Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Namaste Amit, Very well said! Regards, John R. valist, amit kumar <amit_call wrote: > > ......Came to this world of humans. > I asked - you are the most intelligent creatures. > they said - yes. you are right. > I asked - you know the path to God. > they said - yes. > I asked - can you tell me that path? > they said : yes. we can. > They started describing their paths... > i was listening to all of them with all my heart and soul..... > they had altogether unique paths...... > i was learning...... > but then i realized they were all saying the same things......... > i was happy and thankful..... > then...do not know why they started fighting with each other.......... > > > Patricia Robinett <patricia wrote: > On May 10, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Das Goravani wrote: > > > Reason: It's funny to watch someone with what I could call > > Christio-NewAgio > > idea of God to meet Hindus of the various types, and there are > > various types > > of Hindus when it comes to "God", so to watch Patty dear meet them > > is really > > funny, and vice versa...them deal with her....it's alot like tea > > parties the > > British had with their servants years ago on the lawns in India...very > > confused discussions, like two different planets meeting... > > das and i have had this conversation before and i have to repeat it > now here. > i do not like to be put into a box and das has put me into a box. > das is smart and funny and cute and entertaining but not all that > terribly deep. > i'm deep -- very deep -- but not skilled with people. > > so das has put me in a box. he 'typecasts'. fine. > but i do not care to be typecast. > > i am not 'new age' and i am not 'christian' and i am not a fan of any > religion. > i do not care for religions. i do not like superstition. > i do not like the guilt and fear that religions use to manipulate > people. > i do not like games religions play: 'my god is better than your god!' > > i love god. and god is simple energy. pure energy. e=mc2 > the beginning and the end. what always was, will always be. > but no rules, laws, and no competition, power-over, etc > > it's so funny because i just had a talk with apple computer for over > an hour > and a half and the tech i got first was obviously new and obviously > indian. > so i told him i talk with people on the web about india and i am > writing a > book comparing all the scriptures. he had to explain to me that the > bible > was the only worthwhile book because, he said, the hindu religion was > just > a lot of stories. i can't imagine that he hasn't noticed that the > bible is > just a bunch of stories as well. ?!?!? very little about the > experience of > god in either. > > that's why i'm partial to the few, precious lines that talk about the > experience. > i don't care at all about myths and stories and histories, heroes and > heroines. > they bore me. tv bores me. i enjoy real life. no 'secondhand' > experience. > no 'spectator sports'. if i can't experience it myself, what is the > good of it? > belief? i like knowledge. i like knowing. > > it is the threat of a hint of a whisper of a clue of the experience > of god > that winds through all scriptures that inspires me. story lines > leave me cold. > absolutely cold. i don't care if the story is set in egypt or india > or japan or... > the story line is, to me, superficial and irrelevant to what is > important to me... > which is the experience. it all makes me yawn. > > this is what comes of having jupiter and venus in the 8th in scorpio. > depth. > the experience of god is ageless. it's not 'new age' and it's not > historical. > it just IS. it is completely in the present and is the presence. > it is here now. when we are fully present, we are with it and life > is wonderful. > there is no 'lonely' in the present. no 'sad', no 'depressed', no > 'fear.' > just life... and not 'stuff happening' but life. life breathing the > universe. > life blowing the leaves and the clouds. life breathing you and me. > light shining and filing us all. > > it appears there are at least a couple of people here who know > that experience and then there are many who are much like christians ... > they have an investment in their team 'winning' and they promote > their favorite 'god' or 'gods'. > > so no, das, i'm not new age. i'm not christian. i'm not in a box. > love, patricia > > > > > Links > > > > Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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