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Great incite for those interested in Kabbalah, Creation, Gematria, Hebrew & Spirituality... Especially if you're able to think & reason both laterally/vertically at the same time. For those that have that gift, you KNOW what I mean! :)
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"So far this is an interesting look at the myth & the man, who's credited with starting a revolution in thought..." — Apr 25, 2011 07:54AM
"So far this is an interesting look at the myth & the man, who's credited with starting a revolution in thought..." — Apr 25, 2011 07:54AM
“How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)”
― Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
― Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
“The problem in our society and in our schools is to inclulcate, without overdoing it, the notion of education, as in the Latin educere--to lead, to bring out what is in someone rather than merely to indoctrinate him/her from the outside. (89)”
― Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
― Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”
― Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
― Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor
“The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves”
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“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”
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