Grate.swan, Hmmm.
Again, it comes down to the meaning of a single word. Always, it seems, when we really want to know something, there's not a dictionary that can satisfy. What does this word "agree" mean? Whenever I read scriptures or the writings of gurus, I cannot help but resonate frequently. So much is so clearly there behind the metaphors in almost any attempt to grok the basis of existence, that I find it difficult to believe that they are not, each and all, talking about the same thing/non-thing. If Christ gave His sermon on the mount in ancient Asia -- what Taoist's foot would not be set to tapping? When a Kabbalist speaks of Ein-sof, isn't the Dali Lama nodding like a bobble-head on the tuck and roll of a low-rider's '64 Chevy on a cobblestone road? I mean, ask any mathematician about zero. It's not like zero's trying to trick anyone into thinking it's a number like all the other numbers. There is not a "secret sect" of number jockeys eschewing the transcendental nature of zero and calling for it to be seen as having some sort of value. Or a stawberry for that matter. Where are the hoards describing it as very much like broccoli instead of much more like kiwi? To me, agreement is a ballpark entered. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan <no_re...@...> wrote: > > From this file: > > "All mystics agree that Ultimate Reality-whether It is called Allah, Brahman, > Buddha-nature, En-sof, God, or the Tao-cannot be grasped by thought or > expressed in words. " > > Is that true, "ALL mystics"? Was there a vote? a poll? Or is this simply > someones fanciful thinking -- a convenient leap of faith that makes them feel > all kumbaya inside. > > From what I understand, western christian, greek/russian orthodox, hebrew, > sufi, kabballist, egytian, greek traditional, american indian mystics do not > agree on this. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > This email message is a notification to let you know that > > a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife > > group. > > > > File : /Spiritual Books/21st Century Books-Non-Dual Sources.doc > > Uploaded by : rick_archer <rick@> > > Description : Books on non-duality from FF's 21st Century Bookstore > > > > You can access this file at the URL: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/files/Spiritual%20Books/21st%20Century%20Books-Non-Dual%20Sources.doc > > > > > > To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: > > http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.htmlfiles > > > > Regards, > > > > rick_archer <rick@> > > >
