On 2016-01-28 04:47:27 +0000, Atman said:
> Your are very welcome! I have absolutely no idea if anyone ever reads
> anything from this group since the only thing that I have to go by is
> replies and other posters so I'm very pleased that you recognize the
> true gems of enlightenment that have been posted. I believe that
> everything is inter-related and inter-dependent, and as such is
> effectively one "thing", so if the understanding or awareness of
> anyone increases, then it benefits us all making it a better world.
> That is why I post these files.
>
> I grew up in a fundamentalist family where different ideas were
> considered evil or of the devil. It took me quite a while to
> over-come the ingrained fear to reach out and read other philosophical
> or religious ideas, and even longer to over-come the sub-conscious
> bias against these ideas. Having read many of these documents and
> seen for myself their life-changing effect, I feel compelled to share
> these works. It's as if a higher power is at work. Many
> synchronistic events have occurred to make this content available.
>
> Lately I've received some opposition from surprising areas. One of my
> personal principles is to do no harm by sharing these files. In fact,
> the vast majority of the files are freely available on the Internet if
> you know where to look, but few people know where to look. I've had
> dedicated followers of this or that guru object to the sharing of
> these works even though the guru themselves stated that their goal and
> life's purpose was to spread these very ideas. I've also had members
> of other file sharing sites object to the sharing of files outside of
> their community, as if any file that ever goes through their
> communities becomes their communities sole property. I really don't
> think that they realize how ironic this is in reality. But to those
> people I just wish peace, love, and enlightenment.
> In many parts of the world sharing these ideas openly could get you
> jailed or killed so I consider myself very fortunate that I've only
> received these relatively minor objections to these posts.
>
> I fully plan to continue sharing ideas on enlightenment and spititual
> growth for the rest of my life, be it on usenet or other methods, but
> I have no idea how long that may be. I see actions by goverments that
> may severly limit personal freedoms in information sharing and I have
> no desire to fight these governments. In such case I will move on,
> but as one door closes, eventually another door opens.
>
> I hope to have more content to share soon, but if you like this
> content then please also think about supporting this web site. They
> also support the same goals as I have stated and have an open archieve
> of some great files.
>
> http://www.holybooks.com
>
> Thanks again for your encouragement!
Thanks atman for your fine posts
regards Stephen
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