old3bob

Daniel, It sounds like you have put in a lot study of an Abrahamic faith! (many tons more than myself) So I was wondering what your take is on the evolution of descriptions of the "God" in the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religions (Old and New Testament) being that descriptions in said religious scriptures vary from A-Z for a God that is also described as the, "One God".

with a face like that he has to be a cool guy!

or I'd say from the perspective of pure perception all karma is seen and understood...otherwise how could a realized being help one with their karma...they couldn't.

nope more or less or in the sense that there are many forms of "Christianity", thus it can be dicey to say which are following the teachings of Jesus and spiritual related principles the closest, principles which are not just his, for instance parts of the Old Testament that are not counter to parts of the New Testament or vice-versa... and again we can come back to the idea of judging a tree by its fruit...

and did you finish that question? "Judge the tree by it's fruit" is a good universal test besides just opinions or claims - if that is the kind of feedback you are looking for? (I'd add that hopefully opinions are based on verified facts as much as possible...for instance Jim Jones claiming to be a Christian yet murdering hundreds of people with cyanide kool-aid, thus being a horrific and evil tree! There are dozens maybe times dozens of horrific cases in the last 20-30 years in just the US along such lines, and maybe tens of thousands of horrible examples of varying magnitude throughout world history!)

Besides this guy... is someone messing around with DNA or did a cooky dentist implant a full bridge into a fish as a gag?

Oh, was that the case with Milarepa?

well I'd say not in all cases for all people, for instance Jesus got after the Pharisees for what could be called more of a pre-mediated hypocrisy, but he also said with great compassion about some others, "forgive them Father for they know not what they do".

there are both the duality and non-duality Saivite (or Siva) schools or sects, some assume there are only the duality schools when in fact the non-duality thus non-division school goes back for thousands of years... Anyway I'd say The Source can have no ultimate division, not unlike that there can be no ultimate division in "The Great Tao", which is then said to also manifest into "The One, The Two, The Three..." etc., yet the Great Tao is pointed to as still transcendentally present, - so to speak or to use that term. (any Taoist please correct me if i'm off with that para-phrase)

per "Zen in the art of archery" there can be no hesitation during release to hit the mark, thus another spin on the idea...

agree that that is one possible case... another variation is not to hesitate which there are several sayings about, for instance, "he who hesitates is lost" along with sayings like, "lead, follow or get out of the way"

Mark, if we want to look something up may we visit your home library? Is this it below?

been there too (SD) and while I was admiring an awesome tiger through his wire cage he lined up on me and sprayed with a big grin on his face! (on 2nd thought may have been at the Hogle zoo in SLC)

Mark, I didn't catch your meaning there?

there are many "fundamentalists" that proclaim all sorts of things which imo may have little or nothing to do with what Jesus taught and demonstrated...and some of them might do me me harm for saying such things...Btw many past and modern day dictators (or the KKK as another example) that murder people claim to be some sort of "Christians", for example Putin and the Russian Orthodox church that support him and his slaughter of everyday non-combatant civilian people, thus them having any claim to what Jesus taught is a disgusting, criminal like lie.

nope, because that is too much totally lumping together which does not apply in all cases besides the case of Jesus.

nope, although you could say that was the truth about the co-opters, not the Christ soul of Jesus.

well it does have nice humanoid teeth...

cats don't always win...

it's somewhat of a mind bender to think that soul would want to be involved in bad karma so it could also gain experience of that and overcome it... actors on a stage who forgot they were actors?

Christianity is and has been very heavily co-opted by worldly forces for power and control over people since about it's first day, including centuries of "Manifest destiny" resulting in genocide against many native peoples in its name ...but that does not mean the co-opting that has been done is the truth about it. Same thing happens in many religions. (which should surprise no one at this late date)

there is only one true auto and its a Ford, that is until Chevy came up with the Corvette, that is until Dodge or Chrysler came up with the Viper, that is until Ford came back up with the new Shelby 500, anyway they are all vehicles that get somewhere...just ask Burt, an early and once well known master who had a hot Pontiac.

righto, btw I already cautioned against blind faith... anywho the mind is a very clever thing but it is not no-thing.

true, although pointers can be useful, more so when proven in stages of taking one to a threshold, a threshold that only they can go through since the pointers themselves can't do so for someone else.

agreed that careful preparation is important but there comes a point when only the benefit from a leap of faith (not blind faith) can overcome the beast of divisional doubt. Btw, the difference in my reply from your question is not to make the projection on others that one is dealing with in themselves