Post by kkawohl on May 4, 2004 10:38:38 GMT -5
CA - Kurt Kawohl, author of a newly released book called
"Transcendentalism - A New Revelation" is attempting to reinstitute
Transcendentalism in the USA. Kurt was born in Germany in 1941 and now lives
in California where he is a Real Estate Broker. It is his belief that the
American Transcendental movement would have survived and thrived today if
their philosophy had been more compatible with the majority American
religious beliefs of spiritual inspirations and revelations together with
insight as being acceptable communicators of the truth.
In his book Kurt explores the origin of religious beliefs and religions.
Although he credits most past religious leaders, writers and portrayed
prophets of the "Holy Books" with having experienced spiritual interaction
with a spiritual existence, Kurt attributes their mind's interpretation of
these events as being blended with superstitions which was the norm of that
time period. It is the author's claim that his concept of a spiritual deity
is also derived through his own spiritual experiences and that the spiritual
existence in the spiritual realm is in actuality a spiritual collective; the
progressive and accumulative spiritual intelligence of the universe; an
agglomeration of all of the righteous souls who have pkmtyolped into the
spiritual realm.
In New England in the 19th-century Transcendentalists were known as writers
and philosophers who adhered to an idealistic system of thought based on a
belief in the essential unity of all creation, the innate goodness of man,
and the supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of
the deepest truths. The term Transcendentalism was derived from the German
philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) who considered it a philosophy which
holds that reasoning is the key to understanding reality and called "all
knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our
mode of knowing objects". Ralph Waldo Emerson's interpretation of
Transcendentalism was that it was a transcendental character or quality, a
philosophy which stressed intuition and spirituality. Kurt's opinions are
closely tied to Emerson's philosophy.
Kurt states in his book, "Transcendentalism Today can influence the
beginning of a new integration of rationality into many religions. In this
21st Century, the Age of Technology, we are still plagued by religious
beliefs that is a contributing cause toward terrorism, killings and wars
between nations. Belief in a deity who caused catastrophes, punished people
and created the universe out of nothingness as if by magic was brought about
by hysteria and superstitions. This thought process needs to be rpkmtyoleessed
and brought up to date. Open-minded people must use common sense to
determine whether this so-called deity was incorrectly perceived,
misinterpreted and misunderstood by the pkmtyolmes of a bygone era. When
peoples' concept is flawed, corrections, truth, logic and common sense
thereof must eventually prevail. It is the attributes of human
characteristics to exercise upon others power, control, dominance,
destruction, punishment, revenge, judgment and not the attributes of a
deity. Everyone is personally responsible for his own soul's destiny, the
only requirement for achieving spiritual continuity is righteous living. The
destruction of civilizations, most sufferings and premature deaths are due
to human frailties, stupidity or imperfections and are not a deity's doings.
The deity that mankind calls by several names exists in a spiritual realm
and never has and never will interfere with anything on earth or in the
universe."
Will the author’s concept of Transcendentalism Today survive? Only time will tell.
Kurt has had dialogue with religious leaders worldwide and supplies the
evidence thereof in his book. On a website catering primarily to active and
retired military personnel, at Military.com Kurt has posted his
Transcendentalism opinions on who/what "God" is and supplied the website
where his book can be accessed free of charge. Surprisingly over 10,000
people have visited there within a one year time period with many expressing
their approval.
Transcendentalism Today, Org. with Kurt Kawohl as its founder is a member of:
IONS - Institute of Noetic Sciences,
World Interfaith Congress,
United Communities of Spirit,
Alliance for Spiritual Community,
Interfaith Voices for Peace And Justice.
www.near-death.com/forum/nde/001/14.html
www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Kurt+Kawohl
www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.phtml?search=kurt+kawohl
www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/Showcase/Stories2/kawohl1_transcendentalism1_novel.html
www.transcendentalism.us/
www.authorzone.com/view_authors.php?authorid=1426
"Transcendentalism - A New Revelation" is attempting to reinstitute
Transcendentalism in the USA. Kurt was born in Germany in 1941 and now lives
in California where he is a Real Estate Broker. It is his belief that the
American Transcendental movement would have survived and thrived today if
their philosophy had been more compatible with the majority American
religious beliefs of spiritual inspirations and revelations together with
insight as being acceptable communicators of the truth.
In his book Kurt explores the origin of religious beliefs and religions.
Although he credits most past religious leaders, writers and portrayed
prophets of the "Holy Books" with having experienced spiritual interaction
with a spiritual existence, Kurt attributes their mind's interpretation of
these events as being blended with superstitions which was the norm of that
time period. It is the author's claim that his concept of a spiritual deity
is also derived through his own spiritual experiences and that the spiritual
existence in the spiritual realm is in actuality a spiritual collective; the
progressive and accumulative spiritual intelligence of the universe; an
agglomeration of all of the righteous souls who have pkmtyolped into the
spiritual realm.
In New England in the 19th-century Transcendentalists were known as writers
and philosophers who adhered to an idealistic system of thought based on a
belief in the essential unity of all creation, the innate goodness of man,
and the supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of
the deepest truths. The term Transcendentalism was derived from the German
philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) who considered it a philosophy which
holds that reasoning is the key to understanding reality and called "all
knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our
mode of knowing objects". Ralph Waldo Emerson's interpretation of
Transcendentalism was that it was a transcendental character or quality, a
philosophy which stressed intuition and spirituality. Kurt's opinions are
closely tied to Emerson's philosophy.
Kurt states in his book, "Transcendentalism Today can influence the
beginning of a new integration of rationality into many religions. In this
21st Century, the Age of Technology, we are still plagued by religious
beliefs that is a contributing cause toward terrorism, killings and wars
between nations. Belief in a deity who caused catastrophes, punished people
and created the universe out of nothingness as if by magic was brought about
by hysteria and superstitions. This thought process needs to be rpkmtyoleessed
and brought up to date. Open-minded people must use common sense to
determine whether this so-called deity was incorrectly perceived,
misinterpreted and misunderstood by the pkmtyolmes of a bygone era. When
peoples' concept is flawed, corrections, truth, logic and common sense
thereof must eventually prevail. It is the attributes of human
characteristics to exercise upon others power, control, dominance,
destruction, punishment, revenge, judgment and not the attributes of a
deity. Everyone is personally responsible for his own soul's destiny, the
only requirement for achieving spiritual continuity is righteous living. The
destruction of civilizations, most sufferings and premature deaths are due
to human frailties, stupidity or imperfections and are not a deity's doings.
The deity that mankind calls by several names exists in a spiritual realm
and never has and never will interfere with anything on earth or in the
universe."
Will the author’s concept of Transcendentalism Today survive? Only time will tell.
Kurt has had dialogue with religious leaders worldwide and supplies the
evidence thereof in his book. On a website catering primarily to active and
retired military personnel, at Military.com Kurt has posted his
Transcendentalism opinions on who/what "God" is and supplied the website
where his book can be accessed free of charge. Surprisingly over 10,000
people have visited there within a one year time period with many expressing
their approval.
Transcendentalism Today, Org. with Kurt Kawohl as its founder is a member of:
IONS - Institute of Noetic Sciences,
World Interfaith Congress,
United Communities of Spirit,
Alliance for Spiritual Community,
Interfaith Voices for Peace And Justice.
www.near-death.com/forum/nde/001/14.html
www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Kurt+Kawohl
www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.phtml?search=kurt+kawohl
www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/Showcase/Stories2/kawohl1_transcendentalism1_novel.html
www.transcendentalism.us/
www.authorzone.com/view_authors.php?authorid=1426