Suffering's End: Illumination! (Buddhism.)
Illumination's End: Redemption. (Genuine Christianity)
"Having become [by that stage] Heavenly-minded, you shall become at one with the Tao.
And although the body dies, the tao shall never pass away."
Tao te Ching, canto 16 "patterned out" and reconstructred as to the progression of consciousness therein reliably described.
Oddly enuf, the background material one finds on www.psychohistory.com and related sites bears this view out in the sort of clear terms that indeed an elder and wise Imperial Librarian of Ancient China would most likely both recognize and respect.
Suffering's End: Illumination! (Buddhism.) Illumination's End: Redemption. (Genuine Christianity) "Having become [by that stage] Heavenly-minded, you shall become at one with the Tao. And although the body dies, the tao shall never pass away." Tao te Ching, canto 16 "patterned out" and reconstructred as to the progression of consciousness therein reliably described.
Oddly enuf, the background material one finds on www.psychohistory.com and related sites bears this view out in the sort of clear terms that indeed an elder and wise Imperial Librarian of Ancient China would most likely both recognize and respect.