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Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by yashap »

ss108 wrote: post #366
yashap wrote: post #311

Atheist-ish - no spiritual practice of any kind. In terms of beliefs, I think there’s a tonne of massive, unanswered questions about the universe, and it’s certainly possible that there are forces out there that resemble spiritual concepts. Something vaguely resembling a soul, or an intelligent life that created the universe, that sort of thing. Or not - I have no real opinion on this other than “nobody knows”. I do…

Sounds like you're more of an Agnostic, no?

Yeah, that might be a better description. Atheist and agnostic are both somewhat loose terms with a lot of overlap.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by kenny87 »

I converted to the Baha'i Faith from Christianity about 15 years ago, after investigating Islam and Buddhism. Very happy to see this topic trending on HN. Our daily practice consists of reading the Holy writings every morning and evening, daily prayer and meditation, and service. There's a prayer from our tradition that says may "this American democracy become glorious in spiritual degrees even as it has aspired to material degrees ... ." I cherish this hope for this nation and all humanity.

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Post by fjabre »

gautamdivgi wrote: post #381
fjabre wrote: post #358

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Buddha himself was a Hindu and believed in God, many gods. Hinduism believes in God. Many gods in fact and the concept of a cosmic intelligence. Have you not heard of Bhakti or devotional yoga?

I am a practicing Hindu. Yes, I’ve heard of all of those and Bhakti is but one school of thought. But Hinduism has always had space for other schools of thought. Sankhya is one of them. It does not have a lot of adherents but it does exist. About many God’s in Hinduism - It’s one God (Brahman or Truth) but its different forms as perceived by humans based on the agency/actions of God.

Yes you are right. There are materialists coming out of the Vedas.

But what you have just stated here is that you are not an atheist at all. In fact quite the opposite. You are that.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by factorialboy »

mrmikardo wrote: post #58

I've been practicing kriya yoga and hatha yoga every day for the past half year. I usually do it as soon as I wake up, and it takes about an hour. It's quite intense work, but I'm glad I've kept it up, as the benefits have been immense. I've some drama in my life, some of that is now starting to ease off, and life is becoming more intelligent and filled with ease. For anyone interested to learn more: https://youtu.be…

Shakti Chalana Kriya has been a life changer for me.

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Post by pope_meat »

kortex wrote: post #147
AYBABTME wrote: post #83

In the morning, I think while drinking coffee. Then I really think in the shower. As a result I take long showers. Sometimes during the day, I'll sit back and think. While going to bed, I'll think some more. Usually I think about problems to solve, reflect on my life so far, course adjustments, things to self improve. One day I'll pick up a religion, but it seems like they all would require a lot of mental gymnastics…

> One day I'll pick up a religion, but it seems like they all would require a lot of mental gymnastics to keep consistent with my mental explorations. > I wish there was a "Debian Sid" religion Convert to Discordianism! We make mental gymnastics an Olympic sport! You are not only allowed to, but expected , nay, mandated to believe everything and nothing you want. You can compile your beliefs against any platform, arc…

I knew if I scrolled enough I'd find a fellow pope!

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by DangitBobby »

ss108 wrote: post #366
yashap wrote: post #311

Atheist-ish - no spiritual practice of any kind. In terms of beliefs, I think there’s a tonne of massive, unanswered questions about the universe, and it’s certainly possible that there are forces out there that resemble spiritual concepts. Something vaguely resembling a soul, or an intelligent life that created the universe, that sort of thing. Or not - I have no real opinion on this other than “nobody knows”. I do…

Sounds like you're more of an Agnostic, no?

Gnostic means you know, agnostic means you don't. Theist means you believe, atheist means you don't. A gnostic atheist "knows" there's no god and an agnostic theist thinks there's a god. In this case, GP is an agnostic atheist.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by [deleted] »

plinkplonk wrote: post #284
gbuk2013 wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shaolin Wahnam - been at it for about 17 years now. :) We don't have a syllabus for Chi Kung but here's a list of some of the groups of exercises taught and some brief theory as to their uses: https://shaolin.org/general-2/five-animal-play/play09.html I mostly stick with 4, 11 and 12 on that list - find the more advanced things still a bit overwhelming for more than occasional practice. Happy to provide more detail i…

I have a few questions but you don't have your email in your hn and profile. :-)

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Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by scandox »

sam0x17 wrote: post #233

100% atheism. Was raised some kind of protestant I forget which one, and derived tremendous spiritual and psychological relief when I realized all of that was absolute nonsense at the age of 9. I knew I was gay at the time and wouldn't come out until I was 18 or so, but my life just got a lot easier when I removed religion completely. I also recall discovering increased moral agency -- as a Christian I had been taugh…

Strong atheism of the sort you profess is religious in my opinion. It may or may not be spiritual, depending on its flavour. You don't sound like a God hating atheist (which is definitely spiritual).
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