Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I think its preservation. The survival instinct and the instinct that gives rise to tribalism and not trusting anything that is strange and unknown.
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The Best of All Beliefs
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PureX
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You have a very productive life. Its just that someone else is getting the benefit of all that productivity.
It's an odd question to me. I haven't taken any ideas from any religions. Nor from any other source - not in the sense of thinking that this guy probably knows what he's talking about and I should conform to his advice on that basis. So I decided that honesty was the best policy not because somebody told me to be honest, but because I discovered the problems lies cause and how they harm me and others, and discovered that there really was no reason to lie - no benefit in general (there might be specific instances where that is not true). The same argument can be made for all other virtues - life is better by embodying them than not if one can do it. Be kind. It pays dividends that one can experience. Be responsible. Obey the law. Don't betray people. Be true to one's conscience. Be of service. None of these come from a book in my case. They're lessons that life teaches the interested.
Thus, the collection of ideas that comprise my worldview all came from experience and reflection - from me deciding experientially that a given idea was useful for helping me live a more desirable life - not a holy book. I had already assembled a secular humanist worldview before I learned what they advocated. One day, while reading the Affirmations of Humanism, I said to myself, hey, that's me. I guess that's what people call my metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology. It was also an affirmation that I was on the right track coming to similar conclusions independently.
Also, one day after I had come to a rough idea on what constituted wisdom, I read Buddha and the Eightfold Path, and noticed that it was consistent with my own conclusions. Was I a Buddhist? Not in my mind. I just agreed with many of Buddha's thoughts once I saw them.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I thought you were close to retirement? Did you ever move to Florida? That's a start.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I would honestly not change my belief the way it is presented in Sufism
Still in the process of having the house built.
Taking a little longer than I thought though.
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I started to reply, but it was too difficult.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Good luck with that. It'd be great to have a new house but I have my hands full with the three older houses we have.Still in the process of having the house built.
Taking a little loner than I thought though.
PearlSeeker
Well-Known Member
It's an ancient wisdom and maybe the most universal - part of every major religion, philosophy, culture.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
Philosophically, I find Buddhism and Taoism, plus The Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita from Hinduism, collectively appealing. Zen Buddhism is especially elegant. They’re all a bit esoteric though; I can incline towards navel gazing, a tendency I need to guard against.
Christ I think was the greatest of all moral teachers, not too closely followed by some of the institutions which subsequently bore his name. If I live what’s left of my life according to his teaching, that would be a life well lived; of course I fall well short, every day.
I have some pagan instincts; I observe both solstice and equinox, and Stonehenge is my favourite English Cathedral.
Christ I think was the greatest of all moral teachers, not too closely followed by some of the institutions which subsequently bore his name. If I live what’s left of my life according to his teaching, that would be a life well lived; of course I fall well short, every day.
I have some pagan instincts; I observe both solstice and equinox, and Stonehenge is my favourite English Cathedral.
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firedragon
Veteran Member
An entire book.
Bris (Jewish). But can't look at nudity. So, bris with eyes closed (fast moving samurai sword).
Can't eat pork (Jewish), cows (Buddhist), and with further restrictions from other religions, one would be on a weight loss diet. Instead of sucking on a mint toothpick, try one without mint for dinner.
Translating every language on earth to each ceremony, one would have to spend days performing them. Marriages would be very long events.
You would need many books to encompass the wisdom of each religion.
You'd have to train people to accept others ideas and beliefs (that would be very hard).
Contemplation of the navel, as it turns out, is a matter of balance....physical balance is but one aspect. Other aspects should also be balanced. Of course it is amazing that the exercise instructor is so well versed, and the people walking by are so fit. Then the exercise instructor says...."your own navel, please."
The navy has naval surgeons (my goodness... how doctors specialize).
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
One all-encompassing rule, like the Golden Rule, which exists in almost every religion, and let people make it their own. I like rituals, like meditation or celebrating the seasons. I don't think a book is needed because then the authors or the subjects the books are about get made into gods after their deaths. That ruins the original message, IMO.
amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
Probably a lot of dialectic discussion. Getting the reader to decide for themselves more, building their brain, or soul, so that they can perceive for themselves what they think is right. And of course that would involve putting all the ideas from every religion on the table, for analysis. So at least then they would be very aware, before making decisions. Or as aware as they could be.
Muffled
Jesus in me
A few words:
Christianity: Eternal life - I hate dying
Islam: 72 virgins - I need a good laugh
Judaism - Mitzvahs - I suppose a quinceanera would do but it isn't religious.
Hinduism - Reincarnation except they don't get it right
Buddhism - The Wheel of Time - makes alpha and omega sense
Baha'i - A concept that Christianity and Islam can be reconciled - Neither party agreed with the B man.
Sikh - the Langar - who doesn't like pot luck suppers?
Norse gods - Hel - not a god but for the Hel she lives in
Greek gods - genetic engineering - how else do you get perfect looks and bodies?
Tao - I Ching - lots of fun thinking about the future