tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post114490526118053361..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: Revisiting the PastRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1145571287282745072006-04-20T15:14:00.000-07:002006-04-20T15:14:00.000-07:00Exactly! Living comfortably with ambiguity/uncert...Exactly! Living comfortably with ambiguity/uncertainty is a mature behavior. <BR/><BR/>Kai JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1145317079732592932006-04-17T16:37:00.000-07:002006-04-17T16:37:00.000-07:00Kai- I've read a bit of Maimonides and it seems th...Kai- I've read a bit of Maimonides and it seems that the Jewish philosophers are very careful to point out that just because a conclusion is reasonable or logical doesn't mean it is right. It becomes a thing of guts and brains and being comfortable with uncertainity- it is rewarding.<BR/><BR/>Kevin- Mac is more gnostic than you know, when he's not being something else. You should meet the next time you're in the area.<BR/><BR/>Mac- The problem I see most is that people assume the big knowledges even the universal, will be just like the other knowledge that they have of grammar or math or chemistry. They want it to be either words or at least dissectable by words... so if they don't find a truth they can dissect, they create one and call it Truth and spread it. Bastards.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1145025988768969292006-04-14T07:46:00.000-07:002006-04-14T07:46:00.000-07:00Hmm...What "anonymous" is saying sounds eerily sim...Hmm...<BR/><BR/>What "anonymous" is saying sounds eerily similar to Gnosticism. Look how quickly the Roman Catholic church wiped the Gnostics out as soon as it was created. MUCH too intellectual, right? Can't have people searching for the truth when they can be forced to depend on the authorities to find it, right?<BR/><BR/>I think our "animal" nature can't help but resist our finding that inner connection because doing so requires abandoning one's sense of self. It's literally a self-preservation instinct. If you can overcome that, you can claim to be on the path to enlightenment.The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1144949433068540842006-04-13T10:30:00.000-07:002006-04-13T10:30:00.000-07:00And then there's the Universal knowledge - that le...And then there's the Universal knowledge - that level of consciousness that connects everything. Some call it God, or Allah, or the Absolute, or Nirvana. A rose by any other name -- . (Interesting how this statement in some venues and lands can get you killed - how fearful is that?). The level that contains all knowledge, all the laws of nature, the level of Universal Consciousness, if you will. A level of all power, possibilities, bliss. Finding this level and living from it is easy, but not usual. Finding it is multi-pathed but takes discipline like anything else. Reading the Torah with others, a good old-time Baptist gathering, deep solo meditation. I think most of our troubles come from fighting the nature of the mind to naturally seek this level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1144934718741739262006-04-13T06:25:00.000-07:002006-04-13T06:25:00.000-07:00Making up introspections is why we Jews aren't all...Making up introspections is why we Jews aren't allowed to study Torah alone--you can lead yourself into error without another human being there, criticizing your thinking. <BR/><BR/>Integrating gut knowledge and conscious knowledge is one of the hardest things I've ever done, and the most rewarding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com