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Old 08-26-2006, 06:44 AM
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I'm a Buddhist myself, which is about being here. Nothing wrong with doubt; it has it's own truth. We can open ourselves to a bigger truth than our little dog and pony show, but we never quite get it right.

Thought I would share this with you. In Buddhism, "god" is more a figure of speech.

One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw a man doing walking meditation whose face was lit up in wonder. The man had just discovered something on the ground in front of him. Mara's attendants asked what that was and Mara replied, "A piece of truth." "Doesn't this bother you when someone finds a piece of the truth, O evil one?" his attendants asked. "No," Mara replied. "Right after this they usually make a belief out of it."

From Soul Food, by Jack Kornfield and Christina Feldman
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