Article #11
Subject: Who is the One Buddha who is God's Son, Christ Jesus
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 8/21/2008 03:48:05 PM

Daily Mindfulness Teaching for the One Human Holy Spirit who is God’s Son,
Christ Jesus
(a poem written to tie us all in love and trust, for as long as we are true
to God and he to us)

Awareness and faithfulness~ are reflections of two truths*.
Truth is a heart that listens** and is faithful and aware,
Along with a mind that believes what is right for all of us.

Goodness~~ is a heart that loves and gives
Beauty is a reflection of what is good
And a mind that is open***.

~ God is a mind that is and knows no limits (is faithful toward our hopes and
prayers) yet still is what he or she or it is (aware) until that knowledge
blossoms (becomes true) in us.
~~ Jesus Christ is he or she who is the Prince of Peace, heals and saves us
all (being what we need him to be in order to do this) and sanctifies the
name of God. God has no Son or Daughter but him or her.
* or alternatively, toward two truths. “Jesus said, One person cannot ride
two horses at once, nor stretch two bows, nor can a man serve two masters, as
he will respect one and despise the other. “ The Gospel of Thomas, verse 47
op. cit. Also he said,
“Do not let your left hand know what your right is doing.” Op. cit. verse 62.
So, this said, if we are aware of our own shortfalls in this area and ask God
for help. it is possible for the Holy Spirit and thus God in all of us to do
all of this for all of our benefit. “Jesus said, If two make peace with each
other in a single house, they will say to the mountain, ‘Move from here!’ and
it will move.” Gospel of Thomas, verse 48, op cit.


** the Holy Spirit is a heart that listens, eyes and ears that see and hear
what is good, a mouth that speaks what is true, and strong arms and legs that
lift up the fallen, walks with them and leads them in the right direction.
*** To say that it is a reflection means it does not have an independently
existing self. Two reflections can be an image (perceptive reflection) and a
likeness (conceptual reflection)making up the soul and the spirit of a human
being. So, a reflection may or may not be a part of an independently existing
object or person. For instance, the heavens and the skies are beautiful. But,
so can be a person, a woman for example.As Dr. Immanual Kant has said in his
section distinguishing the transcendental logic into a transcendental
analytic and a transcendental dialectic... ,"the conceptions of pure reason
are not obtained by reflection...but by inference and conclusion." The
Critique of Pure Reason, Great Books # 42 edited by Dr. Mortimer Adler page
112. Another definition of beauty is needed in this case.(added to copy
11/14/07) Another definition of beauty is needed in this case.
Consider, “Beauty is controlled grace” a definition due to Leonardo da Vinci.
This builds on the term grace which is sometimes defined as “Love that
gives”. Also, I believe beauty may be due to an essential symmetry or a basic
economy of expression in a humanly constructed definition containing a
creative seed of truth or knowledge that can expand on itself growing into a
material, psychological entity or living being (yet start over from the
beginning or some midpoint along its path and reproduce itself if necessary).
Mathematical proofs, a set of physical concepts and axioms or a well written
and designed computer program can fall in this category. These three or four
examples and definitions of beauty seem to me to fit well together into a
shared human linguistic environment and belong to a common semantics or
context that I commend unto you as part of a larger set of metaphysical
definitions of heavenly terms. See www.ourprayergroup.blogspot.com blog for
more on this.

Article #20
Subject: truth,beauty, goodness
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 12/17/2008 03:04:15 PM

Update to English poet's saying:

Truth is Beauty, Beauty is Goodness, Goodness is Truth...
That is we you know...
and all we need to know.

Along with God (who can be Wisdom and Spiritual understanding inside of
humankind if need be)
we can understand that
Justice, Freedom, Equality are important too.

Article #59
Subject: Eight Wondelful Truths about the Buddha
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 9/15/2010 02:47:57 PM

According to the Buddhist Publication Society's Publication, "A Visakha
Offering" (Ceylon 1966) there are eight wondelful and marvelous truths about
the Buddha:

1) He (like Christ Jesus) is unique
2) He (like Christ Jesus) is good
3) He is solitary and independent
4) He is moderate
5) He (like Jesus Christ) is knowable
6) He (like Jesus Christ) has integrity in words and deeds
7) He (like Christ Jesus) is assured and certain
8) He (like Jesus Christ) is both the way and the truth together.

There is some question about whether this teaching conflicts with the Buddhist
doctrine of the non-existence of any independently existing self. However, I
interpret it to mean that it is the Buddha's self along with the World around
him (His soul) which is being referred to as having independent and solitary
existence.