[MD] Bitterness over Betterness

[Ham Priday]

Father Mark --



> If God is hidden, does that mean that he can get you at any time?
> Watch out!!  How can something be hidden yet have such an impact.
> Are you speaking of hidden from the eyes?  It is certainly not hidden
> from the Self.
>
> I am in the process of commercializing some God glasses (call them
> G(squared) which will display him prominently.  I'll send you a pair
> when I am done.  They REALLY work.  But don't take my word for it,
> you will soon see if you stick with this forum.  Now, if you want to take
> the trouble, Zen is another way to see God.  And, as you know, my
> God is not a detached man in the clouds.  In fact it is not detached at
> all.  Such is the power of Quality.

Sort of an "I was blind, but now I see" scenario, eh?  Billy Graham would be 
proud!

Seriously, Mark, do you feel you have direct contact with God or the "spirit 
world" and tangible evidence to support it?  If so, many folks out there 
whose belief is based on faith alone would be only too eager to hear from 
you.  You might even become the Western World's new prophet, responsible for 
converting millions of agnostics and atheists to theism.

> Oh, I forgot, I was going to avoid using the "G" word since it seems
> to annoy and distract some into a rant (and rave) of some kind.  So,
> instead of the word God, replace it with Essence.

(You haven't by any chance been talking to our friend Tim lately, have you?)

Good luck with the G-glasses, but I'd go easy on that Quality juice if I 
were you.

Best regards 'til you sober up,
Ham


On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Joe --
>
>> I always accepted that I am IGNORANT of absolute truth
>> since I have never felt INNOCENT.
>
>> "When I was a child I thought as a child. Now that I have
>> become a man I have put away the things of child." Becoming
>> an adult changes my outlook.
>
> "Innocent" is a term used by Meister Eckhart ('innocence of the soul', 
> etc.)
> which is more appropriate than "ignorance" when it comes to Absolute Truth
> of which everyone is ignorant..
>
> I'm happy to hear rhat you've attained adulthood, Joe, but I doubt that a
> child would be capable of understanding the hiddenness of God as a moral
> principle. (Apparently some intellectual adults can't either.)
>
> Thanks for trying, though.
>
> Cheers,
> Ham