[Buddha-l] Energy and "The Word"

[Jim Peavler]

Thanks for bringing in "logos".  For some reason my ol mind froze this  
morning without getting to it. it was the word I was searching for but  
could not find in my currently scrambled word-hoard.

On Jul 5, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Bob Zeuschner wrote:

> The way I learned it is that the Christian term "Word" is one English
> rendering of the Greek LOGOS, and this technical term is explained in
> great detail by Plotinus and the Neo-Platonists. Augustine also has a
> commentary on Logos somewhere.
> As I recall their explanation, Logos has nothing to do with expelling
> air or sound waves.
> As I read Genesis, Elohim is "brooding over the waters" before Elohim
> creates the universe by SAYING (?) "Fiat Lux" (make it light).
> Thus stuff exists before God creates, so it is not ex nihilo.
> Bob
>
> Jim Peavler wrote:
>>
>> John, famously, begins his gospel with;
>>
>> 	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
>> Word was God.
>> 	The same was in the beginning with God.
>> 	All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made
>> that was made.
>> 	In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
>> 	And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it
>> not.
>>
>> This is the only creation story I can recall offhand from the new
>> testament. It tells the creation story all the way from the pre-
>> creation to the beginning of the preaching career of John the  
>> Baptist.
>>
>> I have a difficult time comprehending the "Word", as used here, as
>> literally a spoken sound. It has to be some kind of truly  
>> transcendent
>> essence or power that comprises spirit, and mind, and existence,  
>> and a
>> host of other things that precede all things.
>>
>> And it seems to comprise all things that have ever been or can ever
>> be. Maybe it is the opposite of "emptiness". Maybe it is "fullness".
>> It may refer to the plenum.
>>
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