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Yes, I had multiple spiritual experiences that i count as meaningful personal but Oneness was the most important experience of my life. It was critical in changing my perspective of the psychosis I suffer from and even changed perhaps it's nature. Despite mental illness, I got really lucky in...

@Modesty , the official Bible of the Christian Church was written well after the death of Jesus. The gospels that are now in the Bible were chosen by men, both Jewish and Christian. That's why the Jewish books are a key part of the Bible itself and they also chose which gospels did not get into...

I'll sign on that! I am currently still stuck on deciding the meaning of The One even after experiencing a short time as The One. Sometimes, I wonder if meaning itself is a illusion. We all assign meanings to anything we consciously experience. Essentially what the thing is but also, implicitly...

I am starting to doubt the truth of absolutes. Maybe it can still hold for physical elements visible and present in the now. But not so much for abstract concepts born in our mind and then shared with others. The absolute truth of mental concepts lies within the mind which is closed between...

Not sure I understand the question. I simply meant that humans seem to be the only animals who can think up alternate realities while actually being and experiencing a common one. Science hypothesizes the animals like elephants, dolphins and chimps may also have self consciousness but that skill...

Yes. I believe I can forgive anybody anything. Of course, it is one thing to say, and another to actually do. It's just that I no longer see a purpose for hate anymore. That does not mean all of my old systems of hate have disappeared though. They are still, and maybe always will be, in my...

That is certainly true for the majority of people in the world who have not experienced nonduality and can only see the world as many parts. However, many others have also been blessed with the personal experience of advaitha --- true Oneness. Alas, there may be no certain path to the...

Even for me, god is Being. Being all things, if he is, for god is infinite. But that would mean that we are also god. You, me, everybody and all things in this universe. Have you ever considered the possibility that you are god dreaming he is finite?

Even though my parents are strong Orthdox Xtian, they let me choose my path once I became a teenager. So I was apathetic to religion until I had my first religious experience in my 20s. Motivated me enough to explore the Bible and Quran. They didnt really seem to cut the mustard regarding a...

True enough. Everybody has their set of conditions and the full set is unique for all, including me. Everyone has their thought set of conditions for ideal living in this reality. And we are fully entitled to them Even the right not to share them. Of course, the point of conflict may arise when...

True, the past action of hate towards the victim can never be undone. But future actions of hate towards the hater does nothing to undo the action either. But forgiveness towards the hater and rehab attempts may be an expression of love that heals much more than lifelong imprisonment. Didn't...

Well, some might say these abusers became so because they themselves faced abuse during their childhood and time of mental development. That showing them love on Earth, instead of hate, even after they have committed crimes, would truly be the way of God. Is it unconditional love, if God says...

Your posts, much like abstract poetry, can be hard to decipher sometimes Wendy. Are you trying to say that the unconditional love of the heavens will accept all? Including murderers, rapists and even pedophiles?

While it's true that I have no proof, even to myself, for a divine being controlling this reality, it is true that I have experienced divine, infinite consciousness. I did not experience as being in an Earthen reality. I did not experience another divine being there, just the presence of all...

Our brain cannot stay happy with too much of anything for long. It longs for new experiences instead of constant repetition. Imagine a life like: - Everybody did not have to do any work to get what you wanted to stay happy. A machine would get all physical items they wanted. - No one would catch...

Since I have strong mental illnesses, I am open to the idea that what I experienced was just caused by material changes in my brain. But science and many others get too hung up on the cause of an experience, and less so on the meaning. I don't care who/what caused my experience. I am more...

If you reread my message, you can see that I specifically wasn't talking about plants as saviors by being our food but rather as modifiers of our breathable air. You seem intent on absolutes. Yes, many lifeforms dont need oxygen to survive. But many do as well. And in the interconnectedness of...

Did Jesus ever refer to himself as the Son of God? And, even if he did, didn't he also refer to others as his brothers and sisters? One take on that could be that we are ALL children of God. And he worked towards helping others realize their God-nature as well. But possibly the Christian Church...

Well, without plants, even if we somehow managed to produce the veggie food we need to live, we would die. To put it in brief: Oxygen is a critical component of the Earth's atmosphere and is necessary for the survival of most living organisms. Plants are the primary producers of oxygen through...

I see. So, your beef with interfaith is only when Hindu women/men go Muslim/Xtian? Strange. I see that as a bit of tunnel vision there. Almost a form of phobia of specific religions. Children may be "pressurized to change their religion" but I sincerely doubt women and men can be. First claim of...