Religion/Spirituality.

Have you any religion or spiritualty. I'd consider myself very spiritually inclined, but i don't conform to a specific religion. When i look into the sky, in the moon especially, something just overtakes me and I start thinking- there's certainly something else out there. Whether it's other dimensions, aliens, varying planes of thought or whatever...there's certainly SOMETHING else out there. Anyway, what are your thoughts on life, religion, heaven, aliens, dimensions etc.?

 

not really.

 

Definately. & Brother Herb helped me really get in touch with it. Sometimes, I would go for a walk, & I would see all the really slow moving things, the trees, the buildings, stones, & I could tell they were saying something & I think it was something like - yes, we know you're there. I could really feel how all matter in it's form is part of a continuum - some matter is more organized than others. Some, like us, is so organized that it can percieve. I believe that we, thinking beings - we think we are distinct and seperate beings, but we are really instances of the universe perceiveing itself.

 

Yeah, I'm spiritual. I follow personal religious beliefs that are very much like the Transcendentalist Movement of the 19th century. I love nature, Earth, and consider the Sun & the Moon a yin/yang type of thing. Also, I consider Mother Earth a 'being' of some sort. The sun represents that life is made of good times, and the moon represents that life is made of bad times.

 

I believe in a life after death... and i believe whatever i do will come back to me 10 fold... a lot of what i believe revolves around Buddhism, Astrology and my own definitions of Spirituality

 

I was raised a Catholic and I definitely consider myself a Christian, but that's not to say I don't have my own set of beliefs about religion. I guess you could say that I differ from the Catholic faith in that I believe that faith is something that has to come to you naturally and can't be forced on anyone. I also believe that not only am I capable of interpreting the bible in my own way, but that it is essential for me to do so. Also, I am fascinated by Buddhism as a philosophy. Some might say that those two cannot coexist but I disagree.

 

I have practiced Tantrik Shaivism (Hinduism) for the past 7 years. I started off being very strict on myself with the religion, but I started to follow the teachings of Osho and evolved into a very spiritually eclectic person. Even though I have my own varied beliefs, I still consider myself a Shaivite.

 

I was raised catholic as well.. and that's why i'm not catholic..

 

lol me too. and it's definately why i am NOT catholic, or christian for that matter.

 

I'm pretty spiritual at times. I was raised to be a Protestant, but my parents are okay with me exploring other religions...to an extent. I'm really into Judaism right now.

 

Yes, I'm very spiritual. I'm constantly thinking, philosophizing, and changing my ideas and perceptions with the world. I really think that's how it’s got to be. If you hold on to something for to long it grows old and static. Mary Jane has certainly played her role with my spirituality.

 

Krsna is everything :tongue:
And thats about as deep as I get, ok? Ok.

 

i was raised protestant, i used to go to church until i was about 10, then my family stopped going.
i don't know a lot about my religion, and barely anything about other religions.
and thats why i came to the conclusion, that i just don't believe in any religion anymore.


the closest thing i believe in dealing with religion is karma.

 

I was brought up Christian. I have not ruled that out, but I'm very open to ideas of the spirital world.

 

Hai! Kore wa nan desu ka?!

 

uh.. yeah... i dunno what you just said :tongue:

 

I think religion is a dangerous lie used to control people. Everyone in my family is religious, and "god" has given them the prerogative that justifies all of the stupid, banal things they do. I was raised Baptist but was skeptical of the church-goers and establishment as a child because Baptist adults tend to scare children into believing their hogwash; to the consternation of Jesus, I typically distrust people who seek to horrify me.

 

Religion is dangerous when used to control, true.
But, when one finds God out of love, through their own searching and understanding, and their own love gained from experience, then there is very little in the matieral nature that can equal this kind of beauty.
Fear based spirituality is a sham, agreed

 

not at all. science is my way.

 

Karma is like "what goes around, comes around".