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 WordlessNature
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 Purpose-driven Individuality
#8576300 - 06/29/08 02:38 AM (1 month, 29 days ago) |
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is a central, identifying component of both the Gita and the Christian myth of Jesus Christ.
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Chronic777
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Stange...i seem to get the impression Krishna & Christ were all about recognition that a higher purpose reigns over personal desires?
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"Now I have become totally empty"
Bodhidharma slapped him immediately and said
"Now go and throw this emptiness also!"
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 redgreenvines
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Re: Purpose-driven Individuality [Re: Chronic777]
#8576564 - 06/29/08 06:34 AM (1 month, 29 days ago) |
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purpose and politics bring viral memes to the front page of any society; and as the events pass, the stories are embellished to increase the power of the memes.
a well balanced viral meme is something to admire and treasure.
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Icelander
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Quote:
WordlessNature said:
is a central, identifying component of both the Gita and the Christian myth of Jesus Christ.
This is true of all humanity. No matter what we say.
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What the thinker thinks, the prover proves. R.A.W.
I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions. R.A.W.
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WordlessNature
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Re: Purpose-driven Individuality [Re: Chronic777]
#8577058 - 06/29/08 11:47 AM (1 month, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
Chronic777 said:
Stange...i seem to get the impression Krishna & Christ were all about recognition that a higher purpose reigns over personal desires?
I gather that the "higher purpose" is the personal desire in every case.
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