Arlo / Michael, all,
> [Michael] > I'm reacting that if you want this mystical esotericism, theism (g*d) > is necessarily going to be part of it. > > [Arlo] > Ah, well then this is the root of our disagreement. And I'd say its > one of the pernicious fallacies arising out of mainstream Occidental > religion. Rather than seeing "God" as one face painted on the mural > of the Mythos, it tries to move "God" back and conflate the image > with the Void. > mel: Through much, maybe most, of man's history we have lived in a garden of wild gods. Awe striking figures that emerge and in the pervasive way of social theorems they remain a part of the weft of the traditional cloth we wrap our children in. Yet from the other direction, the human practice of acting upon cause to create effect, the invocation of the god-pattern as a conjuring 'Swiss-army knife' individuals stands in their own relationship. Throughout much of the territory that a geographer would color as Buddhist for the key of the map labeled 'Faith' it is common practice for the individual to overlay Buddha with the god-pattern. It is the habit of people to pray to him in a way that were he present would occasion another lecture on the difference between enlightenment and faith that in his life showed his intent. It seems not an Occidental accident, but a human attempt to manipulate what is beyond our reach that instantiated the god-pattern. thanks--mel Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
