Spiritual practitioners disagree as to whether the ultimate reality is a person. If some of us are mistaken and It is, then presumably that ultimate person acts for the good of all, unlike the deities of some sects. Anyone can address Him or Her, at least hypothetically. Myths provide imaginative accounts of such a being. Axor seeks for evidence of a nonhuman Incarnation. In Hindu mythology, Vishnu the Preserver, the second member of Trimurti, is incarnated through evolutionary stages as:
a fish
a tortoise
a boar
a man-lion
a dwarf
Rama
Krishna
the Buddha
Kalki
Parasurama
Hinduism can also incorporate Christ and any extra-terrestrial Incarnations discovered by Axor.
8 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And orthodox Catholic Christians will vehemently reject any attempts to morph Christianity into Hinduism. I recall how the Catholic French crown prince in Stirling's THE PESHAWAR LANCERS politely and firmly refusing such ideas when mention was made of some apostate Anglicans trying to do that.
Hinduism is simply the last real pagan religion now existing. Most Hindus don't give a darn about the fine spun theorizing of some upper caste Hindus embarassed by its childish polytheism.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
To me, this is an exercise in imagination, not in doctrine. The Vishnu myth is very comprehensive. I would not make any attempt to persuade Catholics to relocate their beliefs into a different context. I contemplate the variety of beliefs, philosophise and meditate.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
And to me this is a matter of defined doctrines, revealed truths touching on actual, real matters. Not merely fictional, imaginative myth spinning.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
But the myths help us to deal with reality. Krishna teaches karma yoga. All myths are reflections on life and death.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I am not sure that is true of all myths. Like the tales told about the oafish "children" on Olympus.
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Paul!
I do not believe that to be true of all myths. Like the tales told about those oafish "children" on Olympus.
ad astra! Sean
Sean,
OK. Some of them are just imagination such as we enjoy in fantasy and sf.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
That I agree with.
Ad astra! Sean
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