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Sudarshan kriya - essentially breathing exercises taught by the Art of Living (AoL). It's simple and has a good effect on keeping the mind stable. Further, I also practise meditation taught by the same AoL foundation. Just closing my eyes and being there and observing my breath and surroundings. I go tho the temple (I'm raised as a Jain) for the peaceful environment it offers.
Is there instruction audio for Sudarshan kriya available anywhere on the web?
I'm a secular Satanist. I believe Christianity and Abrahamic religions are inherently unethical. I have very strong utilitarian principles that run even deeper, which is ultimately what pushed me to Satanism. I'm a member of the Satanic temple, but in some ways it's more of a political organization than religious. I'm open to the possible existence of the paranormal, but I do not trust it at all and would question th…
What's membership actually look like?
I'd consider joining in a secular/political sense, but I have no interest in hanging out with people who believe in and actually praise a "Satan" deity.
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> Please explain how being a god-hating atheist is spiritual To hate god, firstly you have to admit his existence in one way or another. Hence, spirituality, even with "minus" sign.
No offense, but this seems like more of how a religious person understands atheism than what atheists actually think. A religious person may perceive an atheist as “god hating” when they are merely “religion hating” or perhaps making fun of your god/the existence of a god.
If you hate something that doesn't exist, your are either making no sense or must imply the existence (in some form).
Think about it deeply.
It's very subjective but would like to know if some of you are sharing this feeling around you: In the modern occidental society, Christianity, which was the spiritual tradition, was abandoned and rejected by almost all the teenagers and young adults at the end of the '60s and by the following generations. All the next generations until now, in its majority, were declaring to be atheist and rejecting all spiritual si…
> In the modern occidental society, Christianity, which was the spiritual tradition, was abandoned and rejected by almost all the teenagers and young adults at the end of the '60s and by the following generations. >All the next generations until now, in its majority, were declaring to be atheist and rejecting all spiritual side of life. This is contrary to pretty much all data (for the US). Easiest one is to try and…
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Why even bother "trying to live a good life" if "a good life" is just a human construct and there is no judgement on that in the afterlife? By your assumptions, every atheist should just, like, die or at best, live a meaningless life.
Most anthiests seem to be nihilists, so they're already (claiming to be) doing that. I just always find it strange the way that "100% athiests" seem to ignore the logical conundrum of "I don't need a God or theology to live a good life" when our constructed definition of "good" comes from religion.
I am wondering what makes you think that?
I'm into magick. So a lot of what I do is observe my thoughts and intentions and direct my attention/emotion/passion/sexual energy towards the most beautiful and joyful subset of those. When I'm particularly certain of a desired outcome I will "cast" for it, occasionally doing a bit of sorcery: drawing funny pictures and generally doing wizardly stuff. I also do "continuous divination" AKA leaning heavily into apophe…
I believe that everything is both true and false at the same time and it is important to experience different viewpoints in your world. Currently I believe that we are all essentially God, or facets of God, separated by the concept of ego. The entire purpose to life is, therefore, to have a unique experience. I try to incorporate this by embracing chaos and choosing to do random or spontaneous activities outside of my comfort zone.
I resonate with this belief the most out of those that I have tried, but I love hearing what others believe in or practice. I'd be interested in hearing more about the public rituals that you attend, or any groups that you are aware of.
I'll take the downvotes but this entire thread is mostly depressing. If you want to know why people believe in 5G nanobots from vaccines or pizzagate you need only look here in this thread at all these people believing in nonsense. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8llkjvURyg most similar videos critique religion but to me, spirituality just means persoal religion and has many of the same traps, bad reasoning, and bad c…
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…
Why even bother forgiving yourself if morality is just a human construct and there is no judgment in the afterlife?
If I've hurt someone or done something wrong, I will dwell on it and think about the mistake I've made. Forgiving one's self is the process of figuring out A. how can I fix the wrong I've done and B. How can I let go of that and move on, realizing I can't change the past.
Why should I care about how I treat those around me? Because I, like most humans, am social and care about society in general. I want future generations of humanity to live in a kind world. I don't need religion to threaten me with eternal torture to know that hurting others is bad.
Morality, to me, is both not harming others and helping others that are hurting. This form of morality is superior to bronze age texts which endorsed slavery and genocide.