Originally Posted by shannyball
LMAO- hmmm these can get pretty insane after a few days. I could ask my pastor, but I believe that he is just a man and he can not know everything. I also see that alot of his "rules" are based on fear and not faith or truth. What he doesn't understand is emmediatly catogorized as sinful or agianst our religion. That just isn't true, if it were then we would all belong to the Flat Earth Society. I like him as a person and I feel a family feeling at our church and that is why I stay. I am afraid I will never be able to get the absolute "TRUTH" from one man or one woman. Even though I have chosen Christianity as my faith I am not blind to the fact that there are many things that I do not understand and never will and I will continue reaching out to my fellow friends with these sorts of questions. The quest for the truth may be found in many places, and spoken in many ways. How will I ever find out if I don't ask ? And if Hanna Montanna ever gets her own cult fallowing or church I am buying a rocket and leaving this planet.
Good for you!
Im a "naughty" thelemite - and xtianity doesnt sit well with us.
The teachings of jesus are actually cool - all the dude ever wanted was for everyone to be at peace with everyone else and to be nice to each other for a change. Its the "organisation", the "church", that decided to interpret, edit and editorialize his teachings that I hate. Anyone who thinks marketing, spin doctoring and bullshit are 20th century inventions is an idiot.
Listen - Budhism is by far and away the most peaceful of all the world religions. Unlike xtianity, Judeaism, Islam, its teachings have not been spread by the sword and the flame. It defies logic that anyone would find fault with this most peaceful of belief systems.
Studing yoga and meditation are healthy. The basic tenet of budhism is "life is sorrow". This means that the ego - your waking concious mind - is the product of your upbrining, culture, life experiences etc. Look around you - the 21st century is nuts. The media bombards you with images of how you are "supposed to be". The clothes you wear, the car you drive, the watch you wear, how glamorous your freinds are, where you eat, what you read, what you say, what you beleive - all these things are supposed to "define you". And if you are not the perfect size, pretty/handsome, rich, funny, clever, drive a BMW, wear a rolex, etc then you are a loser, and this is what makes people sad. The trick is to silence the "monkey mind" - the ego - and to flip off anyone and anything that tries to tell you what you are "supposed" to be. I think even your "jesus" had a thing or two to say on the importance of not taking the ego too seriously.
Any god that would condem you for seeking inner peace and enlightenment must be by definition a bad god.
Its good that you dont blindly take this simple mans word for everything - all I ask is that you follow your will. If something feels "wrong" then dont do it. Studying the Chakra's is about a million miles or more from evil - and anyone who says otherwise is a goats dick.
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