Sure, Ken, In the beginning is a great circumscription, a circle beyond which you can't imagine any bigger, in John's Gospel it's called the Word, a power...
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gnostic_ken
May 7, 2012 12:34 pm
Hi John, Okay. I understand now. I wouldn't call that a god, not even a god named God. Remember Hindus don't call Brahman God. That is a Christian concept...
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John
beingnowhere
May 7, 2012 2:59 pm
Oh dear Ken, now we're introducing a lot of other terms that in order to approach a mutual understanding we need to get a handle on. Nature is that which can...
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gnostic_ken
May 7, 2012 7:13 pm
You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY62QByUYJQ ...
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John
beingnowhere
May 7, 2012 7:39 pm
We can only know the definition of the words we use. Words tell us very little about what they are being applied to. Now where was I ... ...
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gnostic_ken
May 8, 2012 2:00 am
A Buddha In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts...
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old bob
bbferrier
May 8, 2012 5:25 am
I like these stories, Ken. Somehow I can associate myself with them. This didn't happen, but I can visualize it happening: An evangelist asked old bob, "If you...
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sam
samuel1938
May 8, 2012 6:04 am
On Tue, 08 May 2012 02:00:30 -0000 "gnostic_ken" <gnostic_ken@...> quoted: <snip> ... Tanzan's message; each is born a buddha... and will never be...
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Gnostic Tom
gnostictom
May 8, 2012 1:35 pm
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1780281153 "Prepare for the journey of your life. Literally. This book does not aim to make your life carefree, to make your problems...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
May 8, 2012 3:32 pm
Thanks, Tom. Next on my reading list! Steve...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
May 8, 2012 5:49 pm
LOL! Unsho missed his chance! He could have said, "Hello, fellow Buddha!", and enjoyed a sip of wine! Steve...
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gnostic_ken
May 8, 2012 5:50 pm
Hi Bob, IMO Ellie is actually more of a super human than a super elephant. I just use the elephant standing on Flatland for illustration. I don't like the word...
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gnostic_ken
May 8, 2012 5:53 pm
Hi Sam, Thanks. I was thinking more along the line of Tanzan saying "You are what you are and I am what I am and I am fine with that." But your take works too....
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gnostic_ken
May 8, 2012 5:57 pm
Thanks Tom. Gospel of Thomas 2 "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. 2When they find, they will be disturbed. 3When they are disturbed, they...
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gnostic_ken
May 8, 2012 6:01 pm
Hi Steve, Several years ago I decided to embrace my humanness. Gospel of Thomas 6 His disciples asked him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How should...
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old bob
bbferrier
May 8, 2012 6:25 pm
wow, can I relate to this one. Its like living with an ongoing security clearance where big brother knows everything I do and already knows more about me than...
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gnostic_ken
May 8, 2012 10:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94Dz4Iq2d4...
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
May 9, 2012 12:38 am
In a message dated 5/8/2012 11:25:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bbferrier@... writes: wow, can I relate to this one. Its like living with an ongoing...
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old bob
bbferrier
May 9, 2012 4:25 am
 Agreed. Its been a mode of living for me most of my live to "do with, what you got". old bob --.- ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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John
beingnowhere
May 9, 2012 7:33 pm
... Dear Rosalie, here's another take on that one they call you a rude word and you react rudely, and they were quite right to call you a rude word because...
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gnostic_ken
May 10, 2012 1:16 am
Keichu's Wheel Getsuan said to this students: `Keichu, the first wheel-maker of China, made two wheels of fifty spokes each. Now, suppose you removed the nave...
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old bob
bbferrier
May 10, 2012 3:02 am
At least three resources were required to fabricate the first wheels. A person attributed to organizing the effort, the nave that performed the fabrication and...
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sam
samuel1938
May 10, 2012 3:12 pm
On Thu, 10 May 2012 01:16:19 -0000 ... Some odd-angles from this one. Literal; The wheel-rim would still be a good toy; but for transport... folk could not...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
May 11, 2012 2:10 pm
Hi Ken. Yes. I don't want to be a saint. I'm pretty happy just being me. People who do Zen are often accused of being amoral. They are just normal human...
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gnostic_ken
May 11, 2012 2:49 pm
Hi Steve, A friend of mine posted something on facebook about how difficult it is to be Zen in rush hour traffic. I don't consider myself Zen or anything, but...
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gnostic_ken
May 11, 2012 2:58 pm
... Hi Steve, In the words of Popeye the Sailor: "I yam what I yam and that whats I yam." Ken...
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gnostic_ken
May 11, 2012 3:04 pm
My point being I don't try to be relaxed when I get caught in rush hour. I just am. I don't tell myself to relax. I don't do a mental exercise or anything. I...
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gnostic_ken
May 11, 2012 3:08 pm
Muddy Road Tanzan and Ekido were once travelling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a...
