Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00270)

Dear Chuck and the rest of the List.-

I have decided to share this e-mail that I received from a friend who  
lives in Berkeley, California. It has to do with Theosophy, so it is  
appropriate to bring it to the list.

On Oct 20, 2006, at 12:31 PM, Gene Wolery wrote:

> Hi A.
>
> Gene told me about your e-mail to me that ended up somewhere in  
> limbo. That happens sometimes. I guess the system is not fault  
> proof. This news coming from Stephen Hawking is very interesting.  
> No need for a Judeo-Islamic-Christian creator. In the Eastern  
> religions the manifested universe originates or unfolds out of a  
> reflection of the Un-manifest, or Absolute, which remains after  
> manifestation. This--the Un-manifest has no relation to the  
> manifested universe since the Absolute cannot have a relation to  
> the relative.
>
> Thank you, I enjoy reading your e-mails.
>
> Rudy
>
>
>
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> > From: "A."
> > Sent: Oct 19, 2006 11:38 AM
> > To: "A."
> > Subject: Hawking at Berkeley
> >
> > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/19/ 
> > MNGQGLRQOR1.DTL&
> > hw=Berkeley+freshmen&sn=001&sc=1000
> > <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/19/ 
> > MNGQGLRQOR1.DTL
> > &hw=Berkeley+freshmen&sn=001&sc=1000>
> >
> > Howıs this for an idea?  The University of California at Berkeley  
> > (rah) has
> > mailed out copies of  Stephen Hawkingıs Briefer History of Time to  
> > all its
> > new freshmen and urged them to read it.  To follow up, itıs  
> > organizing small
> > group discussions all over the campus between now and March when  
> > Hawking
> > comes to talk. His appearance at Zellerbach is already sold out,  
> > damn it
> > all. But theyıre working on a way to big screen it for the  
> > spillover crowd
> > in the plaza.   Now thatıs a university with an imagination.  Way  
> > to go
> > Berkeley!!!  And thanks to the anonymous rich guy who footed the  
> > bill for
> > the books.
> >
> > One little problem. Hawking has suggested that the universe might  
> > actually
> > be self-contained, without boundaries of time and space.  That  
> > would suggest
> > no creator.
> >
> > There go the first three words of the Bible.  Does that mean we  
> > have to
> > cancel?
> >
> > A.