Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Honest answers (was comments on Gable's editorial)

[Llundrub]

A valid point.  I spent the day yesterday with a priest friend who was showing me around the parts of the Palais des Papes in Avignon that the tourists can't get to.  This involved the secret passages that the Popes used to get to their mistresses' rooms and down to the torture chambers, where they gleefully joined in.  So logging on to FFL just after that and hearing more stories of the TM Inquisition in action did push a few already-pushed buttons. Unc ----Gotcha.   That's sweet.   The idea that the TMO couldn't evolve into the same self satisfied and self righteous institution as the Church is bogus because TMO is already many millions of light years ahead in terms of numbers and basic influence than Jesus was during his life. There is no certainty, but there is a possibility that the TMO could overtake the Church for numbers and influence someday. This is why I find TMO so fascinating.  It's like I've seen all this before so many times now. Shankara was no different.   That all said, the real institution of religion is in the heart.  Buildings all be damned. Give that shit to the poor and hurt. A real religion would tear its own breast out and actively seek to immolate itself in charity. Especially if it's advaita.   Of course the argument goes that the real way to help is to uncover the eternal bliss of pure consciousness, not to merely feed the bellies of the needy. But then as the Catholic Church points out, the system does become merely spiritual autoeroticism. A balance is needed. People need to uncover their bliss so that they can give to others.    If paradox didn't lie at the very heart of the system then it wouldn't be life-like.  Because life is a paradox in every possible way.  It's really beautiful.          To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.