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		By: Indigo		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/07/18/an-integral-worldview-5-of-5/comment-page-1/#comment-463</link>

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					<description><![CDATA[I was pointed to this post, albeit a month after you ended your discussion, in response to a conversation on by blog regarding a spiritual path focused on the most efficient transcendence of human life or one espousing the enjoyment of the road to spiritual maturation, much as we might like children in schools to focus on 2nd grade when they are 7 and not worry about high school graduation.

Today I began to see the subject differently as I noted what most adds to not only my enjoyment of life, but to my spiritual progress as measured by the amplification of love towards all living things I feel in my heart.  And that is casual contact with strangers. 

I am trying to make a short comment that tackles an immense issue, so forgive how much I am skipping over and assuming, but I will conclude with this thought:

I believe in a God of love.  If spiritual maturity means full awareness of one&#039;s union with God, that means a growth in the ability to love unconditionally.  To sincerely greet the stranger with &quot;glad to see you&quot; singing in your heart is for me an indication of spiritual progress.  It is the most simple example I can think of in demonstrating the theorem that we love God absolutely - that we love God as we find God in everyone and everything.  If I can&#039;t reach enlightenment on the path of growing in my ability to love, I guess I&#039;m stuck here with all you other losers.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was pointed to this post, albeit a month after you ended your discussion, in response to a conversation on by blog regarding a spiritual path focused on the most efficient transcendence of human life or one espousing the enjoyment of the road to spiritual maturation, much as we might like children in schools to focus on 2nd grade when they are 7 and not worry about high school graduation.</p>
<p>Today I began to see the subject differently as I noted what most adds to not only my enjoyment of life, but to my spiritual progress as measured by the amplification of love towards all living things I feel in my heart.  And that is casual contact with strangers. </p>
<p>I am trying to make a short comment that tackles an immense issue, so forgive how much I am skipping over and assuming, but I will conclude with this thought:</p>
<p>I believe in a God of love.  If spiritual maturity means full awareness of one&#8217;s union with God, that means a growth in the ability to love unconditionally.  To sincerely greet the stranger with &#8220;glad to see you&#8221; singing in your heart is for me an indication of spiritual progress.  It is the most simple example I can think of in demonstrating the theorem that we love God absolutely &#8211; that we love God as we find God in everyone and everything.  If I can&#8217;t reach enlightenment on the path of growing in my ability to love, I guess I&#8217;m stuck here with all you other losers.</p>
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		By: chutney		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2003 06:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But god &lt;em&gt;isn&#039;t&lt;/em&gt; everything, not under panentheism.  (Under pantheism, though, god is everything.  So it&#039;s not a stupid question.)  So panentheism is a middle position between theism, atheism/materialism, and pantheism.

But so what, right?  Yeah, still working on that...  I&#039;ll have to work up some posts to that effect.  Mostly because I find the concept life-giving, whereas I find the other options either dead in the water or violent.  But more later.  I&#039;m glad you asked.  I&#039;ve been putting off spelling it out for a while now...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But god <em>isn&#8217;t</em> everything, not under panentheism.  (Under pantheism, though, god is everything.  So it&#8217;s not a stupid question.)  So panentheism is a middle position between theism, atheism/materialism, and pantheism.</p>
<p>But so what, right?  Yeah, still working on that&#8230;  I&#8217;ll have to work up some posts to that effect.  Mostly because I find the concept life-giving, whereas I find the other options either dead in the water or violent.  But more later.  I&#8217;m glad you asked.  I&#8217;ve been putting off spelling it out for a while now&#8230;</p>
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		By: Daniel		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chutney, call me stupid (no, really, I insist!) but given this descirption of panentheism -- why God?  Why soul?  How useful are these words when these words are everything?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chutney, call me stupid (no, really, I insist!) but given this descirption of panentheism &#8212; why God?  Why soul?  How useful are these words when these words are everything?</p>
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