From: "ideaofgod" <gwsmith@...>
To: <Disappearance_of_the_Universe@...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: [Disappearance_of_the_Universe] Re: Non-duality and Metaphor
--- In Disappearance_of_the_Universe@..., "garyrrenard"
<garyrrenard@y...> wrote:
Helow Dr. Smith. I think the Course teaches that spirit and God are
identical, and this would be in agreement with what you say,
depending on your definition of "soul."
I use "soul" to mean exactly what the Course says it means--a
creation of God and an integral part of the Sonship. As for your
claim about what the Course says, I suggest reading it more
carefully; it says nothing of the kind and in fact the entire Course
would make no sense whatever if it were true, since it would say God
was deluded into thinking he was separated from God, and therefore
created the Holy Spirit so that God could communicate with Himself.
In other words, God is completely insane and trying to cure His
insanity with a mind that is insane.
I suggest rather than tossing this kind of thing out there, you
should give a citation--to the Course in some version, not Arten or
Pursah. *Where*, exactly, does the Course ever say "spirit" is the
same as God?
These are very fair points, Gary. Saying "Arten and Pursah said..." falls
very short of "Arten and Pursah said and the Course agrees by saying ..." in
terms of plausibility if "Arten" and "Pursah" are found to have been saying
something that is contradicted by the Course.
~
Stephen
