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Old 03-30-2006, 02:45 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I think it's a good idea. I think it's a lot more comprehensive and scientific and makes a lot of sense, but only if you want it to.

There are certain things that are just pushing it. For one is the religious overtone of the language. I'm still hung up on anyone who doesn't use E-prime. Even I don't. But I try to use it when it's important to do so.


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"We are all extensions of, manifestations of, The Universal Creative Source temporarily in human bodies in order to learn and experience. We are all perfect parts of the Universal Creative Source - the God-Force, Goddess Energy, Great Spirit - we always have been, and always will be." [Absolutist statement

"We, who are part of the ONENESS, get to experience the illusion of separate individual identity. In God we are the music - so we would never have experienced hearing music without this illusion of separation."

"This is Truly a New Age in which we have more, and clearer, access to the Higher Mind and to healing energy from higher vibrational sources than ever before in human recorded history."

"Each of us has lived multiple lifetimes. We have experienced every aspect of the human experience."

"It is old souls who are awakening to enlightenment in this New Age. The majority of people on the planet are not old souls."
Look at all those Is's and Are's. Those statements are not implying thatThis is what we feel. This is what we believe. We have no scientific proof. No, what it's saying is We are these things. There's no ambiguity about it and therefore no doubts. Those statements come from a human or group of humans who think they know more than they really do. Anyone is fooling themselves who honestly believes such unsubstantiated claims.

The very language is a turn off. If they were so spiritual they'd have picked up what the higher intelligences are using to communicate language.
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