What is the parable of the talents?
Those who multiply their talents will have their talents multiplied. Those who prove mastery over a few things will be the master over many.
Those who bury their talents in the ground to save them for "God" when it returns will be rewarded how? They will have their talents taken away and they will be given to those who multiply their talents.
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Here's a video Mudra posted in another thread that to me explains the big "sin" that is holding us back from "enlightenment" ~
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The real crime is you won't admit you're God. That's false modesty."
The key of course is understanding that so is our neighbor! It is beyond the thinker that we BE still, and know that I AM God, the spark of infinity that God made us, we Be. We are all unique divine flames connected in Oneness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUXod...layer_embedded
(Note, I'm not suggesting that Alan Watts teachings in general are something I am recommending as I do not know much about them, but I believe the talk in the above video is somewhat topical)