Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 @^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > "... I thought it may be too obtuse for some folks." > i think you either underestimate people's intelligence or > overestimate your own... > > "...if people have no spirituality at all..." > ??? is that possible? people are not material beings aspiring for the > spiritual. people ARE spiritual beings, messing up in material natters > due to having forgotten this fact. > > some of the most truly "spiritual" people i've been lucky to meet never > mentioned spirituality and such matters; while most of the so called > "spiritually oriented" people are just hypocrites trying to gain > something not tangible, but desirable... > > btw, what language is "gospel of thomas" translated from? pali? (thomas > lived in goa, didn't he?) > > yosy Namaste, I think you will find that many materialists, and many of the ordinary folk are in that category, are not interested in the spiritual path at all. In fact are downright hostile to it in some cases. The language of Thomas was probably Aramaic and the saying were written in coptic egyptian.........ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Yosy Flug wrote: <snip> > "...if people have no spirituality at all..." > ??? is that possible? people are not material beings aspiring for > the spiritual. people ARE spiritual beings, messing up in material > natters due to having forgotten this fact. > > some of the most truly "spiritual" people i've been lucky to meet > never mentioned spirituality and such matters; while most of the so > called "spiritually oriented" people are just hypocrites trying to > gain something not tangible, but desirable... you know, that is SO true! "never mentioned spirituality and such matters" and i go for years and years in mute awe and wonderment. and i am NOW about to go BACK into that blissful state, from whence i had arisen. > btw, what language is "gospel of thomas" translated from? pali? > (thomas lived in goa, didn't he?) i'm so sorry, i forgot to laugh! (lol) <pout> anybody know any more good jokes? i could sure use another one about now. *back into the VOIDigo* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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