Spiritual Forums

Home


Donate!


Articles


CHAT!


Shop


 
Welcome to Spiritual Forums!.

We created this community for people from all backgrounds to discuss Spiritual, Paranormal, Metaphysical, Philosophical, Supernatural, and Esoteric subjects. From Astral Projection to Zen, all topics are welcome. We hope you enjoy your visits.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest, which gives you limited access to most discussions and articles. By joining our free community you will be able to post messages, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos, and gain access to our Chat Rooms, Registration is fast, simple, and free, so please, join our community today! !

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, check our FAQs before contacting support. Please read our forum rules, since they are enforced by our volunteer staff. This will help you avoid any infractions and issues.

Go Back   Spiritual Forums > Religions & Faiths > General Religion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-05-2018, 04:22 PM
Honza Honza is offline
Master
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: God's House
Posts: 12,202
  Honza's Avatar
Learning to worship the universal I AM.

It's important. People on the whole have a terrible relationship with their own selves. Me too. I'm learning that it's unhealthy not to respect the universal I AM.

I have a very healthy respect for God, but when it comes to me I fall flat. As I say it's important to learn.
__________________

The Humility, the Pride and the Humiliation.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-05-2018, 11:15 PM
Rah nam Rah nam is offline
Master
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,348
  Rah nam's Avatar
Worship of any kind will keep you imprisoned.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-05-2018, 05:53 AM
sky sky is offline
Master
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 15,529
  sky's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Honza
It's important. People on the whole have a terrible relationship with their own selves. Me too. I'm learning that it's unhealthy not to respect the universal I AM.

I have a very healthy respect for God, but when it comes to me I fall flat. As I say it's important to learn.




To worship you separate, one is higher than the other and you blindly accept this, no questions asked.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-05-2018, 10:23 AM
Honza Honza is offline
Master
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: God's House
Posts: 12,202
  Honza's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rah nam
Worship of any kind will keep you imprisoned.

The notion was that 'love sets you free'. Replace the word worship with love.
__________________

The Humility, the Pride and the Humiliation.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-05-2018, 10:24 AM
Honza Honza is offline
Master
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: God's House
Posts: 12,202
  Honza's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by sky123
To worship you separate, one is higher than the other and you blindly accept this, no questions asked.

Replace the word worship with love - there is not much difference between the two IMO.
__________________

The Humility, the Pride and the Humiliation.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 02-05-2018, 11:05 AM
sky sky is offline
Master
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 15,529
  sky's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Honza
Replace the word worship with love - there is not much difference between the two IMO.



For me there is a big difference, I love animals infact all sentient beings but I worship nobody.
To worship is to put someone on a higher level than others, seperating into categories, everyone is equal in my opinion.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 02-05-2018, 11:18 AM
Eelco
Posts: n/a
 
Worship for me anyway allows me to connect with feelings of divinity and devotion. Those connections are worth the illusion of putting people on pedestals.

There's not necessarily inequality in that relationship.
If a guru/Disciple relationship id off putting somehow, some of the Hindu deities or ancient enlightened human beings can be used as objects of worship.

With Love
Eelco
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 02-05-2018, 12:32 PM
sky sky is offline
Master
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 15,529
  sky's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eelco
Worship for me anyway allows me to connect with feelings of divinity and devotion. Those connections are worth the illusion of putting people on pedestals.

There's not necessarily inequality in that relationship.
If a guru/Disciple relationship id off putting somehow, some of the Hindu deities or ancient enlightened human beings can be used as objects of worship.

With Love
Eelco



If worship works for you then it's good
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 02-05-2018, 01:20 PM
Eelco
Posts: n/a
 
It is. It's funny but I forgot how deep worship seems to enlighten parts of myself I yearn for. It happened years ago when I found my guru. I forgot and it took me 23 years to connect with her again only a few weeks ago. I felt this deep all pervading love again. Making worship part of my sadhana again.

It is wonderful.

With Love
Eelco
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-05-2018, 05:38 PM
sky sky is offline
Master
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 15,529
  sky's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eelco
It is. It's funny but I forgot how deep worship seems to enlighten parts of myself I yearn for. It happened years ago when I found my guru. I forgot and it took me 23 years to connect with her again only a few weeks ago. I felt this deep all pervading love again. Making worship part of my sadhana again.

It is wonderful.

With Love
Eelco


It's nice to hear something wonderful came out of your disappointment at missing the retreat

When one door closes another opens.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:03 AM.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
(c) Spiritual Forums