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You can choose to go with what he wrote in that way, I don’t have to :) But on a sincere note it could point to the idea of humanity being ‘rich’ in understanding but in a way that masks a lack of understanding - yet as the lack of understanding is released there can be an opening to an abundant...

And there are ideas that can be very specific that can then be applied in a general way. And attachments may be different for each person. There can then be compassion - and I speak as someone that knows how painful it can be to let go of attachments - even though I am aware it can lead to a...

What if he is not so much anti-rich as pointing something out? An idea that one might have a ‘richness’ that is mask for/reaction to a ‘poverty’ within. We might think of the richness as the solution to our lives but what if one learns to let go of the poverty and through this come to know a...

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. Even After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, "You owe me." Look What happens With a love like that, It lights the whole sky. Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would...

Just added a bit above to my answer. Interesting perhaps that the left and feminine have been associated - and that the latin for left is sinistr, from which we get sinister.

Agree in general though this from wiki suggests there is some change “Mary Magdalene is considered to be a saint by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. In 2016 Pope Francis raised the level of liturgical memory on July 22 from memorial to feast, and for her to be...

yeah, connecting with a dog is great isn’t it - that kind of is an example of ‘divine relationship’ for me (and I understand if others would never dream of using those words but the idea’s the same)

Or patriarchal? Or a valuing of masculine ideals over feminine qualities? But yes, something along those lines.

Heh. Maybe so. Either way, I reckon if you add Mary Magdalene into the mix, it would stir things up a bit. Why might be why she isn’t seen so much :)

There is an idea of ‘embrace the opposites’ in Taoism. Perhaps the yogis borrowed from this when they had the idea of practicing the ‘downward dog’ asana? Or maybe not… ;-)

It would take way to long to go into here - but for me it is curious that the gospel of Magdalene is nowhere to be seen. Just because I have a sense that if one tried to open to/integrate those teachings, then some of the common understandings of ’christianity’ might not fare so well. Could be...

I wouldn‘t say ‘you are wrong, I am right‘ so much - rather I might read the bible through a different context. For example, if I read this : “This third Beatitude was translated, “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” L’makikhe could be translated as “he meek” (as was done...

Or it may be commonly translated that way? And maybe it is necessary to speak to people where they are at, and according to their motivations? If I spoke some to people on even this thread about heart they would reject this but if I spoke to them about, say, ‘the rule of the gun’ I’d imagine...

Is interesting that you speak of advice rather than instruction. Have mentioned Neil Douglas Klotz before and his work from Aramaic. That would very much suggest instruction in practices not just theoretical advice. But yes, I can imagine it is possible to read the Bible and it it doesn’t come...

From a teacher of yoga : “Since ancient times, it has been known that human spiritual experience includes two components, one that brings great inner peace and forbearance, and another that is ecstatic and dynamic. These two aspects of our nature have been expressed in the mythologies of the...

Interesting read. Jesus is sometimes called the prince of peace. The sermon of the mount has him speaking of ‘blessed are the peacemakers.’ The Bible speaks of the peace that passeth understanding. Might this point to a path that is founded in peace, whereas fundamentalism is rooted in...

You could also say that each translation/copying may pass through a filter that is the context of the scribe’s (lack of) understanding. Is it also possible that each person would come to a text such such as the bible from their own level of understanding? Each has their own starting point yet...

By that do you mean just religion or all spiritual/divine talk? Would you be open to the idea that there can be grounded and empowered spirituality, that might even make what is normally called ‘strong’ actually seem relatively airy-fairy and weak?