Does it really matter which? |
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I've met many people with their own personal totems and Gods. I've met someone who worships Hirn, God of the Hunt, and one into Norse Mythos who intends to go to Valhalla when he dies. A friend of mine is currently working with Baphomet and of course there are plenty of people who work with the more mainstream ones such as Jesus, Krishna, Buddha and Satan. Sailors, of course, would subscribe to the likes of Poseidon, and other professions fell into their own respective praise. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Does it really matter which? |
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Of course it is, but aside from getting to the bottom of things and seeing the underground river to which all streams lead, there's also fun in diversity and personal identification with various symbols. That's why I use the word totem, to signify that the symbols are merely bridges. |
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The diversity itself is indeed inspiring. |
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I find that all beliefs, including totems of any kind, are merely thoughts that comfort us into the bliss of ignorance. Ignorance in this sense being not-knowing. Of course none of us know anything, but that absence makes us uncomfortable and our minds want answers. We find comfort in the imagining of ideas that we hope are true. It doesn't matter if they are true or not. It is our hope that comforts us. |
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Uh wut? No dude, you are allowed to identify with things because they interest you, not just because they comfort you. The Truman Show is not my favorite movie because it comforts me, it's my favorite movie because I personally like it a lot and identify with it. |
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Easy, Dude, no disrespect intended. |
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I saw it that way for a stage of my development, too. Then I went back and embraced all the cool symbols and details I liked. I keep in mind that they are sign posts to truth and not truth itself. I wasn't getting defensive, just pointing out that I disagree that identification is meant to provide comfort. That's not necessarily true. |
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I was raised roman catholic. But due to the political situation in my country, I was never practicing. |
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I have not yet finished the Dao de Jing, but what I've read so far confirms my belief in that reality. |
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I mainly rely on self-taught knowledge and self-belief as that's how I learnt to LD. I also see life, love, joy and having compassion for others as the most important aspects of existence. |
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I don't know anymore. |
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I have lots of totems I use depending on the situation! |
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When we dream together this happens. But we have to dream together for the "One" to play with us though powerful outerworld synchronicities like this: |
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I'm an atheist, though I do respect and somewhat adhere to the morals taught in many religions. I'm also an anti-nihilist, if that counts for anything. |
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Older versions of Krishna are Indigo, which I assume means deep blue right? Sorry I'm male, I don't understand subcolors. |
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I thought that was violet |
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Why are there two words for the same color? |
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My first instinct is to say that one is Germanic and one is Latin. That's the main reason English has a fuckton of synonyms (like having separate words for many animals as animals and as food), two languages influenced it more or less equally (a third each or so, with the rest being influenced by others and by pure invention). Look up the etymology on the words. |
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It's cause violet is bluer than purple, and indigo is bluer than violet: Purple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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