Viva said:
My posts have been deleted a few times I think possibly because I am not a mystical goonie. Hopefully I will find warmth and friendship among the goons. : )
Or perhaps they were offensive? I did not see the posts in question, but I gather that you've made some statements that could be regarded as... unkind.
I think that perhaps the word I'm looking for is empathy. Like I said in another post, you probably
are a lovely person that we would enjoy a burger with. (Or a veggie-burger, for some of our members.) However, if someone were to approach you in your place of worship (RF and the forest are the places where I feel the deepest connection with divinity.) and, smiling, tell you that
their belief system dictated that you were doomed to spend an eternity in a rather nasty place because of
your belief system... well, you wouldn't think that was a very nice person.
I do welcome you to RF and hope you choose to have empathy for others. Many of the forum Christians believe that others are going to hell, but they're very tactful about not mentioning this belief.
For example, being a 'mystical goonie' means that I love my neighbor and treat others as they would want to be treated themselves. Simply because I am of another religion than you, though, I would not call you a 'mystical goonie'.
Namaste, and may the feelings you bring to the forum be returned to you tenfold. They have for me, and I could not ask for anything better in my life.
