What's the big to do about spirituality?

[jonesg]

Originally Posted by TRANSPONDER

why people are giving up on holybook -religion and just being 'spiritual'.

Its cheaper to buy direct, cut out the middleman.

[jonesg]

Originally Posted by seethelight

My opinion is that you don't need to call yourself spiritual. All you have to do is be nice and you have all the bases covered

Thats a message without depth or weight, like a Hallmark card quote.

What if you're not nice and can't ever seem to be nice despite all your wishing.
A man cannot want what he wants.

[TroutDude]

Originally Posted by jonesg

Thats a message without depth or weight, like a Hallmark card quote.

What if you're not nice and can't ever seem to be nice despite all your wishing.
A man cannot want what he wants.

Only your broken spirit interprets his post in such a jaundiced manner.

You being born-again doesn't mean you're fully-healed-again.

You have quite a way to go.

[TRANSPONDER]

Originally Posted by jonesg

Thats a message without depth or weight, like a Hallmark card quote.

What if you're not nice and can't ever seem to be nice despite all your wishing.
A man cannot want what he wants.

Indeed and Seethe light may simply have it right (eliminate the middlemen, enterpreneurs and bullcrap and this is the meaningful essentials) and you may be wrong despite all your wishing to be in the right.

Originally Posted by jonesg

Its cheaper to buy direct, cut out the middleman.

I have to agree with that. IF there is Something Real Out There (rather than in the individual head), then religion is at best an

Environment where the experience can be pursued with Intent, Fo

cus, and Direction, and a lot of Surplus capital Letters, and that is the main reason why I went for Buddhism. It cuts out the middlemen (Gods) and focuses on the Experience.

We uh... just may agree on more than we may think.

But this is wasted effort, ain't it, as didn't you put me on Ignore?