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Could Infinity experience Itself without becomming "you" and "i," and everything else with borders? That's the point, isn't it? I don't see how it is possible for Infinity to experience itself. It cannot see itself in a mirror, because being infinite, its self extends into the m...

If Jesus himself returned today and walked among us as he did 2000 years ago, He would not recognize "his" church. Of course, you are right. And not only would he not recognize it, neither would he be surprised by it. And it doesn’t take two thousand years. Even today, too often when a gu...

Here's an interesting item I came across this morning at the Wall Street Journal website . It's called “The 10 Elements of Care”, and is about the things which, besides money, parents should leave their children. As I read it, this list applies in one way or another to all of us, whether parents or ...

On May 1, the Jewish community around the world is observing Yom Hashoah , Holocaust Remembrance Day. Generally disinclined to dwell on the past, I mention this event here in part, I suppose, because of the enormity of the holocaust, but more particularly because of the enormity of the failure at th...

I am reading Founding Faith , a fascinating study of religion in the American colonies at the time of the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It is an easy read, and particularly for Americans living in today's cultural environment, it is interesting stuff. From that bo...

I recently heard a minister who was waving a bible at us and insisting that "this is the Word of God." My first thought was, but the bible itself says it is not the Word of God; it says, in John 1, that the Christ is the Word of God. Very nice. Yes, John 1. Fascinating stuff there. Here’s...

When I opened one of my “beside table" books the other evening, a scrap of paper dropped out with the following on it written in my hand – Buddhas who have attainted personal freedom from mental components that construct a deluded and suffering world. I had quotation marks around it, so presuma...

Today, I re-posted Fully Involved to TZF’s Integral Health . It had been off the site for about a year, at the request of the author, who is a long-time friend of The Zoo Fence. This piece is about how she and her husband dealt with the treatment of their son’s leukemia. As I read it, it is a powerf...

Today, I added to TZF's Open Space an article entitled The Awakening . It was submitted to us by a colleague of the author. I don't know any more about the author or the experience she reports than is in the article itself, but it is a nice story well told. It's a quick read. I am glad to recommend ...

jenjulian, What a great link! Thanks. I have added it to TZF's My Space feature.

Last evening I came across a few lines in Nisargadatta 's I Am That which I repeat below for the clarity with which they express what the spiritual process is all about. I don't see how it can get much clearer than this. The passage is preceded by a consideration of the human personality, to which a...

Do I sound a bit fruity? Not the least bit. If God is Infinite, then God is every bit as much a kiwi as a human being or a tree or a cloud or an idea or ... That's why I define ahimsa so freely. Consider that you and that kiwi are ultimately, fundamentally, one and the same, the One Itself. The dis...

... upon whom did the first Teacher stumble? Dearest friend, you will not catch me with this trick question of yours! I know that you know the answer as well as I! Just as everyone of has since the beginning, the first Teacher stumbled upon himself (or herself)! After all, who else is There? And ye...

This thread along with all other threads in the Green Pastures has been retired.

… Christianity was born out of the time of gnostic thinking and for a better understanding, we need to place it back within the context of where and when it was born. When everything that was gnostic was called evil and destroyed, it put Christianity out there floating with no roots, never quite fi...