... 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...
I would like to start a discussion on the subject of anger. Â Firstly I would like to present a set of questions. After that I'd like to put down some...
... method, thought or attitude? ... how they look in the every day life. They're very philosophical, but maybe you can help me. I know this is the core of...
To keep a group like this going, people need to express opinions, don't they? Discussion helps elucidate questions, opens up aspects of them. It is necessary...
Hi Hans, I enjoy reading your posts immensely. Just a few thoughts in response to the reading. I'm not saying this is what is happening with you, but...
Anger has been a big issue in my life. I think there are many reasons to get angry, but I clearly identify these few: The anger that comes when something...
Here are some personal reflections about anger. I have just made points about various observations that I have made throughout my life. Anger is a burning fire...
1. What is anger? Anger arises when an outcome that we have desired looks as if it is not going to be achievable, or is threatened, due to a particular set of...
Tao Te Ching - a very interesting translation by S. Mitchell which I found here: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html The tao that...
Many thanks to the members who contributed to this topic. Four serious, long posts is a good sign for our little group! Keep it up, members. All the posts...
I've been thinking about my last post (I hope I'm not the only one). I wrote: How do we get out of this deep rut of continually falling back from purity into...
Victoria: Even Christ was angry in the temple of the moneychangers.  Hans: I can't buy that one. I see the Bible as a symbolic story to teach people going...
 --- On Sun, 13/9/09, Victoria Jones <victoriahjones@...> wrote: You wrote that you see the Bible as a symbolic story to teach people....do you see...
Recorded just days before his death, Mr. Hall reveals in this seminar the mysterious process by which each person experiences the growth of inner light over...
