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POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: Sean
Date: Feb 14, 2008 22:48

I always chuckle when people approach me and say they need "a good psychic."
The idea that inner knowing is somehow the sole purvey of specialists who
call themselves psychics is ridiculous. There is no one that knows the
answers to your questions better than you. You already are your own best
psychic! So why is it that modern-day people are convinced they don't have
the ability to access their own inner truth?

This fallacy has come to us courtesy of a culture whose main emphasis for
the last three hundred years has been placed on the value of gaining
knowledge through objective rational means. After Copernicus...
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: kevirwin
Date: Feb 15, 2008 01:22

Did you get her permission to post that?

Not even gonna ask you what kind of reception you expect to get in
this forum.....oops..

K e v
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: Sean
Date: Feb 15, 2008 01:35

"kevirwin" comcast.net> wrote in message
news:736ef6d4-b2da-4cd6-968b-4462929c8a01@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Did you get her permission to post that?
>

No need, it's fair use Clause 7 ... research and education purposes.
> Not even gonna ask you what kind of reception you expect to get in
> this forum.....oops..
>
> K e v

Hehehehehe , exactly :)
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: Sean
Date: Feb 15, 2008 01:40

PS and at least it's got a lot more truth in it and more uplifting than a
cross post from alt.bible or alt.atheism :)
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: Sean
Date: Feb 15, 2008 01:42

and i never mentioned bloody Rand ... pro or con LOL

"Sean" blah.com.au> wrote in message
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> PS and at least it's got a lot more truth in it and more uplifting than a
> cross post from alt.bible or alt.atheism :)
>
>
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: kevirwin
Date: Feb 15, 2008 02:11

On Feb 15, 4:40 am, "Sean" blah.com.au> wrote:
> PS and at least it's got a lot more truth in it and more uplifting than a
> cross post from alt.bible or alt.atheism :)

I hate them cross posts!!!!! We need to put up fences and keep them
outa here!!!!

Uplifting is good; hard to come by these days,
K e v
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: bigfletch8
Date: Feb 15, 2008 02:22

On Feb 15, 4:48 pm, "Sean" blah.com.au> wrote:
> I always chuckle when people approach me and say they need "a good psychic."
> The idea that inner knowing is somehow the sole purvey of specialists who
> call themselves psychics is ridiculous. There is no one that knows the
> answers to your questions better than you. You already are your own best
> psychic! So why is it that modern-day people are convinced they don't have
> the ability to access their own inner truth?
>
> This fallacy has come to us courtesy of a culture whose main emphasis for
> the last three hundred years has been placed on the value of gaining
> knowledge through objective rational means. After Copernicus, Galileo,
> Newton, Kepler, and Darwin, there was no way humans could continue to think
> of mythic and religious explanations as the only truth. The demystification
> of the workings of our universe through reliance upon the scientific method
> was a necessary part of human evolution and a profound gift of empowerment
> for humanity. However, this propensity to define the nature of reality (and
> human experience) by confining that definition to the empirical exploration
> of the physical properties of our world, has ultimately led to a
> one-dimensional understanding of the complexity of the nature of existence.
> ...
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: Sean
Date: Feb 15, 2008 05:59

"kevirwin" comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2a430d2f-1770-4244-b82a-7e9762c59ebf@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 15, 4:40 am, "Sean" blah.com.au> wrote:
> PS and at least it's got a lot more truth in it and more uplifting than a
> cross post from alt.bible or alt.atheism :)

I hate them cross posts!!!!! We need to put up fences and keep them
outa here!!!!

-----
Sean:
and big signs, as big as texas saying "get outta here!" :)

hehehe
----

Uplifting is good; hard to come by these days,
K e v

-------

Be the change you're looking for in the world, and everything is sweet then.
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Re: POSTMODERNITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND GUIDANCE         


Author: Sean
Date: Feb 15, 2008 06:04

gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 15, 4:48 pm, "Sean" blah.com.au> wrote:
> I always chuckle when people approach me and say they need "a good
> psychic."
> The idea that inner knowing is somehow the sole purvey of specialists who
> call themselves psychics is ridiculous. There is no one that knows the
> answers to your questions better than you. You already are your own best
> psychic! So why is it that modern-day people are convinced they don't have
> the ability to access their own inner truth?
>
> This fallacy has come to us courtesy of a culture whose main emphasis for
> the last three hundred years has been placed on the value of gaining
> knowledge through objective rational means. After Copernicus, Galileo,
> Newton, Kepler, and Darwin, there was no way humans could continue to
> think
> of mythic and religious explanations as the only truth. The
> demystification
> of the workings of our universe through reliance upon the scientific
> method ...
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