absolute_vs_relative unhinged emptiness is form; form is emptiness absolutely perception relatively fills the void of form with some kind of relative meaning the absolute truth being that all things mean different things to all people that my perception of a table is subtely and infinitely different from your perception of a table but there is a perceptive overlap where our forms meet the relative and interconnected business of living there are two sides to every truth to every action to every interaction absolute and relative examined from every side the problem is reduced to it's relative unimportance if you placed your issues on a cosmic scale how much would they weigh then? in the face of a hundred lifetimes is this dark hour that unbearable? things change in the time it takes to snap your fingers every moment is the beginning and the end of something you had once planted seconds days years ago it all comes back in the end absolute what you make of it relative 070227 ... crOwl rclg 070228 ... unhinged the hope that comes from the superficially negative realization of emptiness the greatness that comes from the faith that this human life contains the potential for something so vast as the realization of complete interconnectedness goodness begets goodness evil begets evil let me be the bridge the boat the ship that carries you across the water 070228 ... birdmad good begets good and evil begets evil, and yet neither can truly exist without the other ahh, duality...gotta love it. 070228 ... megan when God exists forever, my mind goes to the corner 070301 ... z absolutly relative or relatively absolute 070301 ... unhinged circular logic perception conciousness there's really only one sure thing in this life when it comes down to it. you will die. no exceptions. might as well do something good with your life. it kinda makes my brain hurt to think about. the whole 'form is emptiness; emptiness is form' thing. but somewhere deep in my heart i get it and the more years i have read and contemplated this fact the more it gets solidified in my head. weird though that you can't have nonduality with out duality. that nothing really means anything until you perceive it to be so. just because the glass is empty doesn't mean the glass doesn't exist. 070311 ... sameolme So, an idea about emptiness solidified in your head. Interesting. An idea about concrete melted all over my brain. 070311 ... Aw-shucks .. if i can't come your pirate raft... then can i have your RED t-shirt instead ? ? 070312 ... unhinged absolutely i recognize your pain, delusion, suffering i wish i could help you but i can't pretend anymore that your delusion isn't hurting me that it's okay for it to be this way lopsided unfair you have just had to deal with the truth of absolute death and i want to dump one more relative death on your head i wish i could help but i can't pretend anymore absolutely part of me will always love you but i won't stick around waiting for the time when you are ready relatively you have fostered a lot of anger in me the worst delusion because i am still not perfect at spotting the absolute at all times that i cannot accept your shitty actions under the terms of your suffering that i see no excuse to take your suffering out on others no matter how intense that suffering may be you create the suffering in your life you perpetuate it only you can be ready to eliminate it and my own fragile understanding of this is easily shattered by my still persistent attachment to anger i'm still not ready to let that rise and pass away relatively i have to eliminate the things in my life that cause anger to arise namely you which causes a slight heart twinge knowing that my actions can potentially cause you more pain but i can't stick around anymore duder which should be apparent to you after the past two and a half months 070616 ... unhinged (and yet i still am there, stuck. over him) 090221 ... unhinged . 210924 what's it to you? who go blather from