tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post8919063544985168401..comments2023-08-25T02:57:10.826-06:00Comments on My So-Called Life: Spiritual but not religiousBekkieannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-63227704681374852032009-03-30T15:05:00.000-06:002009-03-30T15:05:00.000-06:00Certainly always an interesting discussion. I live...Certainly always an interesting discussion. I live very close to Taos which is filled with what are sometimes called "Airy Fairies" and denounce them as frauds mostly and yet I own a deck of Zen Tarot cards.<BR/><BR/>I too do not like churches of stone and steel and immobile beliefs. Spirituality is a state of flux. To write it down or pin it to a definition would cause it to wither. I find my greatest "connection" to a cosmic consciousness or a a higher power when in nature or painting or like today sitting in my studio watching the birds coming to the feeder.<BR/><BR/>I some years ago chanced upon the Gnostic beliefs. I find them worthy continued research only because the early Christians were once the agnostics or those that did not belief as the gnostics believed. I think I am a seeker of what is true for me and that changes a lot like your view pictured above.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-19864604158795599602009-03-30T06:22:00.000-06:002009-03-30T06:22:00.000-06:00mmm... I've always floated along, being polite, no...mmm... I've always floated along, being polite, not wanting to upset anyone, bowing my head when others pray and not ever being able to articulate or maybe ever trying to articulate my "religious" views. You just did it for me. Thanks. On the other hand, a famous French philosopher whose name escapes me, once wrote ,,, If you deny God and there is no god or accept God and there is no god it makes no difference. If you deny God and their is a god or accept god and there is a god it could make a lot of difference. Thus I keep a low profile.troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-51539479135820442832009-03-29T18:52:00.000-06:002009-03-29T18:52:00.000-06:00I don't consider myself religious at all, and woul...I don't consider myself religious at all, and would as you do, say I am "spiritual".<BR/>However I do have immense admiration for those with faith.heatherbellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147708988340030644noreply@blogger.com