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Ilse, I am always saddened whenever I hear of someone paralyzed with fear of any sort. Often, the more out of control and unsafe we feel, the more we think that, if we find just the right formulas, no further suffering will ensue and we try to avoid any missteps that may create further...

Welcome Ilse. Why not 1 simple message? There is a "simple" message always found within the heart. It's just the message gets filtered through countless human minds, many of which are confounded by fear and fearful interpretations of less than divine inspiration. Guess you could ask yourself...

Shawn, "God," "Ground of Consciousness," etc. as an organizing "energy field" is the metaphor that makes the most sense to me at the moment. earl

Indeed Kim! Some Buddhists consider the question "who/what" is enlightened, etc.?" the ultimate koan. But that is also a bit of a dodge just to blithely state it is a koan and move on. Most mysterious question it is though. Buddhists have much to say about the "self," much of it quite profound...

Good to see you back Snoopy. earl

Well CZ, from the traditional Buddhist view they posit 31 planes of existence.:p Don't hear them discuss "meaning" much, though they're real hung up on that impermanence thing.:) Netscape Search earl

While anymore I generally just read novels, still once in awhile I dip into spiritually-oriented works. Currently reading the Jungian psychiatrist, Lionel Corbett's, 2007 book, "Psyche and the Sacred: Spirituality Beyond Religion." For anyone wanting to read a good book detailing the Jungian...

How self-aware are you CZ when you post provocatively? You say it's to make others think. What do you know that others don't? ;) earl

Actually, Chris, I'd miss the cantankerous coot if he never returned just as I'd miss you. But, this again reminds me of the point I was making in the thread I recently started, "Constructive Suggestion." In our rush to make counter-points or what we think of as a humerous, snappy response, if...

Not only are you a cynic my friend but always chain-jerker-in-chief here.;) Perhaps you might consider a name change, something along the lines of cyniczen. Could shorten it to something catchy like cynizen.:p earl

Have a good one. earl

Speaking of medical intuitives, back to my wife.:) She has no medical training, runs an herbal store. She is though generally somewhat intuitive-or maybe psychic. She does not consider herself a medical intuitive, but does often come up with accurate medical info for folks from God knows where...

As far as that scientifically trained yet "psychic" combo goes, here's a short piece on emtional empaths by Dr. Judith Orloff, a psychiatrist & prof at UCLA who is herself purportedly an empath. Only post the link to illustrate these sorts of "combos" are out there, not necessarily because I...

Kim, (Path of One), is quite the interesting woman. Scientifically trained-Ph.D in anthropology-and personally highly prone to a variety of "non-ordinary" experiences. Among them, she has commented from time to time here about her experiences as an emotional empath-as I said, empaths come in 2...

The tale isn't about retraint and this well known Zen tale as I read it in another form had the swordsman proclaiming his highly enlightened nature. The apparently more enlightened zen master was proving to the guy that if he could get his goat he still had a goat to get, (i.e., not as...

OK, have always liked this place despite its collection of irrascible miscreants.:p Had a change of heart after Luna's suggestion I could be a beacon of tolerance myself for the intolerant.:rolleyes: I Brian's post is quite right. But even more than that, let's not put words in FS's mouth...

Luna, I appreciate your kind words of encouragement. You were 1 of the first ones to welcome me here eons ago. It's not the fact that I know anytime I (personally) post anything that runs counter to the materialistic viewpoint of reality wil be immediately and heartily challenged. Almost welcome...

Just popped in long enough to recommend to I Brian (and/or perhaps the miscreants I'm addressing this to:)) that, if I Brian really wants a community or even to maintain the once highly thoughtful interchange that once took place here, the tone will have to change here. It's one thing to have...

Don't know that I'll totally part company like Snoopy. But been thinking that it may have gotten a tad on the wearisome side here for me to continue posting. Even without extreme sarcasm or sniping, to know that any time something of a spiritual or religious or non-conventional, (i.e...

Actually, it is the world view he represents that I am interested in engaging, though admit to fascination that he seems uncomfortable with acknowledging the philosophy behind the consistent position he takes. earl