what is your definition of pantheism? |
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The only way I can categorize myself is as a pantheist with varying beliefs. Anyone else here that is the same? |
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what is your definition of pantheism? |
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Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
My sense of pantheism is that all matter force spirit and idea is God. Not the antiquated sense of the Classical Period. |
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Pantheism is an empty statement; it's a tautology, and if you think otherwise then you're just blinded by superficial concepts. |
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Einstein was a pantheist. |
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” - Albert Einstein
I guess I have the same basic views as a Pantheist. I see everything that exists as one entity that has been undergoing a dynamic process of cause-and-effect since its inception (be it Big Bang or whatever, its irrelevant). There is no conceptual time as such, only change that the universe undergoes constantly. This change is completely linear/causal, so everything's predetermined. I wouldn't call it God, but I can see why people do. It is very grandiose. |
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The word "God" means vastly different things to different people. You just said yourself that its simply giving the universe a different name, and what's in a name? Nothing. So why is someone blind or superficial for having a different semantic explanation of things than you do? |
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Well when I define myself as Pantheist I'm simply acknowledging that my actions will effect you and myself in turn. It's not renaming the universe, it's more of associating yourself with the universe as a single entity, not a vast expanse of infinite particles of matter, but a uni-verse. |
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Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
If it makes someone think more, then it's worth the time |
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I have no objections to pantheism--insofar as the universe contains persons, it's perfectly accurate to personify it to some degree--but I don't personally find it useful to attach a sense of entity to the totality of being in order to identify with it and find it sacred. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
A deeper study of pantheism might prove to you that it is not the same as just another name. Pantheism assumes that the universe acts as a cohesive whole, instead of being a chaotic sum of unrelated parts. It is also a statement about any other beliefs involving god or gods, because it allows for the existence of ideal entities that may not be God, but can be just as real and fit into the greater hierarchy of all things super-human. |
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Art
The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
Dream Journal Shaman Apprentice Chronicles
I too am a pantheist, well, the labelers would label me so. |
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"MementoMori, the lucid machine"
"There's nothing better than knowing what it's like to fly like superman. Being fully aware of the air whipping by you, controlling every movement of every single atom in your body with a single thought. It's real freedom, and there's not a word good enough to describe it, so I'll just call it dreamy for now."
God isn't just a word or a name- it expresses meaning to the individual who believes in said God |
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Pantheism is a shift in perspective that sheds light on traditional concepts of God. Calling the universe god is the beginning of understand how the impersonal "universe" is congruent with the personal "god."--the conscious omnipotent being you described. You are right in that it will confuse most people , but for those who have the insight to begin to understand how the impersonal and personal are congruent, it is an important insight to make. |
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Oohhumm
Luminous Spacious Dream Masters That Holographically Communicate
among other teachers taught me
not to overestimate the Value of our Concrete Knowledge;"Common sense"/Rationality,
for doing so would make us Blind for the unimaginable, unparalleled Capacity of and Wisdom contained within our Felt Knowledge;Subconscious Intuition.
God is far too much of a mire for me to concern myself with. |
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Abraxas
Originally Posted by OldSparta
well, aren't you special. |
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Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
And what would being male have to do with such a situation? |
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theism suggests a supreme being, which just seems anthropocentric to me. |
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Well taking a direct definition of the name won't do any good, that happens way too often in every subject. Connotation is more reliable! |
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oh yeah man, i know - i've also considered myself to be a pantheist in a similar was as you do, but i prefer not to even try to classify myself |
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I'd prefer not to classify myself but if someone asks what I believe it's easier to say "Pantheist" than to take two hours explaining my view It's close enough anyways. |
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