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Dear Members, Â I have received an email from a member, and this contained the following statement: Sorry not to have contributed much to Summa Scientia but I...
Hello Summa Scientia members. When I emailed Hans apologizing for not contributing more often to discussions, my question about the purpose of the site arose...
Loveday posted: When I emailed Hans apologizing for not contributing more often to discussions, my question about the purpose of the site arose out of an...
... Thanks very much for posting a reply Cathy. I was a pupil in the Lectorium about twenty seven years ago.Most of the New Zealanders in the School at that...
Dear Loveday, You wrote: Thanks very much for posting a reply Cathy. Cathy: Thank you, Loveday, for posting the question. Obviously, this List has been, and...
Dear Java, You wrote: I used to visit discussion groups whose many members would constantly post their differing viewpoints and urgings of this or that path....
... Loveday: That's right. I resigned. At the time I was disappointed to have found myself in this dillemma but now I know absolutely that it was the right...
There is one part of Chapter 19 of the Tao Te Ching we would like to consider: Renounce these things and never be content with outward appearances. Instead, I...
... Loveday: One translation I have of the Tao says "Do away with learning, and grief will not be known." Another translation says: "Exterminate the...
Dear Loveday, I found your commentary on the Tao very, very interesting. It reminded me that there is not only one interpretation to these classic spiritual...
Dear Java, You wrote: When I wrote of members whose postings carry special significance, I had you in mind. You have been very open about your path and of...
... Loveday: This interesting historical event was no doubt rather unfortunate because insofar as groups split naturally into conservative and radical poles,...
... The new liberal economic order was a last gasp revamp out of the rag bag of masonic and chivalric left overs and now that that has fallen splat on its face...
... Joseph Campbell on page 158 of his book 'Creative Mythology'writes about the Greek word 'gnosis' and the Sanscrit word 'bodhi' and how these words have...
Dear Friends,  One of the most natural things for people is to have opinions about lots of things.  But if we're people who are seeking liberation, I...
Is it possible to live without opinions? I am guilty and accused of suffering from such a hindrance. Every conversation is based around opinions, around...
... Is it possible to live without opinions? I am guilty and accused of suffering from such a hindrance. Every conversation is based around opinions, around...
Dear Friends, Â I have received some e-mails from a visitor to the website harrypotterforseekers.com. She has been asking the type of questions that many...
Deborah Schmidt asked: Â Have you ever felt stuck in the process? Is it normal to feel this way, like you've spent a long time and see very little or no...
Hans has such good and helpful answers to Deborah's questions _ I'm finding them helpful for my own perspective - that it is quite difficult to find anything...
Hello. In the introduction document, Hans invites us to introduce ourselves. I looked around to see if anyone had done it, but I realized that most of you know...
My guess is that you're trying to figure out the best things to do for your child, and when they don't work out the way you wanted you feel all those things...
... Thank You Chris. This is so right and so beautiful. Your answers have been so useful, believe me. I read your words and I realized that I have been trying...
I have often felt stagnation on the path. Many a time I find myself questioning whether I am doing anything right, or if what I am doing is completely wrong. ...
Dear Friends, Â We've been talking about the advantages of belonging to a group of like minded people if we wish to go the Path of Liberation. I would like to...
... Â 1. What do you mean by giving up what I'm doing? 2.How do I give myself up completely? Is there a practice, prayer, method, thought or attitude? Â ...
I would like to finish answering Deborah's questions. I started this in Message No. 655.  Deborah said: I worry about how I am going to pay the rent, food,...
Hello: I have a new question. I have learned these days that, in order to be liberated, we have to free ourselves from earthly desires. I understand that very...
... Dear Hans: Thank you for your answer. You know how sometimes an answer brings up more questions. Well, here's another. I really hope I'm not being...
... I have learned these days that, in order to be liberated, we have to free ourselves from earthly desires. I understand that very well. That's what keeps us...
