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I can't agree with your analysis here, or your theology. But I hope that whatever the import of your words may be that they lead to the benefit and not the detriment of yourself and others. Metta & cheers.

Very well put. So why all this hellfire stuff? Here's my theory, for what it's worth. I think to the extent it has roots in the Gospel it's best seen as a wake-up call. You have a precious human life, use it! Rightly used, it's only negative in the sense that a Zen master uses a stick to whack a...

Well, I don't think so. But it's curious. I appreciate these fora, but so far it's been my experience that one is less likely to be called out for putting out absolutist metaphysical positions that more than border on intolerance, than for criticizing such positions. This may not be a fair...

I take relativism and absolutism as dangerous extremes. But there is a middle ground, one particularly indigenous to the United States: it's called pluralism. Pluralism doesn't deny that there may be such things as absolutes or near absolutes – in fact, one might say that since fundamentally...

Hi Earl. Just did a quick search for Raimundo Panikkar - this famous Catholic theolgian - on the Catholic Web site. No hits. No surprise. But this is the paradox, isn't it? Solo artists like you and I can make use of pluralist voices like Panikkar, but inside his own tradition it's a different...

Thanks for your kind words. I take them as a great reward. Cheers.

Hi In Love. I just directed you to this thread, not knowing you were already here! Please feel free to pass it on, with or without attribution. It's the description of an actual experience, which arose on its own, and which I now try to reproduce every time I go for a walk. Cheers.

BTW, You might be interested in "Walking meditation" posted in the Buddhism section. Shanti.

I think that one thing that needs to be pointed out that hasn't so far is that the replys have been in general - as far as I can tell - from one particular faith community. I think the situation might have been less polarized and more nuanced if we'd had replys from a greater range of...

And namaste to you, In Love. Thanks for your gentle words, and for your own thoughts on the mysteries of power. Shanti.

Thanks for your thoughts - though I would give you credit for more than just two cents here! I wouldn't dispute anything you say. The problem of power can be approached from many angles, depending on one's intent and on the context. What you say about John McCain is certainly true from one...

Thanks for the reference, Bandit. Take care.

I'm afraid I must disagree. Please see my email. Shanti.

Hi Bandit. Please see my above more extended reply to Quahom. The tone you're taking here is regrettable. My intention was never to offend, but only to offer a lively challenge to complacency, something a little different, and I'm naturally disappointed frankly that you've fallen to the level of...

I've started this reply several times, trying to find words skilful enough to bring this to a close without things becoming even more embarassing than they already are. I apologize for suggesting superficiality. That was certainly a slip, arising from my frustration. Look, I did not put my...

I trust it wasn't your intention, but you did manage to strike a patronising note. I don't know that I have any more "on my mind" than you do. My intent was to pose a challenging topic for the forum. If you don't want to engage that topic because from your perspective the problematic has no...

Serious, but superficial. Dig deeper, beneath your rationalisations. It's not a question of composing comforting definitions but of facing an inherent problematic.

You're right. You're probably not a good one for this topic! (Though I think Farts & Lilacs is a new CD by rapper 39 Cents.) But perhaps no one on this forum is. In fact, I may not even belong here. There's no way of knowing the reaction you'll get to something until you throw it out there...

My back, my lower back hurts as I walk, and my hip hurts and a pain in my kidney (on the left) connects the dots. And my feet hurt (with arches never to rise again), and my knees they really hurt, with the cartilage wasted, and bone click-clacking on bone like dampened fire sticks. And I think...