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  1. DharmaCatLamp

    Religious Authority and Authority in General

    Howdy! Recently I have been going through the David Graeber book called debt. It’s pretty neat and helped me put into words a few things that I believed but had not exactly articulated. It’s interesting to note for instance how debt and authority sort of comingle. What I realized is I simply...
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    Who was Baha'u'llah?

    I have to admit out of all the religious figures I have investigated Bahaullah is probably the one I know the least about. For awhile I disregarded him because I knew he thought Muhammad was a prophet and I have had more than a few doubts about that. You have prompted me to take another look at...
  3. DharmaCatLamp

    Omnist

    Hello I am a Cat and an Omnist by the definition you have given here. Thing Is I tend to get a bit more complicated with it because if I want to accurately represent myself I would have to argue that certain things seem more true than other but you know that is just how it goes.
  4. DharmaCatLamp

    A little something I wrote for the Divine Mother

    Howdy! I just felt like writing this out and figured I'd share it here. Hope you like it. The Tea Gathering I once awoke to find my room filled with so many of my great loves. Jesus sat beside Buddha who sat beside Nanak who sat beside Rumi who sat beside Eckhart who sat beside Zhuangzi who...
  5. DharmaCatLamp

    Kemeticism - Ask Me Anything

    Yeah I read Jan Assman's book about finding God in ancient egypt and it was really neato! I have heard some comparisons to Dharmic religion in the past and it's interesting that you make that comparison here. I really appreciate the book recommendations.
  6. DharmaCatLamp

    Kemeticism - Ask Me Anything

    What books / resources might I use to learn more about your religion so I can add them to my library? I really like reading about different religions and I was wondering what you think is the biggest misconception about Kemeticism?
  7. DharmaCatLamp

    Was Muhammad A Prophet? Some Questions and Concerns

    Howdy! Recently I've been reading a lot about Jesus Christ and Muhammad. This is for a variety of reasons but the origins of both the early church and the early ummah are very interesting to me. I have my doubts about the exact nature of Jesus Christ but he is a very interesting figure and I...
  8. DharmaCatLamp

    Suppose today, God sends a Savior

    Well I am unsure if God would need to choose the kindest and the wisest person to be a prophet. We typically have examples of people from the bible for instance who are not chosen because they are the wisest or anything like that. Moses for instance isn't exactly the prime candidate for prophecy...
  9. DharmaCatLamp

    Accepting Jesus Christ as Lord, Syncretism and relationship

    Howdy ho! At this point I may as well call myself Syncretism cat. Recently I was meditating and praying as is my usual activity. Sometimes I mix up which form of God I focus on though usually it is Kali, Shiva, Waheguru etc. This time I decided to use Christ as the center focus and use the...
  10. DharmaCatLamp

    Systems, Theology, No path Path

    Howdy! I just felt like sharing some thoughts. The universe started with a divine dance. Not something like a waltz but something more like salsa. Shiva and Shakti came together, and their dance created all things. There was passion, lust, adventure, thrills, horror and so many other things...
  11. DharmaCatLamp

    Sharing some thoughts about unity

    When I say the divine I mean in all aspects. Polytheist, Monotheist etc. From what I have gleaned from my mystical experiences as well as my studies to see that God / Gods manifest themselves in incredibly varied ways across the world. We interact with divinity in such a way that one person...
  12. DharmaCatLamp

    Sharing some thoughts about unity

    Ah but you are misunderstanding what we mean when we say unity. We can approach the divine in numerous different ways and the divine can communicate with us in different ways. No one is saying that that teachings of Hermeticism are exactly the same as lets say Kabalah or Vedanta. The idea is...
  13. DharmaCatLamp

    Sharing some thoughts about unity

    Howdy! We like to divide the world up into categories. This is to simplify communication among other things. If we had to be exact with our words in every case communication would take a ridiculously long time. The issue is that the categories and meanings we have in our heads tend to not all...
  14. DharmaCatLamp

    How Close is Your Personal Belief System to the Religion You're In?

    I put other mostly because it gets kind of complicated. I chant Kali mantra every day, I worship Kali and I take a lot of my spiritual leanings from Advita Vedanta , RamaKrishna and Swami Sarvapiyanada. That being said I also read the Tao te Ching on a regular basis, study christian and sufi...
  15. DharmaCatLamp

    Interesting Experience and Thoughts about Interconnection

    Yeah, this sounds fairly similar to what I had. Thanks for sharing!
  16. DharmaCatLamp

    Interesting Experience and Thoughts about Interconnection

    So It's been a little while since I posted on these forums but I have been continuing my practice. Yesterday I was doing my normal ritual worship and meditation. I offered a banana to Ma Kali then bowed down so my head touched the floor. When my head touched the floor I was immediately filled...
  17. DharmaCatLamp

    Many different religious opinions

    This is something that is a bit more complicated than it might appear on the surface. There are beliefs that cannot be true at the same time. If You believe for instance that Christ is the only way to heaven you cannot also believe that you can worship Krishna and also go to heaven. Some...
  18. DharmaCatLamp

    I don't think Reincarnation Makes Much Sense

    I mean it's not that animals aren't great and don't have a conscious it's more that i use the example of a hippo because that is an animal I find it difficult to believe is much more than animal instinct. There is reason to believe that ants for instance are self conscious and can make choicest...
  19. DharmaCatLamp

    I don't think Reincarnation Makes Much Sense

    True, Zen has a history of extrapolating their own beliefs from the experiences of long time meditators. Dogen was an exceptional mind among the soto school and I've read quite a bit of his work. His explanations often seem more naturalistic than others.
  20. DharmaCatLamp

    I don't think Reincarnation Makes Much Sense

    How so? I mean if you could answer some of the questions I posed it might help me get something I am missing if you think it is true.
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