Thanks for the invitation to your gnostic Sikh web sites Rajinder. And for all new visitors here, if you want to meet non-denominational Gnostics on a regular...
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lady_caritas
Apr 23, 2002 4:14 am
"I completely missed what your question had to do with finding a living gnostic, but even as far as the metaphorical language goes, I hoped you could give a...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Apr 23, 2002 12:10 am
... I must have gotten hotter than I thought while out cutting grass today (brain’s fried again!), but I wanted to make sure I understood what exactly you...
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rajinder.nijjhar
nijjhar
Apr 22, 2002 10:07 pm
If you want to meet a living gnostic, then visit my web sites:- Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar, M.Sc. A Jatt of the United Greater Panjab, Mussallmaan of Pir Nanak Shah,...
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lady_caritas
Apr 22, 2002 8:58 pm
Say, Will, not to confuse you any more, but . . .just for fun, since we both are not adverse to a transferred language of metaphor, I invite you and any other...
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wilbro99
Apr 22, 2002 7:58 pm
In reply to #5847: Cari, perhaps it was my reading glasses at fault there and not your communicating skills. I got the sense you were shifting our discourse ...
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lady_caritas
Apr 22, 2002 5:18 am
"I am now satisfied, as you apparently are, that we never had a match in the first place." (Will, #5846) Actually, I don't remember "apparently" saying that at...
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wilbro99
Apr 21, 2002 7:34 pm
Alice, to wind this thing up, or rather, to bring it to an end, let me provide an overview of my sojourn here. I entered because of a seeming agreement with...
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pmcvflag
Apr 21, 2002 6:28 am
In some ways the surfing analogy works for me, and in some ways it doesn't. I noticed that Play states... ... that the times I spend on that "perfect wave" in...
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pmcvflag
Apr 21, 2002 6:13 am
I had meant to thank Terje for this post (mostly to give a "ditto"), and forgot. Stop in more often Terje. For the newbies trying to get a handle on just what...
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lady_caritas
Apr 20, 2002 4:31 pm
". . .let me woof up a storm. And in saying woof, I immediately think of warp." (Rover, #5835) "That intellectual warp and woof keeps you wrapped in...
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Al Pinto
play_nice_now
Apr 20, 2002 3:56 pm
This may or may not be obvious so I should mention it. I think that the times I spend on that "perfect wave" in life are perceived as the best of times. And...
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Al Pinto
play_nice_now
Apr 20, 2002 3:30 pm
Reply to Gerry’s message #5839: You wrote: "Ya know, Play, that surfing analogy for flawed perception really works for me. I witness the same thing around...
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play_nice_now
Apr 20, 2002 3:14 pm
Please understand what I mean by "we" and "us" in the context: "Or, maybe this "flawed" experience, which I believe we chose, is actually a tool to get us back...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Apr 20, 2002 3:11 pm
Reply to Play_Nice_Now’s message #5838: Ya know, Play, that surfing analogy for flawed perception really works for me. I witness the same thing around here....
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Al Pinto
play_nice_now
Apr 20, 2002 2:13 pm
my comments below... ... From: "pmcvflag" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <gnosticism2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:09 PM Subject:...
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pmcvflag
Apr 20, 2002 3:23 am
Hmmm, some of your points make me have to restate the point, but others do not. For instance.... ... Therefore, the not-finite is beyond perception. I think...
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wilbro99
Apr 20, 2002 1:17 am
Well, er, did you make logical statements? Well, was there major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion based upon those two premises? If so, you have a...
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wilbro99
Apr 20, 2002 1:08 am
Alice, rover here in response to #3831, and before rover goes over and out, let me woof up a storm. And in saying woof, I immediately think of warp. The rug...
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pmcvflag
Apr 19, 2002 11:21 pm
Sure enough Play, I simply missed your post somehow. You also brought up a point in another post that I forgot to respond to. It seems I'm the actual guilty...
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Al Pinto
play_nice_now
Apr 19, 2002 6:40 pm
... I stand corrected. I'm not sure I'm clear on how the Gnostic sees it. That is what I'm questioning I guess. ... Thanks for clearing that up ... I did...
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lady_caritas
Apr 19, 2002 6:05 pm
A thought for Rover ~ "Throw a dog a bit of something. He sniffs to see if he wants it. Be that careful. Sniff with your wisdom-nose. Get clear. Then decide." ...
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hey_market
Apr 19, 2002 5:21 pm
Ah, but then there's metaconsciousness--our awareness of the "thinking about." And of course, one could add "awareness of our awareness" of the "thinking...
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hey_market
Apr 19, 2002 5:01 pm
One may interpret experience in more than one direction. For starters, I think I can appreciate exactly what you're suggesting--that an experience is something...
5828
hey_market
Apr 19, 2002 4:52 pm
One may interpret experience in more than one direction. For starters, I think I can appreciate exactly what you're suggesting--that an experience is something...
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hey_market
Apr 19, 2002 4:39 pm
Again, words will ultimately always fail us in ultimate matters. But numinosity might be the best way to describe this indescribable revelation, which is to...
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play_nice_now
Apr 19, 2002 4:00 pm
It is incredibly interesting to me to see the many different incarnations, or iterations of belief and faith that the human being can muster up. Gnosticism is...
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lady_caritas
Apr 19, 2002 2:49 pm
"Say, I did that whole Logic thinf for you and you didn't comment on it *pout* PMCV" (#5824) Oh, PMCV, PlayNice did respond in Message #5813. Maybe you're ...
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pmcvflag
Apr 19, 2002 11:31 am
... a very subjective concept called "faith".<<< Correction Play, here we are discussing "faith" as the Gnostic sees it. ... this desire for us with His...
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pmcvflag
Apr 19, 2002 11:23 am
????? Hyperborean... I don't recall mentioning "Gnosis" in all that. I was simply talking about cosmogeny. You are of course correct that that Gnosis is not...