On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:53:17 -0000 GnosticThought-owner@yahoogroups.com quoted: <snip> ... <snip> Suspect... it's just Hebrew's byzantine way... of dissing...
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gnostic_ken
Jul 13, 2012 12:20 pm
Calling Card Keichu, the great Zen teacher of the Meiji era, was the head of Tofuku, a cathedral in Kyoto. One day the governor of Kyoto called upon him for...
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sam
samuel1938
Jul 13, 2012 3:12 pm
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:20:04 -0000 ... Titles are... egotistic-pretension; ego's way... of demanding attention. All people... are just What-is* extension. * =...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
Jul 13, 2012 4:53 pm
Hi Ken. Yes. GoT is Zen-like in it's concise simplicity. Pistis Sophia reminds me of some absurdly complex Tantric works I have read. Steve...
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gnostic_ken
Jul 13, 2012 4:55 pm
... Keichu was interested in talking to someone who realized he wasn't his title. He wasn't at all interested in someone who thought the title defined him. ...
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old bob
bbferrier
Jul 13, 2012 6:23 pm
I don't remember where this came from. I think it was either in Sasabo when I was a young adult, or from an elder at home during my formative years, (probably...
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old bob
bbferrier
Jul 13, 2012 7:39 pm
Hi Steve I relate to that simplicity description. I figure the "ancients"; were actually pretty scientific in their search for knowledge. The attempt to find...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
Jul 14, 2012 4:05 am
Hi Bob. Yes. Scientific research today is very much constrained by the need to get approval and, hence, funding. Another thing, imo, is that the ancients gave...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
Jul 14, 2012 4:22 am
Hi Bob. We are always playing with words, and we imagine that we really know what the words mean. Energy is defined as the capacity or actualization of changes...
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old bob
bbferrier
Jul 14, 2012 5:14 am
Hi Steve I am convinced that you are right on about our sentience being more than energy transfer between axons and dendrites because that explanation is way...
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gnostic_ken
Jul 14, 2012 4:43 pm
17 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, "I am the Almighty God. Walk before Me, and be thou perfect. 2...
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
Jul 14, 2012 4:44 pm
In a message dated 7/13/2012 10:15:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bbferrier@... writes: Hi Steve I am convinced that you are right on about our sentience...
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SteveW
eugnostos2000
Jul 14, 2012 5:37 pm
Hi Bob. My thinking on this is based upon an introspective practice, common to Eastern philosophies, and also practiced in antiquity by various Hellenistic...
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sam
samuel1938
Jul 14, 2012 10:12 pm
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:43:49 -0000 "gnostic_ken" <gnostic_ken@...> quoted: <snip> ... <snip> And folk wonder why Ishmael was irate...??? He was just...
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
Jul 15, 2012 12:42 am
In a message dated 7/14/2012 3:12:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, townley7@... writes: And folk wonder why Ishmael was irate...??? He was just about to...
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old bob
bbferrier
Jul 15, 2012 3:30 am
Hi Rosiolady It might still be, but circumcision was a Catholic tradition when I was kid. Of the seven Catholic "Holy Days of Obligation" ( it was a sin to...
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sam
samuel1938
Jul 15, 2012 6:06 am
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:42:39 -0400 (EDT) ... The whole circumcision scenario is at best... just mistranslated phantasy; at worst... it's deceptive hegemony. ...
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gnostic_ken
Jul 15, 2012 10:34 am
... Hi Rosalie, I can't really come up with anything on this one either. Maybe it was just a weird way to tell the difference between "us" and "them." Seems...
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gnostic_ken
Jul 15, 2012 10:36 am
... Even "Jesus" didn't see any advantage to physical circumcision. Ken...
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gnostic_ken
Jul 15, 2012 2:01 pm
Zen porridge is too hot. Pistis Sophia porridge is too cold. I like Gospel of Thomas porridge. It's just right for me. Ken...
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GnosticThought-owner@...
Jul 15, 2012 2:22 pm
These chapters seem to all go together so I'm posting them at one time. CHAPTER 11 It happened now, when I saw the mystery, of all these words in the garment...
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
Jul 15, 2012 3:14 pm
In a message dated 7/14/2012 11:06:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ... 'Twas about snipping "Me"... originally. imo, sam* Thanks for your insight, Sam. That...
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
Jul 15, 2012 3:25 pm
In a message dated 7/15/2012 3:34:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gnostic_ken@... writes: Hi Rosalie, I can't really come up with anything on this one...
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
Jul 15, 2012 3:30 pm
In a message dated 7/15/2012 3:36:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gnostic_ken@... writes: Even "Jesus" didn't see any advantage to physical circumcision....
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rosiolady@...
rosiolady
Jul 15, 2012 3:41 pm
It sounds like some convoluted interdimensional Second Coming, I think... Allegorically, I wonder if this is talking about psychological changes that happen...
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sam
samuel1938
Jul 15, 2012 4:02 pm
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:13:50 -0400 (EDT) ... All the old texts express one simple concept in myriad different ways; Set "Me-first"; aside, let conscience be...
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sam
samuel1938
Jul 15, 2012 4:31 pm
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:22:22 -0000 ... <snip a whole lot of words> ... 'Twas penned by scribe being paid-by-the-word; thus, adorned with delusion... and...
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Linda
springdale04981
Jul 15, 2012 5:49 pm
Circumsision was actually a substitute for the sacrifice of the first son. Yes, the Jews did practice child sacrifice in their early days, and it's even found...
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old bob
bbferrier
Jul 15, 2012 9:37 pm
Jesus should know, seeing how he got clipped when he was a wee one himself. I can understand why his statement concerning getting circumcised wasn't included...
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Conrad
mostlysf
Jul 15, 2012 9:44 pm
As many of you know, TiltedCandle is my effort to use modern hypnosis skills to unpack ancient spiritual practices, and to identify elements common to...
