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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Thursday, December 28, 2006. On the Ego and Willful Ignorance. But my ego said, "But that's my money, my coffee, my luxury.". That fucking ego wanted to be congratulated for that. It wanted to call my wife and tell her what it did or work it into a conversation at work so that people could see what a great guy it was. But I still feel like I failed. Even as I write this I feel shame. Ultimately unhelpful, but there you go. But I also recognize your conundrum: it comes do...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. A student asked. "What is the mind? The master answered, "Mind is the Buddha.". The student said, "Thank you. Now I see.". The master replied, "Now that you see, I say the truth is there is no mind and no Buddha.". The astonished student exclaimed, "Then why did you say 'The mind is the Buddha'? The master explained, "I had to stop the baby crying.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a Graphic Designer living in the Vancouver, BC area...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Monday, November 06, 2006. Is There Really a Human Race? Is there really a human race? Is it going on now all over the place? When did it start? Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"? Did it start on my birthday? I really must know. Do I warm up and stretch? Do I practice and train? Do I get my own coach? Do I get my own lane? Do I race in the snow? Do I race in a twister? Am I racing my friends? Am I racing my sister? If the race is a relay, is Dad on my team? You know what I mean.
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Friday, December 22, 2006. Conversations With Rosamonde Miller. I have learned so much from God. That I can no longer call myself. A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, A Jew. The truth has shared so much of Itself with me. That I can no longer call myself. A man, a woman, an angel, or even pure soul. Love has Befriended Hafiz so completely. It has turned to ash and freed me. Of every concept and image my mind has ever known. Translation by Daniel Ladinsky. Our per...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Why Peace Is Not a Naive Concept. As per my post directly below this one, I have been accused of being a naive idealist who holds dear an idea that a hug will save the world. Whereas I do believe that simple human contact in the form of a hug holds extraordinary power, I am not stupid enough to believe that the path to Peace is so simple. But to what end? And where is religion in all this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a Graphic Des...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Wednesday, November 01, 2006. Gnosis vs. Christhood. It occurred to me the other day that one does not necessarily result in the other. Allow me to explain my thought process. Gnosis can be defined in any number of ways since the experience is largely undefineable. Suffice it to say that Gnosis is experiential knowledge of the Universe and a recognition of our own identity as the universal "I". So when does someone become a Christ? In this way, experience does not instan...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Wednesday, January 10, 2007. My Take on the Demiurge. I rarely make any theological assertions online. This is generally because up until recently my views and thoughts changed often as I adjusted my world view and ideas of reality. But I think I have reached a point where things are starting to come together in my mind so I thought I would speak a little bit about my ideas regarding the Demiurge, a popular Gnostic figure. So what is the ego? So what are we truly? As suc...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Wednesday, November 15, 2006. A Refutation of the Necessity of War. This is a topic that's been bugging me for awhile, but I did not want to tackle it until I had sufficiently explored the topic. After much contemplation and meditation, I have come to the following conclusion:. Any argument that supports the necessity of war is groundless and infinitely destructive to any and all efforts towards Peace in the world today. What if there human rights are being abused? When ...
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One man's journey towards Gnosis. Friday, November 24, 2006. We give thanks to You! Every soul and heart is lifted up to You, undisturbed name, honored with the name 'God' and praised with the name 'Father', for to everyone and everything (comes) the fatherly kindness and affection and love, and any teaching there may be that is sweet and plain, giving us mind, speech, (and) knowledge:. Mind, so that we may understand You, speech, so that we may expound You, knowledge, so that we may know You. Many of th...