Hi Tim, In response to your post below, I think it is very appropriate to bring Hindu or Buddhist analogies into the discussion. There was something about Zen in the first book. Karma can be seen in a variety of ways, I think, but you are pointing to that which seeks balance. It can also be considered to arise from previous existences. This notion has its value as well. Whether such a concept is right or wrong is not for me to say, it is what one does with it that matters. In witchcraft, there is the rule of three. That is, if you do something good it is returned threefold, and of course just the opposite is true. This can also be seen as a kind of Karma. If we really believed in such a thing, I believe that we would do our best to be kind and generous. If metaphysics is meant to provide (or arise from) a positive force, then it should promote values.
Now, there are some aspects of witchcraft that I think are fascinating and real. I do not easily dismiss anything until I have given it a chance through study. Even then, I hesitate to push it aside because everything is somehow linked. Breaking the chain leaves two loose ends. I know this will not stand well with the rational empiricists, but could be explained as something they have not experienced yet, and therefore have no say in the matter. To deny what one cannot experience is simply self-centered and small. Mark On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > another quick one, > Tim > > > > > > To respond the Tim, the purpose of religion is to deal with the unknown. > > It > > is no different from any metaphysics in that way. Some ways deal better > > than others, but that is up to the individual. > > > > Cheers, > > Mark > > > Just a moment ago you compared metaphysics to religion too, in your > response to dmb. I like this comparison a lot. I would just point out > that when you say "some ways deal better than others", I rather used the > term karmic dump, as per RMP. RMP suggested, I think, that it is teh > difference between taking in karmic garbage and holding onto it, or > releasing it in a karmic dump that is his standard of morality - in the > 'highest'. > > Tim > -- > > [email protected] > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service > > 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
