Here's a prominent teacher, who I have no idea where he is coming from to be honest. if anyone wants to decipher this man's thoughts I'd appreciate it. I have heard that prominent, so-called pastors, like Rob Bell, (who is another strange dude), have endorsed Ken Wilber.
"Are the mystics and sages insane? Because they all tell variations on the same story, don't they? The story of awakening one morning and discovering you are one with the All, in a timeless and eternal and infinite fashion. Yes, maybe they are crazy, these divine fools. Maybe they are mumbling idiots in the face of the Abyss. Maybe they need a nice, understanding therapist. Yes, I'm sure that would help. But then, I wonder. Maybe the evolutionary sequence really is from matter to body to mind to soul to spirit, each transcending and including, each with a greater depth and greater consciousness and wider embrace. And in the highest reaches of evolution, maybe, just maybe, an individual's consciousness does indeed touch infinity—a total embrace of the entire Kosmos—a Kosmic consciousness that is Spirit awakened to its own true nature. It's at least plausible. And tell me: is that story, sung by mystics and sages the world over, any crazier than the scientific materialism story, which is that the entire sequence is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying absolutely nothing? Listen very carefully: just which of those two stories actually sounds totally insane?"—Ken Wilber, A Brief History of Everything, 42–3
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I think my mind got a little warped just reading this, but the Holy Spirit unwarped it by bringing both 2 Cor. 11:3 (strangely enough, I just recently learnt and memorized this verse) and Col. 2:8-10 to mind.
Is there ANY deciphering of these thoughts? They seem (at least to my puny mind) hopelessly untangle-able.
"They seem...hopelessly untangle-able."
I agree. Some people just try to analyze and analyze, and analyze, and analyze.
A little less analyzing and more truth would be better me thinks.
"But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ." 2 Cor. 11:3
Great verse to memorize Yasmin. And your other verse as well:
"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority."
Maybe I'm misunderstanding him, but it sounds like he's saying that the scientific theories about creation are just as improbable and fantastical and unbelievable and magnificant as any religious or mystical creation story. C.S. Lewis said something similar, once.
Thanks Jay. If that's what he's saying, why didn't he just say so?
I love CS Lewis. Thanks for the link.
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