Greetings,
Cheers David,
Second best laugh in a year. Reading a couple of books by Khrisnamurti does not make
one a mystic.
David, firstly I'm not American so don't give a damn if your education system is
inadequate and
secondly I teach philosophy, ethics and divinity here in England - including three
forms of
Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam (I love Sufi mysticism) and Christianity (St
Francis is probably
the greatest Christian mystic). I've been to Assisi and stayed with the brothers
there, I've stayed
on Iona where my sister was musician in residence and I've even been to Turkey and
conducted
research upon the use of music in Sufism, (all of these people I found fascinating and
sincere) so
you will not be surprised that I don't take your point about being confused, hostile
and
ill-educated very seriously. In fact I think your desperate attempts to insult rather
than argue are
very sad.
One of the greatest mystics of all time, Attar of Nishapur, said: " The true lover
finds the light
only if, like the candle, he is his own fuel, consuming himself." Consume yourself
David, not some
mystical new age clap-trap.
Just one question is needed to clear the air of all your fog. What makes your version
of mysticism
any better than that of anyone else, especially those you condemn as false? Answers of
"I just know
it because I'm right," or the equally silly, "I just understand what it means." will
be immediately
consigned to the rubbish bin as arrogant self-centred and completely without
foundation.
Struan
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