Thursday, February 08, 2007

A new term- Anthropomirage

Duality of spirit & flesh -- Reality or Anthropomorphism?

QUESTIONS:

If our spirit has ears to hear, what do we hear?

If our spirit has eyes to see, what do we see?

Does our spirit have a brain to think, and feet to walk, hands to do things, or is that just being anthropomorphic?

If there is food for our spirit, is there also music?

Is there such as thing as spiritual wastes, spiritual waste products?

Is there a spiritual counterpart to sex, or procreation?

If what we do physically can affect us spiritually, is the converse possible?

I don't like the following question, because I choose to believe in God. But the question still must be dealt with sooner or later, because someone will ask it. Is 'spirituality' actually just another word or another way of thinking of our intellect? Is this duality for real, or actually just an illusion, an 'anthropomirage'?

Could there be a place where our spirits fly, our bodies unbeknownst to them? If that is so, then couldn't it be said that the spirit world is just a different interface to our existence? If so, what is the point? (Unless the spirit world somehow has different meanings.)

How can we connect better to our spirit? If we connect better, will we then see better the spirit world that coexists with this one? Or is the spirit world only a philosophical construct of concepts that must be understood in order to 'see'?

Could our spirit know things that we do not, here in our bodies?

Look at the following examples and see if you can draw a conclusion:
1. There is no such thing as cold, only abundance or lack of HEAT energy.
2. There is no such thing as dark, only abundance or lack of LIGHT energy.
Conclusions:
A. Could it be true that evil doesn't exist, merely an absence of GOOD?
B. Could it be true that flesh only exists as a departure or separation of SPIRIT?
If B. above is so, if we become fully cognizant of this, can we become free of the body, whatever that might mean?

On Being a Seeker

As Jesus said, "Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you."

QUESTIONS:

Does it ever end, us being seekers? What do you think Jesus wanted to convey, that at some point we may be arrogant, prideful in the knowlege that WE have ARRIVED (and by implication, uhh..., all of 'you' are still outsiders)?

Do you still have eyes to see, and ears to hear? Or are you like the 3 monkeys-- "Hear no evil!" "See no evil!" "Speak no evil!" Does God call Christians to be seekers, or have we found all we need to find? Are we 'there' yet? Has our journey ended?

Are we as mature or grown up as we need?

Are we open to learning anything else, even from God? When a tree stops taking nourishment from the ground and Sun, is that tree alive, or dead?

Is God threatened by our questions? Is God offended or angered by our questions?