'Objective' knowledge is never complete. Its bits and pieces suggest a whole. So this becomes the suggestion of 'reality'- the unity of all things.
How shall we know this reality, if we cannot perceive it? :)
...the real reality?
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Re-incarnation, like any religous symbol, is metaphorical. The idea is to help people realize that their identity is not physical, but spiritual...
Orthodox religion is the old paradigm. We are in the process of evolving past it. As cultures and ideologies integrate further and further,...
Science. The peoples of all the great civilizations everywhere have been prone to interpret their own symbolic figures literally, and so to...
I haven't read the book you refer to, but I did come across compliments towards it through the book Seven Masters, One Path. The author said Alan...
Yes, reality is made to fit the word. There is no openness to God's creation, no trust in the unknown. That which does not make it through the...
So biblical faith supercedes openness to God's immediate creation? You do not bring the word into reality, you bring reality into the word? Are...
"Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of...
Occam does not what? Has someone ever offered you advice/wisdom that you did not truly understand until you experienced the lesson for...
Occam, You need not take my words as a personal attack, they were not intended as so. I was describing a strong atheist- as one who is so...
If you are referring to the Paluxy River site (most touted in regard to geologic inconsistency) it has been subject to much controversy and, as...
Yes, science is symbolism as well. We can form facts with it, but to interpret these facts as the only source of understanding, one closes many...
I believe that 'God' cannot be communicated-- only experienced and suggested.
Symbolism can be applied to one's life in great ways... It can be very beneficial for growing spiritually, for learning... But factual...
Occam, Yes, reality is what I speak of. Religion becomes a contradiction when people interpret its symbolism as fact. Otherwise, religion...
Yea, diggin' the hair man. You kinda remind me of Art Garfunkel.
Anybody know of any graduate schools with studies in comparative world mythology?
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