Re: Barry Langford: Timeslender_sailJanuary 21 2008, 12:04:44 UTC
“Consciousness of the unity of created time carries with it as a consequence an obligation not only to the present but to the future.” By reverse, ‘opting out’ of history (here Langford cites the Gaffer and Butterbur as examples) is “morally as well as practically unsustainable”.
This is perhaps the most Christian aspect of LoTR, but it is also found in the Zoroastrian doctrine. The Christian never knows when it's a mundane history, or a sacred history (like in Hinduism), so he has to take it ALL on because the Revelation happened IN history (Maya: something the Hinduist may deny, as being created only through his own ignorance). Zoroastrianism & Asceticism are opposite terms, as well. Christ is a way of life, to do with being of Crystal (see-thru, lol): meaning to have access to a multitude of dimensions and speaking with other entities - umm, forces at work. This still leaves us with the question of who one really is, though. And of what free choice really is: is it when you know, or when you don't know (the unity of time)? Is this dependent on what the nature of that knowledge is (positive or negative)?
I could smack Gandalf hard... And anyone else who emulates that. ;P But then again, the reverse type of "honesty" ("You'll BEG for death before it's over!!!") doesn't feel very real either. You know what, I think I need to look higher...
This is perhaps the most Christian aspect of LoTR, but it is also found in the Zoroastrian doctrine. The Christian never knows when it's a mundane history, or a sacred history (like in Hinduism), so he has to take it ALL on because the Revelation happened IN history (Maya: something the Hinduist may deny, as being created only through his own ignorance). Zoroastrianism & Asceticism are opposite terms, as well.
Christ is a way of life, to do with being of Crystal (see-thru, lol): meaning to have access to a multitude of dimensions and speaking with other entities - umm, forces at work. This still leaves us with the question of who one really is, though. And of what free choice really is: is it when you know, or when you don't know (the unity of time)? Is this dependent on what the nature of that knowledge is (positive or negative)?
I could smack Gandalf hard... And anyone else who emulates that. ;P But then again, the reverse type of "honesty" ("You'll BEG for death before it's over!!!") doesn't feel very real either. You know what, I think I need to look higher...
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