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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Solon who wrote (14779)2/7/2003 9:38:56 AM
From: James Calladine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
A fast response to the points you raise.

I do NOT revere Percival or the the book THINKING AND DESTINY but I did recommend it to you because you were interested in some of the subject matter it covers.

Relative to any comments I make or have made relative to Adi Da they are based on:

-- personal experience of him over 18 years
-- study of related matters over about 40 years

I am not suggesting that anybody should accept my comments as anything other than comments coming out of my own life experience and investigation.

If anybody is interested in the subject-matter I recommend they can check it out for themselves and form their own conclusions.

One element of Adi Da's teaching that I have always appreciated is that he says: "Don't believe ANYTHING I tell you. Prove the truth of what I say to yourself, however you need to do so."

That is exactly what his students do, among other things.

I mention this NOT because I feel you are a candidate, Solon, but because you might appreciate the MERIT of such an approach.

Namaste!

Jim