how important is spirituality in your life?

[Revolver]

im very curious.

is it large? is it small? medium? seems to often i meet people FAR to consumed with whats happening around them,car payments, work,media ect and have become spiritualy nullified.

lol...im one of the worst offenders of that, a perfect split of fanatical spiritual and esoteric study mirrored bcak by consumerisim and material goods. learning to find a balance seems to be the strugle

*edit* felt a topic fitting for my 1777th post(its a good powernumber).....ack, close to the 2000 mark. i think i should cut back my fnking a bit :)

[Lee]

My life consists of Eating, working, sleeping and drinking. In no particular order. Why do I need something to "believe in"?

[t-skywalker]

it depends. i can be a spiritual person at times, depending on the situation and the person i am having the discussion with. if its about life and the mind i can go on for hours.

[Lee]

What I dont understand is why people waste time worrying about their "after-life" when they should just be living their actual life

[Veni*C]

im huge into spirituality...i think it plays a pretty important factor in my life...
its weird cause i look back and there were so many instances in my life that were spiritual.. but i didnt realize it untill now... i was probably too young to understand it at the time.. or like u said.. just caught up in everything else...
its so hard in our culture to find the balance... cause we've been programed to be non-stop... i always try and take a little time off to get away.. and re-center myself... otherwise i just get this feeling numbness... not a good feeling at all.

[t-skywalker]

i guess it depends on ur meaning of "spirituality"...Edit: for Lee

mostly i use it for the thinking pattern of one self. i use it to channel my emotions. to take in everything and deal with it in a healthy way

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by Lee

What I dont understand is why people waste time worrying about their "after-life" when they should just be living their actual life

i dont think thats what hes talking about...

[Lee]

Im combining the meaning of religion and spirituality with that statement. I know there is a difference, but I'm being general

[Veni*C]

its werid how those 2 things can be completly different..... sometimes almost opposite....

[sexhead]

yeah i agree that religion and spirituality can be opposites. religion in my eyes seems to be more of a man-made and developed organization... more on the macro-large scale of things as well

while spirituality is more within the individual. the feelings and perceptions of supernatural energies, the principles of ethicality, and explanations for things that can't be proved rationally by science.

religious organizations are usually gateways to finding spirituality in oneself. for me i think it's very important for one to be spiritual. i seem to only associate with people who have a sense of spirituality... people who don't have any degree of spirituality just seem "off" to me. souless may be the better term for those kind of people (no offense Lee)

[decypher]

I find too many people give the wrong connotation to spirituality because they associate it with modern monotheistic religions. It's not all about the holy father incarnated as Jesus. Most people don't even understand the differences between jewish, christian, catholic, protestant, anglican, gnostic or pagan. It's sad because there's a higher power that runs through all religions from eastern to western and very few understand this. I'd like to explain but people usually lose interest within the first sentence so i'll stop here.

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[esoter1c]

I been hugged by light beings in my dreams.

[stephen_c]

the dali lama is in town
and he hates everyone of u.

[Veni*C]

^^^lol.... not true... only half of us. :P

im going to see him on the 9th.

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by sexhead

yeah i agree that religion and spirituality can be opposites. religion in my eyes seems to be more of a man-made and developed organization... more on the macro-large scale of things as well

while spirituality is more within the individual. the feelings and perceptions of supernatural energies, the principles of ethicality, and explanations for things that can't be proved rationally by science.

religious organizations are usually gateways to finding spirituality in oneself. for me i think it's very important for one to be spiritual. i seem to only associate with people who have a sense of spirituality... people who don't have any degree of spirituality just seem "off" to me. souless may be the better term for those kind of people (no offense Lee)

exactly....well said...

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by decypher

I find too many people give the wrong connotation to spirituality because they associate it with modern monotheistic religions. It's not all about the holy father incarnated as Jesus. Most people don't even understand the differences between jewish, christian, catholic, protestant, anglican, gnostic or pagan. It's sad because there's a higher power that runs through all religions from eastern to western and very few understand this. I'd like to explain but people usually lose interest within the first sentence so i'll stop here.

[...]

im still interested...

[stephen_c]

Originally Posted by ~Veni_C~

^^^lol.... not true... only half of us. :P

im going to see him on the 9th.

u are soooooooooo predictable!

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by stephen_c

u are soooooooooo predictable!

lol ... :P

[stephen_c]

^
betcha the dali will checkout ur ass.
he's just a horny bastard.

