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Quite possibly. When I spoke to her last week she made a point of saying that her mother needed companionship just as I do. On the contrary. If her father had molested her, that would explain everything -- why she disliked her father; why she became a nun; why she wants me to be her "good...

Thank you all for your very insightful and helpful comments. The following ideas have occurred to me since making the initial post. 1. During the period of non-communication because the woman she was staying with was apparently not telling Xing of my emails, Xing knew my phone number and where...

You can't discuss or define mysticism in intellectual terms. By its very nature mysticism is in a different realm to the intellect. 1. Mysticism refers to and relates to levels of consciousness "above" the intellect. It is supra-physical. 2. A mystical experience is an event which, in most...

That sounds quite possible/probable. No I don't think so. She is committed to the order. Good point. Noted. No. She somehow earned the money for a return airfare to Sydney and presumably a visa. I guess this would be quite difficult in China. As she is staying only four weeks in Sydney, I...

I guess it will be starting to look like I attract women who are fanatical about their religion. This is quite a long story so please bear with me. Five years ago in a local coffee shop, I met a Chinese Buddhist nun, named Xing, who was 35 years of age at the time. Despite her almost complete...

Does reading it in a book by someone who has been there count? The first book I read when I set out on my search for Truth some 40 years ago was "Beyond The Himalayas" by Murdo MacDonald-Bayne. You can read it online here:Beyond Himalayas The "foreword" to the book clearly states the essence...

This is not a universal opinion or belief, and nor is it my belief. But thanks for the input. :)

Thank you all for your comments to date. They are very helpful. In the meantime, in the interests of a harmonious relationship, she has agreed not to raise the subject of Israel. As for being God's chosen people, if she comes at me with that again, I think I have a good answer, as follows...

It was created for matchmaking websites, but for convenience I use it for all websites. Thank you for the information.

I beg to differ. Many years ago I attended a talk (arranged by the Theosophical Society) by a Tibetan Lama. When it came to question time, his answer to every question was: "Find out for yourself." This person, who virtually gave no instruction, so impressed the audience that, as he walked up...

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3. Neo-Pagan (93%) 4. New Age (87%) 5. Liberal Quakers (85%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (80%) 7. Taoism (78%) 8. Hinduism (75%) 9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%) 10. New Thought (74%) 11. Scientology...

I have very recently commenced a friendship with a 61-year-old Jewish woman who was born and raised in France, and then lived for 30 years in Israel before coming to Australia. She is a self-confessed agnostic. She believes that there is some kind of a universal God, but that this God had...

That is most interesting because when I posted such a scenario on the Christian website which I have just left, I was blasted and told that this is what the anti-Christ would say.

For most of my life, I sought vainly for a body of like minded believers. However, like yourself, not only do I not need that but I don't think there IS any group which shares my personal spiritual views, which are open-ended anyhow and subject to change according to new information or...

Sorry about the "cool." It was directed at the initial post, but you snuck yours in ahead of me while I was writing mine. Thanks for the info about the low frequency resonances. As a former audiophile I know what you mean by frequencies below the range of the human ear. I have seen speaker...

I will answer you with a question. Do you think the Christian Bible, translated as it is from the original languages thus losing in many instances the original meaning, is absolutely and literally true in every way? Would you defend to your life the notion of infallibility of the Bible...

Does this count? Five years ago in a local coffee shop (in a suburb of Sydney) I noticed a young woman with shaven head and wearing a brown robe. Naturally I had to enquire if she was a Buddhist. From that moment, although I did not realise the significance until much later, I had a daughter...

You think that's cool? How about this one. [Reuters, London, May 5, 2007] A Scottish church which featured in the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code" has revealed another mystery hidden in secret code for almost 600 years. A father and son who became fascinated by symbols carved into the...

Re: Christus verus Luciferus I would just like to refer to an incident in my own life which fits into what you have said here. Many, many years ago I was associating loosely with some people who dabbled in magic. It was supposed to be harmless "white" magic but one day at home I felt a...

Hello Andrew At the fundamentalist Christian website from which I have just fled, there was an extensive discussion -- unwittingly started by myself -- when I posted: "Let's talk about the Trinity." It went on and on, with several new threads spinning off from the original. It appears that I...