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Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing

WhiteTara

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3. I would use the word "plane" rather than

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2014, 02:58 PM

Jan 2014

universe; because I think that it all intersects. Scientists have also discovered the 10 dimensions in string theory; so I think the word once again implies out there and separate from us.

I've been studying Tibetan Buddhism for a couple of years now and have learned some of their terminology. The word in Tibetan is Shunyata. emptiness is form and form is emptiness.

I think Newton and Decartes did us no favors by turning the world into a mechanism allowing us to treat it as a non entity that had no life or consciousness.

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Thanks for posting this! PADemD Jan 2014 #1

We are eternal beings. Why Syzygy Jan 2014 #2

I would use the word "plane" rather than WhiteTara Jan 2014 #3

Thanks! Delphinus Jan 2014 #4

I have believed this possible for many years now. glinda Jan 2014 #5