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I see no threats from it whatsoever. I dunno what fears would come from it. It spiritual in that it brings you into an abiding peace. After all, you just have to consciously start thinking and interacting with your thoughts to turn 'monkey mind' back on again! So, my guess would be that any...

You can. The specific form is called 'zazen meditation' from the ideas of Japanese Zen teachings. Most meditation in the East is seen as spiritual in some form, I think. The stuff about focusing on the breath was just a step to training the mind to focus on something, anything and maintain that...

Have you looked into the techniques for achieving astral projection? They all rely on visualizing specific types of stuff during the day and before you fall asleep. I dunno if its something similar to lucid dreaming, which is a scientifically verified state of the brain. In both cases, you fill...

Y'know, as someone who has lived in a Muslim country(UAE) for many years, i think many Muslims may eat more during Ramadan than normal days. When the fast was broken at the evening time, so much gorging and gluttony took place as I saw with Muslim buddies and at restuarants.

That, per se, has been the whole issue, I think. So much of religion in all its myriad forms has been focused on controlling behavior here based on how those actions or inactions will result in reward or punishment after we die. We may believe in, but have yet to experience, an afterlife. Even...

Not sure about that. China started flexing her muscles when she became wealthy enough. Same for Japan and Germany. The USA needs a huge budget for the behind the scenes wartime she does. None of them were wanting at the time. Just saw more to gain on the other side and went for a grab...

Sometimes I wonder if violence is part of the natural cycle. When man has plenty, he wants more and seeks to spread his reach. Then, what is possessed by others become tempting to grab even if by force. The two clash and even if a weaker force is overcome, elements of it will resist in secret...

That is because even in the 21st century, the divine is still being experienced by many. You are free to call it balderdash of course but then, you may be speaking on the veracity of something others have, but you, have not experienced.

Oh I understand the meaning and symbolism of it @RJM Just don't understand why an atheist like me heard those words spoken inside my head almost verbatim by a being claiming to be divine.

That might relate to the threes of human conversation I dropped into Absolute Truth thread. Agree/Disagree/Question?

Threes are important to our existence. Not sure why but so many things can be reduced to basic threes. Not just our gods. Time - past, present, future timeunits - multiples of 3s space - 3 dimensions matter state - solid, liquid, gas colors - red, green, blue life - archea, bacteria, eukarya...

Would anyone want the truth as it is? Or would the truth that just sounds 'good enough' be preferred? What about the potential truth that we are a species of ape, but also the only animal that can question existing reality and imagine alternative ones? (Even chimps that were taught ASL could...

My favorite fantasy author is Terry Pratchett with his satirical, funny Discworld series. For drama and darkness though, I've enjoyed Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, Black Company, Mistborn and currently, maybe best of all, on the path to finishing all the Malazan and Witcher books. The...

Well, I believe the oneness state is what the daoist's call the Dao, Buddhism calls Enlightenment and Hinduism calls Advaitha. It ends the subject-object nature of our consciousness in this reality - where we are aware of ourselves as an awareness experiencing other objects/people that we are...

Initially I came seeking others who had experienced nonduality. Though I didn't find any, I stayed simply because I enjoyed the flux of multiple ideas being shared and debated lovingly by many. I've been away for a while but maybe now I'll return.

My parents were Indians living in UAE but belonged to the Syrian Orthodox church. I remember attending weekly Masses as a child which basically involved standing up for 1 hour listening to priests conducting the ceremony in Aramiac/Syrian(dont recall), a language which few, if any, of the...

Yes. I don't believe promises have much value, beyond offering false hope, until they are actually fulfilled. The daily speeches of many politicians seeking favor seem to support that belief.

Understand is a loaded word. Especially when relying too much on second-hand information to find what is true for us. Personally, I found my god within. For the most part, he does not match Xtian, Islamic or Judaic concepts of God. There is closer matching with Eastern concepts and even that is...

Trying not to be brain's slave

The Daoist and the Hindu speak strongly to me. Not the stuff about gods really but more for perspectives on life. I think some of Tao Te Ching is confusing but much of it relates to concepts of non-aggression and non-forcing to be happy in life which I can relate to. The main Hindu texts for me...