What was the most profound thing you have ever felt?
I think the most profound thing I have ever felt is when I did not feel like I was contained within me, if you know what I mean! Let me try again -Times when I felt that I wasn't imprisoned within my bounds. Does that make sense? I'll try once again - Times when I felt beyond my body and me. When I felt connected to something other than me. When I lost myself completely. When I wasn't there. The moments have been rare, but extremely profound. The first I remember was in the Himalayas experiencing silence. Complete, soulful and addictive silence. This was positive. The other was seeing excruciating pain. Being broken. This was also the time when I felt that I am imprisoning myself. That I need not be contained within my bounds. And switch... I wasn't there. Pain had acted as an opportunity for self-transformation, is it often does. I long for moments like that. I actively try to not be imprisoned within my bounds. For more of my answers and posts, follow - Mindful musings
What is the most profound thing ever said?
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.--R. Buckminster Fuller
What is the most profound thing you have heard or read about the world which has shifted your perspective forever?
I've never heard such a thing. This may be because I grew up with Common Sense as my best friend. When anyone looks serious and purports to be on the verge of saying something profound wariness enters my mind and ruins everything. Or should the word 'ruins' be replaced with 'explains'? Like the man says: 'Profound is the mother of humour.' When a student asked Zen Master Sozan: 'What is the most valuable thing in the world?' Sozan replied: 'The head of a dead cat.' 'Why is the head of a dead cat the most valuable thing in the world?' inquired the student.Sozan replied: 'Because no one can name its price.'Things are what they are. 'Profound' is just a label our opinions place on some of them.
What is the most profound two line statement you have ever read?
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
What is the most unintentional profound thing you have ever heard or experienced.?
I just felt a moment of bliss yesterday in college, with no specific reason either. I was having lunch in the open ground with my gang of friends, the moment where it's full of chit-chat from all around from friends, I just chose to look for a moment into the nature we were surrounded. I couldn't help but felt all my stress, worries, and everything slide away. It was a beautiful moment, I noticed how green the leaves were, the beauty of the nature, I even tried to imagine as how I would put it on paper, then I was amazed by the creation of God. Then I observed the crowd of students scattered here and there, it was nice to see students sporting carefree, smiling and laughter expressions on their faces and all. Then I focussed back to the present conversations, and I took part in the conversations. It was then I realised, I am being myself and I am really knowing myself. Like I am on the right path to discover myself and that I am re-learning to love myself. I finally discovered the way to be happy, and that it was there in me all along. :)The moment was really bliss. Such moments can take your breath away. :)
"Either everything is sacred or nothing is," Is this a profound statement or is it nonsense?
Profound nonsense. Different things are sacred to different people and different religions. This kind of thinking is a sheep trap.
What is the most absurd thing you've ever read?
The Victorian Belief That a Train Ride Could Cause Instant Insanity“Scientists” theorized that the vibrations literally shattered one’s nerves.There seemed to be something about the railways that made people—particularly men—suffer mental anguish and unrest.In particular, the jarring motion of the train was alleged to unhinge the mind and either drive sane people mad or trigger violent outbursts from a latent “lunatic.” Mixed with the noise of the train car, it could, it was believed, shatter nerves.In the 1860s and ‘70s, reports began emerging of bizarre passenger behavior on the railways. When seemingly sedate people boarded trains, they suddenly began behaving in socially unacceptable ways. One Scottish aristocrat was reported to have ditched his clothes aboard a train before “leaning out the window” ranting and raving. After he left the train, he suddenly recovered his composure.Regarding the specific type of mental condition believed to have been caused by the trains, Professor Amy-Milne Smith, a cultural historian at Wilfrid Laurier University, notes that “railway madmen would have all likely be seen as suffering mania.” Medical journals at the time were very concerned about how railway madmen could be detected when their madness might lie latent.Source [1]Footnotes[1] The Victorian Belief That a Train Ride Could Cause Instant Insanity