Joe..no i am not hassling mike...just pointing out a reality...have you read thomas merton...? catholic priest...there you will find the buddha nature too... nice you and the ex still communicate cheers merle Merle,
Aww-w, I'm sure you don't mean to hassle Mike. I agree that some folks can find something alive in Xianity, but Xianity is a REVEALED tradition, a tradition by the BOOK. A tradition in a BOX! Granted, some folks can meditate or contemplate within Her, but they put themselves at risk vis-a-vis the Powers of the Church, doing so. The fate of the Gnostics is still ringing in the ears of most Christian Contemplatives. Even the modern and mild "Centering-Prayer" has its powerful and vocal detractors, today. Sheesh. This is why I had to leave behind my Catholic roots and Catholic desires, and why I formally and for all time became a Buddhist, Ch'an Sect, in Feb. 1979 in New York City. I had the help of Jesuits at Columbia. It was no arbitrary switch-er-oo. And again and again confirmed and re-affirmed. I think I take (re-take) the Precepts every decade. Just as I re-affirm vows of Divorce with my ex-. "Make an honest woman of me," she said, "DIVORCE me!" ;-) We're still civil with each other; funny. --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > mike..meaning what?...do not be so quick to judge..there are christians and > christians...just as there are buddhists and buddhists.. > . not all folk who meditate and sit cross legged for hours waiting for the > "light" they too are not the "perfecto"..you are so desiring to be
