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  1. DharmaCatLamp

    Filth and the Obsession with Purity

    In this case because the ideas of purity and filth are entirely subjective.
  2. DharmaCatLamp

    Filth and the Obsession with Purity

    Howdy! Humans are obsessed with filth and purity. Those two can be some of the easiest ways to define a culture. Things like Kosher, the obsession with purity by the brahmins in India, holding up ideals like chastity rather than being promiscuous. What is interesting to me is that despite the...
  3. DharmaCatLamp

    What do you do when you're losing faith in God?

    During the spiritual life questions will often come up which cause us to question things. I don't think you can take your faith or lack thereof very seriously without questioning. The idea that once you have faith everything is just hunky doory doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me...
  4. DharmaCatLamp

    Leftist Antifa thugs terrorize retired couple because they support Trump.

    Why does this look like something they did to their own property? I can't say I've ever seen Antifa actually paint their name on .... well anything before.
  5. DharmaCatLamp

    Finding oneself after long time of mental struggle

    I used to have massive anxiety problems and suicidal thoughts rather often. The biggest change I noticed was that I just stopped caring as much. Part of my problem was I was hyper aware of things being correct or incorrect. These days I just see it as all passing by. IT doesn't matter what other...
  6. DharmaCatLamp

    Bahai without Muhammad, Sufism without Islam

    Howdy! I recently had a previous event come to mind. I had met some Bahais and we were talking about religion. The thing that came up was that I didn't believe Muhammad was a prophet but that he was central to Bahai. We ended up talking for awhile never really got past the issue. So I was...
  7. DharmaCatLamp

    Religion, Spirituality and Effort

    Howdy! I was thinking that a lot of folks seem to forget that spiritual paths require effort. Yes you might be a part of a path merely by claiming membership in said path but often this is only the beginning. If one claims to be a Buddhist for example this is all cool and good but if you...
  8. DharmaCatLamp

    How to solve an issue

    You just have to go with what you got. People are always looking to define their in group and out group and you can never truly win if your desire is to convince other people. A lot of mystics embrace the idea of silence because the truth is truly beyond communication. Part of the reason I have...
  9. DharmaCatLamp

    If you believe in a god(any god)

    For a long time I found it pretty much impossible to believe in God because of the lack of evidence. When I looked at things I treated everything with a skeptical mind. Partially this was due to having been disillusioned with Islam which caused me to be skeptical of well.. Just about everything...
  10. DharmaCatLamp

    My Little Shrine

    Of course.
  11. DharmaCatLamp

    Durga Puja Oct1 - Oct 5 in Kolkata

    This is really cool! I love Durga but I didn't know there was all these neat festivals associated with her. Thanks for sharing!
  12. DharmaCatLamp

    Banning of Pro-Israel Speakers at UC Berkeley Student Groups

    I am perfectly fine with this. Though to be fair I would also call Israel an ethnostate at this point so perhaps my view is not the most commonly espoused one. There are antizionist rabbis, there are antzionist Jewish folks. If a student group wants to ban proisrael speakers that is fine...
  13. DharmaCatLamp

    "I don't consent to your prayers."

    I mean this seems to me like it's just someone trying to get more views. It's the game people play on social media. Ultimately if someone says they'll pray for you I'm not even sure why it would cross your mind to reject it. I get that if you are not religious it's kind of weird but you already...
  14. DharmaCatLamp

    Meaning In Fictional and "Real" Religion

    Evolution isn't the same thing. Culture doesn't have an end point, we have different iterations of things that don't always mean we've made progress.
  15. DharmaCatLamp

    Masculinity

    The soviets right?
  16. DharmaCatLamp

    Masculinity

    I think these are mostly terms that only have meaning once you start defining the other term. Both tended to be defined by their opposite within the cultural context. You rarely get anything solid to partake in one way or the other.
  17. DharmaCatLamp

    Meaning In Fictional and "Real" Religion

    I think part of the problem is that we get too attached to our ideas. If you are convinced that meaning can only come from a narrow span of external sources then you have to have propaganda. To me the truth of things is so complex your narrative will never entirely encompass it. Religion is...
  18. DharmaCatLamp

    Meaning In Fictional and "Real" Religion

    I might also argue that sutras will often have entirely different meanings based on the school of thought they come from. A chan/zen suttra won't sound the same as an early buddhist suttra vs a Vjrayana suttra. I would also point out without context and without an understanding of what the...
  19. DharmaCatLamp

    Meaning In Fictional and "Real" Religion

    This makes the most sense to me. I think ultimately though it boils down to whether or not you are willing to accept the idea that things don't have intrinsic meaning outside of how we ourselves view them. If you believed that Christ really died for your sins I could see how it would be more...
  20. DharmaCatLamp

    Meaning In Fictional and "Real" Religion

    I think this implies that culture naturally grows and refines things which doesn't really make very much sense to me. Culture changes sure but we can see periods of rapid changes in understanding, old ideas becoming new to a new generation and new ideas become old. I don't really believe in...
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