--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regarding 'miracles', whenever I hear that word, I think of more > technologically primitive tribes, or children, looking at objects > that we see as commonplace; TVs, airplanes, cellphones, etc. and > declaring them as miraculous. Similarly, the 'miracles' of a Guru > Dev or a Christ or a Buddha. Just depends on where we are sitting, > doesn't it?
And on the *value* that we assign to those who can perform miracles. If we consider them somehow linked to what's important -- enlightenment -- then it's possible to make a mental link. "This guy/gal can do miracles; therefore he/she is enlightened; therefore I should do whatever he/she says." Fortunately, since I've seen a *lot* of miracles in my life, I never made that association. Miracles are just miracles; in my opinion they indicate absolutely *nothing* about the miracle-worker's state of con- sciousness or ability to help one realize enlighen- ment. Therefore they're just entertainment. But *as* entertainment, they can be really smokin'... :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
