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A few comments: The word “orthodox” always makes me nervous. The Greek root means right or correct opinion or belief. In other words, some self-appointed authority figure says to me, “My organization and I believe that God has spoken to us, and only to us, and it is our opinion that He has appointed...

Here are a few interesting lines I came across the other day while doing some year-end house-cleaning of the TZF website. It originally appeared at TZF’s Here’s A Thought feature in 2000 which in turn was quoting from a book about St. Seraphim of Sarov written by Da Free John (also known by a variet...

How our language reflects the condition of those who use it. How true. Like you, it seems, I like words and wrestling with their meaning. And thanks for the de Mello story. Very nice. Years ago (I think I wrote about this somewhere on TZF, maybe in the forum), Anna and I attended a talk given by a ...

It's possible that certain manifestations have taken a different avenue of development, achieved oneness and retained functionality. Jesus? Rumi? Nisargadatta? Could these mark an evolutionary experiment? This might say that the combination of inner and outer beingness combined are equally importan...

Thoughtful post. A few comments. If I say, "No, it is orange," and you say, "No, it is chartreuse with cerise polka dots," the sky is still blue … "Cloudless and blue" is the absolute truth in this situation. To be sure, you or I are comfortable insisting that “blue is ...

It was interesting to watch Brant's reactions to Speculum's response as opposed to Zoofence's. S felt refreshing while Z triggered a tightening in my core. Same guy, most instructive. Thanks for sharing that. Whenever I look into the mirror and see Z, I experience a little tightening, too. Fortunat...

Agreed. ... so many saw and walked with Him after His resurrection ... I do not doubt for a moment that such things and more happen. First, because I long ago learned to put no limits on God. Second, because virtually all of the spiritual traditions I have encountered include reports of similar occu...

The other day, I wrote in the General Discussion side of Open Forum about having purchased the book The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man which asks, and seeks to answer, the question “How reliable is the Gospel tradition?” I am nearing half way through the book. It is nicely written, with lots of sch...

Interesting stuff here … and on the tangent in The Sand Box. Expanding a little on the computer metaphor, here’s the thing, as I see it. Clearly, a computer can process only information which has been input. That is, it cannot process information which isn’t “in it”. I think we are that way, too. We...

You wrote, "At this point there is no understanding as to the truth of what this means except that I "brant" am not what I thought". My experience is, that's a very good place to be. For me, as I have written repeatedly on TZF including here but perhaps most specifically in vario...

Ouch! I wish I had seen your post yesterday! I agree with you about the History channel. I like Nova too. How was the show? The other day, I ordered from Amazon.com a book called "The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man". It seems to be about the possibility that the historical Jesus did not a...

Welcome back! You're right, Open Forum was off for a while. But now it's back, and I think will remain so. The Sand Box is a new feature since your last visit, I think. Although I am sometimes "on again, off again" as to its necessity, on balance I think it is a useful device as a place fo...

Two thoughts – The other evening we watched the movie City of Angels . It’s a nice story, except for the sad ending, of course. I particularly like its idea of having to choose between human nature and divine nature. Anyway, one of the lead characters is an angel (played by Nicholas Cage), and, as s...

Beautifully said. Please know that Nancy and I could not be happier for you. I mean that. Know too, as I know you do, that every moment, every experience of your journey ("astrologer, a witch, a Roman Catholic, a New Ager (Unity), and an atheist") was essential to the "return home&quo...

A few days ago, ihavesayso wrote me an email message which seems to me to be generating an interesting discussion. Unfortunately, I have lost the original message, and possibly another one, but here are a couple of others which followed them. He wrote, Physical sleep is an escape from the ‘awake tim...