Advaita Vedanta lesson: Are you real?

ewomack · 07-27-2007, 11:48 PM

These guys spread the word about the veil of maya using Second Life.

Are You Real?

StrongInTheArm · 07-29-2007, 10:01 AM

Was that real, is v7N real, is Ed. real???

*Smacks head hard*

Feels real, but I guess it would.

There are thought patterns that are circular in nature, they have no beginning and have no end. Of course the journey is important to make, but sooner or later you have to get off.

ewomack · 07-29-2007, 04:54 PM

Yes. Think about it until you go insane. Good method.

As I've said before, I doubt that anyone who posts on V7n is actually real. You're all bits of text. For all I know I'm the only sentient being that posts here.

Hmmmmm....

**watley** · 07-30-2007, 09:08 AM

Oh, I never claimed to be real. You must have imagined it.

StrongInTheArm · 07-30-2007, 10:03 AM

Who is to say there are not two sentient beings sharing a hallucination. Perhaps they vie for power in a state of mushrooming bliss.

The human mind has been full of what could be since the dawn of the species and yet we still speculate. The endless search points to possible conclusions, either we cannot know or there is nothing to know. Each conclusion leads to the same path ahead.

ewomack · 07-30-2007, 08:06 PM

All humans are mortal
Ed Womack is a human
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Therefore, all humans are Ed Womack

HA! I have proved my solipsism with logic!!! Try and dispute that romantics!!!

I KNEW none of you existed!!! All I needed was a syllogism. Now I can sleep soundly.

StrongInTheArm · 07-30-2007, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewomack

HA! I have proved my solipsism with logic!!! Try and dispute that romantics!!!

I KNEW none of you existed!!! All I needed was a syllogism. Now I can sleep soundly.

This brings to mind the uncertainty principle as characterized by Schrödinger's cat, where the very fact of looking at an experiment changes the outcome. Thus if we put Ed. into a thick, lead lined box and locked the lid, we could not say whether Ed. was in fact actually in the box or not.

Since, when Ed. is in the box his existence is in flux, we cannot determine whether he exists or not at any one time. Therefore in accordance with normal observed phenomena which exists at all times, because Ed.s existence cannot be determined, we have to concluded he is the deranged imaginings of our subconscious need for an Ed. being.

ewomack · 08-02-2007, 04:42 AM

That sounds very accurate! Now let me out of this ^%!$!#! lead-lined box!!!

css25 · 08-02-2007, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm

Was that real, is v7N real, is Ed. real???

*Smacks head hard*

LOL!

Dotster · 08-02-2007, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewomack

All humans are mortal
Ed Womack is a human
--------------------
Therefore, all humans are Ed Womack

HA! I have proved my solipsism with logic!!! Try and dispute that romantics!!!

I know I'm being boring but your
solipsism proves only that Ed Womack is mortal...