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Ideas are just ideas at the end of the day. Only real thing that matters is what you can do.
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I agree with you in substance, SuperBeaver, and I think that is a good point to bring up.
For most of us, most of the time (and especially for those afflicted with "Lightworker Syndrome," perhaps), all this speculating on ideas is an exercise in wool gathering, at best, and an addictive escape from demonstrably more important matters close at hand, at worst.
Ideas in the hands of an ambitious and charismatic ideologue, however, are another thing altogether, I believe. For examples, please see, ahem, history.
History, it can be argued, is peopled with those who a) devised hierarchal schemes, and b) placed themselves at the top of said schemes.
Two of my three examples above see themselves as
sui generis, it seems: Ken Wilber, the "Wyatt Earp" of consciousness, and David Hawkins, the "Einstein" of consciousness, self-designated. Well, I beg to differ.
My third example, Teilhard de Chardin, takes a far more realistic (if mysticism can be said to be realistic), far more inclusive, not to mention mature, not to mention sane, position, I think.
(Teilhard is not my guru either. All the gurus have feet of clay, it seems. Follow
any person at your own risk. Stephen Jay Gould accused Teilhard of being complicit with the "Piltdown Hoax." Who knows? Not I.
Teilhard and the Pildown "Hoax")
That said, learn from
anyone, also at your own risk, I would say--Hawkins, Wilber, Teilhard--anyone who says something that makes sense to you, and bears deeper scrutiny.
But
own the responsibility for what you believe, and don't give your power away to ideologues.
Megan
PS: Bruce, thanks for the information on "fair use." You can join in the discussion too, you know! But the thread topic has deviated far afield, at my hands, alas. Sorry :-(
In general, I prefer to keep my discussion on top the board, mostly because I can keep some kind of reasonable grip on what kind of time I spend that way (ha!), but I have enabled moderator e-mails, I think, so you have access to that, if needed.