tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post114211064462929600..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: Follow Up: The Absolute and the Manifestwilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-1142400306938581732006-03-14T22:25:00.000-07:002006-03-14T22:25:00.000-07:00Interesting take. If there IS a god, I suspect th...Interesting take. If there IS a god, I suspect things probably happened just this way.Martian Anthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385484801520816010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-1142129899341504692006-03-11T19:18:00.000-07:002006-03-11T19:18:00.000-07:00I read that interview years ago. Thanks for repos...I read that interview years ago. Thanks for reposting an excerpt from it. It makes sense at first glance, but when I think about it some more, I become confused again. I just can't get my mind around the idea that Spirit could be perfect in its unmanifest state and still feel so bored that it needs to escape into the ignorance of manifestation only to strive to escape this ignorance and recover its original boring identity.<BR/><BR/>I also have difficulty understanding just how literally we are to take this explanation of "involution" and "evolution." Does unmanifest Spirit literally feel a boredom or loneliness that spurs it to play at manifestation so unpleasant that it seeks to return to its unmanifest condition, or is this merely a metaphor? If it's a metaphor, to what truth does it point in the real world?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.com