"wisdom"

Christianity is not compatible with eastern mysticism. The popular western interpretation is that we can pick and choose whatever we want from whichever religion, or philosophy, that makes us feel good. Being "spiritual" (or a plurality of beliefs) is "in," while being "religious" (or stuck to one point of view) is not.

First of all, for some reason, people think that they are wise, new-thinkers who are paving the way for a spiritual revolution. However, in reality, this plurality is nothing new (Muhammud left Mecca because he disagreed with the people's relativistic faith -- amalgomating all religions into one worship). What makes Christianity incompatable with eastern thought is that when Jesus spoke of truth, HE was the Truth; when Jesus spoke of the way to heaven (the way to the Father), HE was the Way; when Jesus spoke of God, He was speaking about Himself ("before Abraham was, I am," is just one among many other refrences to His own divinity.). For some reason, "modern" thinkers are either ignorant of Jesus' claims to divinity, or they choose to ignore them. Eastern mysticism believes in a plurality of faiths, that all are true, and that it would be silly and ignorant to claim that only one is true. Well, Jesus must be ignorant and silly because He said that HE was THE TRUTH and that HIS CHURCH would last forever and that unless you eat His body and drink His blood, you will HAVE NO LIFE WITHIN YOU.

"I believe that even Father is too limited." Please don't take this as a personal attack against anyone -- especially truevyne -- but who are we to say that "Father" is "too limited"? Jesus calls God "Father," and, in the Old Testament, God calls Himself "Father" -- He has revealed Himself to us as "Father."

Have we, as a society, become so arrogant that we can tell God who He is, or who He ought to be? Have we become so foolish as to claim authority over our Creator and tell Him how He should speak to us, or how He ought to have spoken to us? It is about time that we gave our heads a shake and we woke up to the reality that we cannot make religion into a tea party; we need to wake up to the reality that we can't tell God how He ought to be. We have to quit playing the guru and quit pretending that we are wise simply because we use Hindu terms with our Christian thought -- when in fact, there was never anything more arrogant, ignorant, and foolish!!