Ask one who has been to Nirvana

[Terxpahseyton]

There is only one one, I am afraid. Only one destiny to fulfill. For each of us. Only one. For God's plan knows no chance, no happenstance.
None whatsoever.

 

[Ferocitus]

Steady on there. How do you know God's plan? If it continues for ever, you don't know the last part of it, and you won't witness it.
It's like claiming you know all of a song you have never heard before, and then dying halfway through it.
(Not that there are gods - IMO, nobody really believes that stuff except in a Santa kind of way.)

 

[Terxpahseyton]

How do you know a song, you ask?
What a silly question again. You seem to be fond of the silly. Should probably mediate on that...
By getting the rhythm, of course.

 

[Ferocitus]

How do you know a song, you ask?
What a silly question again. You seem to be fond of the silly. Should probably mediate on that...
By getting the rhythm, of course.

Being a slave to the rhythm is too slavey for mine.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

You either obey the rhythm or you obey your ego to fight the rhythm. But the lie of the ego is that in the latter case you were free, you were "yourself", while in truth, this is where the enslavement lies. And those are not just words, but the actual experience which follows from that.
But recall that I also explained that you need the ego so to eventually loose. Because that is how tautological life actually is, ultimately. No short-cuts. You can not "just" loose it.

 

[Ferocitus]

You either obey the rhythm or you obey your ego to fight the rhythm.

You could make an interesting dance with a little bit of the former, a little of the latter.
Sufis seem to have a good time while they are doing their trancey dances.

 

[Birdjaguar]

^^^They sound like the Doors!

 

[Ferocitus]

^^^They sound like the Doors!

Hmmmm, I can't hear a similarity to any Doors song I've heard.

(Jim's not dead, man!)

 

[Terxpahseyton]

You could make an interesting dance with a little bit of the former, a little of the latter.
Sufis seem to have a good time while they are doing their trancey dances.

You can try many things. But I would advice to really own, what you are doing, and not to decide to split yourself into two. Because it is quite the hustle and burden, and the back and forth will consume much energy needed elsewhere. It will weaken you.
it is no accident that often the extreme is what leads to the center. The uncompromising. Which is why you need an extreme ego to actually get over it.

You could make an interesting dance with a little bit of the former, a little of the latter.
Sufis seem to have a good time while they are doing their trancey dances.

Trance by definition means to be one with the rhythm. You can not trance being internally divided. Trance means to let yourself go. To give yourself up. Not to have your mind constantly blab in between. Of course in practice things are a bit more messy, but you get the idea.
And I know what I am talking about. I am the unchallenged king of trance dancing in techno clubs.
I guarantee you that I can go to whatever techno club on this planet and I will own the party. Just like that.
Well if they still were open.
You know I am happy they closed. Would have been too much distraction for me.