Rewisk,
I've often also used the mythology of 'eating of the fruit of the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil' as a metaphor for the rise of the discriminting
mind and self which tends to obscure Buddha Nature (which I refer to as Just
THIS!)
...Bill!
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "rewrisk" <rewrisk@...> wrote:
>
> I have followed the teachings of Yahshua bar Yoseph but I am no christian.
> Christmas Humphries described Zen as if it were the essence of Buddhism. I do
> not agree with the Buddha's conclusions but have found much of the budhist
> way to be beneficial to my search for truth.
>
> It seems to me that when people were making up God's to personify the forces
> of nature that they felt were important someone realised that it was creative
> endeavour that was paramount. Therefore the only true God could be the
> Creator. And if the conscious control of our evolution is viewed as the
> highest goal, then the conscious creation of life, the Creator of life is the
> most high.
>
> Much of biblical scripture is simple ruse.
> Like Zen Koan they are meant to focus the mind on the fact.
>
> Man is made to be like god = Creative endeavour is the evolutionary directive.
>
> The son of man is god = A creator being, a being that exists by creative
> endeavour will evolve from man.
>
> If you eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you will
> surely die = a creature that see's beyond it's instincts will misuse the
> power that comes from such knowedge acting instinctively.
>
> Prepare yea the way for the coming of the Lord = Transition from
> instinctively driven animal to autonomous creator.
>
> According to Hollywood we will be cloning races of slaves to do our labour
> for us but the world is overflowing with people to do labour.
> What people need is leadership.
> Leadership that can be trusted.
> No person driven by instinct can be trusted.
> A person devoid of instinct will still be selfish, but they wont fight
> without cause, take more than they need, or discriminate atrbitrarily.
>
> Could such a person be trusted?
> Are social skills really unselfish or a smarter way of being selfish?
>
> Creative endeavour has markedly improved the lives of people.
> From the first rudimentry tools this was so.
> The creator was our saviour.
> Today some people blame science for problems that they see.
> Clearly it is misuse of knowledge by ignorant people that is the problem.
>
> Can creative endeavour save us from ourselves.
> Can a Creator save us.
>
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