Hi i wanted to ask a question does anyone feel that people who adopt Hinduism and wear clothes to do with Hinduism are being disrespectful the reason i ask is i want to be Hindu but i wasnt born to a Hindu family but i love and want to learn more and more about Hinduism its my dream to wear...
hi , am thinking about going to a isckon group in Glasgow av never been before but i wanted to ask has anyone here join or have went to isckon before and what where they like i have heard from christians that its a cult but i dont view what the christian websites as they can biased and tell...
for a long time i have felt that am too stupid and uneducated enough that i cant get my head around some of the aspects of Buddhism i think i have to be like a professor or someone who have a clue what they are doing
i have never been good with learning things i have poor self esteem and dont...
hey am alex am transgender male married with 2 cats was a member here before but i dont have the e mail address name or password hope its ok for me to join again
i want to set up a shrine in my living room at the moment am thinking the east side of the room
as the rest of the living room is used up buy the tv and other things i do how ever have my pc on that side of the room and i wondered if id be able to have a small shrine near my pc i can put a...
Am struggling going from one faith to another over and over again
part of me knows it because of my OCD and other mental health problems
another part of me thinks its the devil and evil things for me to do
i have always thought i am evil
I was born into a Catholic family , the Catholic...
unsure why i want to start a journal maybe that i need some where to vent
i normally make a journal post for a few days and then forget it
Am going to try and keep this one
I don't work due to my mental health my husband is my full time carer and he don't work because of this
i know some...
I want to ask a question about food and Hinduism
a few years ago i posted about being vegetarian but because of my financial situation i couldnt not afford food without having egg in it
What i didnt know then was that onions , leeks and garlic arent allowed as well
i have been going back and...
i have a shine with pictures of the Gods and Goddesses
i want to give food to the Gods and Goddesses but i have two cats and one of them likes to steal food
he will eat anything including flowers and other things
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So i cant keep the food in the room for very long as we let the cats roam...
I now recognize myself as Hindu am vegetarian , i am a recovering Alcoholic and Drug addict
I go to AA meetings most of the time where there is coffee and tea i know that there is a rule for Hindus not to drink coffee or tea the problems am having is weather i can drink it if there...
Can i ask this ?
Why is it that no photos or drawing of the prophet Mohammad allowed ?
i dont want to come across rude or disrespectful
i just would like to ask
I meditated for the first time in a while my voices are normally too loud for me to do that i need help with mindfulness my OCD is taking over my life right now
i cant go anywhere without my husband as too scared that i will hurt someone because i keep thinking there influencing my thoughts...
Some of you must be wondering why i change my faith so often
I have OCD i was given the diagnoses 6 months ago ( I think it was 6 months ago )
My faith has gone from Christianity to Wicca to Islam to Buddhist to Hinduism
And back to Christianity
I also have blasphemous thoughts...
i prayed to lord Ganesha today for the first time
I had a mantra but i was unsure how many times i was to say it
I covered my head with a scarf and i burned some incense and had a picture of Ganesha ( A picture i printed out )
Am unsure if i did it right or not but it felt good doing it...
In Buddhism and Hinduism it says do not harm
does that also mean do not harm yourself
The reason i ask is that i am a self injurer i cut myself when i cant deal with my emotions or when am at my lowest point .
I have been trying to stop myself from doing this But am finding it very hard to...
Where do i start to learn about Hinduism ?
What books should i read and what info should i look for
I don't want to overwhelm myself but id like to know the basics