DArrick Evenson
Kudos to the many authors who brought some of this stuff out over long
periods of time, accross many cultures and through the deeper parts fo ALL
major religions...
"AL Radzik" <al_r...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You don't really think that paul, darwin or harji knew that!??
> It was plagiarized.
> Kudos to the true author.
>
> Alf
Darrick
AL Radzik <al_r...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<28193$405a3227$18e1a310$29...@allthenewsgroups.com>...
> You don't really think that paul, darwin or harji knew that!??
> It was plagiarized.
> Kudos to the true author.
>
> Alf
>
> Darrick Evenson wrote:
>
Alf
> Paul only knew it...
"Only"? Do you believe he had no inner experiences of his own, studied
only with Kirpal, and read no other books?<G>
>...because this is what Kirpal Singh taught him. Did
> Kirpal "know" it other than this was what "he" was taught by "his"
> master? I don't know. Probably yes.
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> Paulo just cut and pasted everything and called it his own.
Poor Alfie. There are others like him though, that can't see that 2% is
not equal to "everything". Not to mention that Paul used a manual
typewriter and never "called" the 2% his...
Plagiarism is irrelevant.
Truth is not found in a book.
A;f
Alf
Plagiarism only matters to those who don't study religions, but rather
grade papers for a living. <sigh> As to truth found in books.... true,
it is alluded to in books, but is ONLY PRACTICED IN THE HEART! So one
can lead to the other, but is not mutually exclusive to each other.
> Why Twitchell himself penned the Introduction to his own book, The Far
> Country, and deemed it a matchless piece of spiritual literature. I
> would say he was trying to get some readership, don't you?
So what's your opinion on ford johnson penning his own fabulous first
book review? Hmmm? Just curious, as you raised this issue so perhaps it
is of concern to you?
Sorry, Sri Ken, but Sri Alf is right. The premise that truth is not
found in books is a crock. Books are like the pipes that carry water
from the source to our kitchen water taps. The books are what the
trees or whatever the fiber is from, manifested via human invention.
Next, one might say that truth is not found in electricity either.
Well, sure it is. The creator made electricity, and mankind learned
how to harness that energy so that we can express truth - whatever the
hell that means to anybody - via machines. And how is this knowledge
passed on? By books, made from what? Trees, usually.
I understand your argument, Ken, but it's simply not realistic in the
physical realms.
Like God, Truth is everywhere and nowhere. These arguments are really
about evolution and bodies made from cells, be they plant cells, flesh
cells, or any other. They have nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
It's a paradox that serves only to keep the mind chewing away at
things.
Well, I guess we could always go back to the stone-age.
Heck, I think that's what I'll do...go back to the stone-age, where
mineral is mineral and air is air. No bloody way! My physical body
isn't quite dead yet. I love books! That's the real truth, for books
are truth just as are the trees from which they're made of.
Truth is everywhere and in everything, but very elusive as soon as the
mind starts chomping away it.
Am I right? Quite frankly, I don't give a damn. I've never been able
to pulverize rocks into powder by thought alone and I don't believe
anybody has either.
Soul is like pure air. It's invisible and has no colour. On the inner,
I typically see IT/GOD as white or blue.
When I was in my teens I often asked my cousins questions such as:
What's the colour of Wednesday? What's the colour of July? What's the
colour of Chord C? What the colour of Rachel? What's the color of
Paul? Does a new year start in the east and progress towards the west?
Where does a day start - from the top or the bottom?
They asked: "Why the heck are you asking these questions for?"
"I dunno," I said. "I just think about such abstract things, for I
think that's how God thinks."
Anyway, enough abstract thoughts for the day. I'm gonna make me a
vegemite / sauerkraut/ham sandwich and try not to think about it too
much.
Love
Sam
A;f
> AL Radzik wrote:
>
> I have no interest in Johnson's book. I get all my info right here.
>
> Alf
Well yes, truth can be found in trees. While they are alive at
any rate ;-)
I suppose that what I was trying to say is that truth transcends
the words one can find written in books. Words can hint at
the overarching reality, but what is written cannot even begin
to contain the All of It.
Hopefully I won't stretch this metaphor past it's breaking point,
but I see books as carriers of words, and words as carriers of
ideas. Now some ideas can certainly be true but no idea no
matter how noble, is truth in it's entirety.
Another example ...
Pipes can carry water, and everyone enjoys and needs water,
but what is it about water that we find so valuable?
Well obviously, it's because water is what makes life on this
world possible. We couldn't be here without it.
This doesn't mean however that pipes, although they may
assist us in getting the water we need to live, actually carry the
life that the water makes possible.
Likewise truth, which is like life, can't really be found contained
in the words written on pages in a book. Those words can and
do however hint at where this truth is at, and make the passing
of truth from one person to another possible.
