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  1. K

    Jewish views on Lilith & appropriation

    I was told recently that gentile witches shouldn't practice with Lilith as her origins are squarely within Judaism. This was an article linked https://www.jewitches.com/post/the-origins-of-lilith-jewish-or-not Can Jewish folks who know about this please weigh in? EDIT: So since i didn't...
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    converts and jata

    This is aimed particular at Indian Hindus and American Indian Hindus, but how do you feel about white U.S. American converts having jata (commonly called dreadlocks here)? I know it has been practiced by Shaivites for centuries, but is there also other sects that dreadlocks have been part of in...
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    spirituality, sexuality, & gender

    Has anyone else had spiritual experiences that informed you on your sexuality or gender identity? Or even rather, discovering something about your sexuality or gender identity/expression ect that has made you reevaluate your religion or spiritual values or views? Almost a decade ago, I realized...
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    recommendations on mala?

    My old mala I bought from some Tibetan monks a few years ago. It didn't have knots other than at the guru bead, and it served me well enough for 3+ years. It eventually broke, I fixed it, then it broke again. So I've been looking to get one more traditional to my religion, a rudraksha mala...
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    my hellfire of samsara

    EDIT: not as long as looks only 5 minute read, also fixed some spelling using crappy tablet sorry. This post is as much as me asking spiritual advice as it is updating people on where the hell I've been the last 6 months sorry for any confusion, just I feel both are tied to my situation...
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    Hinduism and LGBT

    So yesterday on Facebook I posted a picture of me and my girlfriend kissing with our faces mostly of obscured by my amazing hair and an Indian Hindu I met in a facebook group messaged me saying "Who's that guy?". I told him it wasn't a guy, but my girlfriend and he responds "Girlfriend? Don't...
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    karmic consequences for suicide?

    What are they and in what scriptures (if any), and where in them is this stated? In what instances, if any, is suicide permissible or at least not incurring karma or at least less of it? For example, if one is living with no one they are called to be responsible for, is it less impact to one's...
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    Bindi customs

    What kind and or colors of Bindi can an unmarried Hindu woman wear? Do married women always wear a red one? What are some important differences between various sects or regions? What are some universal or almost universal rules? If an unmarried convert is white and living in America (me) what...
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    Mocking in debates

    "Sky daddy", "Imaginary Friends" ect I feel like if someone has used insults like this in a discussion, they have basically told you they have no interest in a real dialog, and lost any debate. While an insult can be useful to make a point more overt more often than not insults like this simply...
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    Faith in Adversity

    Since becoming homeless again just a week ago, still not back on hormones (but will be fixed soon) and not sure when I'll find a job, I've kind of started questioning some things. Not about my beliefs or my faith, but about how I've practiced, how much is this different really? From all the...
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    Vote brigading

    Today Gillette made a very inspirational video calling on more men to speak up against bullying, misogyny, harassment and sexual assault: As of this post, it has 5k upvotes and 40k upvotes. It is definitely artificial at such an extreme like that but again this has been seen before. It's...
  12. K

    Homeless again

    This morning I was woken up and told I need to leave by the end of the day, or I would be served a 3 day notice. I'm not any freeloader, I paid my part, almost half of the rent plus getting us some furniture and other stuff. But because I'm technically not employed (I mostly do oddjobs) the...
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    my satanic hindu beliefs

    So, for the last few weeks I've been trying to make a "pocket guide" to my beliefs so to speak. It's kind of hard, since there is a ton of complexity and stuff, to put it in as few words as possible but I managed to get it somewhere under 400 words. I guess I'm just wanting feedback... there is...
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    Light, Dark, and Feminine Divine

    (Male is Om, upwards triangle. Female is Hrim, downwards triangle. Dot is the self. This symbol is used frequently in hindu tantra.) Just some thoughts on the topic of... The greatest of two axes. The expression of the nondual-dual. The living contradiction of male and female, manifested and...
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    Rough patch (but no longer homeless)

    So as of almost two weeks ago, the second apartment finally came through (after the first failed) and I moved in with my intended roommate. Still trying to get on the lease it's a bit hard, since I couldn't get a new job lined up before moving to California (won't get into why it's complicated)...
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    proposing USA Fed laws regarding transgender folks

    It should happen! This is is my list of "probably should be federal laws" for the United States so that there isn't a ton of nonsensical variance state to state. Right now, you can go from some pretty good protections like in California, to worse than none, like in Texas. In order of most to...
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    Thanksgiving as a day of Mourning

    For parts of my childhood, I was raised by my late grandmother who had an affinity for the Native Americans and their beliefs. This thanksgiving, I found myself thinking about her, and the things about them she taught me. This lead me to come across what some Natives had to say about...
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    Thinking of going to a Durga Temple

    So, in the next couple of days I should be moved into my new apartment. Just three miles from where I'll live will be a Durga temple and I'm thinking of attending it as Shakta is similar to my sect of Shaivism in a few ways from what I understand and there is a large focus on goddess/Shakti...
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    I've been homeless!

    This is the actual story so far: What I’m really doing in California But the short of it, West Virginia was unsafe for me so I left pretty much as soon as I could. On my way there the apartment fell through, and well at least I met some interesting people along the way. It's been kind of an...
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    omw to California!

    I am right now on the first bus to California, where I am escaping the wasteland that is West Virginia. I'm going across the country and just wanted to let you all know! The town I'm going to has three Hindu temples, and I have it arranged to soon after I'm there get an apartment with a...
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