tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29195570.post250789565377378095..comments2023-06-30T06:28:00.114-06:00Comments on Moonflower Musing: Know your MuseJulia Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577906856043143102noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29195570.post-60965512486600604592010-04-18T09:03:51.814-06:002010-04-18T09:03:51.814-06:00Oh, just went back here as I've been on a bit ...Oh, just went back here as I've been on a bit of a blog retreat - not meaning to ignore your comment on my comment! Yes and I don't see a huge or any difference in what we're saying - that is hard to explain because it gets at the very root of the core difference - which is that I do not believe in 'this' or 'that' but one. I think you do too and perhaps I am wrong - I've been wrong lots and am getting used to it. ;) Buddhism regards creation as self-existing - that is a big topic of course. A way that I, a simple layperson, might say it is that we are unconcerned with where we came from or where we are going but more with what we are doing in this present moment to wake up. Existance is an illusion in ultimate sense but of course we live in the relative world! Liberation is possible through the understanding of the nature of suffering - attachment being the cause of all suffering. So, in the words of Jesus 'consider the lilies of the field' might be a helpful way to consider this. To answer your question - a Buddhist doesn't see a 'who' who created us or really even an 'us' that is created, only a oneness that is both empty and luminous. I hope this is helpful. In a way, it might be like me asking you how a Christian sees creation - who created the creator?Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29195570.post-65187197746815845972010-04-12T13:12:44.335-06:002010-04-12T13:12:44.335-06:00Jan- of course you can disagree with me, but I do ...Jan- of course you can disagree with me, but I do think it is a HUGE difference in what we are saying.<br />Question- How does a Buddhist see creation- who created us?Julia Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577906856043143102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29195570.post-8967790760821755822010-04-12T12:46:08.077-06:002010-04-12T12:46:08.077-06:00Is it OK if we agree in essence but not in details...Is it OK if we agree in essence but not in details? I'm a Buddhist - which means I don't take refuge in a god. I take refuge in the three jewels - the Buddha (like Christ - a human example of engaged enlightenment), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha and those who have followed him) and the Sangha (the community of practioners)I believe that there is nothing separating me and all the parts of the universe so I do believe the universe reminds me from time to time to wake up - in whatever way that is needed for me to be a bodhisaatva. No difference really from what you are describing - just that you believe the voice to be external and I believe it to be both external and internal as there is neither in my belief system. Always good to talk about it!Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.com