- December 16th, 2022, 9:43 am
#431115
What an insight, but what a misunderstanding you have. You only have to read the context and you would see that Paul differentiates between the wisdom of the world and the wisdom of God, which the world considers foolish. This is because the wisdom of God is based on love and kenosis, exemplified in Jesus, who “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
Karen Armstrong discovered: “The ancient creation myths that we have discussed suggest that kenosis lies at the heart of the world order and that it is the core of true spirituality.” The sage Confucius regarded the ability to “blend away into qi” usually translated as “vital life force,” but means more, as the sign of a true sage. Daoists saw kenosis as the source of true power, and the Buddha is said as a child, to have experienced a “surge of pity, he had experienced an ekstasis—a moment of spontaneous compassion, which took him beyond himself, allowing the pain of lowly, insignificant creatures to pierce him to the heart.” “The point of yoga, as originally conceived, was not peace of mind or enhanced concentration. It was kenosis. Chinese philosophers similarly taught their disciples to submit their desires and behaviour to the natural rhythms of life.”
(All taken from: Armstrong, Karen. Sacred Nature. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
These are all examples of a wisdom that the world, that is most people, found foolish, but are the basis for our various wisdom traditions around the world. God is one expression for qi, for dao, for the moments of spontaneous compassion and flow, for the mysterious ground of being, for consciousness, and just because the Bible tells mythological stories, you should go to the bottom or the centre of these stories to fathom their depth.
Sculptor1 wrote: ↑December 16th, 2022, 7:44 am Not only is there a higher percentage of atheist in the educated community; and a higher percentage of theists in the less educated; the bible validates the stupid.1 Corinthians 1:27: But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
1 Corinthians 1 27ff
As soon as it spews a bit of antisemitism it goes on the parise stupidity and criticise the wise for their reasonable abjections to faith.
What an insight, but what a misunderstanding you have. You only have to read the context and you would see that Paul differentiates between the wisdom of the world and the wisdom of God, which the world considers foolish. This is because the wisdom of God is based on love and kenosis, exemplified in Jesus, who “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
Karen Armstrong discovered: “The ancient creation myths that we have discussed suggest that kenosis lies at the heart of the world order and that it is the core of true spirituality.” The sage Confucius regarded the ability to “blend away into qi” usually translated as “vital life force,” but means more, as the sign of a true sage. Daoists saw kenosis as the source of true power, and the Buddha is said as a child, to have experienced a “surge of pity, he had experienced an ekstasis—a moment of spontaneous compassion, which took him beyond himself, allowing the pain of lowly, insignificant creatures to pierce him to the heart.” “The point of yoga, as originally conceived, was not peace of mind or enhanced concentration. It was kenosis. Chinese philosophers similarly taught their disciples to submit their desires and behaviour to the natural rhythms of life.”
(All taken from: Armstrong, Karen. Sacred Nature. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
These are all examples of a wisdom that the world, that is most people, found foolish, but are the basis for our various wisdom traditions around the world. God is one expression for qi, for dao, for the moments of spontaneous compassion and flow, for the mysterious ground of being, for consciousness, and just because the Bible tells mythological stories, you should go to the bottom or the centre of these stories to fathom their depth.
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One, that home is not a place, but a feeling.
Two, that time is not measured by a clock, but by moments.
And three, that heartbeats are not heard, but felt and shared.”
― Abhysheq Shukla
One, that home is not a place, but a feeling.
Two, that time is not measured by a clock, but by moments.
And three, that heartbeats are not heard, but felt and shared.”
― Abhysheq Shukla
Favorite Philosopher: Alan Watts
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