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Pastimes : Metaphysics and Spiritual Practices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crocodile who wrote (189)	11/19/1997 1:44:00 AM
From: Harmattan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 650

Lady Croc, >>sort of that good and evil thing<< we aren't allowed to talk about that yet. we are only on lesson one of ACIM. or have you been peeking in the textbook? speaking of which i was going to add to my post on lesson one: nothing i see means anything. therefore, the leperous, one legged starving child in front of me is meaningless. or, that man that is pointing that gun at my head is meaningless. personally i would tend to find him quite meaningful. it will be interesting to see how ACIM deals with suffering and "evil". ghunk

To: Crocodile who wrote (189)	11/19/1997 5:04:00 PM
From: Harmattan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 650

well Croc, shall we continue with Tomato's latest? >>>Lesson #12 I am upset because I see a meaningless world"<<< Unadulterated hogwash. Even if one allows the presumptive a priori premise of I for the sake of discussion, to assume meaninglessness is to commit the same logical error as to assume meaning. Each is an assumption with no more weight than the other. Our law of non-contradiction is a law with pragmatic value. It forces an either/or stance. This is useful for conducting our practical affairs (ie. building a bridge or performing an operation). But in the world of metaphysical principle one cannot afford the luxury of picking and choosing ones truth. Truth by definition is One, Unicity, or a Unity. Where is there meaning, and equally, where is there meaninglessness? The greatest of Vedantic statements, Thou Art That, means identity with what is. Without preconception. In the Koran one of the names of God is "Reality". The path to enlightenment lies between meaning and meaninglessness. ghunk