Re: Things that don't make you "spiritual"
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Re: Things that don't make you "spiritual"         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: ta
Date: Jul 10, 2008 08:07

On Jul 9, 6:50 pm, Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 9, 11:58 am, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>
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>> On Jul 9, 1:33 pm, Publius nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> ta nc.rr.com> wrote in news:ac6ae97d-4658-4fc5-8b14-92129824e8f6
>>> @f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
>
>>>> -- Telling everyone how "spiritual" you are
>
>>>> -- Reading "spiritual" books
>
>>>> -- Believing things that other "spiritual" people believe
>
>>>> -- Deferring to "spiritual authorities"
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>>>> -- Going to social events with other "spiritual" people
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>>>> -- Wearing "spiritual" clothes
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>>>> -- Buying crystals
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>>>> -- Saying "Namaste"
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>>>> -- Cutting and pasting "spiritual" quotes from "spiritual" people
>
>>> Now, if we could only figure out what "being spiritual" means, all of those
>>> tips might prove useful.
>
>> Sometimes the only way to really understand what something *is* is to
>> discover, through experience, what it *is not*. By denying the
>> negative, the positive is left standing there to "see" as plain as
>> day.
>
>> Otherwise we are always trapped in language, which can never
>> adequately describe "what is".-
>
> Reaching for the "what is" with language causes it to
> receed ever faster.
>
> W : (

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