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In resonance
14 Jun 2010
Hello David,
I found your site accidentally. Even though I am not familiar with ARO , seems contemplating I've "caught up" so much of the same teaching. I do not believe in justice, considering humans as 90% (at least) robots. IF I AM RULED BY THE BELIEFS, DISBELIEFS AND WORLDLY SAYINGS - then WHO AM I AND HOW CAN I BE RESPONSIBLE?
I am pretty sure we were originated by a dangerously sick (deeply schizophrenic) intelligence, who can't be better to humans than to ITSELF (OK, Himself/Herself). If my native could be English, I'd probably be braver to share some of my experiences with something what considers itself a GALACTIC ARBITRATION (seems we are approaching change of some of the basic laws). Being "subjected" to that ARBITRATION , OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I have learned enough to CONSIDER MYSELF A GIANT for still loving life :)))).
Also I MORE THAN AGREE WITH YOU : NO HOLINESS - VASTNESS!
Thanks for sharing those beautiful things. You made my day (and more :)).
Branka Babic, Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia)
Orthodoxy & Temperaments
4 Dec 2010
(1) Controversy additions
You should add the below to your list on Dzogchen controversies.
(2) Heart Sutra Orthodoxy
Isn't the heart Sutra considered a typical Mahayana text and would not be embraced by some Theravada groups who would also not agree with its implications?
(3) Atheism
Interesting that you said you have been a long-term atheist. I have not. But ironically, opposed to you, cosmic justice was what took me out of Christianity. I guess I was always a mystic Christian only to discover that other Christians were into it for the rationality, the certainty and the morality -- none of which drew me. It just goes to show the varieties of temperaments. Thus my Atheist temperament is different from many atheists -- thus I started my site. Seeing how our temperaments often create our philosophies is the first step toward wisdom (IMHO), the second may be seeing the emptiness of our own temperaments.
1-2-3
6 Dec 2010
(1) Done, thanks!
(2) I don't know enough about Theravada to say. I think the Pali scriptures have substantially equivalent statements about certainty, eternity, and so forth, although expressed in slightly different terms.
(3) I think your point about temperaments is a very good one.
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