amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
So many of you must take your beliefs seriously not only as mere thoughts, but as major outward investments of time and energy. You probably genuflect your life and time in major ways, the cost being sunk deep into a variety of holidays, ritual practices, observances, and even the mere bet that you are in some ways correct. In wishing that this time and energy results in positive feedback, is it true that you may stultify other pursuits that might alternatively manifest themselves in this life? In dedicating yourself to the investment of reading scriptures or performing practices, do you not frustrate the possibilities of your very limited time here
In counter - argument, atheists and agnostic types may take an inverse risk. I am prompted to write that by a dream I had last night. I take it that my subconscious counts me as being among those tribes. I had dreamt of starting out in a large, deep, pristine lake (in dreams, water represents the spiritual realm) surrounded on all sides my massive mountains, and there were mansion cabins and forests on the side of them. In wishing for the heights of materialism, I ascended to the mansions and woods, exploring as I went. Looking down, i saw how beautiful the water was, and decided to find a way back down. Crossing over a curiously vacant lot, I perceived an easy way to descend via gripping some roots coming out the soil. This way became more vertical, and I began seeming to fall more that I felt comfortable. Suddenly I came to the end of these roots, and Lo, beneath me was a thousand feet of sheer cliff. A spiritual cul de sac? Thus, in cutting yourself off too much from the spiritual, is the bridge back to it burnt?
In counter - argument, atheists and agnostic types may take an inverse risk. I am prompted to write that by a dream I had last night. I take it that my subconscious counts me as being among those tribes. I had dreamt of starting out in a large, deep, pristine lake (in dreams, water represents the spiritual realm) surrounded on all sides my massive mountains, and there were mansion cabins and forests on the side of them. In wishing for the heights of materialism, I ascended to the mansions and woods, exploring as I went. Looking down, i saw how beautiful the water was, and decided to find a way back down. Crossing over a curiously vacant lot, I perceived an easy way to descend via gripping some roots coming out the soil. This way became more vertical, and I began seeming to fall more that I felt comfortable. Suddenly I came to the end of these roots, and Lo, beneath me was a thousand feet of sheer cliff. A spiritual cul de sac? Thus, in cutting yourself off too much from the spiritual, is the bridge back to it burnt?
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