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<p>[QUOTE="Rclinftl, post: 9634408, member: 78249"]I just think you are misunderstanding my thoughts concerning the “dark side “ - when I say dark I don’t necessarily mean evil - where there is light there is dark… when I mentioned the Qabalah (it is indeed a proper spelling with both a Q or a K ) being mirrored under Malkuth and you asserted that Malkuth is the material world - yes it’s the root chakra of the tree - but the ENTIRE tree is mirrored under Malkuth not just Malkuth - there is a dark and light side to each sphere… just as the devil (Lucifer) Is not evil personified - there are light and dark sides to each entity- those dark sides deal with dark matter like death - disease - etc - the things to messy (and difficult) for the “feel good I am love Gods “ who let innocent children die painful deaths without explanation- and alas mysticism wouldn’t exist without seekers and practitioners - it would be unknown - thus it has to have human elements - whether you want to call it spirituality or religion doesn’t change that humans are invoking or evoking the elements with their own values morals and intentions - and now a days many with intentional malice - I believe they call the path “ chaos” - </p><p><br /></p><p>in the end it doesn’t really matter if I buy into your view of purity or you buy into my beliefs otherwise - your truth is yours alone as is mine - the worlds greatest minds certainty can’t agree - we are no different - but I just wanted to clear the air concerning my use of dark - the intention wasn’t necessarily meant as evil -[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rclinftl, post: 9634408, member: 78249"]I just think you are misunderstanding my thoughts concerning the “dark side “ - when I say dark I don’t necessarily mean evil - where there is light there is dark… when I mentioned the Qabalah (it is indeed a proper spelling with both a Q or a K ) being mirrored under Malkuth and you asserted that Malkuth is the material world - yes it’s the root chakra of the tree - but the ENTIRE tree is mirrored under Malkuth not just Malkuth - there is a dark and light side to each sphere… just as the devil (Lucifer) Is not evil personified - there are light and dark sides to each entity- those dark sides deal with dark matter like death - disease - etc - the things to messy (and difficult) for the “feel good I am love Gods “ who let innocent children die painful deaths without explanation- and alas mysticism wouldn’t exist without seekers and practitioners - it would be unknown - thus it has to have human elements - whether you want to call it spirituality or religion doesn’t change that humans are invoking or evoking the elements with their own values morals and intentions - and now a days many with intentional malice - I believe they call the path “ chaos” - in the end it doesn’t really matter if I buy into your view of purity or you buy into my beliefs otherwise - your truth is yours alone as is mine - the worlds greatest minds certainty can’t agree - we are no different - but I just wanted to clear the air concerning my use of dark - the intention wasn’t necessarily meant as evil -[/QUOTE]
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