Your Path

[china]

[FONT=Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times][FONT=Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times]The path has to be yours. I don't want to use the term `path', because it has mystical overtones .... "My" path, Ramakrishna's path, Jesus's path, or the Buddha's path , they are all worthless. Nobody can come to Truth unless or until all the other paths are rejected by him. Then it becomes his own path. So, only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.[/FONT][/FONT]

 

[gerryh]

[FONT=Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times][FONT=Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times]The path has to be yours. I don't want to use the term `path', because it has mystical overtones .... "My" path, Ramakrishna's path, Jesus's path, or the Buddha's path , they are all worthless. Nobody can come to Truth unless or until all the other paths are rejected by him. Then it becomes his own path. So, only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.[/FONT][/FONT]

Maybe for you....but not for everyone. In fact, it's pretty arrogant of you to make a statement like that.

 

[china]

.. arrogant ? why ? please explain ......brotha .

 

[gerryh]

This is the arrogance:

So, only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.

I have known people that have decided to follow the path of Jesus, including people on this board, and they feel it is THIER path to follow. Who are you to decide what is and is not the proper path for different people?

 

[Tonington]

My path, while containing short segments shared by many others, is a unique medley of many paths. Each choice I make is a different door, a different path. So while I may travel down a hallway frequented by others, the finished path, that is my life, will be very different. The paths are my choices and my experiences. It is not by rejecting paths that I learn who I am, but on recollecting on the paths I have walked.

 

[gerryh]

My path, while containing short segments shared by many others, is a unique medley of many paths. Each choice I make is a different door, a different path. So while I may travel down a hallway frequented by others, the finished path, that is my life, will be very different. The paths are my choices and my experiences. It is not by rejecting paths that I learn who I am, but on recollecting on the paths I have walked.

exactley

 

[china]

Who are you to decide what is and is not the proper path for different people?

Nobody Is deciding anything or anyone my friend ,I'm just stating a fact and there is nothing "arrogant " doing it.

I have known people that have decided to follow the path of Jesus, including people on this....

What is the difference between "your own path", path o Jesus ,Buddha or whatever?

 

[gerryh]

Nobody Is deciding anything or anyone my friend ,I'm just stating a fact and there is nothing "arrogant " doing it.



What is the difference between "your own path", path o Jesus ,Buddha or whatever?

Read what you stated...here, I'll repost it for you:

So, only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.

How is this a "fact"? This is an oppinion of yours and IMNSHO is arrogant also.

 

[Vereya]

I've taken a good look at my path while in my latest mushroom trip. I've got two more steep hills to climb, and then it's going to be peace and tranquility for me.
Your path is something that you create for yourself. It changes slightly with every choice that you make. I don't think you can just choose it and walk it. You have to shape your own path before you start to walk it.

 

[china]

gerrych,

How is this a "fact"? This is an oppinion of yours and IMNSHO is arrogant also

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The fact is that if you cleanse your brain from the past, from opinions and from second hand knowledge then perhaps you will see "the Light" and then you will realize that that is your Path .

 

[gerryh]

gerrych,
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The fact is that if you cleanse your brain from the past, from opinions and from second hand knowledge then perhaps you will see "the Light" and then you will realize that that is your Path .

and this is a far cry from stating that one MUST reject all other paths that have been laid out for you. One could do all of the above and find that their path lies with Christ, or with Buddha, or with Allah without having to "reject" anything to begin with.

Your original statement is no different from the multitude of "organised religions" that state that one must reject all other paths except the one they have laid out to be able to gain grace in God.

 

[china]

nd this is a far cry from stating that one MUST reject all other paths that have been laid out for you. One could do all of the above and find that their path lies with Christ, or with Buddha, or with Allah without having to "reject" anything to begin with.

Your original statement is no different from the multitude of "organised religions" that state that one must reject all other paths except the one they have laid out to be able to gain grace in God.

You are playing with words .

 

[gerryh]

You are playing with words .

No sir...YOU are, and doing a piss poor job of it.

 

[china]

gerryh,

Quote:
Originally Posted by china
You are playing with words .

No sir...YOU are, and doing a piss poor job of it.

Obviously you see what you want to see.

 

[gerryh]

gerryh,

Quote:
Originally Posted by china
You are playing with words .


Obviously you see what you want see.

and what do you see?

 

[china]

none of your business ,Punk.

 

[gerryh]

none of your business ,Punk.

ROFLMAO...don't like it when you are questioned eh.......sometimes...when you look at a cloud....it's just a cloud.

 

[mrmom2]

:lol::lol::lol::lol: Now thats funny Gerry :lol::lol:So china do tell hows that comunist path treating ya ?

 

[daisygirl]

My path, while containing short segments shared by many others, is a unique medley of many paths. Each choice I make is a different door, a different path. So while I may travel down a hallway frequented by others, the finished path, that is my life, will be very different. The paths are my choices and my experiences. It is not by rejecting paths that I learn who I am, but on recollecting on the paths I have walked.

Excellently stated. Tonington!

 

[china]

So china do tell hows that comunist path treating ya

Funny you should ask---in a very Capitalistic way-- something very rare in Canada .
How is the welfare path treating you ,read you've got a raise .