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I've designated by bedroom closet a "God-free zone." If you've saw my wardrobe, you'd know why. I echo what @juantoo3 said in post #2. ;)

There are many paths up the mountain. All lead to the summit. I like this quote by Sri Ramakrishna...

Yes. This is a good analogy.

Not exactly, but you're not far off. Per Advaita Vedanta, the reality one typically perceives in day to day life is illusory, a reality driven by Maya (time/space/causation). There is an underlying reality that is Absolute, but most living beings are ignorant to it until they realize their...

I find it interesting that a couple of you use the spelling "G!d." Most Jewish people I've seen write out the term as "G-d." This is the first forum I've ever seen use the exclamation point in place of the "o."

Certainly. Truth be told, I avoid use of the term "God" when referencing my own view of divinity because of the reasons I mention in the post you quoted. It's a common error when I use the term to default to the God of Abraham, even by those people that know I'm dharmic. This happens with...

Indeed. We will never have a consensus because understandings of God vary based on what one has experienced. It's not my intent to reach any sort of consensus, nor is it to critique or debate others on their views. It's only to understand the views of members here. But since you bring it...

Thank you for this. I've been involved in many conversations that make reference to God...God's intent...what God does...etc. But in many of those conversations, participants struggle to even agree on what or who God is and find themselves simply talking past each other. Being new here, I...

If you would like to answer how, why, or when, feel free to do so. Yes. To you.

Any response, this one included, helps me to know you better.

I'm not sure if this question has been asked here previously, and I'm not a fan of resurrecting ancient threads that have been posted and replied to by those who no longer participate here. In my experience, "God" can mean different things to different religions or different people. In the...

Only if it's velour. :D

My "fashion sense" is something of a running joke over on the other forum.

This is reminiscent of the Plato quote: "Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."

Are you volunteering? ;)

Not at all. Mind if I don't answer if you do? :p I never do. I leave them next to the sink so someone knows to wash them. :D

I don't really care if I'm accepted. Whether or not one chooses to accept me really has nothing to do with me and everything to do with them. It can. But it doesn't have to mean that. I can tolerate something without bias. I don't have to necessarily dislike or like it to tolerate it, nor...

The physical universe may cycle in and out of existence, but I think the underlying existence is always there. Does the screen not exist in the absence of a movie being projected onto it?

I suppose the answer to this question lies in what one considers to be "God." As I understanding it, man created anthropomorphic deities to understand divinity. The supreme divine, which I refer to as Nirguna Brahman, but what mystics of many religions, Abrahamic and Dharmic alike, are content...

Tolerance.