doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
You don't know that.you will never know ....
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Mystics: Which god and religion is right?
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YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Such a cheery thought. How terribly Christian of you.you will never know ....
The presumption of special knowledge is indeed a slippery slope.doppelgänger;2336736 said:
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Especially when it's not knowledge at all, but a projection of the anxiety that comes with not having the tools to find the mystery within.
TurkeyOnRye
Well-Known Member
You've experienced god, which one is it? I NEED to know! Please do not lie
Something is required before finding god, I'm just not so sure what it is. Just keep searching and analyzing religious and philosophical literature, people, and thought. Eventually.. god will make an appearance, I'm sure of it. Pretty sure of it.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
God can be found in oxymorons. Anything less makes too much sense. (Yeah, I've been reading Joseph Campbell.)
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Reminds me of one of the most profound statements of faith I've ever heard, by comedienne Julia Sweeney in "Letting Go Of God", her personal story of giving up her Catholic identity, her last prayer to "God":
"I have too much respect for you to do you the disservice of believing in you."
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
doppelgänger;2336817 said:
I can see that. The tendency of mystics to wrap experiences of God in oxymorons seems to stem from the need to keep God from a specific definition which would only remove the experience from the source. Belief can do this as well, I suppose, especially when we wrap God in a box that only suffocates the pure wonder of it.
diosangpastol
Dios - ang - Pastol
if i insist on my belief ... you will tell im hallucinating and creating my God
better to be terrible on people not on my God ... :bow:
diosangpastol
Dios - ang - Pastol
doppelgänger;2336736 said:
lots of things i will never understand and will never know
, that is how my God tells me...:yes:
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
How does it tell you?lots of things i will never understand and will never know
diosangpastol
Dios - ang - Pastol
doppelgänger;2336910 said:
would you believe if i tell you ?:no:
How can you know that? Besides, it is not all about belief. There is always the possibility of inspiring reflection by way of your testimonial.
diosangpastol
Dios - ang - Pastol
belief matters. i was only giving advice to the TS. the rest im sure knows evrything wat wil i say about my God. and they wil never accept it.
keithnurse
Active Member
Why does there have to be only ONE true god or goddess? Maybe there are 6 or 29 or 754 true gods and goddesses working together as a team. Maybe there are conflicts between them and that would explain the conflicts in he world among humans.
Hermit Philosopher
Selflessly here for you
Dear keithnurse,
I think there are definitely 6, 29, 754, etc, different ways of experiencing and describing one's spiritual encounters; then, there are even more ways in which to interpret what others say about their spiritual encounters, which leads to an infinite number of ways in which we come to hear about and understand what is there to be encountered in first place.
Yet undoubtedly, certain qualities do often play a central role in most mystical contexts and to me, what is there to be experienced, seems singular in essence. Physically manifested though, man's reality is of course differentiated and multiple - what one makes of that, I still hope, has a positive effect on one's being.
Kind Regards,
Hermit
Are you certain you are a mystic? This is the mystic DIR. Not quite the same as the Fundamentalist DIR. Just FYI
LOL! I knew you were not a mystic!
You've experienced god, which one is it? I NEED to know! Please do not lie
Belief is logos. Logos does not matter. Gnosis might matter.
Or not... as the case may be.
Unfortunately, did not see the label announcing who made and owns god. Suspected China, though. They seem to be making everything, no?
That might be a good start, but... Who needs to know? Who is the mover here, and what, if anything, is the motive?
At the very best, someone here, like Ymir or Dopp, might point you to the moon. The rest of us must lie. Words lie.Please do not lie
Gaura Priya
IRL
"O SON OF LOVE!
Thou art but one step away from the glorious heights above and from the celestial tree of love. Take thou one pace and with the next advance into the immortal realm and enter the pavilion of eternity. Give ear then to that which hath been revealed by the pen of glory."
-- Hidden Word II:7, Baha'u'llah
Thou art but one step away from the glorious heights above and from the celestial tree of love. Take thou one pace and with the next advance into the immortal realm and enter the pavilion of eternity. Give ear then to that which hath been revealed by the pen of glory."
-- Hidden Word II:7, Baha'u'llah