Tag: spiritual
member name: Gary Jaron
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July 03, 2006 11:52 AM EDT --
Hi George McNaughton,
I will respond to your reply in detail because you raise important questions. I will use
"GM" for when I am quoting you and my reply will by marked by "R". . . .
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June 25, 2006 10:56 AM EDT --
We live not only in a physical environment but also in a symbolic environment.
Our physical environment, of three spacial dimensions, is a geographical location which may have rivers, valleys, flat . . .
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July 09, 2006 11:02 AM EDT --
My initial vision was the 3 fold path inspired by the 3 main characters in the Garden tale, Eve, Adam and Lilith. Each, being Taoist, has a unity of differing traits.
Adam – the 2 valued scientist . . .
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June 18, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
Real Magic and the Tao.
Is there such a thing as magic? I believe the answer is yes – but to understand that answer you have to ask and consider what I mean by the word: magic.
When encountering . . .
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March 18, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
A ‘discussion’ I had with someone on Gather got me thinking and thus writing.
A question formed and that is the lead in to this brief essay: Which tribe has truth?
I am defining the word . . .
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January 06, 2007 01:32 AM EST --
By Gary Jaron, January 2007
One of the most famous paradigm shift in human history is commonly called the ‘Copernican revolution’.
“The Copernican principle is the . . .
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October 14, 2006 02:13 PM EDT --
Three: 4
Jonathan Star, 2001
When action is pure and selfless
Everything settles into its own perfect place.
D C Lau, 1963
Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.
Lok Sang . . .
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July 02, 2006 02:06 PM EDT --
The Cosmos is a place of order, structure and patterns which in Chinese philosophy goes by the 'name'/human pointer the Tao.
All things exist because there is this order/structure/pattern which . . .
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July 02, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
For many believers their world and their worldview are built upon the premise that there is one true faith; which is of course their own. They have a difficult time imagining a world that is not . . .
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December 27, 2006 04:31 PM EST --
The prophet Micah prophesied in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, which is the years 739 – 693 BCE. His description of the end of days is similar to Isaiah but with a very significant . . .
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January 12, 2008 05:08 PM EST --
The traditional mapsthat sociologists have presented are that humanity has been shaped by twofactors: Nature and Nurture. Many, includingmyself, believe that it is important to realize that we are shaped . . .
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May 27, 2006 01:45 PM EDT --
The Way of Gan Eden - a Gnostic Qabalistic Taoism [GQT]
What does this mean?
The use of the adjective Gnostic is the recognition that knowledge and wisdom is a redemptive source. Gnosticism . . .
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June 10, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
The Hero
[from: Meditations on Quixote, chapter 15 by Jose Ortega Y' Gasset<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]-->.
Now our story leads us back to this subject. . . .
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October 01, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
Three: 3
Jonathan Star
With the people so pure
Who could trick them?
What clever ideas could lead them astray?
D C Lau, 1963
and ensures that the clever never dare to act.
Lok Sang Ho, 2002,
In so doing . . .
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January 02, 2007 09:12 PM EST --
Mystics are found in all cultures and in all times. They are the Noble Prize winners of theology. The Da Vinci's and the Einstein's of relgious thought. They are the explorers . . .
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January 02, 2007 09:47 PM EST --
Source : From the Essential Writtings of Christian Msyticism: Benard Mc Ginn
Richard of St. Victor(died 1173 ) the Four Degrees of Violent Charity
"So, we now have the four degrees of . . .
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June 11, 2006 10:49 AM EDT --
In the beginning there was Ayn Sof. Ayn Sof is a word which represents the true essence of the Divine. Ayn Sof literally means "No End", hence the Infinite. Ayn Sof is the mystery . . .
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December 17, 2006 02:35 PM EST --
Unexpected invitations are dancing lessons from the Divine.
Those words were inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s phrase from his novel Cat’s Cradle:
Vonnegut’s original phrase was, “peculiar . . .
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August 18, 2007 11:33 AM EDT --
"The value of philosophy is… to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, . . .
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January 01, 2007 11:54 AM EST --
Source: The Essential Writngs of Christian Mysticism edited by Bernard Mc Ginn, 2006.
From “The Life of Moses” by Gregory of Nyssa (circa 335 – 395) Christian Mystic.
From Chapter II . . .
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