I never say I'm religious. And I don't know if that's different. I'd be really interested to know if anybody feels that way. Like for me, intuitively, intrinsically, like in my heart. And I'm very much a person that I'm mental, but I also follow my instincts and I also follow the voice inside of me what feels good. So a person of faith that feels good to me, it feels inclusive and clear of who I am. Right
But to do it in community, that's when it becomes religion, because now it has to incorporate rules, rituals, standards, rejections ideas that reflect the majority's belief. And then those who don't agree either acclimate or just don't be a part of it. But we're all thinking religiously. Inevitably, when you develop a ritual or practice that's a religious function, it's how you make your reality not more enjoyable, but makes sense because it's all about understanding. Right
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@FryedOreo · 4:44
And to what extent of that need? That's where you get the gurus, right? That's where you get the cults. That's where you can get the Holy crusades. That's where you can get acts of charity. It's where you can get Bible belts, multimillion dollar corporations in favor of religion and etcetera. It's the gamut. You can run the gamut of it all. But I think regardless of if we need it or not, it will be there
That's typically related to a Church when you do the rights with the other people. But there can be this meaning of religious without too much reference to a Church. And I would have preferred the term mystical. But mystical can have this meaning, according to the Merriam Webster, involving or having the nature of an individual's direct subjective Communion with God or ultimate reality. So this would be really related to God or to that presence of an ultimate reality or God without reference to Church
Sontaia Briggs
@PKBriggs · 3:00
Sometimes when you're getting ready to go to bed, getting ready to go to sleep, and then I think we come to an awareness that's always there, but a deeper present awareness of our mortality, that it could end. And when you close your eyes at night, the darkness comes and it's usually good, right. Because it's like rest
Hello PK. Hello Jonathan. I don't want to intrude for too long. Just saying that when PKU spoke about punishment and war. Rewards? Yes, beyond life. I must say I'm afraid to say I've never liked this kind of a system of rewards beyond life. This can be used as motivation or an incentive to push people to accept their fate. So don't complain. Accept your fate, your reward will be in the afterlife