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| Sarena |
 Aug 17 2007, 09:00 AM
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It's just a suggestion, but what about just looking at different religions your interested in and developing your own belief system?
It wouldn't be choosing a religion exactly but kind of a diverse mix of your beliefs stemming from different religions, it might work better for you?
Like you don't really need to choose one religion and stick to it. I think it's good to have a diverse range of knowledge.
Plus you already have some staple beliefs that come from different religions, Buddhism/Hinduism, Wicca..
On another note, I'm Hindu and we believe in reincarnation and alot of wiccan traditions are influenced by Hinduism, and although we do kind of believe in one entity, as in it's more like 'many faces, one God' type thing, you can pray to different Gods and Goddesses as they're different.
I hope this helps anyway
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You say there's strength in the power to control No, There's strength in only love and compassion
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| Noxifer_616 |
Aug 17 2007, 12:20 PM
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QUOTE I've been studying many religions for months now, and I've found not one that I am comfortable with.
My bare personal beliefs are as follows:
Reincarnation, when the soul learns enough it passes on, to what I can't say.
Either numerous individual entities as in Asatru or just aspects of one as in Wicca both seem plausible to me... I have a hard time believing in one single entity.
Practices of magick, divination,alchemy,psi etc. are accepted.
No "believe me or suffer" crap. 93, you may like Shintoism then, you need to look past the illussion created by the short lived State Shintoism and the royal version down to the heart of the belief system and you may find what I feel many who turn to Wicca are looking for, a none dogmatic personal connection within and in nature with divine connections. (also no scripture at all) it believed to be more a personal connection with nature and with your own higher self. Good luck 93 93/93 Noxifer
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| Vagrant Dreamer |
Aug 17 2007, 12:52 PM
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Give the Kybalion a read (google it, it's online for free) - it's not exactly a religion, but hermetic spirituality seems to me to be very much a universal spiritual practice. It adapts well to all religions and in and of itself is an excellent guide for coming to understand your own personal place in the universe. I keep a copy of this book on me at all times much like a christian does the bible.
All religions focus on particular aspects of universal law, particular faces of 'God'. I say, why not cut the fancy ritual and dogma associated with one religion or another, and focus on the core of all religions?
No matter what religion you become enamored with, more than likely you will grow out of it eventually, if you're already dealing with this kind of spiritual quest. If you were not so inclined, you'd most likely have been comfortable in whatever religion you were raised with.
Good luck in any case!
peace
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| ile |
Aug 17 2007, 01:05 PM
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Don't get me wrong... but you have a funny problem. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/haha.gif) WHY in the name of some unknown god do you Need a religion? (IMG: style_emoticons/default/mf_popeanim.gif) Believe in You. Isn't that enough? If not, then why not continue After Knowing Thy Self to reason out what you want to believe in? I suggest You go on an Adventure Inside! There You Will find what you seek, Then you Will know what name you want to give to that what you want to believe. But fine, if you sincerely wish to put yourself in a box for safekeeping for a while. Do it. But the dogmas of any systemized spiritual practice will only take you for some short journeys. There is No way of avoiding your inner self. I didn't actually want to give any advice to you. But I couldn't resist: if you try to escape what comes up from inside by external spiritualistic materialism, you will take a step backwards. But actually that is ok too... so what I really want to say to you is this: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, love under will. Be brave and follow your Hearts desire. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/rule.gif) (IMG: style_emoticons/default/sun.gif) Have Fun! |
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| + Kinjo - |
Aug 17 2007, 01:34 PM
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QUOTE(ile @ Aug 18 2007, 02:05 AM)  Don't get me wrong... but you have a funny problem. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/haha.gif) WHY in the name of some unknown god do you Need a religion? (IMG: style_emoticons/default/mf_popeanim.gif) Believe in You. Isn't that enough? If not, then why not continue After Knowing Thy Self to reason out what you want to believe in? I suggest You go on an Adventure Inside! There You Will find what you seek, Then you Will know what name you want to give to that what you want to believe. But fine, if you sincerely wish to put yourself in a box for safekeeping for a while. Do it. But the dogmas of any systemized spiritual practice will only take you for some short journeys. There is No way of avoiding your inner self. I didn't actually want to give any advice to you. But I couldn't resist: if you try to escape what comes up from inside by external spiritualistic materialism, you will take a step backwards. But actually that is ok too... so what I really want to say to you is this: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, love under will. Be brave and follow your Hearts desire. (IMG: style_emoticons/default/rule.gif) (IMG: style_emoticons/default/sun.gif) Have Fun! Agreed. I'm a mix of christian, buddhist, hindu, and pagan. I ended up calling my "religion" simply as Spiritualist and make my own rules and path of believes. Why do we NEED a religion anyway? We can believe in anything we want as long it serve our needs and purposes.
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| valkyrie |
Aug 18 2007, 10:28 PM
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you could worship (IMG: style_emoticons/default/worthy.gif) .... (just a couple of suggestions) me : (IMG: style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)...no (IMG: style_emoticons/default/7.gif) ok Big Brother? and/or Jesus (the BIG!!! brother) But what I'VE settled for is worshipping everything and nothing. If we're going for a trinity...the everything, the EVERYTHING and the nothing. hey its easy . That way you can still explore a bunch of religions and worship anyway you want...that is, if you don't like structure. lol. Erm. its sounds like your doing the right thing.....Just don't overwhelm yourself with philosophical binging. This post has been edited by valkyrie: Aug 18 2007, 10:32 PM |
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