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- From: hporopudas@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
- Subject: Re: Proof of God's Existence
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- References: <ARA.92Sep3133928@camelot.ai.mit.edu> <87858@netnews.upenn.edu> <ARA.92Sep4201537@camelot.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 15:51:24 GMT
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- In article <ARA.92Sep4201537@camelot.ai.mit.edu>,
- ara@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Allan Adler) writes:
- > Hannu writes:
- >
- >>Definition: God is Existence.
- >>Theorem: Existence exists.
- >
- >
- > This is not a defintion. Even if I knew what "existence" was, I would
- > still have to figure out what "Existence" is.
- >
- > Allan Adler
- > ara@altdorf.ai.mit.edu
-
- As I said earlier I think that we humans can never define "Existence"
- completely, this is partly due to the point of view that there may exist
- several unknown dimensions in very small scale about which we don't know
- anything at the moment and about which we perhaps will never know anything.
- And "Existence Himself" is possibly capable to choose the form and scale of
- His manifestation as He likes. These are the main reasons why it seems to
- me that it is senseless try to define "Existence" completely.
-
- Hannu.
-
- "Good is one, pleasant is an another matter. These two lead man to very
- different goals. Who chooses good, will become happy. Who keeps pleasant
- better, will loose his goal. Wises let never pleasant delude themself.
- They choose good. Mads become entangled only in pleasant's toils and they
- get lost.
-
- Thrown to ignorance man gives himself to work and employment and by
- keeping himself sensible and learned he steggers without goal like
- blind lead by blinds.
- ...
-
- Body is like a waggon, in front of which sences are harnessesed like horses.
- Mind is like bridle, with aid of which driver, in other words, brains keeps
- horses, in other words sences, holds in check. Soul controls waggon, and
- the road is matter's world, where sences are working. If bridles are not
- kept firmly and wisely, then sences get on the loose like refractory horses,
- and waggon does not get to the destination. If man is wise and holds
- his mind in check, then his sences are like good horses, controlled
- by a good driver.
- ...
- When knots of heart are undone and man is free from earthly attachments,
- man becomes immortal."
-
- (Indian wisdom, Kat'ha upanisad, roughly translated)
-
-