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"Our" culture has fetishized Buddhism in a way that over-represents its goodness.
Here’s what I believe is a cultural observation: The buddhism that landed in the "West" has mostly been interpreted through a Green or higher lens (occasionally Orange like Sam Harris), so people think "Buddhism" is (1) itself green and (2) a coherent concept (rather than a wide... I really see the break up with the very personal God of your youth as an increase in intimacy with God. You evolved in spiritual intelligence. I admire this. And it sounds like you’re in a continued evolution.... - Serpardum...
Elohim is the name of the trinity. El - God the father/the Demiurge, O - the holy spirit/Sophia, and Him - Christ. They always work as a team. The three who are one in purpose and design. El created the soul, Christ designed the body.... - IsaiahM...
HI, I died and saw God. It's way more rich than you might think. Think higher dimensional planes and all religions being right more or less. Just diff words colored by historical and cultural nuance.... I think similarly about states - philosophers notice this all along that the possibility for hedonistic satisfaction of all needs could halt growth; at the same time high lifing standards provide the foundation for growth.... Do you believe that is true only for the Bible or does that include “all” widely accepted religious texts? I say “all” because I don’t want to get into the technicalities of agreeing with EVERY piece of paper that has ever been written claiming to be a guide for how to live... Jordan observes that Western interpretations of Buddhism often project it as a higher-level, coherent philosophy as opposed to a diverse set of traditions, contrasting this with Christianity in the West, which tends to be seen through a more traditional lens.... - annabeth...
In this case I’m referencing truth that arises by quantity of overlapping consensus. From what I recall, one of the ways Ken Wilber sussed out the AQUAL map was taking every wisdom, philosophy, religion, theory, etc that he could find, and the more of those that a concept was...