Sammy G
Ex-Bluelighter
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Spookily enough, my first religious experience that lead me to God happened on an MDMA trip. While high, I had big understanding of good, evil and what the world was about and had a strong feeling Christiannity was the true religion.
At Johns Hopkins University, research suggests that chemicals that act on the serotonin system trigger mystical experiences that are life-altering.
Protect it from what? who? That just means to dominate, which doesn't seem like 'progression' of any kind in relation to me developing my awareness of my own consciousness and understanding it's potential.Not so bad, eh? There is philosophy behind the tenets. They're not written to restrict your life experience, but to progress and protect it. To go so far as to trust and adhere to these dogmas comes from a faith which has perhaps given reason for its authenticity in other ways.
Eleutherios
Every conditional "thing" (or apparent "object") is only Energy (Itself).
Every conditional "self" (or apparently individual "subject") Is only Consciousness (Itself).
The Conscious conditional "self" (or apparently individual "subject") "knows" its every "object", but no "object" can "know" its "knower".
No "thing" can Contemplate Consciousness.
Therefore, Energy (Itself) cannot Contemplate (or ever "know") Consciousness (Itself).
Consciousness (Itself) only (Eternally) Contemplates Itself.
Consciousness (Itself) Is the Native and Inherently Perfect Intuition of Being (Itself).
Being (Itself) Is Self-Existing and Self-Radiant.
Consciousness (Itself) Is the Eternal Contemplation of the Self-Existing Self-Radiance (or Inherent Energy) of Being (Itself).
Therefore, Consciousness (Itself) Is the Contemplation (and Real Observation) of Energy (Itself).
Consciousness (Itself) Is Merely Being (or Existence Itself), Self-Radiant (As Primal Radiance, or Energy Itself), appearing to be modified as all forms and changes.
Consciousness (Itself) Is Inherently Free Radiance, or Bliss, or Happiness (Itself).
Consciousness (Itself)—Realized As Inherent Freedom and Self-Radiant and Self-Existing Bliss, or Happiness (Itself)—Is the Realization of Real God, or Truth, or Reality (Itself).
Therefore, Consciousness (Itself)—Self-Existing As Being (Itself), and Self-Radiant As Bliss-Energy (Itself), or Happiness (Itself)—Is the Divine Being, the Eternal Spirit, Forever Standing in the Midst of Life.
Consciousness (Itself) Is That Which always already Exists.
Consciousness (Itself) Is always already The Case—no matter what arises, and even if no "thing" arises.
Real God is Consciousness (Itself). Consciousness (Itself)—or the Perfectly Subjective Source (and the Non-separate Self-Condition) of the apparent conditional world and the apparent conditional self—Is the only Real God.
The Deep Non-separate Space of Consciousness (Itself) is the Matrix in Which the Origin and the Ultimate (and Self-Evidently Divine) Condition of conditional self, mind, body, world, the entire cosmos of conditional Nature, and the Universal Field of Energy is Inherently Obvious. When This (Deep Non-separate Space of Consciousness Itself) is "Known" (or fully Realized), the apparent conditional world and the apparent conditional self are fully "Known" (and, Thus, transcended) in the Realization of Truth Itself.
To "Know" (or to Realize) Consciousness Itself As Real God—and, Thus, to "Know" (or to Realize) Real God As Consciousness Itself (or As the Perfectly Subjective Source, and the Non-separate Self-Condition, of the conditional world and the conditional self)—is to transcend both the conditional world and the conditional self by Means of Truth, or the only "Knowledge" (or Realization) That can set you Free
, which doesn't seem like 'progression' of any kind in relation to me developing my awareness of my own consciousness and understanding it's potential..
Wiki said:The Bible contains many sacred truths, which the faithful recognize and agree with, but which the Church has not defined as dogma. Most Church teachings are not dogma.
Protect it from what? who? That just means to dominate
ColtDan said:one day a man bought his son a rabbit
not much else happened. but the son loved the rabbit lots
what an amazing story that was
the end
But I come up with my own better truths, and in return I feel a sense of integrity and dignity, and developed my own skillsets during the processes. Which is, I believe, intrinsically more healthy for my sense of self-worth, than just nodding and saying 'I submit', or feeling guilty about not submitting and in reality, failing.Erm, actually Christian "dogma" is pretty relaxed all things considered, and is more concerned recognising "truths" from God.
All the teachings of the bible "Do not steal, do not covet another mans wife, do not hold grudges, do not download from tumblr etc etc" are not considered dogma
(marmalade, i'll respond 2moro, I've already incurred headache today thanks to news thread)