Posted by Lindenblüte on November 19, 2006, at 10:48:49
In reply to Lou's reply to Li's reply to Lou(3) » Lindenblüte, posted by Lou Pilder on November 19, 2006, at 10:06:24
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> > > > > You wrote,[..."yeah,that makes a lot of sense" rather than "Hallelujah,I've been saved"....].
> > > > > The grammatical structure of your statement could be of a nature that could not be clear to me and there could be an obscuring of your intended meaning to me because of the use of quotations.
> > > > > In your statement in question, it is unclear to me as to if you are using the quotation marks to denote speech, such as calling attention to ironic words, or as a quotation.
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> > > > Hi Lou,
> > > > The quotation marks are a device that I used in order to reflect the fact that I often have a voice in my head. This voice of the homunculus speaks. Says things like "Aha!" "stupid Lindenblüte" etc.
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> > > > -Li
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> > > Li,
> > > You wrote,[...the voice of the homunculus speaks...]
> > > Could you clarify if then which of the quotes are from the homunculus or not and if the quote, [..."Hallelujah, I've been saved"...]is from the homunculus, and the other is not, or if the quote,[..."yeah,that makes a lot of sense"...]is from the homunculus and the other is not, or both are from the homunculus or niether are form the homunculus? If you could, then I could have a better understanding of what you have posted and be able to better offer you support from my perspective.
> > > Lou
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> > Both are from the homunculus. I'm interested in seeing where you're going with this...
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> Li,
> You wrote,[...Both are from the homunculus.I'm interested in seeing where you're going with this...].
> I think that I could give a better reply to you if you could clarify the statement of yours,[... voice of the homunculus speaks..."Aha!" "(csnsored by respondant) Lindenblute" etc...] as pertaining to are you saying any of the following?
> A. What ,in your opinion, was the reason that the homunculus spoke to you saying something like, [...(csnsored by respondant) Lindenblute...}?I'm not sure of the reason. I think that the Buddhist speaker was saying things that I identified with. Things that made a lot of sense to me. But I'm not sure of the reason.
> B. Do you accept the speaking to you from the homunculus as to be fact?
Never
> C. Do you have a background of the writings of Gibert Ryle?
Nope
> D.(deleted by respondant) you could email me if you like for this
No thank you
> E. In the quote of yours,[..."yeah, that makes a lot of sense" rather than "Hallelujah, I've been saved."...],if you are quoting the homunclulus, does this mean to you that the homunculus is saying that the concept of salvation that other faiths embrace does not make sense?
Salvation as embraced by other faiths has made sense to me at times, and at other times not so much. For me, personally, living by Buddhist ethics has come very naturally, and is a good ideal for me to try for. At some level, the teachings of all of the major world religions seem to agree on many basic tenets of human behavior.
For whatever reason, I have found that practicing Buddhism (living well) and meditation gives me stability. I would be very interested to hear from a follower of one of the monotheistic religions who has also had some exposure to basic Buddhism. Perhaps you (Lou) are such a person, or another psycho-babbler is invited to enter this discussion as well.
Are the 4 basic truths of Buddha complementary to faith in a monotheistic religion, such as Christianity, Islam, or Judaism? Could one live according to Buddhist ethics, even while practicing another religion? I'm not at all sure that the Buddhist faith would discourage worshiping another Enlightened One such as Jesus, Mohammad, etc. Although the emphasis may be placed in different parts of the teaching, I often wonder if all faiths share some very common core of ethical participation in a civilized socialized society. One place of divergence is what will happen to followers in the afterlife, but here again, I'm not sure that the world religions are that divergent, at least when interpreted in metaphorical terms.
At any rate, thank you for your interest in this matter.
-Li
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