Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 , " saktidasa " <saktidasa> wrote: Namaste, Well I learned a lot that stuck with me, some unwelcome. First of all the abuse by the so called Christian Brothers. Secondly the confession or reconciliation as they call it today. At the time I didn't understand it properly. Later I did and it is good psychology and karma. 1. The Priest doesn't forgive the sin-----he is the go between for 'God' so to speak. He asks you to examine your conscience. 2. We do a penance---usually three Our Fathers, three Hail Marys, which are perfect mantras, and a Glory Be. This relieves the fear. 3. We have to vow to make restitution/compensation, the 'Sin' is forgiven only on the proviso the balance is restored. So here we have an understanding of karmic memory, I at first didn't appreciate. Only later as I go into Hindu/Vedanta did I fully understand the confession. I also understood the 'Mass' as a sacrifice to show non-duality, (very Essenic),combined with a bhajan, and puja. Strange if one goes back to the roots, the Catholics could fit into Hinduism quite easily..................ONS....Tony. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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