reply to post by ConspiracyBunny
Do you know what the text actually means?
I am
not being condescending, so please don't be offended by my question.
I am asking because I have noticed - as have many others, I am sure - that people searching for "higher" truths or paths often project their idea of
what is "good" or desirable to
them onto the texts or teachings they encounter. They just assume that those who wrote the texts are coming
from the same place as they: that the authors of the texts / teachings had the same goals in mind as they do.
And that is simply not so - not
necessarily, I mean.
Their goals may not be identical to your desires.
But uttering those words might work all the same... and
then what?
[edit on 14-5-2008 by Vanitas]