Replying to LO24722 --
Dear Organlearners,
Judy Tal <judyt@netvision.net.il> writes:
>While browsing recent messages, wether on methodological
>or on ethical issues, I can't ignore anymore the question that
>keeps knocking at my forehead - How can I adjudicate on a
>prophecy, How would I know which prophecy to believe and
>which to not-believe?
Greetings Judy,
My heart ache with you. May I suggest that you explore how believing
become.
>I'll believe any prophecy consistent with my own - it strengthens
>my stand point, it raises my self confidence and it's easy (at
>least by the principle of "least effort").
I think that it works for both authentic believing and rote believing.
I tend to focus on prophecies connecting to the order higher than that of
believing -- the others sometimes stress me too much.
Obviously, the burden of the prophet is to see how a prophecy on orders
lower than believing become actual. (I use the male form because you did
it ;-) What bigger burden is there for a prophet than to prophetise his
own death as others did too?
That is why the authentic prophet has to live or to die by his prophecy.
In ancient times the prophet had to be stoned when the prophecy actually
proved to become false. Now the false prophets stone the rote believers
spiritually. Which death is the worst?
>But how should I deal with all prophecies unknown to me?
I am not sure of the question -- unknown or unfulfilled?
>How would I know which prophecy to believe?
>
>In my private search and re-search, I found out that the world is
>full and rich with approachable prophecies. They can be easily
>found allover: in books, magazines, e-lists, web-sites and coffee
>shops.
If it may be of worth to you, I have found that authentic prophets never
stop questioning, just as authentic kings never stop commanding and
authentic priests never stop stating. Should each of us not become
prophet, priest and king? What about kids, are they not born like that?
>If so, then TIME becomes the major constraint I have to deal
>with, and the question will become then: How would I identify
>a "worthwhile understanding" prophecy when it crosses my
>path?
What a profound synthesis of question, statement and command! You are a
prophetess, priestess and queen -- that which make a believer.
What about the "arrow of time"? Might it not be able to help you? Or does
the physical world manifest in vain?
>I would like to find out, what portion of the prophet's prophecy
>is manifested in his own organization. Moreover, I would like to
>investigate into the integrity of a prophecy by looking at an
>instance of demonstration, before I'm going into the depth of
>theoretical details.
Allow me to help your answering by asking some question or three:
Who of prophets, priests or kings, in the ancient days, did keep up
schools most?
Did their schooling had any effect on their organisation?
Do you know of a lazy prophet?
Perhaps the wholeness of a prophet and his organisation is part of the
integrity which you refer to. When we break the monadicity in the
wholeness, the integrity breaks too. This why we need the associativity in
the wholeness so as to seek the sureness of the integrity of the prophecy.
I am deliberately speaking in riddles here, hoping that WD will come to
your aid.
>At these rare moments, when I remember the title of this
>message (it's a clumsy translation from Hebrew, and refers
>to the inner town - unseen by the prophet, as well as
>the prophecy - unheard in it's own town) I can see how
>beyond the silence of my own failure, lies in stillness a
>precious wisdom.
The English language have an answer to the seemingly riddle in this
wisdom. Familiarity breeds contempt.
>Wish to have the courage to share such instances with you,
>my fellow learners.
"When in doubt, do the brave thing" the late Oubaas would always say.
Thank you for the bravery shown.
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@gold.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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