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Originally posted by Phil:
[qb] I'm not buying it. Of course, if anyone actually succeeds in demonstrating the same kind of resurrection that Jesus manifested, then I'll re-consider. [/qb]

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Originally posted by w.c.:
[qb] Rather ridiculous, since no amount of internal alchemy generates immortality, let alone resurrection of the dead. I say this with some confidence because I've been around Buddhist and Hindu tantric masters over the years, several of whom were quite compassionate people as well, but none of them embodied these legendary qualities attributed to mythical rishis of India, and all of them died in spite of their extraordinarily developed siddhis.

Even the stories about the Tibetan light body, where the dying adept is said to dissolve his or her body into light, is an altogether different phenomenon/account than Christ's resurrection, the later being neither resuscitation nor a ghoastly appearance, as the Apostles early accounts make clear.

As for the bit about sexual orientation, the gurus I met, who developed the alchemical powers to such a high degree, were all heterosexual, and so your letters seem to confuse the difference between androgeny and overt sexual orientation.

All in all, a rather weak attempt at reducing the uncreated Holy Spirit, and the created immortal (not eternal) soul to the creaturely kundalini, the latter dissolving during death. [/qb]