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Date: Aug 5, 2008 12:43
"mika" gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 5, 11:30 am, "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote:>
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> I have my textbooks from school like
ahhh, thanks for indulging my curiosity. I wasn't sure if you meant
textbooks or more 'generic' easy reads like "To Engineer is Human" or
some such thing. Which is a pretty good book, by the way.
http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780679734161-0
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Author: ChadeChade Date: Aug 9, 2008 11:36
On 5 Aug, 14:48, "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote:
>> On 1 Aug, 12:12, "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote:
>>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message>
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>>>>> On 28 Jul, 00:00, "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:>
>>>>>> Basic goodness leads inexorably to a sense of fearlessness.
>
>>>>> Inexorably?
> ...
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Author: BassosBassos Date: Aug 10, 2008 14:40
"Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
news:l7udnXjYTML7YBHVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@comcast.com...>I was asked to comment on Chogyam Trungpa's book "Shambhala: The Sacred
>Path of the Warrior". I am not going to do a chapter-by-chapter summary.
>I don't feel that this volume breaks enough new ground to warrant that
>close an examination. Few books on religious topics ever do.
Did you read the Urantia Book, in conjunction with the Book of Seniors ?
(rowe)
I found it quite a nice experience.
(including having to fall down on my bed because of overwhelming force,
never let anyone convince you magick has no effect, just read the book of
seniors from Ben Rowe, while having the calls ready (and chanting them),
succes guaranteed)
> That's because the essence of most religions are pretty simple.
Yup, everything going on in any of the multiverse universes is going on
right now, as a single point.
> For instance, the essence of Christianity is to love God completely and to
> love others as much as you love yourself.
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Author: TomTom Date: Aug 10, 2008 21:18
"Bassos" wrote in message
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> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:l7udnXjYTML7YBHVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@comcast.com...>>I was asked to comment on Chogyam Trungpa's book "Shambhala: The Sacred
>>Path of the Warrior". I am not going to do a chapter-by-chapter summary.
>>I don't feel that this volume breaks enough new ground to warrant that
>>close an examination. Few books on religious topics ever do.
>
> Did you read the Urantia Book, in conjunction with the Book of Seniors ?
> (rowe)
The Urantia Book??? Some of the very weirdest freaks of Christianity arise
from spin-offs of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. It started out as a
failed prophecy and has only become worse over time.
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Author: BassosBassos Date: Aug 11, 2008 15:29
"Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:l7udnXjYTML7YBHVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@comcast.com...>>>I was asked to comment on Chogyam Trungpa's book "Shambhala: The Sacred
>>>Path of the Warrior". I am not going to do a chapter-by-chapter summary.
>>>I don't feel that this volume breaks enough new ground to warrant that
>>>close an examination. Few books on religious topics ever do.
>>
>> Did you read the Urantia Book, in conjunction with the Book of Seniors ?
>> (rowe)
>
> The Urantia Book???
Yup.
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Author: TomTom Date: Aug 12, 2008 08:21
"Bassos" wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:l7udnXjYTML7YBHVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@comcast.com...>>>>I was asked to comment on Chogyam Trungpa's book "Shambhala: The Sacred
>>>>Path of the Warrior". I am not going to do a chapter-by-chapter
>>>>summary. I don't feel that this volume breaks enough new ground to
>>>>warrant that close an examination. Few books on religious topics ever
>>>>do.
>>>
>>> Did you read the Urantia Book, in conjunction with the Book of Seniors ?
>>> (rowe)
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Author: BassosBassos Date: Aug 12, 2008 09:26
"Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:l7udnXjYTML7YBHVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@comcast.com...>>>>>I was asked to comment on Chogyam Trungpa's book "Shambhala: The Sacred
>>>>>Path of the Warrior". I am not going to do a chapter-by-chapter
>>>>>summary. I don't feel that this volume breaks enough new ground to
>>>>>warrant that close an examination. Few books on religious topics ever
>>>>>do.
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Author: Executive FunctionExecutive Function Date: Aug 12, 2008 15:32
On 10 Aug, 23:40, "Bassos" wrote:
> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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> news:l7udnXjYTML7YBHVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>I was asked to comment on Chogyam Trungpa's book "Shambhala: The Sacred
>>Path of the Warrior". I am not going to do a chapter-by-chapter summary.
>>I don't feel that this volume breaks enough new ground to warrant that
>>close an examination. Few books on religious topics ever do.
>
> Did you read the Urantia Book, in conjunction with the Book of Seniors ?
> (rowe)
> I found it quite a nice experience.
> (including having to fall down on my bed because of overwhelming force,
> never let anyone convince you magick has no effect, just read the book of
> seniors from Ben Rowe, while having the calls ready (and chanting them),
> succes guaranteed)
>
>> That's because the essence of most religions are pretty simple.
> ...
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Author: TomTom Date: Aug 12, 2008 19:41
"Bassos" wrote in message
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>>> Well, i tend to overlook idiocy, and focus on stuff i find interesting.
>>
>> The idiocy you focus upon is a reflection of your own.
>
> Are you here claiming that everything is essentially idiotic ?
No, only the idiotic stuff. What I'm saying is that many of us (and you in
particular) believe some idiotic stuff and when we encounter that same
idiocy outside of ourselves, we tend not to recognize it as the idiocy it
is.
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