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- July 25th, 2007, 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Sand Box
- Topic: The Never-ending Story
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22370
- July 18th, 2007, 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Sand Box
- Topic: All One
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18963
All One
Over the past few months I have been re-reading the Text volume of A Course in Miracles (ACIM), and I have to say I am once again very impressed by it. I first undertook A Course in Miracles in July of 1977, which was two years after its publication. Anna and I had read about it in Psychic magazine ...
- July 12th, 2007, 11:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Balance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9628
Hello, Mick. Welcome to TZF’s Open Forum. Thank you for writing that you find the stuff here “uplifting and refreshing”. I am sure that all of Open Forum’s users will agree that a round of applause now and again is nice to hear. You asked, “if anyone can provide any insights, knowledge, stories or e...
- June 22nd, 2007, 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6627
John, You are very welcome here. There are many Open Forum registered visitors who choose just to read, not to post, and that’s fine. On the other hand, if you should be moved to post, that’s great, too. You wrote “There are obviously folks here who have advanced further along their chosen paths tha...
- May 13th, 2007, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Green Fields
- Topic: Martin Luther and Banana Peel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 26594
- September 15th, 2006, 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Sand Box
- Topic: Is there any point to disease?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 19840
- September 15th, 2006, 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: In the beginning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11737
In the beginning
Here are a few interesting lines from a book on Zen by Osho (formerly Rajneesh … about whom, parenthetically, it is my opinion and experience that initially he was an excellent writer on many subjects of interest to seekers, including the Gospels, Tantra, and Zen, but that he misguidedly let himself...
- May 18th, 2006, 11:45 pm
- Forum: Green Fields
- Topic: Wonderful animal site ...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 42427
Wonderful animal site ...
The large tree to the left of the gazebo in the photograph on TZF's page The Gazebo is a plum. For the past several years, a pair of Eastern Phoebes have nested in the eaves of the gazebo. We have been delighted to have them there, because they're cute and they eat nasty flying & biting insects....
- May 13th, 2006, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Green Fields
- Topic: Patanjali
- Replies: 0
- Views: 42405
Patanjali
The last few days, I have been reading How To Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patajali . Patanjali , who some scholars suggest never actually existed and is only a mythical character, is sometimes referred to as the "father of yoga". These aphorisms (also called Yoga Sutras) were written ...
- April 19th, 2006, 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Sand Box
- Topic: Homosexuality & homophobia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18239
Homosexuality & homophobia
This morning, I read a story at MSNBC reporting that the US Supreme Court has chosen not to hear a case presented by Jerry Falwell concerning his dispute with a website whose domain name is (undoubtedly intentionally) very similar to his own (fallwell.com vs. falwell.com) but whose perspective on ho...
- March 11th, 2006, 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Sand Box
- Topic: A Very Brave Woman
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17377
A Very Brave Woman
On the New York Times website today (Saturday, 3/11) is a story about a Syrian-American woman who has spoken out against the violence being perpetrated by terrorists in the name of Islam. Here is an excerpt: Three weeks ago, Dr. Wafa Sultan was a largely unknown Syrian-American psychiatrist living o...
- February 27th, 2006, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Green Fields
- Topic: Ultimate Theory of Everything
- Replies: 9
- Views: 39556
- February 18th, 2006, 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Sand Box
- Topic: Evolution of Christianity (part two)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17539
Evolution of Christianity (part two)
As I suggested at the post Evolution of Christianity in Open Forum's General Discussion area, Ehrman's book Lost Christianities offers some really interesting stuff (for those interested in the tendencies and vagaries of the human species) about the evolution of what we now know as the New Testament...
- February 14th, 2006, 1:27 pm
- Forum: Green Fields
- Topic: Ultimate Theory of Everything
- Replies: 9
- Views: 39556
- February 10th, 2006, 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Evolution of Christianity
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12180
Evolution of Christianity
I am reading (as I write these words, I'm about half way through) an interesting book about the earliest days of Christianity: Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D. Ehrman, a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina (Chapel H...