[Vibecrewangel]

Pern.....if I remember correctly when you first showed up I mentioned it was nice to see someone who followed the original teachings as oppsed to the screwed up version that most people associate wth the church.


The information on buddhism/physics is growing by leaps and bounds. Just google the two terms and you will come up with quite a few. Even the matrix movies are heavy into buddhist philosophy insofar as the question of existance is concerned.

Historical proof can be found throughout eastern history. Much the same as proof of events in Native American stories would be proved through the history of North America. Much of the problem with modern culture is that we forget that the further back we go the less certain historical events crossed different cultures. A flood in one area would never have been recorded in another.

I for one came to Buddhism in...well really.....a sort of appropriate way.....
I grew up with a mother who was deeply devout. In ever religion she came across.....Catholic, Jehova's witness, Satanist, Scientologist.....I don't want to go on. As I got older I looked into Shamanism, Witchcraft, Wicca (yes they are different) I was even an atheist for a bit. In the end I was left with a very personal mush of beliefs that encompassed everything that made sense from all the religions and traditions I had studied. It wasn't until recently....many years later....that I learned about Buddhism. At first I was wierded out that my view was almost idential to the Buddhist view. But eventually I came to understand that once I had allowed myself to (in a very buddhist way) let go of the negative aspects of all those other teachings I was left with the truth. And the truth is universal. When Buddhist talk of letting go to achive enlightenment it is meant to be on that level.