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Indeed- I find language so difficult at times. Writing is part of my career, and yet either in spite of this or because of it (I'm not sure which) I find it infuriating at times to try to get at what someone is actually saying, what I am actually saying, etc. Perhaps this is because my mind...

This post = awesome. :) Pagans have varied beliefs about the Divine. Not all believe there is no division, and even for those that believe there is no division (like me) that does not mean that human beings are deities. It means that human beings have an innate potential to connect to the...

My opinion: No. And worthiness doesn't matter. My God(s) doesn't work this way. And I don't have to die to be in the kingdom of the Divine. It's all around me... I just have to open to it. It's not a matter of becoming worthy enough for a deity. It's a matter of awakening to my own worth...

I as well, but clearly you have some doctrinal notions- this is the basis for your treatise on Logos. That's all fine and good, but it makes the whole bit about language confusing, as you were elaborating that truth, including the truth about other people, is best known through language (as...

Oh, so really what you want to do is talk about Christian theology, not a general discussion from multiple faiths perspectives. This really should have gone in the Christianity section if that is the case. Otherwise, you have defined word in the way that makes sense for you and your own...

Got it- yes, sounds quite different. I have never experienced another "taking over" like this, so I can't comment much on that. When I have shared thoughts with another, they do not seem to realize I am doing this until later. They do not seem to feel any different. I can listen to other...

OK- that sounds fine. But then, I would not define "word" that way. You perhaps mean consciousness? Or concept? Or thought? Or something like this? Word, to me, is a rather limited term to describe what you're talking about. In part, I thought this because you proposed that we cannot...

Hi- and welcome to Interfaith Online! I don't have much to add at this point, as I don't really dream I am someone else. I sometimes have what some people might call "soul memories" as dreams- that is, dreaming I'm me, but not the current me. But it doesn't feel like I'm in another person's...

True- and not just emotions, but sensory input, experience, the entirety of living and being itself. The idea of grasping the meaning already limits oneself to language. Why grasp the meaning? Why focus on the thought of things? Why not focus on the being? On the process and experience...

A few observations... I don't seek to know truth. I seek to be truth. For me, truth is what really is... and I can't approach that through my mind, but rather through my entire being. Truth, like the Divine, is process... is being. Knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and truth are different...

What do you mean by truth?

I would put forth... we are all part of one "I." However, that does not mean we are all the same part of that "I." Our own bodies are a good example. All of my cells are a part of me. But the heart cell does not do what the brain cell does. They have different roles. They have their own...

That is a matter I don't really want to discuss on an open internet forum at this time. It is multifaceted and a little complicated. Yes. And yes. It took me 25 years to begin to remember, another 5 just to get the courage to really engage my soul enough to face these choices, and it is...

Interesting idea. I've tended to stay clear of Revelations also, but now that you mention it, the book does have a bit of resonance in terms of the inner journey.

Awesome-sauce! Thanks! :D

The difficulty is in how people perceive this... the "holier-than-thou" perception. Which is not at all my point. I don't care what other people eat- it's their business. And I don't think my choice of food is "holier." It's just something I felt called to do... But I'll continue to try...

That's very nifty, FS! I had no idea- I knew you and Dor were married, but thought like Josh (manytrailsonepath) and I, you just both happened to wind up here -after- tying the knot. Josh, obviously, rarely pops in. LOL

I am finding my meat issue difficult. At home, no problem. Just buy the right kinds of meat/eggs. Dairy is impossible. Try finding free-range cheese or butter. Just try. I'm doing the best I can. The real difficulty is having dinner with friends (at their home, etc.). It comes across as...

Well, most people don't want integration. They want escape. They want some paradise where no one ever grieves or dies or decays. They want a tidy, orderly God and being. They want immortality, they want to retain personality and ego, and they want an easy existence devoid of pain and...

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