My take is that the line between educating and manipulating is the gap between the intention to suggest and the intention to demand.
If we are invested in a point of view that differs from another's, a dialogue that highlights the difference while actively supporting the right of the other...
Compromise culture definitely seems more rational. I think part of the solution is just listening. Look at the guy who LITERALLY converted KKK members. He didn't do it through destruction, harassing, or assault. He did it by listening and, to quote my manager, "thought with his head and not his...
Thanks for posting your thoughts on this topic. I sorta share your interest here, and I tend to lean towards an onion model view of it. All aspects of one thing (the Force) rather then separate things.
1. Unifying Force, 2. essesence of Living Force, and 3. natured aspect of Living Force (nature)....
Nah, not so much for me. Certainly could be taken that way from different points of view though, by affording a vehicle that dates back to 'magic', in the space between science and religion, by joining the long list of evolving spiritualities which seek to both anchor into reality but also reach...
That's awesome.
I just want you to understand, no matter how much of a tangent I may go down talking about Moses..., please understand my feelings for Yeshua (Jesus) are pretty much the exact opposite. Moses was like a sith emperor sneaking his way into power, then all of a sudden there's this...
They are the simplest and benefit from less contextual associations, being rather modes of feeling the Force, or like playing three notes in sequence over and over, but adjusting the speed to balance between interoception, proprioception, and apperception. But making any one distinction means...
