Don’t give up

[Jimmy]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

 

[ChristineM]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

Not really a shame, more a weight lifted from your shoulders.

 

[Exaltist Ethan]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

Honestly, RF and Chat GPT has helped me understand my theology more than if I hadn't used both. Being able to explain myself in either application has helped me clarified to myself where my positions are. While they don't change too much, check my signature and title often, because I do end up editing them eventually and using them to process where I belong in a theological sense. While there may be no religion that exclusively focuses on panentheism, I know now that I can be a voice for my albeit fictional religion of Earthseed. Instead of veering towards atheism, the kind of thinking I indulge in without medication, being properly medicated has helped me slow down my thoughts, and now I consider myself a deeply spiritual person and have found kinship with various other people here who also believe that God is reality. Like with @The Sum of Awe . We think more alike than I originally believed we did.

 

[Twilight Hue]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

As spirituality dosent require a god , I find it a beautiful thing for those enjoying it for the time being.

 

[Nakosis]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

What benefit do you think spirituality gives you?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

Christianity poisoned it and killed it in me. But it wasn't a shame. It made me a better person, see the world better, and even understand the Bible better.

 

[Jimmy]

What benefit do you think spirituality gives you?

Humility, gratefulness, hope, awe, sense of knowing the truth,etc.

 

[ChristineM]

Humility, gratefulness, hope, awe, sense of knowing the truth,etc.

You can get them anywhere, it's state of mind, not spirituality. And who's truth?

 

[Nakosis]

Humility, gratefulness, hope, awe, sense of knowing the truth,etc.

Humility, gratefulness, hope, awe, I've found do not require spirituality.
Though if it helps you with these things great.

If you need a sense of knowing the truth then good for you.
Not everyone needs it though.
In my case it was getting to a point I no longer needed spirituality rather than giving up on it.

There are other ways to find fulfillment.
No not really a shame for those who have found a different path.

 

[Jimmy]

Humility, gratefulness, hope, awe, I've found do not require spirituality.
Though if it helps you with these things great.

If you need a sense of knowing the truth then good for you.
Not everyone needs it though.
In my case it was getting to a point I no longer needed spirituality rather than giving up on it.

There are other ways to find fulfillment.
No not really a shame for those who have found a different path.

Enjoy your path

 

[Jimmy]

You can get them anywhere, it's state of mind, not spirituality. And who's truth?

Sure but for me I’m grateful to god, in awe of god, humbled by god, in awe of god etc. I believe in one truth regarding how we got here and how it will all end.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

If you’ve given up on spirituality because of bad experience with a religion I hope one day you can revisit spirituality. Come at it from a different angle, a new perspective, from a more personal intimate nature. It’s sad that many have abandoned such a lovely thing and never returned. It’s a shame really.

I believe it is an error to mistake "spirituality" with "religion." In my view, spirituality is the search for one's true self, and how that self connects with the existence in which that self is. Religion can be all sorts of things, including spending hours on your knees bowing and scraping thinking you're talking to God without ever knowing what it is you think you're talking about.

People who get themselves whipped up into a frenzy through hypnotic chanting or dancing until they're dizzy aren't being spiritual -- they're trying to "feel otherwise than they usually do." That's more like losing yourself than finding yourself.

 

[Jimmy]

Enjoy your path

Shame if they closed the book on spirituality cuz of a religion.

 

[Jimmy]

I believe it is an error to mistake "spirituality" with "religion." In my view, spirituality is the search for one's true self, and how that self connects with the existence in which that self is. Religion can be all sorts of things, including spending hours on your knees bowing and scraping thinking you're talking to God without ever knowing what it is you think you're talking about.

People who get themselves whipped up into a frenzy through hypnotic chanting or dancing until they're dizzy aren't being spiritual -- they're trying to "feel otherwise than they usually do." That's more like losing yourself than finding yourself.

Not related to the op but it’s all good

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Not related to the op but it’s all good

And how is it not related?

 

[Jimmy]

Not lookin to reinvent the wheel but I can change the spokes. The god concept has been around a long time and I think people have and can benefit a great deal from spirituality. I’ve made God how I want him and you can do the same. I look forward to the changes that await us. The god of now…

 

[Hockeycowboy]

I believe it is an error to mistake "spirituality" with "religion." …. Religion can be all sorts of things, including spending hours on your knees bowing and scraping thinking you're talking to God without ever knowing what it is you think you're talking about. People who get themselves whipped up into a frenzy through hypnotic chanting or dancing until they're dizzy aren't being spiritual -- they're trying to "feel otherwise than they usually do." That's more like losing yourself than finding yourself.

I agree with this, wholeheartedly!

 

[Jimmy]

And how is it not related?

Never said spirituality & religion were the same. I think you’ll find the context clearly points to them being different

 

[Jimmy]

I agree with this, wholeheartedly!

 

[Jimmy]

Not really a shame, more a weight lifted from your shoulders.

Spirituality and religion are two different things