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My cats are sometimes fur balls of love, like Star Trek tribbles and sometimes mini lions full to the brim with all out war. I fear that. I fear them. I feed them and hope for the best...

Spiritual writings can be direct descriptions or they can be metaphor. In "The Holy Science," by Sri Yukteswar, he takes to explaining the imagery mentioned in Revelations. He directly says that the "beasts" mentioned there are experiences of the chakras and that there are no "beasts," they...

No, I don't believe morality arose through self-interest. I was just writing that it seems some folks want to see it through that lens. I don't. I think there is a soul within us that is our direct connection with God. I think that we receive inspirations from the soul, which include...

If you want to take self-interest as a motivating force in evolution...that would include morality. In that sense, morality has self-benefits. By being moral, one conforms with a group and gets greater protection. However, I am not sure there is all that much worth in seeing morality through...

I think art can have great power. Whether that is some kind of all-powerful mind-controlling hypnotic trance? Not sure about that. But inspiration from music, painting, etc.... has helped me get through plenty of bad moments...

I sing to my cats. Not successfully, but I try. They seem to despise my efforts. They hide their faces with their paws. They run to remote corners of the house. They get matches and cans of gasoline and threaten to arson the house. But I love to sing....

I just listen to the voices in my cats' heads. (I am doomed, but I must obey)

"Meditation and Its Methods" is a book of meditation techniques, by Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902, taught in the West) was one of only a handful of souls recognized as a living saint, by Mahatma Gandhi. +++ Online, you can find writings of Gandhi about the meditation...

Quite a fan of Rumi, Hafiz, the Sufi poets and Sufism. Also, the writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan. He was interesting. His daughter joined the British Army during WWII, directly to demonstrate the loyalty of Muslims to the crown. She became a spy, going behind enemy lines. He was caught...

I think wings is just a metaphorical reference to power. That they are, in power, lifted above the flaws and corruptions of human beings.

I think that greater and greater complexity becomes greater and greater propensity to create obfuscation. I find religion in Gregorian Chant, in nature's beauty and in kindness. And, sure, in law and rules as well. But with words and rhetoric and laws and rules...I think folks can spin them...

I like Pope Francis. He seems quite reasonable. I also like that he has a background in science, having a Master's Degree in Chemistry. I think having a background both in religion and in science, must help him balance things and have respect for all.

I have great, great respect for anyone who has engaged as a migrant worker. I had a friend, who was a professional tennis player. He spent a summer working as a migrant. He said that those folks easily worked him under the table...again, even though he was a professional tennis player in...

I think any reflection on the spirituality of all the world's major religions concludes that we have duties of kindness and respect to all, certainly including women. In Catholicism, there certainly has been the veneration of various female saints, like the Virgin Mary or St. Theresa of Avila...

My wife works for a major Catholic University. I have found the Priest community there to be filled to the brim with wonderful people, doing wonderful projects around the world. I think any institution is going to have some bad people, who corrupt things to one degree or another. But in my...

Same old story, people serving either greed or goodness. And co-opting religion to try and get it to serve greed, is hardly a new endeavor.

Hello Folks. Wishing everyone well. 60 years old. Been meditating, praying since I was 21. Started out in a Bhakti Yoga ashram. Over the years have also meditated with various Zen Buddhist groups, corresponded with both Zen Buddhist and Trappist monks. Worked in non-profits. Also did some...

I agree with one of the posts, that a second opinion would be key here. My wife had open heart surgery. Arterial Valve Stenosis. US News and World Report publishes lists of the best hospitals in the country. We found that one of the top five hospitals was in NYC, not far from us and went...

An Old Man and His Garden An old man lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden; but it was very difficult work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament...

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (Swami Vivekananda was one of only a handful of people recognized as a living saint by Mahatma Gandhi) https://estudantedavedanta.net/Complete%20Works%20of%20Swami%20Vivekananda.pdf