> I quote Jed: >>gender is an illusion...
> >>hell, so is the entire physical realm!
>
> I have to throw my two cents in, in disagreement, so that perhaps we are all
> that 2 cents richer (I hope). It all seems pretty darned real to me. I guess
> it's a question of perception, though. In my opinion, anything you can think
> of is real. Thoughts have great, great power. Spoken words even more so
> because then they are manifested. (This is what I was taught by my
> great-grandad.) Everything that exists was created this way, and for a
> reason. The Earth, She exists. We exist. Our pain exists, our joy exists.
> The whole "illusion of reality" thing is one part of Hinduism that I cannot
> seem to accept. We are here. It's a miracle! We each have all of these
> bunches and bunches of tiny particles of energy dancing around. They form us.
> They are real. Spirit is bunches and bunches of tiny particles of energy
> dancing around. So we are particles of energy, spirit within matter.
> Everyday, I awake to this miracle, and marvel at it, saying thanks to Creator.
> Everyday, I share in this reality with everything that exists. At the same
> time, I am unique in energy and I am part of the whole. The point I am
> trying to make is this--yin and yang are different, yet the same. It is all
> part of the whole. How lovely it is!
>
> With Love and Hugs,
> Julia
>
HO
Your two cents multiplied infinitely real !
Kriss>