tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post5461438068657656302..comments2023-11-08T19:39:01.829-08:00Comments on The Teacher's View: The Atman DiscoveryPaul L. Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-19480142239186556412010-12-27T22:26:01.716-08:002010-12-27T22:26:01.716-08:00Erin, thank you for the comment and the hope you e...Erin, thank you for the comment and the hope you expressed at the end. I find inspiration in whatever I read. Always something to be learned, I guess. The concept behind the book is one that endlessly fascinates me. I wish I could gather a Catholic, a Jew, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Hindu, etc. in a room to hold a discussion, open and freewheeling about our beliefs. I have only managed to do this once at a Catholic school, and unfortunately, the discussion only included a Jewish studies/philosophy professor and a Catholic priest. I was not able to get other faiths to join us. Even so, it was amazing to really discuss the overlaps and intricacies of faith. I think faith is so personal, and people often mistake the dogma for the religion. A Catholic priest friend of mine told me once that people must follow their conscience. We must make every effort to inform our conscience, but that God is not a Church or a set of rules. God is us. We must recognize the divine in all things, even those whose beliefs differ from ours. I thought he was, and still is, very wise.<br /><br />Take care.Paul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-88237539566925170102010-12-27T06:35:46.705-08:002010-12-27T06:35:46.705-08:00I don't know, when you frame Boyle’s argument ...I don't know, when you frame Boyle’s argument in your own coherent language I am a buyer! I almost wanted to read the book. What you say he says is pretty much what I feel beneath any conscious belief system that I have. However, after reading just the one poem, I'm ready to take your intitial warning and turn to run! Yikes and yikes.<br /><br />Hope your holidays are good ones, Paul. Hope you are finding light, perhaps not in this book, but maybe somewhere deeper.<br /><br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.com