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> "brian fletcher" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:481508f2$0$30466$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
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>> Descartes demonstrated the limitation of the thinking process. "I think
>> therefore I must speculate" illustrates this point.
>>
>> The journey of the awakening consciousness has been described as having
>> two
>> distinct phases. One being that of the centrifugal flow, where we each
>> move
>> away from our centre, to discover "that which we are not", and then
>> return
>> on the centripetal flow of self discovery.
>>
>> In history, there are those that discover the "outer flow" such as
>> Descartes and Plato and Galileo, and masters such as Rumi, Socrates and a
>> few less known "current" ones, who show up when people have exhausted the
>> initial stage of the search, and are ready for the inner journey.
>>
>> Interesting that Hawking was born 300 years to the day of the death of
>> Galileo. To those that are conscious of the journey of the 'individual'
>> this is interesting confirmation, and no surprise.
>>
>> We each play multiple roles during the search and return stages. Some are
>> searching while others are finding.
>>
>> BOfL

> It would depend how far and wide you are prepared to look - discover -
> travel
> and journey.
> You may find YOU are ready for the inner journey - but maybe you are more
> mature - you think more - you question more. Many are quite satisfied
> with
> answers gleaned from only the outer journey - from only religion - or from
> a
> few beers at the pub and much sex.
>
> Have you ever considered transcending the human experience?
> All you speak and teach and say is to do with the human experience as you
> have no Masters who can teach you otherwise.
> How can humans learn more about things when all they have for their
> masters
> are other humans?
> Well you had Jesus - and several Gods who walked and talked among you.
> And
> yet they seemed to give no great teachings of what men really wish to
> know.
> The deep thoughts and philosophy and answers to all questions.
> If there was or ever had been one great teacher - one great God - one
> great
> Master - then all the world would willingly follow in harmony and peace
> and
> bliss.
> And yet all humans have is a motley collection of Gods and stories and
> teachers and bickering and arguments about religions and science and
> various
> beliefs and so called truths. Ultimately there is nothing and no one
> amongst
> humans or their Gods or religions or stories or any of it.
> You have to seek elsewhere as the human existence itself is proof of total
> failure on this count.
> Regards
> Xarx of Borg
>
>

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