I've been struggling with this question myself recently. How can I pick a religion if doing so means that I am saying that one religion is more...
Hi Kenneth, I would say that being spiritual is simply the pursuit of some form of spirituality, by which I mean trying to understand and...
Just reread this post. Very nice meditation. I'll have to try it. It reminds me of a quote from the Samurai book Hagakure, I'm not sure why....
Took the word right out of my keyboard. TU:D
Firstly, what do you mean when you use the word recycling? When we eat a chicken, or any form of food that has been killed and cooked, the...
When it comes to wonderous things I suppose you could say that we really understand their wonder when we know that the universe has formed them...
Thanks Wil. Just thought I'd put it out there and see what people thought. TU:D
One could argue that every action we take and activity we do is both meaningful and meaningless. To ourselves, others around us now and others in...
Even if you believe that the universe is self creating and sustaining, could not a God have created it in such a way. If we are created with free...
It seems to me that how we think we should live can be a very dividing force in each of us. This drive often manifests itself in belief systems,...
Initially i was an athiest, believing science and reason was a better way to explain things. Then I became interested in why people had a faith...
Muzzies? "Isn't religion just freaking wonderful." Shawn you sound some what bitter about religion. Are you atheist or just anti-religion? To me...
To suggest burning the Qur'an on the anniversary of 9/11 is ignorant and fool-hardy. To also call a book evil is ludicrous. Pastor Terry Jones...
Re: Similarities between the philosophical concepts of Vedantic Atman and Buddhist Em Appologise for the extra long title, which has been partly...
Atman in Sunyata and the Sunyata of Atman [Buddha's World] I found this essay on the similarities of the philosophical concepts of Vedantic...
Firstly I must say that I am not a Muslim, however, I am a student of all religions and a seeker of spiritual truth. I am posting this thread on...
Here are three quotes form Ken Wilber's book No Boundary which go some way to explaining my understanding of what the soul is, by use of the term...
Thanks Mark, the reason, according to my understanding of Buddhist teaching, that we have no free will in the present is that what happens to us...
I once heard an explanation of reincarnation that might help here. Imagine a bucket of water with the sun shining down on it. The sun represents...
Hi OAT, Thank you for your response. This is how I see it. We have a body, we have a mind (or self), but we also have a cosmic self that is...
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