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cats All living things are fascinating in their own particular way. From Louis... I heartily agree . Especially when it comes to cats of all sizes. I think they are the most perfectly evolved creatures on this planet . ( except maybe for cockroaches, but they're ugly ! ) When watching a...

journey The goal, as I perceive it, is to empower the individual with the capacity for choice -- which being the thrall of the world, politics, fads, peer pressure, material desire deprives us of. The question "what is my master?" is a useful one here. From Louis... Forgive me if I find...

ritual From Louis... I'm an "analytical beast" myself... the rational / thinking side of my brain happens to be dominant. And for that reason, any kind of ritual turns me off ! My typical approach to understanding something new is to first reduce it to blunt, clear information. For...

alternatives Question: do you abandon your beliefs? If so, why? And what will you do instead? From Louis... I understood your question to be : What if the worst possible scenario comes to pass ? For example, what if you "wake up dead" and find you're not in heaven or hell or anything...

considered You exist as consciousness, and as consciousness you experience many kinds of objects (or relations and states of consciousness). You tend merely to experience (rather than to consider and transcend) those objects, relations, and states, and so you develop a sense of identification...

born again ? 1. Is this really the "Born Again" experience that the Christian religion mentions as desirable in its followers? 2. Is the destruction of any sense of self really necessary for a true feeling of Divinity? From Louis... These questions sound so alien to me they arouse a...

why, indeed ? - - - - please dont take this post the wrong way. I am merely curious to the reasons people believe what they do. I would never ever presume to judge or question anyone's belief system, but are you all simply going on "blind faith" - just seems strange to the likes of me - thats...

Whatever works ! 13. O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I...

thanks From Louis... Thanks for the encouragement. I've always preferred to choose my own way and have the most respect for others who feel the same. I wish you a satisfying journey.

souls My personal opinion is that every living thing has a "soul", in that every living thing contains some degree of "essence" that returns to a state of being at One with Divinity at death. From Louis... AS always, it depends on how you define "soul".... If you mean some sort of...

From Louis... So far, all I've done here is ask a few dumb questions without offering any alternative ideas - I'll offer one now and leave it for you to check out for yourselves. The only "philosophy of life" that ever appealed to me is somehthing called "Objectivism" - the brainchild of a...

happy From Louis.. That makes sense ... I started out having nothing and knowing nothing and for my first few years, that was just fine. I gradually learned about some of the fun things to do and have - then proceeded to aquire JUST ENOUGH things to keep myself comfortable and amused...

being and nothingness Here are two sayings from Caigentan, The Wisdom of the Root Vegetable: A vessel topples because it is too full. A piggy bank is saved from being shattered for its emptiness. So a true person prefers have-not to have. Rather be incomplete than to be complete. and...

soul From Louis... I suspect ( d ) is closest to the truth - but here's another spin on it... A permanet file on God's "hard drive" - If there really is an eternal being out there, his MEMORY would also be eternal - all his ideas would exist forever. And since ALL things begin as...

thanks From Louis.... Thanks for the encouragement. The problem about "personal experience" is it's YOUR experience or THEIR experience, not MINE - I never HAD any such experience. When it comes to religion, I'm still BLANK . I think that may be the basic difference between me and...

How accurately do you think words can explain feelings? Not very well I'm sure you'll agree. Have you ever had a dream that when you try to tell someone about it, you always feel like they're so far off understanding what you're talking about. Words are not good enough. Whenever someone talks...

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From Louis .... When I first posted here, I wasn't too sure of what to expect. Now that I have a better idea of the level of intelligence I'm dealing with, maybe it's time to state my basic assumptions. I have never practised any religion because when I was young, I thought it was all a...

why I'm here First of all, I am and always have been fascinated by belief. From Louis... Greetings - I also have been fascinated by belief, but form the viewpoint of an outsider. I have listened to many believers, before and after discovering this website, but I have yet to understand...