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i agree with Ciel, your avatar is truly beautiful! very green and... mothy! and welcome! :D

same here! that or i walk. but i'm thinking of getting myself some wheels this summer, just to have the option of long-distance travel (without going through greyhound!).

i do think that the war of words when relating to religious matters is pretty dangerous, and surely those religious reformers understood this. translations get mangled, passages get taken too literally or are taken out of context to suit the speaker, while other people cite specific passages to...

Postmaster- while there's nothing much in the NT that discourages meat eating, my impression would be that the Christian ideal of love and kindness should extend to other living things, too. later saints and religious thinkers have elaborated on that idea- some say it's ok to eat meat...

hey, Lauren! glad to hear you're finding your path! Buddhism is an incredibly diverse, spiritually rich tradition, and i wish you happy studies! is there any Buddhist tradition in particular you feel drawn to?

hey madina- welcome! :) nice to have you here!

i agree withe everyone else here- yes, certain places do have a sort of "power" or "energy". there are certain expanses of field i'll walk by that seem to glow... don't know how else to explain it. man-made places can give off an energy, as well, especially places of worship.

i'm find of cream soda, but my current diet won't allow it- too much sugar. i'll only take in caffine when i have to stay up until three working on something- as i don't drink coffee or tea very often, ususally one cup will be enough to keep me going all night. whoo!

nice, Vajra. i loved the imagery- kept imagining mountains and sky and steppe. anna, anna and kentcky basketball the waitress who plays ball with her son after work takes off those shoes and stockings shoots hoops with her boy as it gets dark

i've talked to Nick on an on-line forum dedicated to discussing enlightenment. i'm not sure what to think of him... he certainly seems to feel that he's enlightened, and qualified to validate or invalidate others' spiritual experiences. my general inclination is to not entrust my spiritual...

hey Goddess- there's a book i read a while back that's called "skeptics and true believers". do an Amazon search. it's about one man's journey through science, and the (albeit vague) religious faith it inspires in him. good read.

hey Postmaster- my only answer would be, devote yourself to being a force for positive change in the world. be caring, compassionate, thoughtful, and mindful. let your actions and words reflect this. reach out to others when you have the chance, and let others do the same for you. there is...

hey Geist- glomping welcome! ;) here's what i'm finding http://www.mysticwicks.com/index (a big neo-pagan community) http://wyldwytch.com/index.php? (another one) http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/ (a big buddhist community, very diverse and active)

so far i've only dated / been friends with people of different religious traditions. i'm friends with a young jewish woman, and we did have to work out some spirituality-based kinks. i knew she had some long-standing beef with Christianity as a whole, but never said anything until she began...

well, on a positive note, North Wales has some pretty darn cool place names. seriously, try on-line communities. it's not the same as going to a meeting, but you'll be able to talk with others and get information. is there any tradition on your list that you're especially interested in? i'll...

good answers, all of them. i was especially struck by the eighth question and its answer.

oh! oh! has anyone heard of this Hassidic reggae singer Matisyahu? i may have mentioned him already, but he's truly unique. has a beautiful voice and musical style, too. and his music is of course devotional. :) www.hasidicreggae.com

whoa! more Japanese speakers! :shocked and delighted: nee, Nihongo no thread wo tsukuru no to dou to omou? (what do you think of making a japanese language thread?)

hey phenolphthalein7 (what a name!) :D Quakers have a spiritual concept very much like The Holy Spirit as it's understood by more traditional Christians. "unprogrammed" meetings for worship are held in silence, and when one feels moved to speak or share a message with the congregation...

Geist, try going to a UU service and see how you connect with it. experiment! reading up on religious traditions is good, but one should also bodily hunt around, go to different places and communities, and see what's there. follow what you feel drawn to, and look around. are there any UU...