out.

[Franemtnurse]

Originally Posted by cookie102

not sure if this is the right thread to post this or not, so i apologize if it isn't, i happened to come across some documentation that a nurse had left lying around on her end stage cardiac patient, ( chf)stating that the family was concerned about the increased swelling the pt had and wanted to increase the lasix, the nurse told the family she didn't want to increase the lasix because she was concerned about the pts K+, and the increased voiding would make her uncomfortable, now i am def not a hospice expert but don't you all think the lasix should of been increased even if it was short term to let the pt be more comfortable and then if needed decrease it, put a foley in the patient, again short term if needed.......let me end it by saying the patient passed away that same night.!!!, i wish i had know this before hand, i feel terrible, i just hope that little lady didn't suffer. thanks for letting me vent

Cookie, you have a definite arguement here. I wasn't yet placed on lasix until after I saw a nurse pour black uring in my graduate. It was then I knew my kidneys were failing, and my bladder began to pain. Then my physician ordered lasix IV. I have no clue if posassium was run in too, because all I saw was the Lasix drip.

I was put to sleep via Ativan thanks to Leslie, and the next morning, a nurse told mine she had better empty my foley bag before it overflows. She is one super nurse in my heart.