Transsexuality and religion

[TheSkronkDonkey]

Originally Posted by randolph

Thanks for the positive response.

No problem.

I think people can converse with respect, from time to time.

Originally Posted by randolph

I agree that evolutionary psychology is basic to understanding how the brain works. I view Tantra not as a religion but as a way of "adjusting" the mind.

Well, every system is steeped in some degree of truth -- but it depends on the system (and the individual's interpretation of the system and what comes out of it).

Originally Posted by randolph

Eckard Tolle is another way on this path. A number scientists have been impressed with Tantra/Hindu wisdom including Schrodinger and Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer's comments and thoughts after the first bomb test
"Oppenheimer later recalled that, while witnessing the explosion, he thought of a verse from the Hindu holy book, the Bhagavad Gita:
" If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one... "
"Years later he would explain that another verse had also entered his head at that time: namely, the famous verse; "Kalo Asmi Loka-ksaya-krit Pravardho, Lokan Samartum iha Pravattah"[47] and was quoted by Oppenheimer after the successful detonation of the first nuclear weapon. He translated it as "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

When you look at these comments ...... what is actually being said?

That humanity has raised itself up to the level of a god with our scientific breakthroughs and our technology, so we had better develop equally great levels of compassion and wisdom to go with them. The citations are very powerful and very apt.