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Originally posted by babayada:
I realize the reference to apology has something to do with my statement (?), and I am assuming that you are labeling the self-referential comments at the beginning of my post as "constant self-reflection." Is that accurate? If so, then are you saying my viewpoint is the same as proposed by the 12 steppers?
Oh, I'm saying that my appology is part of the 12-Stepper meme of constant self-reflection. We have to take inventories of all our affairs, tell them to other people and to God, and always be on the lookout for doing "bad things." It's close to the Witness step of Natural Brilliance, but it brings in so much over-structured B.S. 12-Step Groups are also very big on saying you're sorry and making things right.
You definately got what I was saying about Chakras. In NLP'ish terms, when a person lacks internal congruency, a religious explanation of "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" is far too easy to accept. To accept this explanation requires an a priori schism between a person's physical and mental self. This schism is easily generalized into a split between the universe's physical and mental self (e.g. a Trancendant God).
Of course, the universe DOES have such a split, as Azathoth is a "mad idiot," while it's disembodied ego, Narlythotep, enjoys the freedom that comes with being a disembodied ego.
[What can I say. After PhotoReading, Activating and Rapid Reading "Alchoholics Anonymous" all in one day, I decided that H.P. Lovecraft's religion makes a lot more sense then Dr. Bob's].
