ATD re light & evil

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Jan 4 08:04:01 CST 2007


It's also a bit like Christian Science:  There's no such thing as
sickness.  It's only an illusion that you have to learn not to believe
in.  Subtext:  If you're sick, it's because you're not believing
sufficiently.

On 1/4/07, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Jan 3, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Steven wrote:
>
> I'll go out on a limb here and admit that I don't understand the intent of the quote.  No real substance?  Then nothing has any real substance.  Evil isn't a shadow...it's part of our essential nature.  To be avoided, not semantically hamstrung.
>
> It's closer to Dr. Wayne Dyer than to Plato and Aristotle's being and non-being.



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