tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post6585719707003298077..comments2023-10-01T03:05:01.291-07:00Comments on GAY MYSTIC: THE LADY IN WHITEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-55510607525609136122013-11-06T23:15:46.315-08:002013-11-06T23:15:46.315-08:00I was not the teacher in question. This is a passa...I was not the teacher in question. This is a passage taken from the book, "Kuan Yin: Compassionate Savioress." Perhaps now you might be able to view the passage and it's significance a a little bit more dispassionately. Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-15567140766445872152013-11-06T21:26:41.626-08:002013-11-06T21:26:41.626-08:00I'm sorry, but the only thought running throug...I'm sorry, but the only thought running through my mind after reading this was... You told your students to swim in powerful rushing water? You yourself stiod by and endangered them? Did you not plan to use a bridge ahead of planning the hike? I can't care less about the "spiritual" aspects of this without thinking 1st of how irresponsible. Thank the powers that be for divinity's manifestations! That poor student could have died and his death be 100% the fault of the "Brilliant" person telling him to swim in dangerous waters to move a hunk of most likely dead/rotting/unsafe tree trunk into quickly moving water. Oh my! Who would have guessed it would float away? Wood+ Rapid Water+ Rotten Trunk= Disaster. Hope that was a learning experience for everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-40682017559313082452009-10-17T13:08:01.581-07:002009-10-17T13:08:01.581-07:00wow~ I feel like I just hit the jackpot. Thanks so...wow~ I feel like I just hit the jackpot. Thanks so much for these very positive comments, I'm really quite taken aback. I guess as an old Asian expatriate, I took Quan Yin for granted - but NOT the beads. That took me completely by surprise when I read it this morning. Just read Terence's response on QTC for even more remarkable connections. Wonderful stuff. And Colleen's info in a previous comment on The Virgin of Guadalupe was fascinating as well, I just haven't had the presence of mind to get back to it. This whole blooger experience is more than a mystery to me. I'm learning that one receives a 'hunch' about what to post, some of which turns out to have very surprising results.Richard Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116799651068476195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-21426461306571287632009-10-17T08:01:58.471-07:002009-10-17T08:01:58.471-07:00Wonderful post, Jayden. It shows us how we need t...Wonderful post, Jayden. It shows us how we need to expand what we think we see when we see an image of the Virgin Mary--or the Lady in White.<br /><br />Knowing that these are archetypal symbols doesn't in any detract from their transcendence (for me, at least). To the contrary, it enriches these symbols for me.<br /><br />And shows us how much we (I) still need to learn about other religious traditions of the world.William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-36274479836897165122009-10-17T07:49:45.532-07:002009-10-17T07:49:45.532-07:00Terence, they used road side chapels. There are a...Terence, they used road side chapels. There are a lot of them out here in New Mexico, and a lot are to the Virgin of Guadalupe.<br /><br />I too found this notion of the Bhuddist Mary totally new information. Mind boggling, even down to the beads.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132410343235772418.post-31314098302789292922009-10-17T05:35:10.924-07:002009-10-17T05:35:10.924-07:00(Placed earlier, lost in the ether)
This is fasci...(Placed earlier, lost in the ether)<br /><br />This is fascinating, Jayden. I never knew there was an Eastern conterpart to the Christian Virgin, with so many clear parallels. This leads me again to question why there must always be a binary approach to truth: if Christianity is "true", then others must be false; reports of apparitions must be "true" or "false". But the reality is that some of these reports are clearly fanciful (think<br />Madonnas on burnt toast, or on damp stained walls; think ink blots).<br /><br />But for others, no matter what the empirical truth, there is clearly spiritual truth in the experience of the visionaries and the pilgrims. <br /><br />On a lighter note, I was intrigued to find that following the story from an earlier post, trying to find more about Guadalupe, I came across a "cyber-chapel" where you can submit your petitions to the Virgin of Guadaloupe by e-mail.<br /><br />How on earth did people pray before the advent of modern technology?Terence Weldonhttp://queeringthechurch.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com