"The primary purpose of a dynamic mythology, which we may underscore as its properly religious function, is to awaken and maintain in the person an experience of awe, humility, and respect in recognition of that ultimate mystery that transcends every name and form, 'from which,' as we read in the Upanishads, 'words turn back.' In recent decades, theology has often concentrated on a literary exercise in the explanation of archaic texts that are made up of historically conditioned, ambiguous names, incidents, sayings, and actions, all of which are attributed to 'the ineffable.' Faith, we might say, in old-fashioned scripture or faith in the latest science belong equally at this time to those alone who as yet have no idea of how mysterious, really, is the mystery of themselves.
"Into how many of us has the weight described by the physicist Erwin Schrödinger been born that 'this life of yours that you are living is not merely a piece of the entire existence, but is, in a certain sense the WHOLE; only the whole is not so constituted that it can be surveyed in one simple glance. This . . . is what the Brahmins express in that sacred, mystic formula that is yet really so simple and so clear: Tat tvam asi, that is you.' " Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That, p. 12-13 On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 4:15:55 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Get real Tony.. > Every one is part of God.. actually your statement is very insulting to > the beliefs you claim you have. > > But you might consider to try reversing your statement to read: > Allan does God keep you in his pocket? > To that the answer is yes. > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: "'facilitator' via \"Minds Eye\"" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 9:02 PM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Einstein and the Mystics > > You keep God in your pocket Allan? > > > > On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2:37:11 PM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote: > > RP even your Hindu say there is a soul. You are saying it does not exist. > Which is right? > I know I have a soul it is not a best guess as your statements are. I know > God is real > > ... -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
