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Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by mam4 »

j4hdufd8 wrote: post #114
stelonix wrote: post #66

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I have been taking it for the past 7 years, sometimes a couple times a month, sometimes more, and have zero physical damage from it. It's pretty common in indigenous communities or other ayahuasca centers to give it to children, yeah. No records of anything bad happening to them. In the church I attend, there's people who have been taking it for the past 28 years with no issues at all.

> I have been taking it for the past 7 years, sometimes a couple times a month, sometimes more, and have zero physical damage from it. > there's people who have been taking it for the past 28 years with no issues at all. What makes you say there is no damage in either of these cases?

Thats a dumb question. Why look for problem if there isnt.

Plus its the basics of medicine: no symptoms, no disease.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by Normal_gaussian »

smeej wrote: post #795
Normal_gaussian wrote: post #436

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Ignosticism is the ultimate "I've had enough of this shit". I too take advantage of the hard of hearing to get on with my life both in peace and a sense of superiority.

This is the first time I've come across the term, and I'm a bit baffled by it. It could be that my quick web search just turned up poor definitions, but if so, I'm hoping you'll correct me from your own understanding. It sounds like it's saying the word "god" has no referent, that it's conceptually vacant. But it seems obvious to me that there are literally hundreds of concepts people do mean when they use the term,…

It looks like much of the web has been edited and gutted so many times to be useless and conflated with theological-noncognitivism. I do have some older books somewhere that go into more detail, but tbh it looks like the argument over sources will apply there.

The word god has referents. In fact it has many, very different, referents.

An ignostic has no issue with the (varied) concepts of gods. An ignostic says "I am ignorant of a (consistently/well defined) god which is both worth and deserving of worship".

This does not mean any or many of the various gods do not exist.

A typical example would be that the Christian god is ill defined (testament collisions being the most blaring), but if I in good faith take the 'good' Christian god of many street Christians I am left with a god that I do not need to worship (as I am a good person). If I take a more vengeful god definition (everything from you must worship me or go to hell to worship me or be struck by the pox) then I'm left with one that isn't worth my worship.

Many definitions do not require anything from me or describe an inconsequential god, true or not, so can be ignored.

In these ways an ignostic is not denying the concepts, is not even claiming to not believe a god exists, yet has rejected the religions they do know about. To engage with a ignostic you would need to lay out a consostent definition, then show the value of the active belief vs the life they currently live (or an adjustment to that).

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by chakhs »

knuthsat wrote: post #431
marc_io wrote: post #214

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This is also similar to Christianity's concept of vigilance.( https://www.openbible.info/topics/vigilance )

I think it's a normal thing in Hinduism. There's a rituals where you offer the cooked meal to God first, then you eat. The offering is accompanied by a bell.

in Islam it's not an offering to God, and there are no rituals involved. It's attaching the goal of getting to heaven to any action. "I'm eating this food because it will help me worship God" so giving purpose to mindless tasks

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by rixed »

good8675309 wrote: post #451
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…

Raised Christian, became an atheist, then evaluated a bunch of religions for myself. Found Christianity to be the most historically and spiritually compelling but still didn’t believe. After feeling hollow and aimless for years I re-evaluated things, read about Jesus love for me. Really meditated on His perfect life, sacrifice on the cross, and resurrection. He died for me, in my place. It became personal. When I rea…

Many (historical) people have died for others, you do not need any mysticism for that.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by rramadass »

Study Philosophy but don't follow any Religion.

Philosophical ideas set forth in "Hinduism" (a umbrella term for a whole host of thoughts/ideas/beliefs/worldviews from a particular geographical area), Buddhism and Ancient "Hellenistic" Greece are the ones worth studying because they provide a "rational" approach to "Living" your Life. Interpreting and Adapting them in the light of "Modern Science" is where the challenge lies.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by j4hdufd8 »

mam4 wrote: post #881
j4hdufd8 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I have been taking it for the past 7 years, sometimes a couple times a month, sometimes more, and have zero physical damage from it. > there's people who have been taking it for the past 28 years with no issues at all. What makes you say there is no damage in either of these cases?

Thats a dumb question. Why look for problem if there isnt. Plus its the basics of medicine: no symptoms, no disease.

You seem quite offended and defensive towards a very harmless question, from someone who dabbles in psychedelics as well :)

But you do you, boo

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by dfrey1 »

I'm a religious Jew. My day starts at 6 with a half-hour of Talmud study, then I have prayers for 40 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of reciting Psalms and another 30 minutes of Talmud study.

In the middle of my day, I pray for 15 minutes, and at night, I pray for another 15 minutes. I also try to end my day with a few more minutes of Jewish study

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by jeffrallen »

Mindfulness, gratitude, and empathy (with others when I'm managing well, with myself when I fail my expectations for myself). I also try to listen to the messages from the world... sometimes, your angels are trying to protect you from a mistake, and if you choose to stop and listen to them, things go better.

I raise my children in a Christian church because that's what worked for me to learn/grow/nuture my own spiritual practice. As they mature and increasingly question religion, I will become more explicit with them explaining the importance of a personal understanding of spirituality.

Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?

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Post by good8675309 »

rixed wrote: post #884
good8675309 wrote: post #451

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Raised Christian, became an atheist, then evaluated a bunch of religions for myself. Found Christianity to be the most historically and spiritually compelling but still didn’t believe. After feeling hollow and aimless for years I re-evaluated things, read about Jesus love for me. Really meditated on His perfect life, sacrifice on the cross, and resurrection. He died for me, in my place. It became personal. When I rea…

Many (historical) people have died for others, you do not need any mysticism for that.

Interesting. I’m curious though, how many of them claimed to be God? How many of them fulfilled over 300 prophesies written hundreds of years before their birth? And how many claimed to have died for the sins of the world?
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