--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > > <Irmeli.Mattsson@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > Although I think that also God makes mistakes and learns > > > through and from them. > > > > Question on this one point: By what standard can it > > be said that God makes mistakes? > > On the basis of this is of course gnostic thinking (Freemasonree, > Rosecrucians). The basic idea behind it, is that creation is like a > prison. I still believe that it owes a lot to Buddhism, possibly even > the Upanishads, who say, that the Gods keep man like cattle. In Tantra > there is a term calling it the 'original ignorance' Why would > ignorance be there at the first place, if the creation was perfect, > just as it is? >
The original ignorance is the mistake of the intellect, noting distinctions between Self and Self. This gives rise to all relative existence after an infinite or near-infinite set of combinations of noticing the noticing about what you are noticing... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/