Also, I was under the impression that in deep meditation, you are in contact
with more than the sum of what you are. If I am wrong, forgive me, if i am
right, then the supernatural is still there.
Sodom?
Robin Faichney wrote:
> In message <3533D9C5.6B159FF6@ma.ultranet.com>, Sodom
> <sodom@ma.ultranet.com> writes
> >I disagree very seriously - religion is weak philosophy at its best. All
> >religions are man made contrivences to aleviate their fears of the unknown.
> >Religion is just a lie, or misconception compounded by lies and more
> >misconception until there is mountain of misunderstandings so high as to be
> >impossible to fully disassemble. Mystic experiences can almost always be
> >explained by common brain issues, as with UFOs.
>
> You seem to be confusing mysticism with the supernatural.
> Mysticists actually just elevate experience over
> rationality. And Buddhism (or what I take to be its
> essence, anyway) requires no belief in the supernatural
> whatsoever. That's one of its main attractions for me.
>
> --
> Robin