Take what you have and give it to the poor.

Post #38,134 by mmoffitt 5/9/02 6:00:50 PM 5/9/02 6:02:24 PM Reply	Take what you have and give it to the poor. He was a Communist, you know ;-) Edited by mmoffitt May 9, 2002, 06:02:24 PM EDT Take what you have and give it to the poor. Collapse All History
Post #38,139 by Ashton 5/9/02 6:31:09 PM Reply	Well.. you have to separate out some of his messages Every group has its er esoteric, mesoteric and exoteric circles. It's only fair to consider this in interpreting some of the admonitions of Jesus or any of the other Avatars (well known, that is - many eschew notoriety, it seems). Since "attachment" [to 'things'? 'the world of appearances'? ego? etc.] is said to be the major veil to ever realizing "one's position here" - pretty clearly.. a suggestion to, "give all your stuff to the poor" - is not meant for folks who dwell 100% 24/7 in "Caesar's realm". Imagine how yer average Suit-IQ (with his bare-MBA conditioning and zippo humanities experience / also little 'humanity') would "handle" such a thought (!) These passages are - natch - the ones most apt to be either ridiculed, turned into some cockamamie 'interpretation' or otherwsie screwed up by the 'exoteric' masses (or by any antagonists). At the esoteric level - most popular religions suggest pretty much the same things, but you can't find this out via casual dabbling in Comparative Religion 101. This certainly insures that most religion 'debates' shall soon become circular! Ashton ie. - dunno what JC might have thought about the various recipes for the masses to try to keep from offing each other. Marx wasn't around. I have No doubt though, that "horrified" would describe his response to what has been done in his name - past 2K years. Now if only he'd given his troops a better lecture.. on misogyny \ufffdQuien sabe?
Post #38,151 by Brandioch 5/9/02 7:27:32 PM Reply	En Light in mints? But isn't that the way with just about everything? The message you take away is based upon your current awareness and that is based upon your past. Now, whether the message you hear has anything to do with the message you were given......... And the most profound messages are usually the ones most easily misunderstood. And the most difficult to fully comprehend.
Post #38,177 by Ashton 5/9/02 10:53:29 PM Reply	Nobody said that anything Neat is also Simple ;-) I guess that a one's 'awareness' can be improved - there are certainly exercises aimed at that. And from a "better grade" of awareness [??] -- one builds further. Something like that. (But none of that idea appears to work at the shallow level of 'interest' called curiosity. As to how one recognizes or cultivates Interest.. heh - we know what that is when we notice it.) Wonder what it will take next, to get an actually Interesting President !? -- given that the only near-so one around since ~'60 - is only on Tee Vee fiction.. Cheers, Ashton

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