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Since we?re quoting? Debenham once said seeing as we had Mozart there was no need for any more composers and that was why musical composition and theory was not taught at St James. http://www.whyaretheydead.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=119&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=mozart+debenham...

Following your own link, I read that Alfred North Whitehead said "All western philosophy consists of footnotes to Plato," meaning that western philosophers always end up referencing Plato in a footnote -- not that "all of western philosophy IS a footnote to Plato," implying that everybody after Plat...

NYC, are you referring to the following verse in Chapter 9? 'For even the children of sinful parents, and those miscalled the weaker sex, and merchants, and labourers, if only they will make Me their refuge, they shall attain the highest.' I took that to mean that Krishna was saying to Arjuna that,...

Ideas about what constitutes "being in the present moment" obviously differ as much as ideas about self-realisation

Well, care to take a crack at describing your idea of what constitutes ?being in the present moment? then?

[self-realization as] an exceedingly rare and privileged golden state that you could only achieve by lifetimes of hard work and service so, it?s implied that once you ?attain Self-Realization? you?re golden forever, no need to continue that hard work & service? Tch. The lineage of advaita I?m m...

But if you don't believe there is anything accessible to human experience beyond the mind, it's all going to be mind play, isn't it? Exactly. So what?s the SES definition of self-realization, Bella? The so-called "Self" that we want to discuss can't be discussed or experienced nor can IT experience...

I just meant that on those occasions when I identify with something or someone other than myself, there in that moment, I?m partially self-realized. In a way, it?s nothing special ? it could be as simple as identifying with someone else?s suffering ? I think obviously that?s why a number of people w...

who cares if women can or cannot attain self realisation It matters to me who is barred from ?enlightenment,? ?self-realization,? ?heaven,? or ?eternal life,? -- whatever name the end goal goes by in a given religious/spiritual tradition -- because it tells you who the tradition doesn?t respect, wa...

No one ever told me to my face that women must be reincarnated as men before self-realization could happen, but there's a conservative Brahmanical interpretation of advaita that teaches it. I'm not familiar with the text you mention, but Chapter 9 of the Baghavad Gita could be interpreted that way. ...

"It has been said that all of Western philosophy is a footnote to Plato."

oh God. It hasn't been said by anyone but the SES.

I'm pretty sure that Fox Jr. was living in London & teaching at St. James immediately before coming here...that's what a tutor told me & also someone on this board made grumbly noises about his rugby coaching competence at StJ. btw, the school announced to parents they were dropping the uppe...

--the collapse of the St James affiliated New York Abraham Lincoln School in 2003 over apparent abuse, funding and staff competence issues, this is not quite right. I haven't heard any allegations of abuse at Abe Lincoln. Abe Lincoln school used to be for 1st - 8th graders, but "contracted" and mer...

I personally want to belong to an organization whose aims and methods are entirely consistent with the ethical norms and standards of reasonable people. To this end, I believe that there has to be: - a sincere apology from the School of Economic Science and St James, both public and private; - new ...

Chittani, Your point that making an allegation against a named individual is potentially libelous (and unfair & bullying) is a good one. However, for it to be libelous it must be untrue. The school?s own inquiry finds the allegations of harsh treatment and harsh discipline to be proved against t...

The tutors wife was a tutor herself for the 2nd term group -- a fact only known because one 1st termer had his mother in that group - she was the one who told a young woman that her (the young woman's) miscarriage was due to her wickedness in a past life and was an example of Karma -- ie deserved p...