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Thinking of mental health in terms of chi health could be an important way for the West to learn from the East. Cognitive therapy --a technique for becoming aware of, and untying, the knots one ties oneself in --is similar to the Buddhist practice of mindfulness. Ezekiel shows signs of manic...

Re: Was Jesus merely a prophet whose authority was similar to that of Moses, Buddha, Yes path of One, I very much admire your perspectives. The way I see it, there is much more power in Jesus' teachings when they are grounded in these simple principles that you spell out above, than in...

Thanks for the rebukes. I have misrepresented myself. Here are some selections from "The Great Code" by Northrop Frye that might be of interest.

Helping the hopeless understand what it means to have hope is a difficult task. In Isaiah 40-55 the approach taken is to convince these people who had lost their homes and were enduring the sufferings of refugee life that their god was in control of not only their fate --but also the fate of the...

Berhard Anderson, in "The living world of the old testament," has this to say about the book of Job. It is very likely that many legends and thoughts of all kinds were shared between the ancient civilizations of India the Middle East and North Africa. Later Europe claimed ownership of many of...

So where are you going with this thread? The evidence, as I see it, is conclusive that the bible, including the gospels, has been repeatedly edited and redacted. This is an obstacle to acquiring faith and hope from these scriptures, but not an insurmountable one. Just because a text has been...

Hi Avi, For Isa. 55, I quoted from the New International version. I've been cutting and pasting from Biblegateway.com, which has a simple interface for checking different translations. At home I normally do read the KJV. The poetry of Isaiah 40-55 tends to come through with great force in this...

Here is the climax, the last chapter of Isaiah 40-55. It is an invitation home, an invitation to faith. It is also very pertinent to the current global situation. The personification of the hills and trees is a characteristic poetic flourish which I love. Notice the way this chapter narrows in...

Yes this new covenant is a perplexing thought indeed. It is as if humans were made in one way to a certain time, then all of a sudden they are made differently, with this divine spark within --with the covenant, torah, within. To modern ways of thinking it seems nonsensical. But then, from the...

Path of One, I find your comments of visualization interesting. Visualization has become an integral part of sports training. Most Olympic athletes visualize a perfect performance before their race. There have been scientific studies that show the benefit to the nervous system, as the nerves...

I don't mean to be a thread tyrant. And at the moment I'm not sure what I want to say about Isaiah, though I know I want to get to the passages that emphasize that God is with us. I'll get to it later, there's plenty of time. As for some of the comments about Jesus, part of my interest in the...

Stay focused, my friends, stay focused. Thanks, though, for your thoughtful posts. Juantoo3, if I didn't want to stay focused on Isaiah I'd express how strongly I believe that the life and teachings of Jesus do not need the crutch or the heavy hand of any state or state sanctioned resurrection...

Re: Second Isaiah as a point of inter-faith unity. Juantoo3, if I didn't want to stay focused on Isaiah I'd express how strongly I believe that the life and teachings of Jesus do not need the crutch or the heavy hand of any state or state sanctioned resurrection theology as back-up. The lives...

Woops, I misspelled "Acres and acres" above. And I want to plug some of the talent of the Hailfax music scene, such as them. As of yet, I'm not quite savvy enough to be sure that my attempts to attach links below have been successful. acres and acres, truth and sky, YouTube - Truth & Sky -...

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Here's a few selections from "Prophetic Faith in Isaiah" by Sheldon H. Blank. It is written in fine Talmudic style. The theme of a new covenant is one I want to explore at a later time.

Hi Avi, thanks for an interesting post. The development of monotheism in ancient Judaism was a side issue and not a point a wish to press. Part of the brilliance of the verses of Isaiah 40-55 is how intricately the various themes are woven together. The fifteen chapters together can be seen...

Hello all. My first remark is to say that I don't like the highfalutin connotations around the words 'sophisticated' and 'intellectual'. As for the word 'ideology', I believe I know what you, coberst, mean by it. It is a very problematic word, however, as it leads to more confusion than...

Hi Avi. Yes please do let us know whatever you come across that may be of interest.

Hi Coberst, I was actually thinking of starting a thread on a similar theme. When I first read Louis Althusser in university about a decade ago I became interested in the struggle to become free of ideology. It is a rather confusing notion though, especially as each thinker defines...