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THIS IS WHAT HINDUS BELIEVE

http://www.upanishads.kenjaques.org.uk/Brihadaranyaka_Upanishad_Chapter_One.html


"He (Viraj) differentiated himself in three ways, making the sun the third form, and air the third form"

From verse 1. Above we understand that this Creation is due to "He" that first desired to use Absolute Knowledge so creating a "self", ("He created the mind").
In this verse it is "He", also prana (vital force), Purusa (One Consciousness of all births) or this Viraj, who will be the first.

"So this Prana (Viraj) is divided in three ways".

"He" is in reality a projection in Consciousness from Absolute knowledge. It is this same knowledge "himself" that is now further differentiated through material desire (Hiranyagarbha, Vital force) to form the "air" and the "sun".

"His head..the east..arms that (north-east) and..(south-east)..hind part..the west..hip-bones that (north-west) and..(south-west)..sides..south and north, back heaven..belly..sky..his breast, this earth".

This original primal unity of Knowledge that is now being differentiated into material forms is here being symbolically identified and aligned as being the material forms of the universe and the form of the sacrificial horse with the head as the East and his hind as the West and so forth.
This is to maintain the identity, in Consciousness, between the vital force of material and desire as the sacrificial horse, with the vital force of material and desire as the universe.

"He rests on water"

This means "He" as a vital force of material, rests in or is supported from the waters of Absolute Knowledge.
Also, "He" as his material form, Viraj, is now supported by that form which is literally pervaded by water.

"He who knows (it) thus gets a resting place wherever he goes".

This means "He" through desire has now come to only know the material realm. Until "he" once again comes to remember and realise his true identity with the unity of the Absolute Self his only rest will be a transient form within material Creation ("wherever he goes").

The meaning is, this first to be born caused Creation through his initial desire. His ongoing desire for a body (Viraj) will cause his further fall into the Consciousness of material creation and duality through his experience, in Consciousness, of birth.
Through this birth into, as it were, his form he will further forget his true identity with the Non-Dual Absolute, or Brahman, or God. That forgetting or losing of Absolute Consciousness through birth will result in the ignorance that sees duality and leads to a life experience feeling the need for further creation seeking to complete that missing part of himself.

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>>14825157
>So long story short I want the opinions of people on a chinese weaving forum about paths that can be taken to achieve that inner peace and that give a strong foundation for being a good person.


Then Ven. Ananda went to the Blessed One and on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "What is the purpose of skillful virtues? What is their reward?"

"Skillful virtues have freedom from remorse as their purpose, Ananda, and freedom from remorse as their reward."

"And what is the purpose of freedom from remorse? What is its reward?"

"Freedom from remorse has joy as its purpose, joy as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of joy? What is its reward?"

"Joy has rapture as its purpose, rapture as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of rapture? What is its reward?"

"Rapture has serenity as its purpose, serenity as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of serenity? What is its reward?"

"Serenity has pleasure as its purpose, pleasure as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of pleasure? What is its reward?"

"Pleasure has concentration as its purpose, concentration as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of concentration? What is its reward?"

"Concentration has knowledge & vision of things as they actually are as its purpose, knowledge & vision of things as they actually are as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of knowledge & vision of things as they actually are? What is its reward?"

"Knowledge & vision of things as they actually are has disenchantment as its purpose, disenchantment as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of disenchantment? What is its reward?"

"Disenchantment has dispassion as its purpose, dispassion as its reward."

"And what is the purpose of dispassion? What is its reward?"

"Dispassion has knowledge & vision of release as its purpose, knowledge & vision of release as its reward.

"Thus in this way, Ananda, skillful virtues have freedom from remorse as their purpose, freedom from remorse as their reward. Freedom from remorse has joy as its purpose, joy as its reward. Joy has rapture as its purpose, rapture as its reward. Rapture has serenity as its purpose, serenity as its reward. Serenity has pleasure as its purpose, pleasure as its reward. Pleasure has concentration as its purpose, concentration as its reward. Concentration has knowledge & vision of things as they actually are as its purpose, knowledge & vision of things as they actually are as its reward. Knowledge & vision of things as they actually are has disenchantment as its purpose, disenchantment as its reward. Disenchantment has dispassion as its purpose, dispassion as its reward. Dispassion has knowledge & vision of release as its purpose, knowledge & vision of release as its reward.

"In this way, Ananda, skillful virtues lead step-by-step to the consummation of arahantship."

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>>14757396
if god exists, then why does it make huge poos going through my qt anus and make it bleed?