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I stumbled across your site by accident about a year ago and admit to being a skeptic. Over the last year or so I have been stunned by the accuracy of your tarot predictions each week. This Sunday's prediction was for the end to financial hardship. On Monday I received an offer of employment which arrived after over a year of unemployment due to illness. Not only was it a job for which I am well qualified, but also a 40% pay increase over what I was earning before I became unwell, and working in an industry I had never before considered. This not the first time you have been correct -- you've predicted major arguments, frustrations, and unexpected travel. I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't more to tarot than meets the eye!
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By contrast with all this, it is hard to locate a single war fought in the name of Buddhism or Taoism: faiths that do not possess the notion of a personal God. How can they go to war when there is no personal God to tell them to do so, and hence no historical justification for future wars either?
However, it would be mistaken to believe, as many do, that traditions without a personal God are essentially atheistic. Both acknowledge the existence of Cosmic Intelligence. However, the latter is considered to be beyond conception and beyond name.
It is not personal, but rather transcends personality and description. As the opening line of the Tao Te Ching says: "The Tao that can be spoken of is NOT the Eternal Tao".
The ideology that prevails in a society really does determine its mode of behavior In both the Middle East and the West, we are ruled by this notion of a personal God. Hence, the actions we take must be, at least partially, due to this deep-seated belief.
If you believe (and have scriptures that support this belief) that your God encourages war under the "right circumstances", and even engages in wanton acts of destruction himself at appropriate instances, then it will not be long before you have an excuse to do the same. Bob Dylan's ironically titled song, "With God On Our Side" illustrates the fact that in any conflict, both protagonists believe that God supports THEM.
The classic example of this is the so-called "war on terrorism" right now. On one side you have a US President telling you that this is a war of Good against Evil, and Good will prevail.
On the other side, you have Islamic extremists, who are perfectly willing to die for their God in order to strike a blow at what they consider to be the "Great Satan". Ironically, each side worships the SAME God!
It does seem that Science is revealing a universe permeated with intelligence at every level; complex beyond human conception, and with purposes than no human mind can fathom. Cosmic Intelligence is indeed everywhere around us.
However, it need not be considered "personal" in any way. By adopting a viewpoint like this, which places no limits on God because it places no definition upon it, we avoid all the negative consequences of the personal God.
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