Left Hand Pathers: What is your opinion on applying RHP ideals to your LHP philosophy?

[The Sum of Awe]

I consider myself LHP, I'm pretty individualistic about my beliefs, I believe in what works and makes sense to me. I don't believe God needs praise or devotion, I just show God gratitude because it's the respectful thing to do. In fact, I believe God wants us to think for ourselves, to grow into the best version of ourselves and create our own meanings of life.

However, I find many principles in RHP way of life useful. Prayer, gratefulness and respect to God (and the gods I invoke), interdependence, the law of karma, altruism (to a certain extent), and the list could go on for me.

What is your opinion on this? Do you find any RHP ideals useful in your practice?

 

[The Hammer]

What is your opinion on this? Do you find any RHP ideals useful in your practice?

Like you, I combine elements of both ideals.

 

[The Hammer]

I also keep reading the title as left handed panthers.

 

[crossfire]

I consider karma to be LHP as it comes down to individual conditioning and habits. However, it can also be applied in a seemingly RHP manner via prejudices and trends that propagate (propaganda-RHP) through a collection of individuals.
There are times and circumstances when collective efforts are appropriate.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

I consider karma to be LHP as it comes down to individual conditioning and habits. However, it can also be applied in a seemingly RHP manner via prejudices and trends that propagate (propaganda-RHP) through a collection of individuals.
There are times and circumstances when collective efforts are appropriate.

The way I see karma is that, a bad action is like passing on a black rock. You hand it to someone else, or leave it somewhere for someone to pick it up, and they will pass it on as well, until it reaches the one person who washes off the black rock and passes on a gold one.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

What is your opinion on this? Do you find any RHP ideals useful in your practice?

Not really.

 

[Viker]

I don't view things like prayer or veneration of deities as exclusive to RHP. Only exception would be the perspective and how one is going about it. I'm acknowledging forces once perceived as greater than myself. Now, I'm not submitting to deities I am converging with them. I am self-deifying as well. It's part of what I mean by "Joining the Gods".

As far as something like altruism. I see it as human/animal nature, not the sole property of one religion or one path. It can be seen as what benefits another benefits one's self. I don't value it as an important religious virtue or doctrine. It's not altruism if an external force compels one to it, it's compulsory taxation.

So, if it appears I utilize RHP practices or beliefs, it's likely not the exact case.