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24-06-2012, 01:31 AM
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I think i may have figured out my religion
For awhile now I've been fascinated with "death" for some reason. it started with me doubting the religious view I'd been raised with, which is that there is no soul. Then I started reading about NDEs, then on what heaven was like, and so on. After awhile I started to think of death as just a transition phase, but couldn't really find a belief system that meshed with my beliefs. I still believed in a creator and couldn't bring myself to become a pagan. But I couldn't believe in salvation through another parson again, either. Then I found spiritualism, and from what I've read so far, I think this may be it. :)
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24-06-2012, 07:20 AM
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Keep reading and see how you go. Your journey is very similar to mine. I started out as one religion and it really didnt answer all the questions I had, infact they were lacking. Then I worked out a belief system of my own and later found out it was called Spiritualism, so the name came after.
Just read all you can and come to your own conclusions. Safe Journey!
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24-06-2012, 07:29 AM
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Well in fact no belief system is it, you are already all that IS, no matter what you believe doesn't change anything, in fact belief systems only get in the way.
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A belief system is nothing but poison to your capacity to understand. Good words are used to hide ugly things. – Osho
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09-06-2013, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by psychoslice
Well in fact no belief system is it, you are already all that IS, no matter what you believe doesn't change anything, in fact belief systems only get in the way.
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Unfortunately, psycho, I don't think that's possible. Beliefs are thoughts you think a lot. Being human, it seems impossible not to think (despite what some want to believe and excepting meditation--if you can do it). SO--everyone will have things they think a lot.
Yours have to do with not having beliefs!  I don't know why this is or what we're to do about it, but I suspect it's an unwinable war. We all go around with beliefs. Sometimes we allow new thoughts and the beliefs change. One belief is not better than another--they are all based on someone's experiences and their thoughts about them, so they are valid. They are just all different.
What's a human to do?
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09-06-2013, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by IsleWalker
Unfortunately, psycho, I don't think that's possible. Beliefs are thoughts you think a lot. Being human, it seems impossible not to think (despite what some want to believe and excepting meditation--if you can do it). SO--everyone will have things they think a lot.
Yours have to do with not having beliefs! I don't know why this is or what we're to do about it, but I suspect it's an unwinable war. We all go around with beliefs. Sometimes we allow new thoughts and the beliefs change. One belief is not better than another--they are all based on someone's experiences and their thoughts about them, so they are valid. They are just all different.
What's a human to do?
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Yes, its not possible with the mind, but you have to go beyond the mind, and yes we are human but we are also more than human, this is where I dwell, well most of the time lol.
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A belief system is nothing but poison to your capacity to understand. Good words are used to hide ugly things. – Osho
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09-06-2013, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by psychoslice
Yes, its not possible with the mind, but you have to go beyond the mind, and yes we are human but we are also more than human, this is where I dwell, well most of the time lol.
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Good on ya. The rest of us are working on it! Have mercy.
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10-06-2013, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by IsleWalker
Good on ya. The rest of us are working on it! Have mercy.
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Yes I do have mercy, take as long as you want, your already there anyway lol.
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A belief system is nothing but poison to your capacity to understand. Good words are used to hide ugly things. – Osho
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10-06-2013, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by psychoslice
Yes, its not possible with the mind, but you have to go beyond the mind, and yes we are human but we are also more than human, this is where I dwell, well most of the time lol.
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OK Robert, tell me about this place where you dwell most of the time... Do you mean being in the Now, or something else.... on a light note--never try to watch a silent movie and post at the same time...  |
10-06-2013, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Juanita
OK Robert, tell me about this place where you dwell most of the time... Do you mean being in the Now, or something else.... on a light note--never try to watch a silent movie and post at the same time... |
The Now is here, where you are right Now, but your mind takes you to all sorts of places, but still you are here, NOW.
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A belief system is nothing but poison to your capacity to understand. Good words are used to hide ugly things. – Osho
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24-06-2012, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by aero87
For awhile now I've been fascinated with "death" for some reason. it started with me doubting the religious view I'd been raised with, which is that there is no soul. Then I started reading about NDEs, then on what heaven was like, and so on. After awhile I started to think of death as just a transition phase, but couldn't really find a belief system that meshed with my beliefs. I still believed in a creator and couldn't bring myself to become a pagan. But I couldn't believe in salvation through another parson again, either. Then I found spiritualism, and from what I've read so far, I think this may be it. :)
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Good for you! I wish you well on your journey of discovery.
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All this talk of religion, but it's how you live your life that is the all-important thing.
If you set out each day to do all the goodness and kindness that you can, and to do no harm to man or beast, then you are walking the highest path.
And when your time is up, if you can leave the earth a better place than you found it, then yours will have been a life well lived.
http://holy-lance.blogspot.com
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