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  1. Paladin

    Why can't some people

    I think Graves' model of Spiral Dynamics illuminates this question very well. Just as Kohlber, Fowler and Maslow, mapped out levels of development, Spiral Dynamics shows how people settle into cultural memes or value memes in an ever ascending spiral beginning with survival of self, and through...
  2. Paladin

    Have You Sinned?

    I don't think it ultimately has anything to do with "deserving" though I understand your perspective on this. I think it has everything to do with a shift in consciousness that allows others, in this case the parents, to simply be as they are, human, imperfect, forgiveable. If the pain and...
  3. Paladin

    Why being an atheist rocks!

    Apparently you haven't seen the US tax code for 07 :) Actually Jaiket, your response has some interesting implications that I wouldn't necessarily ascribe to your core beliefs but are interesting from a linquistic perspective. Many books aren't literal and true but are of value anyway, this...
  4. Paladin

    Is the Self A Process or A Structure?

    A very open question, I suppose it depends on the context in which it is asked. From a conventional perspective Mark's answer certainly makes sense. But since we are in the Mysticism forum and since you used the term self instead of Self I would say that it is indeed a structure and a limiting...
  5. Paladin

    Does Seeking Enlightenment Prevent Us From Finding It?

    Still waiting for the Choccy Phil :D
  6. Paladin

    Happy Birthday, Michel!

    Happy, happy birthday Michel!!
  7. Paladin

    Can Non-Mystics Understand Mystics?

    If we define the mystic as one who desires union with God, or the Absolute Reality, then a non mystic must lack or eschew this desire. As Joseph Campbell once said " You can lead a man to Vassar, but you can't make him think" Peace Mark
  8. Paladin

    Famous quotes about your city!

    See, that makes sense, because when I was a kid we used to sneak across the bridge in Easton to go drinking in Jersey. Peace Mark
  9. Paladin

    Are more people becoming vegetarians?

    I think to find the most accurate stats, go and look at what the marketing people are doing. I notice more and more that supermarkets, restaurants, etc.are offering vegetarian meals. I went veggie some years back and have noticed some significant changes in what is being offered out there...
  10. Paladin

    the sacred mountain

    Well, that started even before the council of Nicea, there is a perverse nature in man that tends to embrace black and white thinking, and eschews the mystic experience. It has been this way for thousands of years. People like A. Maslow, Kohlberg, Fowler, Peck and others have explored this...
  11. Paladin

    Lunamoth gets triple whammy!

    Congrats Luna, you have made my online experience here warm and wonderful and deserve those awards! (I promised myself I wasn't going to cry:sad4: ) Peace Mark
  12. Paladin

    Liberal bias -- I don't believe it

    Excellent choice Booko, this is a great work, and something I wish more people could see.
  13. Paladin

    The Wood Between the Worlds

    So many wonderful points of view here! I so enjoy reading all of them, and I think to myself how great it is to fit the pieces together :) Though we cannot step into the same river twice, we can return to it and see it anew. Forgiveness brings us closer to the creatures we once shunned in our...
  14. Paladin

    Schools ban Gore film

    I posted a link to the interview Des, a couple of posts back, it sorta got buried back there.:sorry1:
  15. Paladin

    Schools ban Gore film

    Oh, the irony:D
  16. Paladin

    Schools ban Gore film

    Check out this interview with Laurie David the producer of the film on PBS's NOW apparently the national association of science teachers wouldn't take 50,000 copies of the DVD provided free of charge to teachers because they get over 6 million dollars a year from oil companies. Hmmmm...
  17. Paladin

    Do Religious Beliefs Matter To the Mystic?

    Thanks Phil, Sometimes I get into a state where I know I'm not alone, when everything I see is infused with light and love, the very thoughts drifting into my mind are not my thoughts but come to me from another place. Once a few years ago I was downtown on a summer night walking past Jose...
  18. Paladin

    Do Religious Beliefs Matter To the Mystic?

    I sometimes wonder why we choose to couch our conversations about mysticism is such erudite and objective lanquage. We could go on about the training and exposure to orthodoxy to mold the mystic or even argue that the average person could have a mystical experience. If we are really clever we...
  19. Paladin

    How do I talk to God again ?

    I would have to agree with Noahide, Mavrik. If you haven't confronted God with your honest feelings, questions, rage and despair it might be time to do so. I remember, when I lost my Christopher to MD when he was 16 I thought my world was going to end, and two years into the grief cycle, riddled...
  20. Paladin

    Who were you in your past life?

    Ummm... I don't know if I did this right, I typed in my age and it said that I'm still in my past life:shrug:
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