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Date Posted: 17:32:06 07/09/02 Tue
Author: Paul Strom
Subject: Re: the free exchange of ideas
In reply to: Jennifer 's message, "Re: the free exchange of ideas" on 22:06:11 07/07/02 Sun

>Paul, do you mind if I ask what sort of truths you are
>referring to here?.>

Any truth that's second hand. If I tell you something that's true for me, it's different than my repeating something I read somewhere, or heard from someone else.

>From what I have read about Sri
>Chinmoy he regards himself as very close to God and
>much of what he passes on to his disciples are his
>visions of his own fantasy world, which can differ
>widely from the truth as other religions would know
>it. In other words, in your opinion, how true to
>Hinduism are the teachings of Sri Chinmoy? And do you
>agree with Sri Chinmoy's views on reincarnation for
>instance?

We're all very close to god whether we regard ourselves that way or not. I can't comment on the accuracy of Ghose's 'teaching' with regard to Hinduism, because I'm not a Hindu, and I also don't care. I think following any proscription for self is inherantly dangerous if it doesn't flow from your own life experience. Any second-hand truth is inferior to our own direct perception of truth. Religion and philosophy can be beautiful and exquisite; but they don't perfectly describe the uniqueness of who we are, unless we wrote it; unless it flows from our own life. You can describe the beauty of being in a redwood forest so well, so eloquently that someone reading it may actually think they know what it's like, but it's not the same for them as actually being there. We may relate better to Christianity, or Buddism, or Hinduism because one more closely reflects who we ourselves are, but they can't mirror us precisely or describe us exactly. If we want to believe any second-hand truth, we are free to do so, but there is always the possibility that in some way or other, we will have a different experience or see things a different way, and not be wrong.

Paul

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