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Being "enlightened" in the Buddhist sense isn't about being happy nor leads to happiness necessarily. Happiness may occur more often than pre-enlightenment, but 1 does not stop experiencing all the human emotions. One simply stops chasing them, avoiding them, or grabbing onto them. Enlightenment...

I've no problem with how Trump used the word "lynch." It's the other thousands of deplorable and yes "hateful" things the man has spewed over the past 3 years.:cool:

I'm with RJM in several respects. I don't truly hate anyone, though find Trump the most loathsome politician ever and that's saying a lot as I, too, tend to find politicians in general to usually not be worthy of respect. But, do think you used the term "hate" too loosely when you went off on...

Aussie, I think that political discussions are actually more likely to stir up intense passions more than religious ones do and, therefore you're likely to have drama as you put it inevitably. If you wish to avoid the drama, you'd pretty much have to ban political discussions altogether-or at...

In the US, there is quite a lot of criticism of Israel by the far left but not aware of any anti-semitism by them.

Can't say I pay as much attention to these sorts of attacks outside of the US as within the US, living here. But, when it comes to politically tinged attempts to commit mass murders here, have almost never heard of the culprit being from the "far left." Now many of the mass attacks here have...

When in high school was the master of our local Order of DeMolay, a junior Masonic organization. I'd tell you the "secrets," but it's been so long, dang if I can remember them.:p

Well, as to the bowing part, in Tibetan Buddhism there is the long venerated practice of ngondro which utilizes prostration, about 10,000 per day if memory is correct. Used to soften up the ego/self dontcha know. Not that I'd do much of that now given the age of my joints.:p

I'm older, but not wiser. Those names mentioned were the gang here when I joined up and had many a conversation with them and you, too, 123.

NJ, you may be interested then in Bede Griffiths: http://www.bedegriffiths.com/ earl

Just finished up listening to some Corelli sonatas on Spotify. That is quite the handy site for listening to music.

There is a religion that comes closest to my beliefs but doesn't match them exactly. But, I've never been all that big on organized religion.

I can't entirely say I follow a particular religion, but can say "sort of." To me "sort of" takes it out of the strict realm of religion into "spirituality." I suspect the contemporary trends toward reduced religious adherents is due to the "sort of" phenomenon.

Does seem like in the "old" days we had more frequent discussions of spiritual issues.

Perhaps it's nastalgia.;) That and periodically get the urge to discuss things spiritual and this is as good of a place as any to do that, though don't have that urge nearly as often these days. I only recently returned after some years of inactivity.

If it was the 1 I recall, you were discussing some things your nephew came up with. Sorry for the inadvertent "plagiarism" of the title then. Seems as I recall, though, it wasn't about parapsychological experiences of young children which this references. But, within our own family I've...

I've worked in the field of mental health for nearly 40 years and have always been fascinated with the occasional cases of parents bringing young children in due to their concern that something was radically wrong with their child when the child has said things unexplainable by way of our...

Welcome back. The old gang seems to be trickling back.

Of course pets become entwined in their owners' hearts nearly as much as children. Am surprised that that may be considered a bit off. Every pet we've ever had became such. Of course, there are those in this thread that don't describe the animals they may be sharing space with as pets and...

Snoop, I'm headin up on 62. Great to see you, too, Seattlegal. Old gang still around.