Posted 22 January 2012 - 12:37 AM
dest, on 21 January 2012 - 11:43 PM, said:
This is the matrix

anyway she means that we are living asleep we dont get that we are fooled by this worlds things etc
Yes, I think you are right (not about the Matrix-well

....). Fascination with the material world is a hypnosis of sorts - it keeps us "asleep" unaware of who we truly are and our interconnectedness with each other. It is an act of the ego to fascinate and absorb our attention in these things - that is how it maintains power and control over our actions, I like this saying about the human personality/ego.
"Blessed is the
lion which
becomes man when consumed by
man; and cursed is the
man whom the
lion consumes, and the
lion becomes man."
... Gospel of Thomas.
But what does that mean?
If the Lion is the Ego/Personality which is consumed by the true Man then the transformation of awakening is the blessing, but .... if the Ego/Personality consumes the true Man then we are asleep with the Ego/Personality telling us what is true and what to do without consciousness of the effects of our actions and beliefs on others or even on ourselves.
Or something like that ... I'm sure others can expound on this idea ...
"I warn you, whoever you are, oh you who wish to probe the arcanes of nature, if you do not find within yourself that which you seek, neither shall you find it outside.
If you ignore the excellencies of your own house, how do you intend to find other excellencies?
In you is hidden the treasure of treasures, Oh man, know thyself and you shall know the Universe and the Gods."
Inscription - Temple of Delphi