posted October 16, 2002 02:49 PM           

Well I never really thought about when it starts. Perhaps it starts when your spirit chooses it's next form. Or perhaps it starts when you can conciously start to grasp the idea of a spiritual path. I'm not sure.

But it's an ongoing process everyday. I don't think it truly ends unless you won't be reincarnated anymore and you have learned the lessons you needed to learn. These are just my thoughts...
I'm not very eloquent!

posted October 18, 2002 11:52 PM         

Those are interesting questions you raise. I am drawn to a Jungian theory that we all start as "One" and break away as individuals, retaining a connection to the "One" and then returning to the "One" when our current lesson (life) is ended.

I agree with Amber that spirituality is an everyday process. Once a soul starts to re-member, then a person can strive to become free of his/her ego and return to the "One." Everyday spirituality requires a release of the self and an acceptance of connectedness to everyone and everything via humble, unconditional love.

What does a spiritual journey mean to you Xuan?

posted November 07, 2005 07:15 PM         

Does the concept only arise in our consciousness when our selfish grasping mind breaks away from its absorbtion in the Oneness?

Is Spirituality the conscious need to merge back into the source of all energy and creation ? With a negation of the individuality.

What a strange paradox.

posted November 08, 2005 04:34 PM         

I think as humans we like to project our own image onto god. Christians say that god created us in his image, but more likely we created god in our image. God is certainly unfathomable, thats one thing we can be certain of.

posted November 09, 2005 11:07 AM         

That is putting it simply...but yes!

Then you said:
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Christians say that god created us in his image, but more likely we created god in our image.

Ah yes! Humans do project and anthropromorphize their idea of God.
If we were a sapient at or lizard...God would not be the same as for us in human form.

Then you said:
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It is clear that we are all here on a spiritual journey, and that life is not meaningless, everything that happens happens for a reason. To withdraw from the "web of life" is to inflict suffering upon oneself. Although it contradicts buddhist philosophy, I also believe that withdrawing into nirvana is not helpful to the rest of our cause. The more that time passes, the more that aquarians values will pervade spirituality. We will begin to see how we are all part of one whole, how we are all gods and part of a greater god.

VERY nicely put!

It is good to know some understand where I am coming from. I have upset many by my words. Especially those to dogma bound of any religion or philosophy.
Thank you for your reply.

PS. You also said:
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But aren't we all just part of god anyway, truly the universe is just a reflection of god, so how can that make god less lonely? Why does god have emotions?

1.God less lonely?
By us growing and learning and interacting with each other, God is interacting and experiencing active non static life also!
2.Emotions?
How can one percieve the intricities of life and living in a way that is fulfilling and inspiring, bringing joy and love and even the sadness, compassion, and so forth without emotion? Logic and emotion is a balancing act..too much of either would soon bring destruction or cause a mechanized or static non evolving state of spirituality.
As with us,so as with that we call God no matter how we percieve God.

posted November 09, 2005 04:28 PM         

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