Tag: faith
group name: wayofganeden
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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". . . . more
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July 08, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
What is Idolatry? – A metaphoric definition.
Idolary is an idea that has it's origin within the Hebrew Scriptures. The opposition to the worship of Idols gets summarized in what is called . . . more
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July 23, 2006 12:02 PM EDT --
In the Talmudic tractate The Saying of Our Fathers, an important insight of Rabbi Hillel, who lived during the 1st century of the Common Era, was recorded.
"If I am not for myself, who will be?
If . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 16, 2006 12:08 PM EDT --
The beginning of Wisdom is the willingness to consider that you may be mistaken; mistaken in your perceptions, your conclusions and your beliefs - which all things pass through like a filter. [G M Jaron] . . . more
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December 10, 2006 03:24 PM EST --
To begin with let us examine the idea that something is the ‘literal word of’. What would that mean?
Let us compare the New Testament to documents that are made everyday that are the . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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October 05, 2007 10:07 PM EDT --
Sunshine and puppy dogs
playing with kite tails.
Rain showers and rainbows
on a happy summer day.
No need for dark clouds to
cause a moment's consternation.
No need for tears but to
moisten eyes at . . . more
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September 03, 2006 03:49 PM EDT --
"The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end. it is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world. . . . more
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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. . . . more
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December 23, 2006 09:58 PM EST --
I am gong to describe an imaginary person who I will call Mr. Gray.
Mr. Gray is a scientist and believes in the utility of the scientific method to ascertain facts and truth.
Mr. Gray only believes that . . . more
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July 13, 2006 04:33 PM EDT --
Contemplations on Reincarnation
by William Morrow Tracer (c) 2006
When collecting my thoughts on the topic of reincarnation, I find myself confronted with an internal conflict. On the one hand I can . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 07, 2006 03:37 AM EDT --
From Kernels of Truth by William Morrow Tracer, (c) 2006
Test
If life is a test,
could it be that we
are not the ones tested?
But rather are we the testers?
Do we test reality itself?
Are we experientialists, . . . more
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July 09, 2006 10:59 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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 07, 2006 03:24 AM EDT --
From Kernels of Truth by William Morrow Tracer, © 2006
About Love…
From the Bible, Revised Standard Version the book of Matthew 22: 35-40
[And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, . . . more
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November 11, 2006 12:51 PM EST --
Facts and Faith
I've encountered so many people who fail to distinguish between Facts and their faith. These people act consciously and unconsciously as if their belief in those ideas that form . . . more
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