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Yes. Christ models the optimal spiritual I hope for but will probably never fully attain. He’s my divine human inspiring me to be more like him.

My very limited educated guess is that soul is rooted on this physical “side” while an individual (or individual’s) spirit is rooted on the “ other side.” Spirit can move about , sometimes leaving the body. Soul is a dock that doesn’t leave the body. A high aura is probably a precursor to astral...

I had an astral projection experience at a roadside park where I meditated and occasionally took a nap each weekday on way to work. As I was in waking up mode from nap I saw myself from front of car, look back at me. Then I experienced the “knitting” sensation as that ostensibly “part” of me...

Yes, AI protected from contamination (needs high integrity overseers, including some with advanced technology skills, ASAP) may help us bring state supported spirituality that does not violate separation of church and state, that is, so long as it is a default religion by choice, and allows...

Clarifying values is VERY important. Christ taught us and showed us how spiritual, connective, a human being might be. Do we value spiritual growth? Seems intimately connected to a mode one could call “being,”

I never hear the individual spirit of a person being discussed in Church, only the collective versions of Spirit. Could we get to know our individual spirit as a means of better connecting with God? I see signs of something reentering my body when about to wake up from nighttime dreams. It seems...

Ever sit in church and “see” one Christ from the integrated gifts of those in the congregation? I occasionally have. Similarly, A.I. seems able to pull together various human insights. The differently described parts of the elephant can be put together to help us see the whole elephant? I...

I have heard there is translation questions about the word interpreted as “eternal.” As I recall the original word (Greek?) was Eons or something like that. Some interpretations say it means a long time, but not necessarily forever. I agree that eternal damnation is inconsistent with a loving...

I think the Bible has quite a few meaningful myths other than the parables. I wonder what the myth to history ratio might be. I suspect fairly myth heavy. Perhaps Rabbi Christ’s parables were to help us see the Bible’s truths as being figurative, not so literal? Inclusion (that Jesus latched...

I agree that Christianity is not merely a positive self fulfilling prophesy, as it involves encouragement to EXPERIENCE our connection to God, using God’s Messenger/Son to help link/connect. Self fulfilling prophecies help with doing but Christianity is most concerned with BEING. And once the...

I like that. But also suggests that we too are not in essence as separate in our being as we suppose, and that at the base of our individual being we are rooted in spirit as manifestations of God also (3 is a multiple, so is/are all humans). Children of God does come close to this view (of being...

And that would not be a good God by which to promote a POSITIVE self-fulfilling prophecy. So I think you chose your belief wisely, even if for reasons other than self-fulfilling prophecy. I don’t rule out those other reasons. I just prefer to make my case with the weakest reason. “If you can...

I agree Thomas. Religion can be a useful series of prompts to be more fully human or “spiritual.” It may require holding the contents of the religion more loosely and requiring figurative interpretation, but there is some good stuff there. A person can be both spiritual AND religious. To often...

Paul Tillich’s description of God as The Ground of Being, and Moses’ hearing God identify as “I am that I am” suggests that the practice of spirituality (which, I assume religion is really supposed to be about) is largely about the skill of being. In turn, this skill seems to require an ability...

I recently had the insight that there seem to be three skill domains for being fully human: “being, relating, doing.” After sharing this insight with my minister, I decided to do an internet search using the phrase “being, relating, and doing.” To my surprise, the concepts were not at all...

Ditto on that. Seems like an artifact of tribalism. More like “we choose to be THE ones. Exclusionary. The healthier, more loving attitude would be “We all can grow. Let’s help each other do that, and we will eventually all benefit from it. Win/win. Not zero sum.

From first article: In the debates, immortality is usually taken to mean the inability of the person to perish. If we identify with Ultimate Reality (whatever specific form it may or may not have) then, “we” (at least the way we think of ourselves) is by definition immortal because Ultimate...

Image to contemplate in terms of our discussion about developmental stages including movement from independence (selfhood) to interdependence.