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   venus as a boy to All   
   Re: Gnostic warcry   
   05 Mar 22 19:58:47   
   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.supp   
   rt.schizophrenia   
   From: rainbowguardian@web.de   
      
   Am 05.03.2022 um 17:41 schrieb Noah Sombrero:   
   > On Sat, 05 Mar 2022 16:33:29 -0000, slider    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:02:52 -0000, venus as a boy   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Am 04.03.2022 um 23:54 schrieb venus as a boy:   
   >>>> Am 04.03.2022 um 23:52 schrieb venus as a boy:   
   >>>>> Am 04.03.2022 um 23:48 schrieb venus as a boy:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> :-)   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> but gnostic means knowing (of god)   
   >>   
   >> ### - gnosis is a fallacy, or rather: is only a euphemism, one that   
   >> describes (or attempts to describe) an altogether completely 'irrational'   
   >> experience...   
   >>   
   >> i.e., it's thus 'impossible' to 'know' god (or the soul or whatever)   
   >> rationally or logically...   
   >>   
   >> all the rational mind can do under such circumstances is to stand to one   
   >> side and acknowledge an experience occurring that it can never rationally   
   >> understand... the best one can actually 'know' (rationally i mean) is that   
   >> the experience (which is actually only a shift in awareness)   
   >> exists/is-available...   
   >   
   > And that the experiencer has no idea of the meaning of the experience,   
   > regardless of how clearly the experience seems to have one, or how   
   > ultimately absolute it feels.   
   >   
   >>   
   Jesus (Lovelight)just transformed a two eurocent coin into a five euro   
   cent coin and materialized a twenty euro cent coin here in my living room!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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