Fruit of the Contemplative Life

Fruit of the contemplative life: => Insight => : Alexander May 30, 2023, 09:25:00 AM

: Great people
: Alexander May 30, 2023, 09:25:00 AM

Form of Wisdom
Socrates, Christ, Mohammed

Form of Justice
Alexander the Great, King David

Form of Beauty
Helen of Troy

Achieved self-consciousness (ie perfection, highest level of being possible)
Alexander the Great, Teddy Roosevelt, Achilles (secular)
Christ (spiritual)

Enlightenment (self-transcendence)
Christ, Siddhartha, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, St. Denis, Jhanananda, Mohammed, Ramana Maharshi, John the beloved apostle

Knew everything
Plato

OOBE facility
Siddhartha, Jhanananda, Bob Monroe, Yogananda

Painted a Form or Idea
Da Vinci

Got very close to Wisdom
Jefferson, King Solomon, Plotinus

Got very close to Justice
Chandragupta, Cyrus the Great

: Re: Great people
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 06:25:05 PM

Hm I’m debating adding a category of OOBE facility. I think it would be
Siddhartha, Jhanananda, Bob Monroe

Edit: Added it

: Re: Great people
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 06:48:09 PM

Hm only three people in history (who were on the ladder of ascent) achieved OOBE facility

: Re: Great people
: Alexander June 01, 2023, 06:51:19 PM

Hm Siddhartha’s sexual unchastity prevented him from achieving lionhood