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sirbikesalot wrote:
Roy- I’ll have to look that book up, thanks for pointing it out.
I would also appreciate any thoughts you might have.
Basically the author was hitting his head against the wall of his expectations. He was able to make a perspective adjustment that made everything fit in new and inspiring ways. He had a realization that God has an individualized plan for each and every one of us that is perfectly designed to help us reach our ultimate potential. He found lots of support for this idea in GA quotes including the famous talk “The current bush”. He felt that this new perspective had been the true “hidden in plain sight” doctrinal perspective all along and that he just hadn’t understood it before. He felt that his discontentment at coveting the lives of others was a sin because it was questioning the wisdom of God. He “repented” from his old perspective and has found much more peace with his new belief.
As someone who likewise was searching for meaning in sorrow and tragedy – I found this man’s story to be fascinating.
Please see the quotes from my signature line as I feel that they directly apply here.
Wayfarer- just read your introduction that got re-bumped recently. There were some excellent points in there. I currently am not arriving at the same conclusions to the data as Bushman is as I read rough stone rolling and I think, if the desired end result is in fact spiritual growth and happiness, perhaps my best approach to Joseph Smith is to view him as parable through the church’s version of his history and not through what others might call the more accurate history. For instance, the story of Buddha lieing down to feed a starving mother Tiger so her young would not die as a lesson on compassion, I am sure is not historically accurate, and yet it teaches a principle to Buddhists (interesting tie in to the Anti Nephi Lehi’s there incidentally). Not that I disagree with others who want the truth at all costs, but I think I appreciate your approach much better than I do Atheism (no offense to Atheists, I respect how you got where you are, it’s just not for me and with current family relations it’s just not an option). My current goal is harmony with myself and those around me and I think the approach you take as I read it is likely the most successful approach. As a result I decided to go ahead with my original plan this week to attend the temple today but thought I would look for DAOist principles and was quite surprised to see how much was there. As far as what originally attracted me to DAOism I thought it was really cool that even the name has a tie in to Christ as that is one of his names, The Way. I also remember as I learned about it in college (many years ago) that if I wasn’t a Mormon I’d probably really get into DAOism and here I am realizing that they can work together.
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