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You are again off the mark Tao. I am leary of anyone who would claim any scientific data as ultimately meaning any proposition is absolutely true or untrue if the data cannot confirm that. But blind you are my friend or should I say "well filtered" from within the meme you say you do not...

Netscape Search Chogyam Trungpa, (Tibetan Buddhist), originated the term spiritual materialism and his explanation about such can be found in this link. Much of Derek's postings to this thread related to Jodoshinshu and he sparked my interest in learning more about it. I went on quite a study...

indeed, you are correct Juan. Science only becomes fundamentalistic when the scientist attempts to interpret his or her data to mean more than it says and when the scientist chooses to unobjectively dismiss data which does not fit that person's deeply held belief about the nature of things.:) earl

Your questions do illustrate the silliness of literal readings of the Bible. :) earl

Well, I just got back from emergency angioplasty, which literally saved my life. Was worse than I thought-doctor said 1 block was so bad I probably wouldn't have lived til the originally planned date. I now stand corrected- changing my diet will be a bigger challenge for me than keeping my...

You want it? Here it is:D Netscape Search earl

Fun or die, that's my new motto. ;) earl

The original piece I posted by Wallace lays out what I meant by the term. But, no, many scientists do not become scientific fundamentalists.:) earl

I take it you're referencing the national drink of Tibet-yak butter tea. I can't imagine drinking that:eek:. But, then, I am a descendant of 19thCE Norwegian immigrants, the land that gave us the infamous ludefisk. I can't even stand being the same room with that.:D earl

You don't disappoint me, CZ. But I suspect you might others here.:p earl

Love that emoticon CZ. You do come up with great graphics.:) In fact, sometimes your posts might be better served with only visuals and less verbal commentary. ;) earl

Was just cruising the web and ran across this detailed teaching to Tibetan Buddhists by the Dalai Lama on a specific practice. Though perhaps one has to have some insider's knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism to grasp some of this, there is just so much detail there on many aspects of Tibetan Buddhist...

Thank you Chris. I'm to have cardiac catheterization, but have to wait a week to do it. Whatever comes of it, I know the importance more so now of "keeping the heart open." Hopefully am up to the challenge.:) earl

hard to argue with the bladder, particularly as you get up in years. so pretty much it's in control.:p I pee therefore I am. earl

Brian, is this sort of "rainbow-like?";) earl Real Angel Picture

I, Brian, interesting. I dream in color but am so poor at remembering my dreams could not recall specific color sequences. Have certainly seen contemporary stories of purported angel encounters where the "beings" seemed to emanate light, including some children's tales claiming "wings" of...

Avi, the Dalai Lama has been famously quoted as saying that, if science and Buddhism conflict, Buddhism would need to examine its beliefs. He has always been a strong advocate of the 2 working together and the result has been neuroscientists researching the effect on the brain of meditative...

Nick, do you have any non-Theosophical paleontological sources to back up your Theosophical claims about fossil evidence? earl

Snoopy, I'd never heard of Critchley til now. So scoped him out on the web a bit. Thought you'd enjoy this piece he wrote entitled "Happy Like God." Sort of fits with my current frame of mind.;) earl Happy Like God - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com

to be more precise, I believe manifestations which do not seem to have sentience, do not seem able to truly interact with the living and seem, in essence, to be almost like film repetitively played in a particular place, (what folks often mean by "hauntings"), are of the energetic imprint...