Re: MD Static and dynamic aspects of mysticism and religious experience

From: Sam Norton (elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 10:02:10 BST

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    Hi DMB - another quickie, (I'm supposed to be writing a sermon)

    > Please feel free to offer a contrary view, but as far as I know, people
    > who
    > follow the Christian path exclusively find nothing but Christianity. I
    > mean,
    > do you know of anyone who has followed Christianity to find a more
    > universal
    > truth? Is there a Christian who reached the mountian top and said, "Gee,
    > those Buddhist really have a good point."? Or anyting of the sort? Please
    > take this in the spirit it was intended; I'm genuinely curious and yet
    > very
    > skeptical too.

    Thomas Merton and Bede Griffiths would be good places to start. (but where
    did the 'exclusive' bit come in?)

    Sam

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    man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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