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To: James Calladine who wrote (193)	10/22/2001 9:29:35 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2926

When one knows one's self , practices artfully with the fiercest devotion and humility to understand , be detached to have a glimmer of true self-enlightenment... one becomes awakened to full human potentiality within oneself , living in accord with harmony with the world and see's this in others and the struggle of all living things in compassion .... It is then , one becomes a fully formed human being . In living & achieving that , one no longer needs any of the scriptures , sacred books and teachings . One is living the "Truth" , then . Islam is bedlam , and Christianity has been insanity, and Judaism a curiosity ...they are no longer relevant in a secular modern world . Those prophet's of old are so past today's world and society's reach , it's almost laughable , if it wasn't so sad . But the ignorant still believe ...and it gives the Clerics and Priests their powers. One knows what one knows in the time that he lives . God was never meant to be walled up in a Mosque or Church or Synagogue or Temple . Where did the prophets themselves all find that "illumination" ? Under the Boddhi Tree? On top of the Mountain ? Up on a desert ridge ? By a river baptismal ? When are those truest and most vitally real & alive experiences of God ever be found ? Did you ever see a Islamic Cleric ever jump up from reading the Koran and say I have seen God ? They should be doing it all the time then....but it's just mostly enforced ritual. Did you ever see a Jew by the Wailing Wall ever jump back and say that he's seen "God"? All the Hallelujahs and Hosaias and Hossanas ? All the preaching and all the reading of scripture , and all the ranting and ravings of men about the heaven that is to come, of their prophet being the truest ....never brought them any closer to God or heaven . There is only one way for that , and it is never easy . I'm afraid God must be very immune to all this dogma but reveals himself only to those who put their own selves in order ...and yes , the most important thing in finding "Truth" is to have the right teachers . And they are out there ...but the world is changing and Islam , Judaism , and Christianity are all being challenged by the rapidity of change and the loss of relevence of the myths, rituals and stories ....the words of these ancient prophets so confused and too outdated . There will be new myths created . The young of the world will bring about the change and see: "All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom." the best will be saved and the rest discarded Albert Einstein also once said : "The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism...." They couldn't erase the teachings of Buddha with explosives or war or terrorism . Funny after all these centuries , Islam still doesn't get it ... Christianity doesn't get it , Judaism doesn't get it. Soon though ... regards (and namaste) Mars