Adyashanti - Good Karma? Bad Karma?

[Ishanga]

2 minutes ago, RisingLane said:

Why would a follower of Actualized.org define God in that way? God is Infinite Nothingness.

Maybe loving it and accepting it are the same thing. 

Tell that to Jesus.

how does infinite nothingness have will?

[RisingLane]

6 minutes ago, Ishanga said:

As soon as someone says there is no choices being made, and I say there is, right there is obvious proof that there is choice lol...

No one claims that choices aren't being made. Clearly, choices are made, but they aren't made freely.

7 minutes ago, Ishanga said:

do they choose what to wear or what to eat or how many breaths they take each min or what to look at/not look at?

Your preferences are influenced by conditioning. Your breathing occurs automatically. Your gaze is directed by an intelligent designer who can lead your attention wherever they want you to focus.

[Breakingthewall]

5 minutes ago, RisingLane said:

Reminds me of Jed McKenna, who claimed he’d rather end his own life than spend a year in prison, or even push children in front of a train if that’s what the universe required of him.

I exaggerated a bit before . anyway, just 1 years in prison sure it's interesting. 25 years what a hell, maybe it's better to die. But honestly, I think I would commit suicide only in case of terminal, degenerative disease, and I would never harm innocent people. But who knows, we don't know what we would be like in extreme circumstances.

[RisingLane]

8 minutes ago, Ishanga said:

how does infinite nothingness have will?

Infinite Nothingness has Infinite Power and Infinite Will, and it's willing this moment into existence. As an Infinite Mind, it can imagine anything it desires, just as your finite mind creates thoughts and ideas within the limits of its conditioned will.

[RisingLane]

5 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

I exaggerated a bit before

I'm pretty sure Jed was exaggerating as well, which just makes it even funnier.

[Ishanga]

14 minutes ago, RisingLane said:

No one claims that choices aren't being made. Clearly, choices are made, but they aren't made freely.

Your preferences are influenced by conditioning. Your breathing occurs automatically. Your gaze is directed by an intelligent designer who can lead your attention wherever they want you to focus.

Once there is the ability to make choices, there is Will. Of course not all our choices are an example of free will, but they can be, that is the whole point, you can progress to it, but if I have to go to a certain place my will will direct me down a predetermined path, but this is just reality.. Again Free Will is not about absolute control over everything, its about Me and My ability to determine How I am within Myself, that is totally an ability I can have, via that more choices become available to me, vs. not determining what my experience is and blowing in the wind.  Having a Suffering mind will make You not want to get out of bed in the morning, having a Blissful Mind will make You want to get out of bed in the morning, I choose to be Blissful, life is much easier this way..

And Yes thank God that Breathing happens automatically, but I can control that too if I want to. You can even get to a point where Your completely conscious while in Deep Sleep, totally aware but fully asleep..

You need to expand Your horizons and not get caught up in the dogma of predetermination!!

Edited 19 hours ago by Ishanga