Originally Posted by equus
Have you ever read stuff about 'dependent origination' - it's buddhist but not supernatural in any way, just reasoning about how each thing's origination is dependent. I love it - it 'feels' deeply true AND I think it holds water on the reasoning front.
According to the Pali suttas, “Consciousness is dependent arising. It is a phenomenon arising due to mutually dependent conditions. Without these causal conditions, there is no consciousness.”
"If one erroneously believes consciousness is ego, then he will experience suffering, and will be unable to free himself from suffering. Therefore, one must know the nature of consciousness, which is dependent arising."
Interconnectedness. Maybe I was supposed to have been raised Buddhist. I suspect the whole world would have made more sense and I wouldn't have had to do so much wandering/ searching the looongg way around to get to this point of understanding. Which seems of infinite importance to comprehend...