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Hello friends, and thank you all for your responses. I normally am able to respond on weekdays, so I will try to address everyone who responded. SEATTLEGAL: Thanks, I have found some of Metzinger's work to be very interesting :) HARI KRISHNA: When you say, "The happier you are in life, the...

Hi Etu :) There is a range of interpretation for Pantheism. Those with a more impersonal interpretation that simply reveres Nature, consistent with naturalism, would fall under the broader category of Spiritual Naturalism, and this would be a good number of them from what I understand. There...

I am in the process of forming a non-profit organization called the Spiritual Naturalist Society, and I was wondering: among the readers here, are there any who might consider their beliefs or practices to be compatible with Spiritual Naturalism? For background information, I've provided a...

Amergin, I am a naturalist, and agree with you on the figure of Jesus. It is a shame one does not see more disciples of Jesus, or the following of Jesus' teachings as a major religious movement.

I've heard many good things about the Quakers too :)

Hello :) Are you saying that, according to the Buddha, Nibbana is something we strive to achieve in this life? Thanks.

I like these. Thanks for posting :)

Do not concern yourself with "world/nations/communities". You do not control these things. You do not even control your own life and death. And, anything you accomplish will one day be lost of the sands of time anyway. Instead, focus on what *you do* control - and that is your own choices...

This is so very insightful. Thanks for sharing! I believe that awareness is a key to many enlightened capacities, including empathy, forgiveness, mercy, compassion, etc. Part of what I try to do is to see the child in all of us (because, as you point out, it never really goes away). I have also...

The Stoics divided those things which 'exist' and those things which 'subsist'. While only physical bodies exist, many other things 'subsist' which would include void, the meaning of words, and so on. In modern terms, this seems closely related to the concept of the emergent property in Complex...

..."there can be no church whose central teachings are based on it." Could there not be a church whose teachings are precisely to beware dogmatic thinking, and look toward the unknown with humility, to explore for yourself, to be mindful of your delusions and attachments? To question? The...

You are fortunate to have access to those who are open minded and compassionate to all people. Thanks for sharing :)

It seems to me the purpose of music in spiritual practice is that it is one means by which we may have profound experience (some call it religious experience). Just as a picture is worth a thousand words, the tones and arrangements of music add far more subtle tones of meaning to a few simple...

How does this help me love my neighbor as myself?

Why is it important whether someone stabbed someone else two thousand years ago?

We must be cautious of our egos friends. Many certain statements about the grand questions of existence here. Perhaps our human limitations should be appreciated more :) On the subject of physics, it was noted of my statement that modern physics is about what can be measured and "denial of...

Silmoon, I have only just returned to these forums after a long time and have just seen your message. I see it has been about a month since you posted this. I hope you are well, and you are on the way to finding greater peace :) When you mention the various troubles you've been having, this...

When I hear "the word" in this, I'm guessing the original term used was "Logos". If you trace that back to the ancient Greek usage, it's a bit different. Heraclitus is the originator of the term and, looking at his descriptions, it was more like "the rational order upon which the universe...

I thought Christian practice was: - promote supply side free market capitalism - get/maintain religious beliefs and edicts into government institutions and documents - support any and all wars started by the U.S. - fight against homosexuality, homosexuals, and the homosexual agenda - fight...

This, and the subsequent posts that responded to it, are a good example of how people become confused by the notion of 'unreal' and 'real' in Buddhism. Hence, we have in the last few posts an irrelevant debate over whether suffering is real or not. Some people mistakenly think that Buddhism...