Greetings, all: I always love when such a topic comes up; it reminds me of pre-Nazi Germany.
"Fear not. What is not real, never was and never shall be. What is real, always was, and cannot be destroyed." - Bhagavad Gita ------------------- from a commentary On the Course of Miracles: It is not hard to see how we try to belittle our brother when we attack him. It is much more difficult to see how we are doing the same thing when we elevate a person to idol status thereby reducing the importance of all our other brothers . Idols come in many forms: they could also be material objects, sickness or other sought after experiences 'good' or 'bad'. When we believe in idols we are teaching fear not love... ... It is to these idols we worship and seek to find our salvation... "There never was a time an idol brought You anything except the gift of guilt. Not one was bought except at cost of pain, Nor was it ever paid by you alone." - Course in Miracles ---------------------------------------------- Therefore, when the great Way was forsaken, there was humaness and righteousness When cunning and wit appeared, there was great falsity; When the six family relationships lacked harmony there were filial piety and parental kindness When the state and royal house were in disarry there were upright ministers. ... Who is puffed up cannot stand, Who is self-absorbed has no distinction Who is self-revealing does not shine Who is self-assertive has no merit, Who is self-praising does not last long As for the Way, we may say these are "excess provisions and extra baggage." Creation abhors such extravagances. Therefore, One who aspires to the Way, does not abide in them. - Chinese Tao Te Ching ------------------------------------------------ I could go on representing the world's spiritual knowlegebase concerning such subjects, as this point is not about any particular religious or atheistic, naturalistic, or scientific idealogy. Suffice it to say that the ignorant often discover something that has been self-evident for thousands of years, form a new attribution to it, and work heartily to profit off of it. Luckily, cyclic as nature is, it is eventually, self-corrective. As a recovering "indigo child" ( much like a recovering alcoholic ), when in the world, when meeting those of more... new age disposition who still occassionally ask or comment about the matter, my favorite response is: "Have you ever heard of the Faustian interpretation of Mephistophiles?" - Jason --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 / Virus Database: 393 - Release Date: 03/06/2004 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
