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Thanks for the answerWas you born in a hindu family?I didn't convert.
I'd always been a Hindu, and Krishna made me aware of it.
Thanks for the answerWas you born in a hindu family?
Why did you leave christianity? Was it because ortodox christianity do not teach reincarnation?No. Mom had no real interest in religion, and Dad was a fire and brimstone Christian. Mom pretended to be Christian for awhile because Dad was so pushy, but this did a real number on their marriage. (They divorced eventually.) I was out of Christianity in my teens, but I didn't make it known until I moved out at 17.
What beliefs in hinduism made you love hinduism?I (the personality) was raised agnostic leaning to atheism this lifetime, and rediscovered the religion of my soul at around age 18, although I (the soul) didn't recognise that it was Hinduism until a few years later. Last lifetime I was in Calcutta, India, and via reincarnation, came to the west, following a western soul. So I got the wrong address, realised my mistake, and corrected it.
The first time I entered a Hindu temple, and the first time I saw a particular Hindu icon, I just knew. Those can be overwhelming experiences, and they were. Eventually I went 'all in' so to speak.
Why did you leave christianity? Was it because ortodox christianity do not teach reincarnation?
The first time I entered a Hindu temple, and the first time I saw a particular Hindu icon, I just knew. Those can be overwhelming experiences, and they were. Eventually I went 'all in' so to speak.
What beliefs in hinduism made you love hinduism?
What catholic beliefs made you drifted away?I don’t consist a conversion but a discovering and naming of my beliefs. I was born into an Italian-American Roman Catholic family. I practiced Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy until was about 33 when I drifted away. Even as a teenager I leaned towards belief in Hindu philosophy and the deities. I came to realize that what I actually believe has a name... Hinduism.
The irony is that one can have both, although I'm not saying nor implying you should. Thomas Merton, for example, said that what he learned from the eastern religions helped him to become a better Catholic.I don’t consist a conversion but a discovering and naming of my beliefs. I was born into an Italian-American Roman Catholic family. I practiced Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy until was about 33 when I drifted away. Even as a teenager I leaned towards belief in Hindu philosophy and the deities. I came to realize that what I actually believe has a name... Hinduism.
Do you believe in reincarnation?The irony is that one can have both, although I'm not saying nor implying you should. Thomas Merton, for example, said that what he learned from the eastern religions helped him to become a better Catholic.
BTW, Gandhi is my main mentor, and he believed in Jesus, possibly even more so than some Christians.
I neither believe nor disbelieve as I believe that one cannot objectively find evidence one way or another.Do you believe in reincarnation?
What is stud?I neither believe nor disbelieve as I believe that one cannot objectively find evidence one way or another.
BTW, I heard of a guy who wanted to reincarnated as a stud, and I hear he's now in a snow tire.
It has two meanings in my context, thus the pun on words:What is stud?
What catholic beliefs made you drifted away?
The irony is that one can have both, although I'm not saying nor implying you should. Thomas Merton, for example, said that what he learned from the eastern religions helped him to become a better Catholic.
BTW, Gandhi is my main mentor, and he believed in Jesus, possibly even more so than some Christians.
Why did you convert to hinduism, buddism or sikhism?;
I'm just curious