Which Of the World's Religions Is Most Practical? (ritual, America)

[Hema]

Originally Posted by Victor

Absolutely...problem is once you get into understanding what people mean by "love"?

It's too vague for me to make any assesment, really.

Well, it is true that people think that they know what love is but they really don't know. So people might have different interpretations. Love to me is seeing myself in others and realizing that the self in others is the same. The spirit is the same in everyone. When we occupy the physical body we belong to a certain religion. When we die the body cannot be taken with us. The soul moves on. The soul does not belong to any religion. It is a child of God. It thrives on love from God. If we can experience this Divine love and express it with others, God will be pleased.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Hema

Well, it is true that people think that they know what love is but they really don't know. So people might have different interpretations. Love to me is seeing myself in others and realizing that the self in others is the same. The spirit is the same in everyone. When we occupy the physical body we belong to a certain religion. When we die the body cannot be taken with us. The soul moves on. The soul does not belong to any religion. It is a child of God. It thrives on love from God. If we can experience this Divine love and express it with others, God will be pleased.

Well, I have quite a contradicting belief in light of yours. I believe is programmed (for lack of a better term) to one body, and one body alone. Anywho, this will get us off topic....

As to how you see love, what if you don't see anything of "you" in someone else? What then?

[Hema]

Originally Posted by Victor

Well, I have quite a contradicting belief in light of yours. I believe is programmed (for lack of a better term) to one body, and one body alone. Anywho, this will get us off topic....

Okey dokey. We won't go there then.

As to how you see love, what if you don't see anything of "you" in someone else? What then?

From my point of view, the real self is spirit which is the same in everyone, it is beyond physical differences, differences in personalities etc.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Hema

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Okey dokey. We won't go there then.


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From my point of view, the real self is spirit which is the same in everyone, it is beyond physical differences, differences in personalities etc.

I don't understand how different personalities aren't attached to the soul? I'm guessing this is linked to Hindu theology of some sort...

[Hema]

Originally Posted by Victor

I don't understand how different personalities aren't attached to the soul? I'm guessing this is linked to Hindu theology of some sort...

Sorry, perhaps I didn't explain it properly. I just meant that we sometimes see people as different from us because there are physical differences between us; people are also of different personalities. I meant that there are sometimes a clash of personalities among people. We might not like someone's attitude. For these reasons, we see ourselves as seperate from others, but the true nature or spirit is beyond all differences. The spirit within you is the same as the spirit within me and all of us for that matter.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Hema

Sorry, perhaps I didn't explain it properly. I just meant that we sometimes see people as different from us because there are physical differences between us; people are also of different personalities. I meant that there are sometimes a clash of personalities among people. We might not like someone's attitude. For these reasons, we see ourselves as seperate from others, but the true nature or spirit is beyond all differences. The spirit within you is the same as the spirit within me and all of us for that matter.

Oh I see. So uniqueness in soul is not something you believe?

[Hema]

Originally Posted by Victor

Oh I see. So uniqueness in soul is not something you believe?

No. To me, all souls are part of God who is one. We are all made in the image and likeness of God.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Hema

No. To me, all souls are part of God who is one. We are all made in the image and likeness of God.

I believe that too. Except I do not believe being a "part" of something takes away your uniqueness.

But perhaps we are straying too much off topic. Thanks for the chat...