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THE 2ND EMAIL FROM MY FRIEND
(This is the continuation of the discusion that can be viewed HERE on this page)
Sent: Friday, 15 October 2004 11:26 p.m.
To: Jonathan Evatt
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Maybe, in the meantime, you could answer two questions for me: 1. What do you understand to be the purpose of the creation? 2. Do you see human emotion as illusory?I admit that there is much that IS illusory in human perception and in the interpretation of experience. But I contend that ‘experience’ itself is not illusory or even a ‘dream’, is of God and serves a fundamental purpose in the creation and in God’s NEED for expression (even if it is not EXPERIENCED as NEED prior to manifestation). I have met too many people who wish to classify emotion as illusion or dream, and it is here that I part with some of the classical understandings of the Divine.
My equation: emotion = (Divine) energy in motion
Much love
Debbie
I really had no answer for these questions.
Yet, after I started writing here is what came to light.
Greetings beloved…
Wonderful to hear from you.
In answer to your questions…
1) I leave that mystery in the hands of God. It is not something I am presently able to put into words… into the symbolic. To me it must be experienced directly.
2) Let us take a look at the word “illusion” –
il·lu·sion
n.
1. An erroneous perception of reality.
2. An erroneous concept or belief.
3. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief.
I feel that some people, when they hear me say that X is an “illusion”, immediately think (and oft to their horror) that I am saying that X has no basis in reality.
That is not the meaning of the word illusion. When I have the erroneous belief that X is in fact A or B or C (or anything other than X) then I am in the realm of illusion.
“Sin” has often been translated from the Greek word “harmatia” which means “to miss the mark” or “to miss the target”. “Sin” has also been translated from various Latin words that relate to “guilt” or being “guilty”. Hence “sin” to me also comes back to having an erroneous perception of reality… my perception “missing the mark” so to speak. The flit side of that is the guilt that arises through believing in false idols… for believing in that X is in fact A, B, C or whatever.
The “Original Sin” to me denotes that one and only moment of divergence from that which is Real… that which is God’s Will.
I have elaborated in this way so that you know what symbology the word “illusion” represents for me. Language is after all just a form of symbols that we form some degree of consensus around at some level in order to commune-icate.
I also pick up on the word “experience”.
Where does experience take place? What is the epicentre of experience? Do we “experience” thoughts and emotions? Do we experience the perceived world?
Do we actually experience the dream?
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