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She and I split up 20 yrs. ago. Not married now or ever again! :lol:

My second wife is a writer and journalist. I know for certain she would have corrected my use of insure. She is as close to unimpeachable as anyone I ever met. I doubt anyone on this forum could match wits with her.

I have asked Vajraji to write in a more precise manner, as opposed to the complicated narratives that he loves to wow people with. My critique has more to do with his profuse use of logical fallacies, among other things.

I am not going to quibble with you. According to that dictionary that is an appropriate definition.

My usage is correct. "to make certain especially by taking necessary measures and precautions" "We hope that careful planning will insure success." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insure

Actually they do teach that. I studied in that lineage 24 years ago. Tai Situ is one of the four regents of the Karmapa. There is an interesting group! They all die and reincarnate at different times to insure their club stays afloat.

I believe you started this a couple of years ago.

Valid point. The Tibetans claim there can only be one Buddha for a certain time period and they have predictions as to who will be the next Buddha. According to the Kagyu school, Tai Situ Rinpoche will be the next Buddha. This seems rather contrived and useful to keep the secret club afloat. I guess the rest of us low lifes will never be allowed such esteem.

Why not respond as opposed to deflecting the argument and preaching at me as if I am some ignorant imbecile. The above response is not appropriate to what I stated. What you do is deflect the argument and begin preaching to what you erroneously perceive to be an ignorant audience. That is not what I said or intended. The Buddha gave himself authority by virtue of his own realization which as you said was dependently originated which leaves according to your world view, no room for questioning. The above response is rhetorical nonsense. Your attempt to use complicated prose is not useful. Mostly contradictions made into circular arguments. Say what you mean, precisely.

For Vajraji to say that the Buddha's realization is dependently originated without proving a cause for the dependent origination of the realization, is just a circular argument. The argument offers no proof and can never be questioned. What a cop out!

That reminds me of the television and radio preachers. Put your hands on the radio and television and be healed! Come on Vaj! Stop taking all this so seriously. Lighten up!

I agree. You are wrong! Through sky gazing many things were revealed.

Someday maybe I will be able to play the guitar like Santana and Orianthi. :lol:

I know the "heart mind'. Norbu pointed that out in a retreat at Synergia ranch in Santa Fe in July of 1989. I was there for 1 week. I will never forget the pointing out instructions.

Aren't you being a little sensitive and paranoid? You came on this forum a little over 2 years ago and 5000+ posts later, you have extolled the virtues of the superiority of Buddhism ad infinitum. Would you like to be classified in the same category as the religious fundies in the U.S.? The Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin types? Never do you mention the "heart mind" aspect of Buddhism, except when you use ( ) this particular emoticon. With your dharma buddies here. Heresy is a pain to the true believer! However, belief systems must be questioned!

Real heart supersedes all of what I pointed out. There are very few who get it.

I was not making a clear point. That point was meant for Vajraji who believes that to be so. Given that he believes that Buddhism is the only container of wisdom. The darkness aspect that is referred to is the time when the Buddhist dharma is unknown, However, that does not mean that wisdom in unavailable.

The problem I see here is putting all your hope and aspirations in one system. Wisdom is inherent in all. No one system controls what wisdom is or isn't. Religions have sought to co-opt wisdom for their own ambitions. That is no different than political movements. In terms of the "heart mind", that is found by focusing on the heart center in the middle of the chest. The heart center is the ruling center over the upper dantien and lower dantien. All are important. However, from my little experience and from extensive reading, that place feels right to me. What I have learned recently, there needs to be some sort of integration of the upper dantien and lower dantien with the heart center. The only way I know of achieving that is by breathing and relaxing at all times while focusing on the heart center. That may be what is required to deal with belief systems and other constructs that seem difficult to manage. I have struggled with this for years and for me it has not been an easy ride! Examples can be found by reading from the following; Gurdjieff, The Mother and Aurobindo, certain qigong systems, Sufi literature, Namkhai Norbu, etc.

Many people in third world countries have no choice but to enter the monastic life. The choice is between a life of abject poverty and functional illiteracy. Mostly there are two classes; the ruling wealthy class and poor. To say that the monastic life in a place like Tibet as you are so fond of, is a matter of leisurely choice, is erroneous. Religion has done very little except create doctrinal proclamations, false relief from fear, authoritarianism, secret rituals and a whole range of abuse, both physical and psychological. These and more fall under the category of imposed belief systems. This shows lack of real heart.

Several points in this discussion stand out. The world would be in utter darkness without Buddhism and religion.

Sereneblue, When I refer to liberating belief systems, I am talking about religious belief systems that are imposed in the guise of "the higher cause" and in this case Buddhism. Cultural mores, psychological perceptions that are just perceptions of a consensus reality i.e, group think and extreme amounts of interpretation in the form of texts that are allegedly attributed to what the Buddha taught. At first analysis, all this doctrine would seem innocuous to the psyche of the seeker. The problem becomes serious when the seeker identifies with the above impositions and those belief systems become concrete reality. There is an ocean of difference between the real wisdom of what the Buddha taught and the cerebral minutia that is passed on as Buddhism. The 'Song of Mahamudra' that I posted earlier makes a valid point in regards to the limitations of language and all symbolic representation as to the nature of mind. Language is not an absolute description of an object and is not the object. This not only applies to physical reality but to so called spiritual teachings. In general, this is where spiritual seekers get into trouble. At first, the problems associated with semantics seem merely academic, but only a deeper psychological level, the problem with giving oneself over to a symbolic representation is fraught with problems. The symbolic in this case represents the authoritarian system as opposed to the real wisdom that is rarely given. I just wanted to put out a few thoughts this morning before I head out to meet with clients. I can talk more about the 'heartmind' later. Not certain if what I wrote makes sense given the fact that it can be a dense subject. GIH made some excellent points in regards to belief systems this a.m. I hope I did not give the impression that one must jettison all belief systems without discrimination. That would be unwise! Later

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