[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/30/05 11:31 AM, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Monotheism liked to impose a kind of "brand-name exclusivity" > >> on their w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lama Ole Site > http://www.lama-ole-nydahl.org/olesite/pages/dway/dway_set.html > > > The most effective method, if one can do it, is the constant > identification with one's own Buddha nature, and the experience of > a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How relevant is this to what is talked about here everyday...the > TMO? ...quite a bit, Yes, that really struck me as I was reading it. It provides an "explanation" for a lot of dynamics and situations in the TMO. And, for me,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread akasha_108
VAj: > Raphael Patai's _The Hebrew Goddess_ is a real eye opener if this > kind of thing is new to you. from amazon reviews Dr. Raphael Patai, a noted Hebrew scholar and anthropologist and author of the HEBREW GODDESS is also the co-author of HEBREW MYTHS with Robert Graves (THE WHITE GODDESS)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Monotheism liked to impose a kind of "brand-name > exclusivity" on their worshippers--"no other gods before me", etc. > Jealous gods...just great... Work on your jealousy and then get > back to me, ok god? LOL. That's it exa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VAj: > > Raphael Patai's _The Hebrew Goddess_ is a real eye opener if this > > kind of thing is new to you. > > from amazon reviews > This cult of the feminine goddess, though often repressed, remained a > part of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Monotheism liked to impose a kind of "brand-name exclusivity" > on their worshippers--"no other gods before me", etc. Jealous > gods...just great... Work on your jealousy and then get back to me, > ok god? Or maybe originally

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread Vaj
On 9/30/05 11:31 AM, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Monotheism liked to impose a kind of "brand-name exclusivity" >> on their worshippers--"no other gods before me", etc. Jealous >> gods...just great... Work on y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread Vaj
On 9/30/05 12:38 PM, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's certainly what it developed into. I was > speculating that there may have been other inputs > from certain visionary members of the religions. There is a school of Kabbalah that practices "unification" (Heb.: "Yichud"). I'm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-29 Thread Vaj
Very nice...thanks! On 9/29/05 8:48 PM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Lama Ole Site >> http://www.lama-ole-nydahl.org/olesite/pages/dway/dway_set.html >> >> >> The most effective method, if one can do it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-29 Thread Vaj
How relevant is this to what is talked about here everyday...the TMO?...quite a bit, thanks again Akasha... On 9/29/05 8:48 PM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is therefore not glorious to put one's students into power > structures or dupe them with mannerisms from cultures they can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Diamond Way

2005-09-30 Thread Vaj
On 9/29/05 9:21 PM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for the name lama ole -- i just pulled stuff off his site. > > I was intrigued by his take on gods and religions. Or my take on his, > is that the gods of major religions may not be the same ONE. But > rather a spectrum o