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Hi Dave of the Web, I agree that a lot of Christian churchs have a high attitude of superiority. However, I sometimes go to a Unitarian church which is quite the opposite of this. As some of there core beliefs they have the following: - No religion can claim an absolute monopoly on the Holy...

I have read a little on chaos theory and fractals, as well as a little bit about quantum mechanics, both are very interesting. I find it interesting how these theories connect with Buddhism. Particularly how everything is interconnected.

I think we do agree. However I think that we are only differentiated because we decide that we are, this is another boundary that we have created. In effect there is only interconnectedness, the labels of me and you are inventions for practical purposes, to allow us to understand the world and...

Has anyone heard of the theory of No Boundary, or Unity Consciousness? Where all is one and one is all. There are no boundaries between anything, because boundaries are invented illusions. So there would be no soul, only one universal consciousness.

I came across something that I wrote a while ago and just thought I'd ask what people thought, put the ideas out there for criticism. It makes sense to me but does it make sense to you? All view points welcome. Everything in the universe moves from Chaos to Form and back again. Chaos being...

I agree with path of one. I would have to describe myself, as my avatar name suggests, as someone who is still looking and hasn't settled on any one belief system, though I do have many ideas on the subject. I inherited a negative concept of God, and therefore didn't believe in him. Initially...

I am having trouble reconciling my understanding of karma with the horrible things that happen to people, children especially. Taking the recent natural disaster in Haiti as an example. Is this a natural occurrence because the earth's crust was being true to it's own nature and the earthquake...

I agree that egotism is deep seated, but I don't agree with it being necessary for survival. In fact it is the cause of a lot of our problems, by which I mean global warming, our recent economic crash, global poverty, etc. Perhaps as a tribal people ego could have helped with survival, but as a...

Where is the joke? And what religion are you referring to? I'm not sure what point your making. To decide that there is only one true belief system can lead to divisions between people. If you divide people, however big the religious collective, then an egotism can develop for those who believe...

I think it is wrong to teach only one religion to school children, because they will end up thinking that all other religions are wrong or they will be turned off religion all together. I think that in Primary School children should be taught about other cultures, with a little about different...

Hi Interfaithdilaog, could you put the link to the papers of Mr. Fethullah Gulen another post, It didn't seem to work and I can't find the papers you mean on the website. Cheers. The U. :)

Martynarthur, I agree with your train of thinking. I think to have any successful understanding of the world, and the universe, we need a balance of religion, science and philosophy, and the will to accept all arguments which give a clear and beneficial explanation of how things are, and came...

This reminds me of the Buddhist explanation of Karma, were our present is the product of our past actions, decisions and experience, and therefore we have no control over it. We do, however have control over our future. If we focus on our present and past then we can make different choices for...

I listened to a teaching by a Buddhist Lama who said that there are three world views. The first is that everything happens at random, it is luck that dictates the way things are, which could not be correct because effect would not follow cause and cause would not precede effect. The second...

If God is micro-managing everything then he controls our lives as well. If this is true then free will has to be an illusion. :confused:

I like this idea, it makes a lot of sense to me. It is true that in the West we tend to think of the world (and the universe) as being created for us, and that we must conquer and control it. Unfortunately this includes destroying/killing species and plant life that get in the way of our...

Wil, I agree, sometimes we need to go on a walkabout and then come back again to understand ourselves better, and then the world around us too. The Undecided.

I can tell that you are angry and disillusioned by religion, but I would argue that this is because of how you were taught about religion rather what you were taught. It is true that some individuals within any religions are quite dogmatic, but it is the people that perhaps you should be angry...

Hi Dream, The question of why God created seems pointless when you consider that there is nothing that we can know about God other than that he is a creator. He is above description, in Taoism He is called the Nameless. If it can be Named then it is the creation, not the creator.

I agree. But humans are animals too. We just think that we are better because we have the largest frontal cortex. Our arrogance will be the end of us. Our assumption that the earth, and the universe, are ours to conquer and control will mean that we destroy the very thing that is our life...