I believe the distinction is an important one.
>
> I understand your argument, Ken, but it's simply not realistic in the
> physical realms.
> Like God, Truth is everywhere and nowhere. These arguments are really
> about evolution and bodies made from cells, be they plant cells, flesh
> cells, or any other. They have nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
> It's a paradox that serves only to keep the mind chewing away at
> things.
>
> Well, I guess we could always go back to the stone-age.
>
> Heck, I think that's what I'll do...go back to the stone-age, where
> mineral is mineral and air is air. No bloody way! My physical body
> isn't quite dead yet. I love books! That's the real truth, for books
> are truth just as are the trees from which they're made of.
>
> Truth is everywhere and in everything, but very elusive as soon as the
> mind starts chomping away it.
>
> Am I right? Quite frankly, I don't give a damn. I've never been able
> to pulverize rocks into powder by thought alone and I don't believe
> anybody has either.
>
> Soul is like pure air. It's invisible and has no colour. On the inner,
> I typically see IT/GOD as white or blue.
"The color of Soul is Love".
That's a lyric I came across a few years ago that I realy like.
>
> When I was in my teens I often asked my cousins questions such as:
> What's the colour of Wednesday? What's the colour of July? What's the
> colour of Chord C? What the colour of Rachel? What's the color of
> Paul? Does a new year start in the east and progress towards the west?
> Where does a day start - from the top or the bottom?
>
> They asked: "Why the heck are you asking these questions for?"
> "I dunno," I said. "I just think about such abstract things, for I
> think that's how God thinks."
>
> Anyway, enough abstract thoughts for the day. I'm gonna make me a
> vegemite / sauerkraut/ham sandwich and try not to think about it too
> much.
That's good advice, Sam :-)
Well yes, truth can be found in trees. While they are alive at
any rate ;-)
I suppose that what I was trying to say is that truth transcends
the words one can find written in books. Words can hint at
the overarching reality, but what is written cannot even begin
to contain the All of It.
Hopefully I won't stretch this metaphor past it's breaking point,
but I see books as carriers of words, and words as carriers of
ideas. Now some ideas can certainly be true but no idea no
matter how noble, is truth in it's entirety.
Another example ...
Pipes can carry water, and everyone enjoys and needs water,
but what is it about water that we find so valuable?
Well obviously, it's because water is what makes life on this
world possible. We couldn't be here without it.
This doesn't mean however that pipes, although they may
assist us in getting the water we need to live, actually carry the
life that the water makes possible.
Likewise truth, which is like life, can't really be found contained
in the words written on pages in a book. Those words can and
do however hint at where this truth is at, and make the passing
of truth from one person to another possible.
I believe the distinction is an important one.
>
> I understand your argument, Ken, but it's simply not realistic in the
> physical realms.
> Like God, Truth is everywhere and nowhere. These arguments are really
> about evolution and bodies made from cells, be they plant cells, flesh
> cells, or any other. They have nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
> It's a paradox that serves only to keep the mind chewing away at
> things.
>
> Well, I guess we could always go back to the stone-age.
>
> Heck, I think that's what I'll do...go back to the stone-age, where
> mineral is mineral and air is air. No bloody way! My physical body
> isn't quite dead yet. I love books! That's the real truth, for books
> are truth just as are the trees from which they're made of.
>
> Truth is everywhere and in everything, but very elusive as soon as the
> mind starts chomping away it.
>
> Am I right? Quite frankly, I don't give a damn. I've never been able
> to pulverize rocks into powder by thought alone and I don't believe
> anybody has either.
>
> Soul is like pure air. It's invisible and has no colour. On the inner,
> I typically see IT/GOD as white or blue.
"The color of Soul is Love".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Oh, so that's why these Light & Sound Masters sue each other!
Well, I'll be a monkey's ding dong!
End of story
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
That's a lyric I came across a few years ago that I realy like.
>
> When I was in my teens I often asked my cousins questions such as:
> What's the colour of Wednesday? What's the colour of July? What's the
> colour of Chord C? What the colour of Rachel? What's the color of
> Paul? Does a new year start in the east and progress towards the west?
> Where does a day start - from the top or the bottom?
>
> They asked: "Why the heck are you asking these questions for?"
> "I dunno," I said. "I just think about such abstract things, for I
> think that's how God thinks."
>
> Anyway, enough abstract thoughts for the day. I'm gonna make me a
> vegemite / sauerkraut/ham sandwich and try not to think about it too
> much.
PIPE DOWN you young whipper snipper!!
"Ken" <kah...@attachments.att.net> wrote in message
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Hey, I haven't snipped any whips in years, if ever.
Innocent! I'm innocent I say!!!
(Looking around expectantly for Saji's mob ...)
Well, if that's what does it for you, enjoy!