If I had one wish, it would be to spend the last five minutes in the body of everyone who’s ever lived or will live. To know every thought, every joy, every pain. The collective consciousness of mankind.
Would it make me go mad or would I touch God?
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July 5, 2015 at 7:21 am
Yes…it would…methinks both
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July 5, 2015 at 7:24 am
It is said that when Siddhartha sat beneath the bodhi tree and meditated, he came to know every incarnation he had ever lived. It was that insight which brought the understanding of the cycle life and death, the true nature of suffering, and how to end suffering. This understanding enlightened him. It was at that moment he became Buddha, the enlightened one.
Perhaps the fulfillment of your wish would enlighten you?
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July 5, 2015 at 7:38 am
One could only hope to be enlightened. To see through the eyes of perpetrator and victim, predator and prey, to see all sides of the experience called life.
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July 5, 2015 at 7:47 am
That is a powerful insight.
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July 5, 2015 at 8:02 am
I think you would possess tremendous wisdom and compassion, yet be the the most unhappy person alive.
Madness and sadness being intimate with Godliness.
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July 5, 2015 at 8:17 am
It just amazes me to see the dichotomy between people that are so compassionate it almost paralyses them and others that don’t think twice about doing harm. It would seem in the end we all trade wisdom for pain on some level, if we are lucky enough to get that far.
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July 5, 2015 at 8:36 am
Indeed. We are all such very complex and emotional beings. I’ts the nuances that fascinate me, to use an example very close to me, the capacity to be highly empathetic and yet have incredibly selfish tendencies simultaneously.
Surely, pain is integral to wisdom. Without it, we simply wouldn’t learn.
I mean, with it we don’t learn either but that another story, another time… 😉
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July 5, 2015 at 9:56 am
Sooo true.
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July 11, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Good question, thought provoking, thanks, Louise
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July 11, 2015 at 7:37 pm
Thank you!
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