Unevolved...
Jun. 2nd, 2013 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersThat's me. I Believe in God/desses and the Survival of the Individual after death....if not Personality, then Soul. I've NEVER Understood the Attractiveness of the Belief that the whole Purpose in Life is to Delete the Individual, no matter WHAT the end product. I'm too big of an Arse to Feel comfortable with ANY Belief-system that has me dissolving into some sort of Universal Solvent....no matter how "Evolved";>.
Even the best of those which consider our Spiritual Selves as hills and mountains growing out of a mountain range. I've thought this way for more than 40 yrs(Spiritual Mileage, not Physical;>)and don't see myself changing anytime soon. I'd much rather Dine in Hel than dissolve into the "All That IS".
Cheers,
Pat
Even the best of those which consider our Spiritual Selves as hills and mountains growing out of a mountain range. I've thought this way for more than 40 yrs(Spiritual Mileage, not Physical;>)and don't see myself changing anytime soon. I'd much rather Dine in Hel than dissolve into the "All That IS".
Cheers,
Pat
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Date: 2013-06-03 05:53 pm (UTC)Honestly? The only Buddhist Way I find anyway appealing Spiritually is Zen(Ch'an in China). A fusion of Taoism and Buddhism. The Japanese forms particularly. Still, I'm a Heathen at heart. I can appreciate the Spiritual "tech" the Zen teaches though....esp. being Aware and Mindful of your Actions...ALL of them. Even making a PB&J....
Like I said. I love my SIL but she reinforces my impression OF the newage in general....Beleifs that only those who have others in their lives to Cover Their Arses on all levels to allow them to Believe and Act as they do. IME a pretty large proportion of them are students supported by family and wives supported by husbands....
Cheers,
Pat