mandrill
Active Member
Hello All,
I just joined this forum today. Been looking for a forum where I can have some thought-provoking discussions with interesting people, perhaps learn something and even make some new friends. My work schedule allows precious little time for a social life, plus I've recently divorced and moved into my own place, first time completely on my own, so my life is undergoing a huge transition, and, with that, comes a lot of 'soul searching' and introspection. I've had an interest in spiritually for years, did a lot of reading of various religious/philosophical texts and I love these discussions. I was raised in the Reformed Protestant religion (gasp .. must .. get .. fresh .. air ..) but, if I was forced to characterize my leanings today, I would say they most closely resemble paganism or shamanism (I took that 'choose your religion' test and got 100% neo-paganism, whatever that is.) I particularly enjoy the system put forth in the writings of Carlos Castaneda .. not that I blindly accept everything he said, but rather I like the idea of living a strong life and taking personal responsibility rather than looking for some outside force to save you, and many of my personal experiences in life have been similar to things he described. I guess my basic tenet is that I don't 'just believe' in anything, rather I accept facts that have been demonstrated in my own life.
Anyway, rather than rambling on and on here I guess I'll just start reading the topics and posting where I think I can make an intelligent contribution, and let you all get to know me that way.
I just joined this forum today. Been looking for a forum where I can have some thought-provoking discussions with interesting people, perhaps learn something and even make some new friends. My work schedule allows precious little time for a social life, plus I've recently divorced and moved into my own place, first time completely on my own, so my life is undergoing a huge transition, and, with that, comes a lot of 'soul searching' and introspection. I've had an interest in spiritually for years, did a lot of reading of various religious/philosophical texts and I love these discussions. I was raised in the Reformed Protestant religion (gasp .. must .. get .. fresh .. air ..) but, if I was forced to characterize my leanings today, I would say they most closely resemble paganism or shamanism (I took that 'choose your religion' test and got 100% neo-paganism, whatever that is.) I particularly enjoy the system put forth in the writings of Carlos Castaneda .. not that I blindly accept everything he said, but rather I like the idea of living a strong life and taking personal responsibility rather than looking for some outside force to save you, and many of my personal experiences in life have been similar to things he described. I guess my basic tenet is that I don't 'just believe' in anything, rather I accept facts that have been demonstrated in my own life.
Anyway, rather than rambling on and on here I guess I'll just start reading the topics and posting where I think I can make an intelligent contribution, and let you all get to know me that way.