--- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *********** > > Beyond what we see usually as "sin" (and Iowa's economy is certainly > substantially based on cruel exploitation of animals -- even the corn > grown there is for animals who will be slaughtered) is the notion that > the greatest sin is failure to evolve, failure to live up to the > potential of sat chit ananda which is the capacity of the human life. > When Jesus approached a fig tree, he found it barren, which caused him > to curse the tree, and it withered away: > > Matthew 21:17-22 > > 17. And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he > lodged there. 18. Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he > hungered. 19. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and > found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit > grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered > away. > > > Human beings have the possibility of living a life of unlimited > happiness and intelligence, but like the fig tree that produces no > fruit, the great majority of people live a life that produces no > happiness for themselves or anybody else, which is contrary to the > spirit of creation, which is for the expansion of happiness. The > universe is just not wired to let people live ignorant and miserable > lives -- nature will always reject unhappy people and encourage people > (by the carrot of happiness for right behavior and the stick of > suffering by wrong behavior) to seek the unlimited awareness and > happiness that can only be found within. This guidance of nature is the > ultimate kindness, because the worst thing that can happen to a human is > to not enjoy his birthright of sat chit ananda. > > Jesus: "...to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one > who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away" > > http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19:11-27 > <http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19:11-27>
------------------- "But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat. 'We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be, said the Cat - or you wouldn't have come here." ---------------------- >
