What you believe be it religious, spiritual or not.

[Spirit of Light]

Be the best you can toward others. Respect others may be different than yourself.
Be happy for what others find good in themselves or in others.

Seek within to draw out all evil and be the light.

But: That is much easier said than done...meeting evil every day isnt easy. And its easy to fail...or easy to give up.

 

[sayak83]

Be the best you can toward others. Respect others may be different than yourself.
Be happy for what others find good in themselves or in others.

Seek within to draw out all evil and be the light.

But: That is much easier said than done...meeting evil every day isnt easy. And its easy to fail...or easy to give up.

Are we supposed to share what each of us believe in this thread, or do you want out opinions regarding what you shared in the OP? Please clarify.
I agree with what you said 100%. The only point I would make is that one cannot be a light if one is not striving to reduce darknesses both in oneself, in the society and in the thoughts and deeds of others as far as one can. One can do this with peacefulness and empathy of course.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Are we supposed to share what each of us believe in this thread, or do you want out opinions regarding what you shared in the OP? Please clarify.
I agree with what you said 100%. The only point I would make is that one cannot be a light if one is not striving to reduce darknesses both in oneself, in the society and in the thoughts and deeds of others as far as one can. One can do this with peacefulness and empathy of course.

Feel free to share or discuss the OP

I think one must first conquer the darkness from within before one can defeat the darkness from others

 

[sayak83]

Feel free to share or discuss the OP

I think one must first conquer the darkness from within before one can defeat the darkness from others

I agree. But doing both may be self reinforcing. No social reformer had been perfect, but that did not stop them from doing things that made the world better.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Feel free to share or discuss the OP

I think one must first conquer the darkness from within before one can defeat the darkness from others

Defeat the darkness from others?

What does that entail? Conformity?

 

[Spirit of Light]

I agree. But doing both may be self reinforcing. No social reformer had been perfect, but that did not stop them from doing things that made the world better.

There will always be level of wisdom in a spiritual person also in those who reach a high level of wisdom in my understanding

 

[oldbadger]

Seek within to draw out all evil and be the light.

What is evil?

 

[Spirit of Light]

Defeat the darkness from others?

What does that entail? Conformity?

Leading others toward the light/enlightenment

 

[Spirit of Light]

What is evil?

Ego

 

[Sirona]

There will always be level of wisdom in a spiritual person also in those who reach a high level of wisdom in my understanding

Ego.

In my opinion, one should have completely mastered oneself before claiming to be able to lead others. Have a nice day.

 

[Onyx]

I favor doubt over faith, and I don't feel an obligation to contribute to a "greater good". I don't believe in external deities and treat them symbolically as particularizations of the conscious mind.

I pursue my own higher potential though the expansion of the consciousness (self-evolution), and taking responsibility for my own moral and intellectual decisions.

 

[F1fan]

Be the best you can toward others. Respect others may be different than yourself.
Be happy for what others find good in themselves or in others.

Seek within to draw out all evil and be the light.

But: That is much easier said than done...meeting evil every day isnt easy. And its easy to fail...or easy to give up.

Right. What advice do you give a person who sees Democrats or Americans as evil? Their work will be to defeat evil, and what does that do to civilization?

 

[F1fan]

I favor doubt over faith, and I don't feel an obligation to contribute to a "greater good". I don't believe in external deities and treat them symbolically as particularizations of the conscious mind.

I pursue my own higher potential though the expansion of the consciousness (self-evolution), and taking responsibility for my own moral and intellectual decisions.

Offer the group what you do to expand your consciousness and evolution.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Right. What advice do you give a person who sees Democrats or Americans as evil? Their work will be to defeat evil, and what does that do to civilization?

I would say they should not call others evil.

 

[F1fan]

I would say they should not call others evil.

Yet they do. And they categorize themselves as spiritual. Sp "spiritual" can mean something quite morally questionable. But they won't question it, nor accept questions for their beliefs.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Yet they do. And they categorize themselves as spiritual. Sp "spiritual" can mean something quite morally questionable. But they won't question it, nor accept questions for their beliefs.

I cant change people.

 

[F1fan]

I cant change people.

Not my point. Allowing people who cause harm by being passive is arguably complicit in their harm.

We are able to discuss and debate how ideas and beliefs are beneficial or harmful, either to others and/or the self.

Is this something you prefer to avoid?

 

[EtuMalku]

Be the best you can toward others. Respect others may be different than yourself.
Be happy for what others find good in themselves or in others.

Seek within to draw out all evil and be the light.

But: That is much easier said than done...meeting evil every day isnt easy. And its easy to fail...or easy to give up.

We on the LHP live by the axiom: Respect to the Respectable
We seek the harmony of Light and Darkness and do not see them as polar opposites but rather unique unto themselves (as we see all things). e.g. Darkness is not the absence of Light, rather Darkness is the womb that gave birth to Light. This principle is defined by the Baphomet.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Not my point. Allowing people who cause harm by being passive is arguably complicit in their harm.

We are able to discuss and debate how ideas and beliefs are beneficial or harmful, either to others and/or the self.

Is this something you prefer to avoid?

I can discuss, by using my understanding of the topic.
Since I am a non voilent person, I can not discuss how to harm others.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Be the best you can toward others. Respect others may be different than yourself.
Be happy for what others find good in themselves or in others.

Seek within to draw out all evil and be the light.

But: That is much easier said than done...meeting evil every day isnt easy. And its easy to fail...or easy to give up.

As a Humanist, I believe that the best approach to life is to be guided by reason and our common humanity, and to realize that moral values are properly founded on human nature and experience alone.

I believe that "spirituality" means giving meaning, value, and purpose to life by our own independent thought, free inquiry, and responsible, creative activity. Further, that my spirituality, for me, includes accepting my unconditional relationship with our natural world and all within it, and that we should seek the building of a more humane, just, compassionate, and democratic society using a pragmatic ethics based on human reason, experience, and reliable knowledge-an ethics that judges the consequences of human actions by the well-being of all life on Earth.

"Spirituality" that focuses on something outside of my humanity and my connectedness to the real world is, for me, sham and meaningless, because there is no hint that anything outside the real world or beyond my own humanity exists.