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Indeed, Avant Garde
posted by
Blanche.
on September 5, 2006 at 6:02 PM
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Bhaskar
So true. The cause appears as the effect.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:46 AM
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Avant
Whatever we percieve, be it love, hatred, anger, fear - all are our internal minds projected first and later we see them as perceptions; and we believe that the second as first.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on September 5, 2006 at 7:42 AM
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appleworks
I presume that you ask what a koan is, rather than what part of my post contained the koan. I had intended on doing koans every post, but I soon wearied of it. A koan is a question that implies a searching of truth amid the appearance of reality. It is an Eastern tradition that spurs contemplative thought.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:33 AM
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Mari-am
Thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:31 AM
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bel
The term God has been used for all types of inhumanities.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:31 AM
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Justi
The fear bred by these people was palpable.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:30 AM
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Moon
You are so right. Mind is but a meandering in darkness.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:29 AM
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YPunday
I do think there are no 'chosen ones.' It's all fantasy about the wish to be special.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:29 AM
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Mason
Thanks for the read.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:28 AM
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Rumored Intelligence
I don't know. This was many years ago, and I haven't been back that way since.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:28 AM
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Blanche
I would almost call this type of thinking 'delusional'. I've tried reasoning with these types of people, and they are oblivious to everything, save for their own committment to unreality.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:27 AM
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clearly perceived
Thank you for the visit. It's good to read you again, too.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:26 AM
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SYMPHONY
I'm not sure why this memory came to me, but it did.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:26 AM
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Tanga
Yes. We are capable of grasping truth, whether it be of our own making or not.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 5, 2006 at 7:25 AM
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avant
can you explain what the koan is?
posted by
appleworks7
on September 4, 2006 at 7:00 PM
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avant
Nice post
posted by
Rosetree
on September 4, 2006 at 4:21 PM
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It has always reminded me
that one can be dangerous is anything, including God is misused.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 4, 2006 at 12:16 PM
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Sad!
posted by
Justi
on September 4, 2006 at 10:54 AM
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Avant, is there any human mind that can say it understand the awe, the mystery, the grandeur of Creation and the One who created it? Mind can't. MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on September 4, 2006 at 10:52 AM
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I take your message: accept defeat because it is a kind of victory anyway
But too much "ego" is invested in being right, being the "cosen" ones, the elect of God---for humans to say calmly and in awe of God's ways--"I was wrong, but I want to do better." shalom
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 4, 2006 at 10:29 AM
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posted by
MasonGarrett
on September 4, 2006 at 6:07 AM
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avant-..was this a cult that eventually folded their tents and left?
or are they still around (just curious as to what happened)?
posted by
Rumor
on September 4, 2006 at 4:59 AM
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Eerie, Avant-Garde, as though you stumbled onto Jim Jones' cult
after they drank the Kool-aid. The merciless do despise servility. It's why they must be stood up to.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 4, 2006 at 4:39 AM
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Hi
Definitely a profitable write and read...it's good to be HEAR.
posted by
clearlyperceived
on September 4, 2006 at 4:22 AM
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Hmmmm
posted by
_Symphony_
on September 4, 2006 at 2:18 AM
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We all
have differeing perceptions and I am sure most are right in some way or another.
posted by
Tanga
on September 4, 2006 at 1:42 AM
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