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Thank you all for the welcome mat. Truly enjoying my time reading through some of the past threads - very thought provoking on many levels. And indeed I've been finding answers to some of my questions ... and of course... doors open to new questions.

Greetings NJ, A couple of years back, I felt the need to 'cleanse' my own home. Although I am no professional in the field, I am an avid reader and did what I thought was needed for my situation at the time. I burned 'white sage' for a purification. For my case, during the incense...

Emotional responses are a killer for me every time. DA has got my prescription:

Thank you... Fog has lifted and I understand more clearly.

Fun quiz. Here are my results! Unitarian Universalism beliefs (100%) Liberal Quakerism(92%) Orthodox Quakerism(87%) Taoism(86%) Church of Christ, Scientist(78%) Mahayana Buddhism(78%) Theravada Buddhism(77%) Liberal Christian Protestantism(75%) Neo-Paganism(74%) Seventh-day Adventists(69%)...

To what are the limitations of one to regain their connection - or in the words of 'Postmaster' - ability to listen? I first try to define this 'connection' and see two elements: An external element which we witness in the world around us. As 'Postmaster' indicated: ....whenever I...

Quite right. Very much the thoughts I had while writing the post.

Thomas. No, I do not find your tangents lead me to boredom. After reading through some threads, I find you are quite to the extreme opposite of boredom. Albeit, technical at times, but this contributes to the intrigue. Regarding 'mass energy', I seemed to found and experience this...

I agree you capture the essence and the key issue I tend to overlook is level of power - as indeed power often corrupts (quite unfortunate this happens).

If reincarnation exists, then there is evolution of the soul. I am therefore accountable to progress my soul through this evolution process. How does one progess the soul? In what direction and what purpose? I would not say this belief has 'changed' the way I live, but rather gave it...

My curosity with Thomas' experience (being in a cult) is more about the relationship with other members. Was it a supported environment? Mentorship? A strong supported communtity atmosphere? Was participation 100% free choice. Indeed, quite aware I am of the misdeeds of cults that make...

How would you define your experience in the cult? Did it have a positive impact on your life? I tend to have a glorified idea of cults, but no real experience or truthful knowledge of them.

Thanks for all your comments. :) @wil: I was recently asked how I would define my higher self and I went blank. The more I thought of the question the more lost I felt. Yet I come to this forum and write an example. :rolleyes: @ Nick the Pilot: I believe in the evolution, or...

Hello. I am Elfiet. From Quebec, Canada. Mid 40s. I started life as a catholic. Easily accepted God and all that I was taught. But, like many, life got hard and I toss faith out the window before I made it to adulthood. Decades later, I found myself searching for something. Some...

Comme je fus

Greetings. Reflecting on my life I would like to share my first experience I had with God communicating to me. Six years old I was. My brother was eleven. He always teased and taunted me. I just figured that was how relationships were between bother and sister. But as we got older...