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Re: Dave SB101, I live in Maryland, USA ... since Feb 2005! My daughters' m
I am in New York State. But I am planning to move to Indonesia to teach. Once I get through....I'm gone!
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Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 9:20 PM
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Dave SB101, I live in Maryland, USA ... since Feb 2005! My daughters' mom
was too afraid to settle there in 1996 after I graduated from USA and worked for the Mandela govt. So...are u close to Maryland?
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ILLUMINATI8
on November 2, 2007 at 9:05 PM
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Re: I was afraid U'd say Hinduism has perfect Vedas.I like yr message to fi
Hinduism is full of crap too. I will visit that story soon. Where should I visit you...in SA? That place is now so bad! Don't have the dinero anyway!
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Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 9:03 PM
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I was afraid U'd say Hinduism has perfect Vedas.I like yr message to fight
...always be ready to fight like an Arjuna, a Christ, a Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), a ML KING and Gandhi. No matter how illusive the illusion...we must fight to show we are human and humane. Peace...if U enjoy cats, come visit me soon, shalom/Namasthe
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ILLUMINATI8
on November 2, 2007 at 8:29 PM
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A and B
Very true! My teachings/suggestions have been to up our capabilities to the point where one person can write the BLUEPRINTS of Earths unfoldment. Purity of the highest order can do that. In this way, a return to normal righteous living is possible. The present script has to be amended!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 7:43 PM
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We deal with evil in our own capacities.
posted by
A-and-B
on November 2, 2007 at 7:17 PM
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Enigmatic
Like one of those Japanese dolls! I think so. Edgar Allan Poe was a great man!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:57 PM
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Eyeshave........
Thanks! Lots of illusions around. Hope I can point some of them out without charges of being cynical.
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:56 PM
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richinstore
Thanks Guy!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:54 PM
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Re: Good writing, making difficult concepts clear.
Thanks Antonio. I feel I must say certain things....and I do!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:53 PM
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riri....
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:52 PM
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Kahae
Can one battle without incurring further karmic debts? That is an excellent question. In the Bhagavad Gita, the war that was espoused was two-fold...the inner and the outer. The inner war was fought against the tyranny of the not-self, to establish the Soul as the BOSS within. All the prescriptions against attachments etc were aimed at trammeling that ego or not-self. The outer war was being fought against the forces of evil(the Kauravas) and Krishna advised that he (Krishna) had already 'killed' them ie written their doom. Arjuna was advised to do the acts of battle without a view to the outcomes..... as if Arjuna was an instrument. So it is that in our lives we are called to serve DHARMA (not religious calling) but purpose!Having discovered purpose we live it. This dharma is not allied to any religious school but to our own individual unfoldment. Be an instrument of God! He chooses you and you don't know you are until you scale the heights of spirituality. The sought and the seeker meets halfway. The atman is supposed to be in all of us. This is not true. Hinduism speaks of rakhshasas, yakshas and various denizens of the dark side in human bodies. Until one can get to that consciousness, one must keep plodding on with the one that you have. Krishna was the GUIDE for the Pandavas while being a messenger between the warring tribes. Yet it was he who secured victory for the Pandavas, because of the protection he afforded. Arjuna (you or me) could have been killed, but his presence on the chariot (our bodies) saved the day! Hope I did justice to your questions!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:47 PM
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Afzal
Thanks!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:26 PM
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Kayzzaman
Your input is always welcome. Hope you settle your personal situations and come back! Thanks!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on November 2, 2007 at 6:26 PM
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S B
One of my favorite quotes from E.A. Poe - "Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?"
posted by
Enigmatic68
on November 2, 2007 at 5:34 PM
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SB
It is so, the true way of life has long been clouded by illusions, and like you said we merely watch, watch and watch. Good post.
Bless
Regards
posted by
UncharteredSoul
on November 2, 2007 at 9:05 AM
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soul
this is interesting. Thanks for sharing.
posted by
richinstore
on November 2, 2007 at 6:39 AM
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Good writing, making difficult concepts clear.
And no-one can doubt your acuteness of observation about today's world!
posted by
Antonionioni
on November 2, 2007 at 5:02 AM
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posted by
riri0322
on November 2, 2007 at 3:12 AM
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Soul
As always, your writings are very thought provoking. I don't have your knowledge of the Hindu scriptures and I guess what little I do know is rather lopsided because it is based on the Advaita or non-dualist approach, where all beings ultimately are Atman, indivisible from Param Atman, so I've tended to interpret what I came across from that particular perspective, whereas clearly Hinduism is much broader in its scope. I'd be interested in what you think about
dharma. It's a concept I find hard to translate into practical terms, and the fact that it seems to mean something slightly different to a Buddhist than to a Hindu makes it more confusing. I read an English translation of the Gita many years ago and my memory of Arjuna's moral quandary the night before battle is that the next morning he will be facing foes who are also, in some cases, members of his own blood. Can he really fight under such circumstances, or should he abandon the field of battle? From my recollection, Lord Krishna advises him that he must fight nevertheless,
because as a member of the warrior caste it is his dharma. There then follows (?) that amazing speech of Lord Krishna's in which (I have to paraphrase very heavily here because I don't remember the exact words) he identifies himself with the entire creation in both its manifest and its unmanifest form, and then says
something like "I am the saint and the sinner both, the godly man as well as the liar and the cheat." This makes sense if one sees
all as representatives of Atman, but not otherwise. (?) I have understood the Gita not as saying that
all spiritual seekers must battle for whatever principle seems right to them, but rather that for those whose
dharma it is to be a warrior, it is necessary to fight - while remembering always that those they fight are also (as Atman) themSelves. You are very clearly a spiritual warrior. So was Mahatma Gandhi, even though he chose to battle injustice by means of non-violence. My question I guess is:
Can one battle without incurring further karmic debts? And if so, does this require a certain non-attachment, an imperviousness to the outcome?
posted by
KaHae
on November 2, 2007 at 2:59 AM
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posted by
afzal50
on November 2, 2007 at 12:35 AM
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This kind is enlightenment is very much required today, saul.
posted by
Kayzzaman
on November 1, 2007 at 10:51 PM
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