Dear Mike, What is the N.H.L.? I haven't read that or the Great Seth book either. From what I read on the net it looks like there were a bunch of different...
Can we classify it as a societal good to ascribe logic to madness or might it be one of the most detrimental acts we can commit? How important is right...
Dear Penn, I don't need to know the answer to everything or pretend to know. What I want from Gnosticism is how to know my true self and be able to see like...
... either. From ... Gnostic ... regular Christian Bible ... made up to ... Gnostic ... disciples and a ... world began, ... it's ... those where ... it's...
Dear Ruth and Bob, I don't get it either, but the Hawaiian gesture of fertility thing really cracks me up. That was funny. For now on if somebody shoots me the...
Dear Sam, I've known about sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me since I was a child, but how things really are and how we think...
Dear Widad, That sort of makes me think about the Zen thing Penn posted, But I can't say why. Did you understand it? Homer In a message dated 1/1/2006 1:49:54...
Dear George and Widad, Our children teach us all the time but they don't mean to. Homer In a message dated 1/1/2006 1:51:38 AM Central Standard Time, ...
MM Bob The Zen story is somewhat simpler than that. The young boy was trying to imitate enlightenment by sticking up his finger as the Gutie did. Only after ...
MM How to view heaven and hell as babes once again ;) How to question absolutely everything, etc MP Penn -- My mind fell like a hailstone into the vast expanse...
Dear Brenda, It's just about all I've ever wanted but didn't know it until I began to start questioning the Bible gods and realizing that I can and I have...
... began to ... loved and ... like when ... young boy I ... used to ... always ... same way I did. But ... losing ... tribe ... that just ... wanted. But I...
MM Homer N.H.L is short for Nag Hammadi Library. The thing with Gnostic texts is that they r meant to take the reader on a journey of self discovery....
Dear Penn, That's really cool. I don't know if I could ever figure that out on my own. Can you tell another allegorical story? I looked up allegory on the net ...
MM Homer And that's what Gnosticism is all about. As the Gnostics of old said "[to] know God, know thyself". The [to] was added by me to help clarify its ...
MM Brenda Whether he knows it or not, seems he's a Gnostc ;) MP Penn -- Subhuti, what do you think? Is the Tathagata to be recognized by some material...
MM Homer Sounds like they've missed the most important message in the Bible which is something like "love thy neighbour as yourself." Of course today the whole...
MM Homer Look up mystery some time. You might like the following online etymological dictionary as well http://www.etymonline.com/ I love allegories myself....
MM Bob I subscribe to a differing view of human Spirit as well. Not the notion of a seperate non corporial entity than that of the body. Rather that of the ...
Tucker, I am sorry. You caught me on a bad night. I didn't explain where I was coming from and I got defensive. At the time, I felt you were pressuring me to...
Excellent quote Widad! Makes one realize how little we all really know about anything. Mike ... From: F8snafs@... To: GnosticThought@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... Exactly the same concept. If folk 'take it to heart' as children... they will be impervious to 'mere words'. ... 'Tis because... most folk ignore the...
Widad, Interesting post. Is it possible some of the "literary devices" could be actual events that occurred and were written down because they were symbolic of...
The 2nd treatise of the great seth is one of the books in the Nag Hammadi library. Here are a couple of links for you: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ ...
For Homer, Mathew 18:1-2 1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2He called a little child and had...
Reminds of a really good book I read a couple of years ago called "The Four Agreements." Two of the agreements are: Be impeccable with your word: i.e. words...
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