Do any of you non-Hindus believe in any Hindu concepts? (ritual, Earth)

[Hema]

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I know some people of other faiths who believe in karma, re-incarnation etc.

I know many of you believe in the chakra system too!

A gal is just curious.

[robtex]

Hema I don't but if you do searches on the reincarnation threads and threads on karma you will find alot of the RF Christians pagans believe in those two things.

[astarath]

I believe in chakra of sorts, from a followers perception i merely recognize chakra as the spirit of god flowing through me. As well the use of this chakra can be used to enable the gifts of the spirit. (prophetics, healing, spiritual giving, dream interpretation, channeling)

[Booko]

Originally Posted by Hema

I know some people of other faiths who believe in karma, re-incarnation etc.

I believe in karma, though I expect it's not quite the same in all details as is believed in Eastern religions. I don't do reincarnation myself, but karma works even if it's just following you into the next life, or heaven/hell as some of the Western traditions would call it.

I know many of you believe in the chakra system too!

Not only do I believe in it, it's part of my coursework for my Ph.D. in holistic medicine.

I find the Hindu notion of history running in cycles to be a really great tool for understanding human history.

And along those lines, the imagery of the Trimurti is something I especially hang onto in transition times like ours.

[Hema]

Originally Posted by robtex

Hema I don't but if you do searches on the reincarnation threads and threads on karma you will find alot of the RF Christians pagans believe in those two things.

Thank you so much Rob. I'm curious about finding out about others too.

[Hema]

Originally Posted by astarath

I believe in chakra of sorts, from a followers perception i merely recognize chakra as the spirit of god flowing through me. As well the use of this chakra can be used to enable the gifts of the spirit. (prophetics, healing, spiritual giving, dream interpretation, channeling)

Thank you. When more of the chakras are open, more of these gifts become available. Especially when the chakra between the eyes is active, one can forsee the future.

[Hema]

Originally Posted by Booko

And along those lines, the imagery of the Trimurti is something I especially hang onto in transition times like ours.

Ah yes, often called the Hindu Trinity. The earth goes through the transition and we also go through the transition of creation, sustenance and death (or reabsorbtion).

[Laila]

I believe in karma (however not in reincarnation) as our actions coming back us
in the same form. For example in order to have good,one must give good, right and wrong is dependent on the attitude, not so much the action, which is not innate but we have the ultimate choice over them.

There is a lot to be said for energy channeling as a form of being in the absolute present and spiritual healing. I'm a reiki practitioner (so have a tiny bit of knowledge on chakras), but haven't practiced for years.

[Djamila]

I also believe in karma, but not in re-incarnation. I don't know enough about chakra to say either way.

[YmirGF]

Originally Posted by Hema

I know some people of other faiths who believe in karma, re-incarnation etc.

I have been heavily influenced by Hindu thought. I do believe in karma, but like Booko, not it the way it is normally conceived. I also believe in reincarnation but am rather insistent that it is non-linear and simultaneous, rather than a one step at a time, forward progression.

Originally Posted by Hema

I know many of you believe in the chakra system too!

The view from within the thousand petalled lotus is a pretty amazing view, I'll certainly give you that. The chakra system is not too bad an approximation of the energy centres contained in the human body, but at the same time it is somewhat misleading.

Originally Posted by Hema

A gal is just curious.

And so she should be.