Some people argue the existence of anything being eternal. But, what if everything real is actually eternal while that which is temporary is not actually real. I mean, you can't say everything in existence came from nothing.
2006-09-21 16:00:59 · 3 answers · asked by devotionalservice 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What if we simply try to get as close as we can to eternality. I don't know how close we can get to that. But, let's at least aim for that.
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2006-09-21 16:08:38 · update #1
If you are in a car we think "I am this car", but we may change cars. Similarly, we think "I am this body. I am Jane. I am John. I am a teacher. I am a politician." But, this body is temporary. We lose our identification in this life at the time of death.
Let's look at another example. Lets say we have a lump of clay. Try molding the clay into a rock. Is that clay now a rock? Maybe it is until you mold it into something else like a plant. Lets compare the clay to that something from which all things are build, from which all things are manifest.
Let's compare that clay to some eternal substance from which all things manifest.
2006-09-23 03:43:13 · update #2
"The Caitanya-caritamrta by Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami describes this logic of aja-gala-stana-nyaya as follows (as explained by His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja): "The material nature, as the material cause, is known as pradhana, and as efficient cause is known as maya. But since it is inert matter, it is not the remote cause of creation." SB 2.10.45, Purport
Let's say the clay is an eternal substance. From that eternal substance all kinds of manifestations can take place, but they are all temporal and subject to change.
The nature of the clay is a composition of eternal atomic particles.
2006-09-23 16:57:30 · update #3
Tell me what is eternal? What does not change with time? I have totally different cells in my body than I had when I was first born. I have lost some memories of my childhood, and no one else can remember them. Is everything unreal?
2006-09-21 16:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by almostdead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
finite games is to win a game and come to an end
infinite games is to continue the game
2006-09-21 23:42:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No ones reality is is eternal.
2006-09-21 23:07:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