tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post2814148669969125444..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: I Pledge Allegiance to the United States of MindGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70557895641259912712011-09-29T06:14:24.048-07:002011-09-29T06:14:24.048-07:00And of course, depending upon one's temperamen...And of course, depending upon one's temperament, one can enter it through any of these portals, although most people -- especially Protestants -- do seem to follow the bhakti path.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68137371682708337982011-09-29T06:12:35.424-07:002011-09-29T06:12:35.424-07:00Esther:
Good question. I used to think that, but...Esther:<br /><br />Good question. I used to think that, but came to realize that Christianity is a full-service religion: bhakti, karma, jnani, raja, tantra, etc. One might even say that it is an "integral yoga," a la Aurobindo, in that it unites body, soul and spirit.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6377700875661254972011-09-28T17:19:50.610-07:002011-09-28T17:19:50.610-07:00Sorry, did it again. Above was me.Sorry, did it again. Above was me.Matthew C Smallwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08234878138545287306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38783472880392582762011-09-28T16:34:02.241-07:002011-09-28T16:34:02.241-07:00"In other words, it must be emphasized that t..."In other words, it must be emphasized that the human "struggle for virtue" doesn't "imply on our part an ability to produce the light. It is always God, in his perfect freedom, who dispenses his grace" (ibid.). "<br /><br />We <i>perceive</i>, not <i>con</i>ceive, the Truth (Word has it that that's been done already).Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66144405512084340822011-09-28T16:09:09.151-07:002011-09-28T16:09:09.151-07:00"The hard part, of course, is transmuting tem..."The hard part, of course, is transmuting temporary spiritual states into permanent traits, which I suppose is what the religious life is all about..."<br /><br />GB, is it fair to characterize Christianity as bhakti-yoga (of a sort)? Devotional heart-path leading to theosis? Or is this too simplistic?Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16806137462666617093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13177040523408083452011-09-28T11:56:52.067-07:002011-09-28T11:56:52.067-07:00Having been taught from childhood to flee official...Having been taught from childhood to flee official saints like the plague, I was unaware of the origin of the phrase "to see the Light". It seems I have some Symeon reading to catch up to.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40596648740966786342011-09-28T10:14:35.521-07:002011-09-28T10:14:35.521-07:00Relationships are everything.
Keep in mind thou...Relationships are everything. <br /><br />Keep in mind though that "hell is other people."<br /><br />Puts one in a bit of a bind. Not to worry Julie you are naturally good at it.<br /><br />Its the gentlemen that should worry; many can't seem to make it work.<br /><br />The problem has been well delineated by Bob, a desire to regress to unity with Mother.<br /><br />The solution is to progress to unity with God. <br /><br />How to effect this? That is the question.Open Trenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354412002318534131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69573611723218432942011-09-28T09:45:31.260-07:002011-09-28T09:45:31.260-07:00Rather, Christianity doesn't separate soul fro...<i>Rather, Christianity doesn't separate soul from body, and treats the former as the form of the latter.</i><br /><br />I think a lot of people miss that. Jesus healed many and the focus is usually on the miraculous restoration of right functioning in the body, but He is first and foremost the Great Physician of the soul. Jesus is a soul-Man. <br /><br />Now I have Sam & Dave playing in my head. It could be worse.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89336842761532860662011-09-28T09:28:29.959-07:002011-09-28T09:28:29.959-07:00O! I like that new bit at the bottom of the header...O! I like that new bit at the bottom of the header (new to me, anyway; could have been there a while...): <br /><br />∞ ... Truth Is Symphonic... ∞ <br /><br />:Djuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31117796490344582122011-09-28T09:25:02.241-07:002011-09-28T09:25:02.241-07:00Yes, what Dilys said™. It's a very rich post.
...Yes, what Dilys said™. It's a very rich post.<br /><br />This may be a bit of a digression, or maybe not, but I was just thinking about the nature of relationships and how pretty much <i>any</i> relationship necessarily transforms the people involved, in greater or lesser ways. For instance, the way that the child is the progenitor of the parents. And of course, the deeper the relationship, the more transformative it usually is, but even the most casual and fleeting encounter may sometimes have life-altering effects. Given that this is true between human subjects, how much more so when the inter-action is (↓ ↑)?<br /><br />In other words, to say "relationship" is to say "transformation."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16578507941361048252011-09-28T09:07:32.705-07:002011-09-28T09:07:32.705-07:00!!swiftonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532818697764708659noreply@blogger.com