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Location: United Kingdom | Just some random musings evoked by past debates hereabouts ...
Seems to me that any tradition that ascribes the self's journey as being into being (a) 'god', runs the risk of hubris (that term used by the Ancient Greeks where someone assumes higher powers to themself than the Gods allow, thus setting the scene for their downfall) ' ... any self ascription of temporal power in this world is to be worried about rather than applauded (thinking here of events in the contemporary Middle East also) ...
A fascinating contrast is, it then seems to me, is Christianity, where, 'God became man', ie, the omnipotent omniscient All-Father [All-Mother with a Catholic spin perhaps!] renounced all weapons and adopted the hopeless/full vulnerability of a human infant: the Divine placed Itself in our hands.
I think that holy mystery is amazing, and such is the nonsense and craziness of it as a notion, seems to me it can only be true ..... ie, nobody in their right mind could make it up and expect it to be believed .....
... yet the events that followed, and the way that 'myth' of sacrifice and transcendence, also seem to make some sense of our crazt and nonsensical world ...
As I say, just to some random musings ...
Blessings
PJ
Edited by Paul Joseph 8/16/2015 2:39 PM
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Location: NE Ohio | For myself, I think of religion a starting point and guideline. Then upon growing larger... we learn to seek outside of the box. I personally believe that we are all PART of God. For God could not become a single being... Short, sweet and simple. It really doesn't have to be so complicated, but whatever works for each individual, is what works. Expanding into all there is... is at least my own goal. In the meantime, when i get back to a good health check... i will return to being able to be a light worker.
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The Journey of the Self in Religious Traditions
