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Topic: Knowable and Unknowable
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Mirandee Knowflake Posts: 4812 From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 31, 2008 11:26 AM
One of the things I like about the Toltec tradition is the Toltec divided the universe into the knowable and the unknowable with the suggestion you not waste your time trying to know the unknowable. The nature of God is part of the unknowable, knowing how to connect with the energy of creation on a regular basis is easily within our grasp. We have a tendency to spend the majority of our time focusing on things we can't change and very little time focusing on what we can change.You can't really change the world but you can change the way you feel about the world. Moment by moment you are either adding love to the world or judgment and fear. Which do you suppose is more useful? Love or fear? Acceptance or judgment? There is a wonderful prayer: God grant me the serenity To accept the things I can not change The power to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the difference Susan Gregg
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Solane Star Knowflake Posts: 5378 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted January 31, 2008 11:35 AM
Lovely!!! ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/angel.gif) Thanks!!! IP: Logged |
SattvicMoon Knowflake Posts: 2282 From: Registered: May 2007
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posted January 31, 2008 12:23 PM
quote: You can't really change the world but you can change the way you feel about the world. Moment by moment you are either adding love to the world or judgment and fear. Which do you suppose is more useful? Love or fear? Acceptance or judgment?
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Solane Star Knowflake Posts: 5378 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted January 31, 2008 12:50 PM
You can't really change the world but you can change the way you feel about the world. Moment by moment you are either adding love to the world or judgment and fear. Which do you suppose is more useful? Love or fear? Acceptance or judgment?I CHOOSE LOVE 2 !!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMOMgQCRAqM&feature=related IP: Logged |
Mirandee Knowflake Posts: 4812 From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer Registered: Sep 2004
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posted February 01, 2008 02:07 AM
Nice video, Star Contains some very powerful images. Like the song a lot too. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/thumbsup.gif) IP: Logged |
juniperb Knowflake Posts: 6830 From: Blue Star Kachina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted February 01, 2008 10:53 AM
Lovely Mirandee ! In Islam there are two words for the Known and the Unknown. Tanzih - the unknowable, transcendent God/Being Tashbih - the manifested, imminate, personal God/Being In the Perfect Human (Jesus), there is a perfect experience of BOTH realities at the same time. One is not give a preference over the other. They are balanced and integrated. God grant me the serenity To accept the things I can not change The power to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the difference ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/heart.gif) Yes indeed. It saves a lot of suffering and gives one the power to make a constructive difference. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/flower.gif)
------------------ ~ What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
Mirandee Knowflake Posts: 4812 From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer Registered: Sep 2004
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posted February 01, 2008 12:03 PM
quote: In Islam there are two words for the Known and the Unknown.Tanzih - the unknowable, transcendent God/Being Tashbih - the manifested, imminate, personal God/Being In the Perfect Human (Jesus), there is a perfect experience of BOTH realities at the same time. One is not give a preference over the other. They are balanced and integrated.
Thanks, Juni and I do agree that in the person of Jesus exists both realities in perfect balance and intergration. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/smile.gif) IP: Logged |