Scissors, Allan, I'm more into scissors. *Cheers :)*
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 8:57 AM, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yeah Gabby could I interest you in a Damascus blade Japanese sword?? > If so which length would you be desiring? > > Oh yeah they are hand forged.. (",) > Allan > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:23 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pat, do me a very big favour, please, and don't forget to hear what Binah >> is saying also. There have been so many bad examples of imposed >> post-colonial mindsets at work here, that your detachment from the profane >> comes in as a bliss. Mind the Native American spirituality. Thanks. >> >> Welcome Binah! :) I'll try my best to protect you from the sharks here. ;) >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Pat <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 10, 9:00 pm, Binah Hochma <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Thank you all for the many welcomes. I have been gone for the week and >>> see >>> > I have a lot of reading to do. >>> > Pat, I will have many Q's for you. I have only been looking at >>> Kabbalah for >>> > three or four years now. It is a many faceted philosophy and I have >>> found so >>> > many different opinions, it is difficult to understand some of the >>> > teachings. But I find that this is true for everything. >>> > >>> > Most of my friends would consider me a Christian (as long as I keep all >>> > those disputable matters between me and G-d) but am no longer involved >>> in >>> > what would be considered "traditional church". I have study some >>> eastern >>> > spirituality and Kabbalah, but mostly Native American spirituality. >>> > I am looking forward to learning from all of you. The first thing I >>> really >>> > need to know is the most efficient way to use this site. I have all >>> your >>> > post coming up in my email, which is fine. I hit "reply to all" at >>> the >>> > bottom of the last post, which was Pat's. Will it show up at the >>> bottom of >>> > the list? I guess I will see after I hit send. Maybe it would be >>> easier to >>> > just go to the group site instead of using my email??? >>> > Binah >>> > >>> >>> It DID show up at the bottom of the list, but I suspect that was >>> because you replied to me, and my response was, prior to yours, at the >>> bottom. But, yours is also indented under mine to show that it was in >>> direct response. I come in through 'Google Groups' and just Google's >>> format for displaying the messages. It's really a matter of personal >>> taste ultimately. >>> >>> As far as any questions go, fire away; I'll do my best. >>> >>> I noticed you left the 'o' out of God (unusual for a Christian), which >>> is a Jewish tradition--note that I'm only noting it, not criticising >>> it. I'll do it if I know I'm conversing with Jews out of respect but, >>> for the most part, I write the word with all the letters. There's >>> nothing in the Torah forbidding the use of ANY English term for the >>> Supreme Being anyway (or, in fact, any reference to English at >>> all...if there were, you'd KNOW it was an anachronism), so the usage >>> of the word, in full, does NOT break any of the 613 comandments in the >>> Torah anyway. It's purely done, as you know, out of respect FOR the >>> Supreme Being and a sincere effort to try to not use the name in >>> vain. >>> >>> Just as an example of a known anachronism in the Torah, there's the >>> comment in Genesis that says that Abraham was from "Ur, of the >>> Chaldees". Abraham lived, according to the text of Genesis, in the >>> early part of the second millenium BCE (i.e., 2999 BCE through >>> 2500BCE), yet the Chaldeans weren't in control of 'Ur' until the sixth >>> century BCE--a difference of, at least, 1900 years. It becomes >>> obvious from that point that Genesis was 'redacted' DURING or AFTER >>> the Chaldeans were in Ur. In other words, the words 'of the Chaldees' >>> could NOT have been an original part of of the 'revealed Torah' as the >>> term is a huge anachronism. >>> >>> If you've been looking at Kabbalah for 3-4 years, you've probably >>> already discovered that the Tree of Life is a great methodolgy for >>> categorising information. If I'm correct, it's also a schematic for >>> how the universe's various dimensions relate to one another. Each >>> sephira is a dimension and the paths are the ways in which those >>> dimensions communicate. >>> >>> Anyway, I'm all ears when it comes to your questions. I look forward >>> to hearing them!! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Pat <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > On Mar 2, 5:40 pm, Binah Hochma <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > > I just thought I would say hi. I joined the group a couple of day >>> ago >>> > > and >>> > > > am still reading over the latest post. Some interesting thoughts on >>> the >>> > > > existence of God and the soul. >>> > > > I am new to the whole internet community thing and don't spend a >>> lot of >>> > > time >>> > > > on the computer so bare with me. >>> > > > To the Moderators, thanks for creating a safe place to exchange >>> thoughts >>> > > and >>> > > > ideas and to encourage each other to grow spiritually. >>> > > > Binah >>> > >>> > > Great Name..Binah Hochma!! I'll translate it for the others...it's >>> > > Hebrew for 'Understanding Wisdom'. Obviously, you have a background >>> > > in either Judaism, Hebrew itself or, most likely, the Kabbalah, as >>> the >>> > > two words are Sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Welcome aboard. I've >>> > > been studying Kabbalah for around 35 years, now; thus your name came >>> > > screaming out at me. Anyway, welcome aboard!!- Hide quoted text - >>> > >>> > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> >> > > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, > >
