04-05-2010, 12:00 AM
Thanks , Lonewolf. I'm glad we're on the same page here.
I return to this topic to explain myself more.
I have never been an atheist, but I had many questions about Christian dogma, ghosts, ESP, astrology and so on, kind of just hanging in the background. There were incidents nagging at my experience. Then, one day, surrounding the death of a friend, I was confronted with phenomena, which I thought was my own mind, but learned was from outside of myself. This made me a seeker of information about WHAT'S GOING ON? Leading me to Castaneda ,currently.
Some have more sensitivity to these things than I do. (some have less) And, I draw my own conclusions about things like astrology (it is likely a tool of sorcery, but not for me). This sensitivity can be painful for some. Some others come here by a different stimulus, like SSil.
My point here is that there is an unseen element; religions have attempted to define it, rather unsuccessfully. CC laid it out: do what works. Why get mad when you put water in your gas tank and the car won't run. Here is human folly, and we are full of it! We are all guilty of it, and that knowledge is the heart of the warriors' way, which leads us to 'Controlled Folly' . ie: we know we can be foolish, so when we experience success, be humble. There but for fortune go I.
Then, let us turn our attention to gratitude and responsibility for the gift of creation, and the forgotten magic of our lives in the other side. Native Americans swam in this sea of the Nagual. So did Australian Natives, with emphasis on non-violence; also the Pueblo of SW America.
My time is limited. Please forgive any mistakes in this post.
I return to this topic to explain myself more.
I have never been an atheist, but I had many questions about Christian dogma, ghosts, ESP, astrology and so on, kind of just hanging in the background. There were incidents nagging at my experience. Then, one day, surrounding the death of a friend, I was confronted with phenomena, which I thought was my own mind, but learned was from outside of myself. This made me a seeker of information about WHAT'S GOING ON? Leading me to Castaneda ,currently.
Some have more sensitivity to these things than I do. (some have less) And, I draw my own conclusions about things like astrology (it is likely a tool of sorcery, but not for me). This sensitivity can be painful for some. Some others come here by a different stimulus, like SSil.
My point here is that there is an unseen element; religions have attempted to define it, rather unsuccessfully. CC laid it out: do what works. Why get mad when you put water in your gas tank and the car won't run. Here is human folly, and we are full of it! We are all guilty of it, and that knowledge is the heart of the warriors' way, which leads us to 'Controlled Folly' . ie: we know we can be foolish, so when we experience success, be humble. There but for fortune go I.
Then, let us turn our attention to gratitude and responsibility for the gift of creation, and the forgotten magic of our lives in the other side. Native Americans swam in this sea of the Nagual. So did Australian Natives, with emphasis on non-violence; also the Pueblo of SW America.
My time is limited. Please forgive any mistakes in this post.