I have to admit out of all the religious figures I have investigated Bahaullah is probably the one I know the least about.
For awhile I disregarded him because I knew he thought Muhammad was a prophet and I have had more than a few doubts about that. You have prompted me to take another look at...
Hello I am a Cat and an Omnist by the definition you have given here.
Thing Is I tend to get a bit more complicated with it because if I want to accurately represent myself I would have to argue that certain things seem more true than other but you know that is just how it goes.
Yeah I read Jan Assman's book about finding God in ancient egypt and it was really neato! I have heard some comparisons to Dharmic religion in the past and it's interesting that you make that comparison here. I really appreciate the book recommendations.
What books / resources might I use to learn more about your religion so I can add them to my library? I really like reading about different religions and I was wondering what you think is the biggest misconception about Kemeticism?
Well I am unsure if God would need to choose the kindest and the wisest person to be a prophet. We typically have examples of people from the bible for instance who are not chosen because they are the wisest or anything like that. Moses for instance isn't exactly the prime candidate for prophecy...
When I say the divine I mean in all aspects. Polytheist, Monotheist etc. From what I have gleaned from my mystical experiences as well as my studies to see that God / Gods manifest themselves in incredibly varied ways across the world. We interact with divinity in such a way that one person...
Ah but you are misunderstanding what we mean when we say unity. We can approach the divine in numerous different ways and the divine can communicate with us in different ways. No one is saying that that teachings of Hermeticism are exactly the same as lets say Kabalah or Vedanta. The idea is...
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We like to divide the world up into categories. This is to simplify communication among other things. If we had to be exact with our words in every case communication would take a ridiculously long time. The issue is that the categories and meanings we have in our heads tend to not all...
I put other mostly because it gets kind of complicated. I chant Kali mantra every day, I worship Kali and I take a lot of my spiritual leanings from Advita Vedanta , RamaKrishna and Swami Sarvapiyanada. That being said I also read the Tao te Ching on a regular basis, study christian and sufi...
So It's been a little while since I posted on these forums but I have been continuing my practice.
Yesterday I was doing my normal ritual worship and meditation. I offered a banana to Ma Kali then bowed down so my head touched the floor. When my head touched the floor I was immediately filled...
This is something that is a bit more complicated than it might appear on the surface.
There are beliefs that cannot be true at the same time. If You believe for instance that Christ is the only way to heaven you cannot also believe that you can worship Krishna and also go to heaven.
Some...
I mean it's not that animals aren't great and don't have a conscious it's more that i use the example of a hippo because that is an animal I find it difficult to believe is much more than animal instinct. There is reason to believe that ants for instance are self conscious and can make choicest...
True, Zen has a history of extrapolating their own beliefs from the experiences of long time meditators. Dogen was an exceptional mind among the soto school and I've read quite a bit of his work. His explanations often seem more naturalistic than others.