[decypher]

Originally Posted by ~Veni_C~

im still interested...

Well if you look at the Hindu religion you see the Matsya avatar which was the animal incarnation of Vishnu. It is basically the hindu incarnation of Noah's ark. You also see a noah's arc tale within chaldean religion. All these religions have a different mythological character for the same concept; spanning across civilizations.

When you see the original sin inside the sistine chapel it's seen as a heretic issue because humankind is striving for knowledge. If you see ancient greek mythology of humankind embracing the tree of knowledge it is seen under a different light; something of power. Forever we have been struggling between these issues. The 'school of athens' shows plato pointing upwards because he was concerned with the metaphysical and aristotle pointing at the ground because he was more pragmatic and it is this which is the main contention between modern society.

Basically all of religion and mythology is a construde way of humankind's understanding of the divine power. Moses learned his knowledge from the egyptians and them from the chaldeans and the mesopotamian era.

The Rig Vedas of Eastern philosophy knew that the earth revolved around the sun a millenia before we did. There's a lot of knowledge to be learned but it takes a lot concentration to absorb it all. Too many people dismiss this knowledge as lunatic and too many clump this spiritual knowledge in with the atrocities that have been commited in the name of modern monotheistic religions.

[lildonkey]

im drunk and didn't read this whole thread cause there are so many words... but all i want to say is mr. 3507321C :what the fuck is up with your sig? octopussies on girls heads?



p.s. i was gonna try and look at your name to type it out but there were so many numbers etc that i just copy and pastes* FYUI








what the fuck man....... mr.

[mystique]

I am a deeply spiritual person, its a part of who I am. I cant see how life would be worth living without it.....

[thechix0r]

I'm spiritual on my own terms. I don't necessarily call myself Christian or define myself in one religion. I take some of the teachings of each religion and put it towards my life to make a lifestyle that I think fits me and what I want to aim at. I believe that you can only pave your way to your own successes and no higher power will get you there, no matter how much your pray. Granted, I do believe there are forced out there that throw us obstacles once in a while that help change our path. I do believe in destiny and fate, but at the same time, you have to get there before it will take it's course. I do believe in karma, so I guess it's a mixture of doing things for yourself and things that are out of your control because for the most part, we do control our own destiny.

I work hard and I do my best and hopefully with my dedication and hard work and the morals that I build for myself along the way, I can keep in check. That's my take on spirituality.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by decypher

Well if you look at the Hindu religion you see the Matsya avatar which was the animal incarnation of Vishnu. It is basically the hindu incarnation of Noah's ark. You also see a noah's arc tale within chaldean religion. All these religions have a different mythological character for the same concept; spanning across civilizations.

When you see the original sin inside the sistine chapel it's seen as a heretic issue because humankind is striving for knowledge. If you see ancient greek mythology of humankind embracing the tree of knowledge it is seen under a different light; something of power. Forever we have been struggling between these issues. The 'school of athens' shows plato pointing upwards because he was concerned with the metaphysical and aristotle pointing at the ground because he was more pragmatic and it is this which is the main contention between modern society.

Basically all of religion and mythology is a construde way of humankind's understanding of the divine power. Moses learned his knowledge from the egyptians and them from the chaldeans and the mesopotamian era.

The Rig Vedas of Eastern philosophy knew that the earth revolved around the sun a millenia before we did. There's a lot of knowledge to be learned but it takes a lot concentration to absorb it all. Too many people dismiss this knowledge as lunatic and too many clump this spiritual knowledge in with the atrocities that have been commited in the name of modern monotheistic religions.

Aryan knowledge is found in the Hindhu Veddas and Nordic Eddas.

Both stories are the same.

Vishnu battles the world serpent to the bottom of the ocean.

A lotus blooms from the serpent to form the cosmos.

Odin battles the world serpent to the bottom of the ocean.

The world tree Yggdrasil sprouts from the serpent to form the cosmos.

Hindhu Vedda, Nordic Edda.

JESUS IS MITHRAS IS OSIRIS IS THE GOD DAMN SUN'S CYCLES !1!!!!!

Sun of God, not son.

Sun was worshipped for 1000's of years before anything else.

All religions have a root religion, Blavatsky can tell you more if you wish.

(((((I'm still only on the thrird book of Blavatskys.))))

[Prissypants]

I used to be very spiritual. Then I had some very close brushes with death. I realize that it is something I don't need to be happy or fulfilled. Just living life and enjoying it does that for me. Good people and good experiences is all you ever need.