tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post3454345679147219350..comments2023-11-05T08:28:56.756+00:00Comments on Still I Am One: Be ye therefore perfectSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16524515731574941354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post-78008483017632485252011-12-22T10:30:03.221+00:002011-12-22T10:30:03.221+00:00I don't believe in God's existence. I see ...I don't believe in God's existence. I see Jesus as about the finest example of what a human being can achieve and as fully human, so if he can do it, so can anyone of us. But we have to work at it. That means some sort of spiritual practice, or we will be unable to control the natural, animal reactions to other people's unkindness and the threats they seem to pose for us, which will mean that we will fail to be compassionate and forgiving to them. I think 'original sin' is a terrible idea that has caused enormous misery to countless millions of people through the ages and continues to infect the minds of otherwise reasonably nice people.rugged pathwayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316367625043934758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post-16106931834744531652011-07-07T13:42:23.707+01:002011-07-07T13:42:23.707+01:00Ooh your blog post has been tweeted :)Ooh <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Bede_String/status/88918459819360256" rel="nofollow">your blog post has been tweeted</a> :)Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611082749531307901.post-90230907069822569352011-07-07T09:30:15.933+01:002011-07-07T09:30:15.933+01:00I'm currently reading David Doel's That Gl...I'm currently reading David Doel's <em>That Glorious Liberty</em> which gives a different (psychodynamic) perspective on the conflict between justification by faith and justification by works. Worth a read. The liberty spoken of is the inner connection to the Divine which comes with setting aside the ego's identification with the super-ego (the law).<br /><br />I personally feel that there must a happy medium between the two poles (Buddha found it and called it the Middle Way). We are not wholly depraved, but absolute perfection is probably impossible too - simply by virtue of the way the psyche functions. But we can integrate the shadow side and become the pure and unalloyed version of who we really are - and that is how I interpret perfect, as pure and unalloyed (and this is the gold that the alchemists were seeking).Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com