You are right to say that there is an incredible amount of stigma surrounding mental illness. I do believe that this prevents many for seeking support...
Actually, I am extremely interested in esoteric Christianity. I do believe that there is so much inner truth conveyed in ideas such as the transfigura...
I think that we are in a time of great contradictions. Personally, I am not denying the importance of the need for restrictions but I am inclined to t...
I think that I was adding my comment while you were replying. The one thing I would say in response to your last post, is the whole issue of side effe...
I would just wish to add, by commenting upon your remark about drugs and alcohol. I am not someone who is opposed to some kind of drug experimentation...
I know that your argument is that the idea of individualism as a form of government is seen best in the light of a future cycle of humanity. I think t...
Personally, I think that what works is very individual. I remember one art psychotherapy saying that the most important aspect of therapy is having th...
There is also the question of many other secret societies and movements, such as the Templars, the Rosucrucians and the Cathars. I think that these ma...
Dare I say it I am listening to BTS. Despite liking alternative music I have a soft spot for boybands ranging from Take That to One Direction. I even ...
I think that most people would prefer to be referred to as 'he' or 'she', but a few like the singer, Sam Smith, like 'they'. Probably those who use 't...
Really, I prefer to see most people the Bible as allegory. Generally, I do see 'The Book of Revelation' in that way, but I was brought up to see it mo...
Of course, it is true that all kinds are wars have been fought in the name of religion. We have the whole history of fighting for Christendom. As well...
I think that you are right to speak of the social dimension to religion. This can be about rituals and community life. The rituals around baptism, mar...
It is interesting to see some input on Hindu and Buddhist ideas. I am saying that not just from my own issues but also thinking about how this reads w...
I do think that we are probably like a load of crewmembers on a ship of fools. I prefer you quoting Plato to the Bible. I am rather sensitive about id...
Thank you for inputting the quotes from Lao Tzu. I definitely didn't set up this thread for it to be one to be dominated by Christian thought. So, whe...
Some people find the Bible so comforting, but I find it the exact opposite. Even last night, I got stressed out by someone writing a long quote about ...
Yes, I do find approaches such as Taoism more easy to take on board, but I do find my views hop around from one view to another, which is why I gravit...
I have just seen your latest response and perhaps it is religious fundamentalism which I find oppressive, but there are so many fundamentalists. Perha...
My aim in starting the debate was to break down the divide between the religious and the atheists and I think that the whole field of comparative reli...
What I don't understand is the way in which the whole area of religious thinking has to come down to those who see the central issues viein literal wa...
The reason I believe it is important to understand myths is to understand the recurrence of themes underlying religious experience. I don't think that...
Your answer seems to be a rather literal interpretation of the 'Book of Revelation.' I don't come from that angle. That was how I thought when I began...
I think that the better question would be is what evidence do you have to suggest that Jung was a 'crank'? I think it is difficult to measure his idea...
Hopefully, those who study history seriously wouldn't go by Hegel's ideas on history. I did an evening course in anthropology and it did approach the ...
I definitely believe that there has always been some kind of perennial philosophy in existence because human beings do need to find meaning. There is ...
It is interesting to hear that you are a graphic designer. I thought about training in that when I left school but decided to follow other studies, bu...
I am inclined to spend loads of time thinking about questions, but in writing I think it is important to experiment with lines of thinking. Certainly,...
I just saw your comment to Athena about myths. This is a fascinating area, touched on briefly so far. It will be interesting to hear Athena's view, bu...
I am sorry if it appears that the discussions seem to focus on Christianity. That is certainly not my intention and I would like it to involve many ot...
I think that most people who do just adhere to religious beliefs still believe in the existence of evil but they do not see it in exactly the same way...
I know that many people believe in four, of five dimensions, at least. The fourth includes time and there is the one of intersubjective experience, as...
I am not sure if you are taking me too literally, in talking about art leading into other dimensions. With or without, I do feel as if there are other...
I think it would be a very limited philosophy if it was just about telling people what they should do. Philosophy is the whole history of analysis, an...
You suggest that conscious evolution is not possible for society but for the individual. Perhaps what may be true is that in past times it was only po...
My discussion of Jung's ideas about anima and animus was not meant to be a discussion of gender, as construed in the modern world. Jung's ideas were n...
It is rather limited if people do view history as if people in the past were always in worse conditions. I don't think that approach was necessarily t...
It is quite interesting that you do paint because not that many people do. If you do get peak experiences while doing so that is important in it's own...
I see meditation as more of a process of attaining higher states of consciousness.I have also experimented a little with astral projection, or rather,...
I got up again, because I couldn't sleep, as usual. One idea which I am familiar with about the gender of the soul is Jung's representation. Everyone ...
Independently of the whole question of world governance, I do think that there is a lot of recurrence between the ideas, as your equation show. Perhap...
Yes, I will probably interact with you again. It is easy to be up in the night on this site, and I often get up and read messages in the night, which ...
I do believe that everything is energy, which is consistent with the new physics and shamanism.I have read quite a bit about shamanism and the writing...
I probably mean entering into mythic dimensions in the arts, in experiencing it or creating it. I read a lot of fiction, including fantasy and in list...
I do agree that the central question is what happens when we die and I have engaged in discussion on that topic on this thread. Really, I see it as ab...
I see that you mentioned the writer Gary Lachman in one of your posts. I have read a number of books by him and was very impressed by him. He was in t...
I don't like discussion to be like wars, as you probably know from my whole thread about people wishing to be right. I do see us as all experimenting ...
The whole idea of transformation which I am talking about is ways we can work on ourselves, including meditations practices and seek out achieve state...
When I attended Catholic church services there was more of an emphasis on the ecumenical movement between the Christian churches than with other relig...
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