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he saw a flier for a lecture at
the Theosophical Society.
Stein didn't become a
member at first. But he kept
coming across Theosophical
Society fliers and books.
Today, Stein says he is
"oriented toward Eastern re-
ligions and metaphysics. I'm
spiritually humanistic and
religious, with a smattering
of understanding of the na-
ture of what is — and you
can put that (is) in quotes —
as opposed to what's told."
Stein's search for what is
has taken him from guru to
guru ("I began guru-going in
1958, which means every
time a guru came to town I
went") to his current pas-
sion, The Course of Miracles,
a self-study course he says
would take hours to even
begin to explain, to yoga and
to meditation.
Stein meditates by imagin-
ing his mind is a placid lake.
Then he drops in a pebble
"that ripples out and out and
out, and the lake is quiet,
quiet, quiet and still, still,
still."
Regular meditation can
help clear one's mind of
everyday concerns like
money and sex, and "get
much closer to what is," he
says. And getting close to
what is invariably brings
one closer to God, whom
New Agers frequently refer
to as "the Divine Mind,"
"the Divine Essence" or
"the Christ within us," not
to be confused with Jesus the
person.
"Do you think the nature
of what is — call it God, nod,
pod or whatever you want, is
concerned with love or sex or
money?" Stein asks.
Stein believes the Torah is
a map that helps define the
principles of what is, but
that its ultimate message
can be lost on many who fail
to see through its surface
meaning.
He also is impressed by the
Magen David because one
segment points up, as to
heaven, and another points
down. "They're intert-
wined," he says. "As above,
so below."
Stein often attends
meetings at the local
Theosophical Society lodge,
which hosts guest speakers
on Friday night. Recent
speaker topics include
animal rights, the Kab-
balah, astrology and
crystals; one guest was a
Buddhist monk "who lit a
fire and almost made our
alarm go off."
One of the most mem-
orable lectures Stein attend-
ed was when he heard a guru
speak in 1974. "it was ob-
vious I understnod him on a
level different than the other
people."
After Stein raised yet an-
other query, the guru re-
sponded: "Be still before you
grow another head to ask
more questions with" —
namely, Stein should be
satisfied with the knowledge
he already had.
"And with those words,"
Stein says, "I was
enlightened." ❑
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l NEWS I
Israeli Drivers
Still A Menace
Jerusalem (JTA) — The
chief medical examiner has
given the Knesset gruesome
statistics that further con-
firm suspicions that, behind
the wheel of a moving vehi-
cle, Israelis are a menace to
themselves and anyone
nearby.
The medical officer told
the Knesset's Foreign Af-
fairs and Security Com-
mittee that more than
630,000 people have died or
been injured in road ac-
cidents in Israel since the
state was founded in 1948.
That approximately is
equal to the Jewish popula-
tion at the time of in-
dependence.
Between 1980 and 1988,
4,233 people died, over
30,000 were seriously in-
jured and more than 144,000
slightly injured on the
highways.
The carnage continues. Six
people have died and more
than 60 were injured in road
accidents in the six days
from Dec. 19 to Dec. 25, ac-
cording to the police. In all
cases, the police blamed
human error.
Two were killed and 10 in-
jured on Dec. 19, when two
cars collided on the Ashdod-
Tel Aviv highway near the
Belt Dagan junction. The
next accident occurred only
a few miles from the scene of
the other. Two died and 52
were injured.
It was caused when a
driver made an illegal U-
turn on the highway, at the
height of the morning rush
hour, and was hit by a truck
and a bus. The truck driver
and a female bus passenger
were killed. The driver who
made the U-turn was ques-
tioned by police.
"There is no doubt that
human error caused this
accident," said the district
chief traffic inspector,
Freddy Hershkowitz. "The
weather was fine and road
conditions were reasonable,"
he pointed out.
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