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  1. Liu

    Higher self, self-deification and buddha nature

    Most LHPers' opinion on Buddhism, from what I encountered, seemed quite a bit more negative, i.e. considering his goal to be harmful and not in line with LHP-goals. As I wrote above, likely depends on the kind of Buddhism whether valid or not. Haven't ever heard of Lilith being a white serpent.
  2. Liu

    Is Joy of Satan really THAT bad?

    My main relationship with TST currently is listening to the bi-monthly podcast "Black Mass Appeal" which is by some atheistic but in some sense religious Satanists who are their own group but are also all members of TST and do some political activism themselves. They are skeptical of any...
  3. Liu

    Do you call yourself a 'Panentheist'?

    Okay, from that stance I'd agree that they are monistic. Just, there are a lot of dualistic tendencies in Christianity, especially among what actual Christians believe as opposed to what their scripture says. They consider mind a mere emanation from matter or just an illusion. That and the rest...
  4. Liu

    Is Joy of Satan really THAT bad?

    Which of the two, they are vastly different groups :D Temple of Satan is some fairly unknown theistic group (at least last time I checked) so you do probably mean The Satanic Temple (typically called TST). I haven't read much original material by JoS, and the last time was a couple of years ago...
  5. Liu

    Do you call yourself a 'Panentheist'?

    Interesting approach. But some monotheistic religions (e.g. Christianity) are actually dualistic in that they consider their deity to be separate from the world. How is atheism and materialism dualistic? They believe there is only one essence, namely matter. Panentheism is kinda between the...
  6. Liu

    Is Joy of Satan really THAT bad?

    Huh? Can't believe I'm arguing in favor of JoS - but they are no atheists. They believe that both Satan and the Christian god literally exist and that they would be at war against each other on some other planets, and that you can pray to Satan and thereby telepathically communicate with him...
  7. Liu

    The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes

    I never heard of that theory before. There are some counter-arguments on Wikipedia: Bicameralism (psychology) - Wikipedia Also, there are many clearly self-aware people nowadays that nevertheless hear/see spirits.
  8. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    That's what I'm saying ;) Glad we're agreeing.
  9. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    Why would anyone think it's invented, though? It's a natural feeling.
  10. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    Depending on what one means by love, I think I can relate to that notion. But is love always righteous? Which question on meditation? I think you misread something.
  11. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    Could you define the terms love and care then? I can't really see how compassion could be love, by my understanding of these terms. Care is clearer to me, but it is kinda a synonym to compassion, so defining compassion by equating it with care doesn't really say much.
  12. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    Could you give a definition of compassion, because I don't really understand how compassion would make love omnipresent by my understanding of compassion. But besides that this does make sense to me!
  13. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    I can kinda see why would one need compassion, or at least something similar, for omnipresence. But why would being omnipresent make one unceasingly happy? And why would love rely on compassion? Love and compassion seem separate things to me, though. Love is feeling that someone or something is...
  14. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    No problem ^^ I thought "the divine" would be a clear enough term to specify that I mean one coherent something and not several beings, but English isn't my native language. Well, then I can not reach enlightenment I guess - my empathy faculties are quite limited. As I wrote above, I'm not...
  15. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    That makes sense - but I was referring to the divine as a whole, or to the supreme deity, not to a divine being among many. And I'm not convinced that enlightenment necessarily leads to compassion. I'm afraid you are right that this is the source of that belief - the main reason why I was...
  16. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    Thanks for your reply! I already had been understanding "love" in the platonic sense, not in the romantic sense. But I don't have the impression that the divine would be very compassionate, it certainly does not seem to be helping every person or being. (Gotta go offline now and I'll only be...
  17. Liu

    Which type of meditation would suit you?

    You sure that's a good idea? Well, let's risk it. My religion doesn't have any specific prescriptions, and we don't tend to trust traditional teachings. That's your claim, how would you know it's true? Also, being something and living in a specific state is not the same thing imo. I've opened...
  18. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    From my own religious beliefs, I would associate the divine with a lot of things: Consciousness, will, amorality, the world, balance ... But love isn't really among them. Love is one of very many aspects of existence, it doesn't really make sense to me to limit the divine to it. I could perhaps...
  19. Liu

    Why would god be love?

    This is a question that recently came up in another thread: Which type of meditation would suit you? By "god" I mean "the divine" or "the supreme deity" or something along those lines. I'll put my own thoughts in the next post, it would be great if you'd think first about your reply before...
  20. Liu

    Which type of meditation would suit you?

    The spiritual goals you stated are part of some forms of spirituality, but certainly not the main goals of all. Not all spiritualities have deities, and not all consider humans to be separate from the divine and in need of merging. And why would god be love?
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