Re: ACIM: Buddhism plus God?
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?????Gary,
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??? I have always had an interest in Buddhism, and until
I found acim in 1980,it was my main source of sanity. Although Buddhism
doesn't "handle the issue of God, it joins with acim at the loftiest level.
Buddhism teaches that all suffering comes from wanting and not wanting, and
urges one to let all that go. ACIM lesson 268..("Let all things be exactly as
they are.")?
???Buddhism then eliminates the concept of separation
completely when it talks about the fact that there is no self or other. This
would include the "other" we have named God.. Acim tells us that all the
universe is inside?our Mind.? That would have to include Jesus, all
the saints..everyone.. including God. ACIM further attempts to tell us
that?at the level of joining there is no point where God ends and "I"
start..????
??? The problem with the "God concept" is
that as soon as it is spoken, it implies God AND self... even though ACIM
implies God?AS Self.(?"My?Self is ruler of the
universe."?lesson 253)??????Depending on the level at which ACIM
speaks, it maintains the separation by talking about Jesus as the elder
brother.? But I have never found it to openly say that Jesus and God are
concepts in the One mind.???
??? What are
your comments on this?
???
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