If one will get into this, it may be best to take up basic archaeology at the very least. It's practically impossible to form logical opinions or conclusions without the ability to read scientific data, and I'm the first to confess to such lacking
Mel ________________________________ From: William Rintala <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 6 August 2012 3:29 AM Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Chan and zen The flood may actually have happened. Several of the cultures around the Mediteranean talk of it. Think Gilgamesh and the disappearance of Atlantis. It's hypothesized that the the explosion of the island of Santorini. The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), occurred some 3600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of metres deep and may have led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. The theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.[3] Bill (not Bill!) Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: mike brown <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, August 3, 2012 8:16:35 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Chan and zen Bill!, That's an interesting idea. It sounds like something Joesph Campbell would say. Maybe our splitting from God represents the beginning of dualism and the desire for the search back to the One again? Interesting. Just as I'm sure people were awakened to Buddha Nature before Guatama, so to many of the stories in the Bible predate the first writing of the first scrolls. The Flood springs to mind. Still doesn't make the stories true tho. Mike ________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2012, 2:01 Subject: [Zen] Re: Chan and zen Mike, I believe the story in the Bible of the 'Garden of Eden' is a mythologized description of what mankind's life was like before he became too dependent upon and attached to his rational mind (dualism - Knowledge of Good and Evil). Before that he lived at one with God - in the Garden of Eden. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > Merle, > > It's a nice sentiment to try to do that, isn't it? I guess the problem is is > that we collect too much dust in our eyes as we acquire more of what the > world teaches us. I do have a vague memory/feeling tho, of playing in my > parent's garden and it being what the Garden of Eden must be like. I would've > been less surprised to come across the Cheshire Cat than I would if I'd come > across the tabby next door. > > Mike > > >
