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>> "Tom"
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>>>> "Tom"
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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)
>>>
>>> The Urantia Book???
>>
>> Yup.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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 ?
If so, then i agree, but enjoying idiocy is an art in itself.
Enjoy the beauty of it, it's about living a tale, all this invocation
business.
(yup, just reading a book is an invocation of sorts)
>> I would like to know if you (or anyone else brave enough) know if Rowe
>> mentioned the Urantia book somewhere.
>> (cos i find his tale suspiciously similar)
>
> I have seen no such mention. However, it is not uncommon for grimoires to
> make elaborate lists of "spirits" so any other book that includes a long
> list of "spirits" may seem similar to you, if you keep your focus fuzzy
> enough.
You have not read the Urantia book, have you ?
>>>> 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)
>>>
>>> If you're highly suggestive...
>>
>> Heh, that is what magick is all about, right ?
>> Convincing yourself of stuff, by placing yourself in a higly suggestive
>> state of mind.
>
> It's a technique, not an end in itself.
Ofcourse.
>> Being able to do this at will is magick.
>
> Shoving your head up your ass at will is also magick, but it's not going
> to help you much.
'Knowing' you can might.
>> The question is :"what does your nature impel you to do ?"
>
> What behavior are you going to excuse as having been "impelled" by your
> "nature"?
Excuses, lol.
This is more in the category of looking back on what happened.
>> My nature impels me to bring forth change and leave no mark.
>
> That's the tall tale you're currently telling yourself.
Perhaps.
Maybe the tale will even change, who knows, it is the enjoying the ride that
is nice.
>> What is yours, tom ?
>
> I don't tell myself tall tales about my "nature" any more.
How lazy of you.
Or dull maybe ;)
>>>> Is Venus our next stop in our journey to home ?
>>>
>>> That depends on where you are now.
>>
>> Earth ?
>> Here ?
>> Having come in from a meteor from outside this solar system, hiding ?
>>
>> Take your pick.
>
> Then take your pick about what your "next stop" is going to be and don't
> pretend you know jack shit about anybody else.
Heh.
Knowledge, tsk tsk, you are using foolish games that we played before a
bunch of times.
I like the phrase :"there seems to be thought" as the best approximation of
'knowledge'.
