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Can you provide examples of Eastern LHPs that do not include some form of Union with a Universal Reality?

Scripture is, authoritative, and often believed to be divinely revealed, forming the foundation of a religious belief. Poetry is personal and artistic, born from human inspiration. Unlike exoteric religions, the WLHP emphasizes the Self as the sole authority. Thus, poetry becomes a mirror of...

The Right Hand Path is the path of union with a Universal Reality (God/Absolute/Supreme Being etc.). The Eastern Left Hand Path refuses the final step to union with a Universal Reality but recognizes there is one. The Western Left Hand Path is an antinomian process of externalizing one's Greater...

Yes, all RHP faiths

The Buddha, historically, is believed to have spoken Magadhi, which was a dialect of ancient Indian languages spoken in the region where he lived and taught. This dialect eventually evolved into what we now know as Pali, which became the canonical language of Theravada Buddhism. It's important...

Theravāda uses the Pāli Canon (also called the Tipiṭaka), the oldest complete collection of Buddhist scriptures. It is written in Pāli, a Middle Indo-Aryan language that the Buddha spoke. It was first committed to writing in Sri Lanka during the 1st century BCE at the Aluvihāra Monastery.

It is quite clear that this is not the same thing as what the RHP asserts. From a Western LHP standpoint, this is an unacceptable metaphysical claim. Monism (the doctrine that all is One) is anathema to LHP goals. The idea that the Self is derivative of a higher, unitary principle (the...

Western Left Hand Path traditions generally involve philosophies where individuals seek personal empowerment and spiritual advancement through individualistic or non-conformist means. Mormonism is rooted in a monotheistic Christian framework with a strong emphasis on community, moral...

You are welcome to your opinion Western LHP philosophy asserts that the Self is sacred and the goal is self-deification, not dissolution. Eckhart’s path asserts "Empty thyself, lose thyself, and merge with the Ground." The Western LHP path asserts "Empower thyself, exalt thyself, become as a...

Theravada Buddhism is the oldest existing form of Buddhism, if you have proof otherwise, I'd like to hear it.

Universal Reality, referred to as God in religious traditions or Nature in philosophical ones, is understood as the ultimate, all-encompassing source and structure of existence. It is seen as the underlying unity behind all things, the final reality into which all individual forms and wills are...

The Left-Hand Path is a journey of separation from universal reality, where one isolates their consciousness within their own inner, subjective worlds. Through this deliberate psychic solitude, the individual refines and perfects their soul or psyche. Instead of adapting to the universe, the...

Theravada

I don't believe, and I could be wrong, that there is a form of Buddhism which seeks a union with some kind of Universal Reality (RHP)

First off, Buddhism is a Left Hand Path, you missed a few others as well. Secondly, To say a being cannot transcend its nature is to presuppose a fixed, static essence, a concept foreign to the Western Left Hand Path. Our path is the path of becoming, not mere unfolding. We are not bound by...

I propose NO GOD ONE PATH I believe gods, devils, angels, demons, etc., are archetypal structures created by mankind. The only path is the Path 0f One's Self. Becoming the best YOU that is possible. Allow me to explain: To live with the intention of Becoming More, of realizing the Greater...

The admins do this to me too, and it just shuts down the discussions . . . so much for 'Interfaith' discussions!

And what does AI say about 'religion'?

I agree, there is a definitive difference between religion and spirituality.

I should clarify that statement: Most beings on Earth encounter moments of Consciousness without realizing it, fleeting glimpses that pass unnoticed. As Gurdjieff observed, they remain trapped in a state of mechanical unconsciousness, moving through life like automatons. This surface-level...