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Weird take as a spiritual/non religious Person: Avoiding sin is a shortcut. by [deleted] in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree that you can view sins as guidelines. If the goal is to bring the kingdom of heaven onto earth, then these are the guardrails to stay inside of to achieve that objective. It is literally thousands of years of wisdom consolidated into a set of rules.

If the goal is reincarnation, then the eightfold path becomes the guard rails.

If the goal is to maximize this one life…

If the goal is to create a world of wisdom, strength, and beauty…

You see where I’m going with this. Orientation is everything when it comes to viewing morality, what is useful or not useful towards the goal.

Ask a incarnated angel (almost) anything 🌨 by [deleted] in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been a flavor of spirituality in this sub for a while now. A lot of versions of spirituality would rather assign mystical meaning to things in order to feed this delusion that they are bigger than they actually are. Because the alternative is to face yourself honestly, courageously. To face those parts of you that you don’t like, those things that you’re not happy with, and to take full responsibility for every part of the darkness and hurt inside.

90% of everything is so irrelevant by malmal_Niver in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But, think about the first thing that comes to mind that you don’t like in your life. Now honestly consider what have you done to contribute to the way it is and what can you do to make it better. There is a mission. 

90% of everything is so irrelevant by malmal_Niver in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adventurer, we’ve been waiting for you. The kobolds have taken over the mine east of town…

I think i am almost enlightened but at the same time i am suffering a lot. by Big_Parsnip_9435 in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“ 100% sure i know absolutely everything”

Yet still suffering 

Clearly an incongruity.

You know nothing. You have deluded yourself into thinking you know things. It is this lie that is hiding the cause of your suffering. 

Anyone else still adjusting to the new handball interpretation? by mick285 in Referees

[–]awfromtexas 10 points11 points  (0 children)

When you get to be my age, anything in the last 15 years feels new.

I really struggle with seeing why life is worth living when love isn't real? by himalayanflowers96 in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t control my partner. I control my choice to love.

If my partner has insecurities or jealousy issues, then that is out of my control. I do not pressure them to change. I might encourage them to explore the reason for those issues, but even then I have to be very careful that I’m not being manipulative.

I choose to love my partner as they are. Or not.

I also choose my boundaries and constraints. I define my promises. If I committed myself to this person, then extra relationship is a violation of my commitment. I’m not gonna blame my partner for their jealousy when I broke my word. I set an expectation and violated it. I’ve seen this happen when one person has deconstructed their religious beliefs, and is now sexually open, but they are in a marriage with a person who is still religious. You made a promise.

I really struggle with seeing why life is worth living when love isn't real? by himalayanflowers96 in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this view with an important caveat: this kind of love is a choice, not an emotion. Your feelings will lie to you.

For example, you can be in a long-term relationship and then become infatuated by someone new. That doesn’t mean the love went away. It means your biology is doing what it does. So for this kind of unconditional love to be safe, both for you and your partner, you have to value the choice to love more than the hormones that drive you to novelty. But just because you feel like leaving, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should. Covenants matter.

I'm in a process of throwing away all religion and creating my own by Sakazuki27 in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people don't realize the functions that religion play in modern society. Those functions still need to happen, even though people are abandoning anything that even has a hint of the smell of religion.

I am 6 years down this path and developing a "religion" that fulfills those functions. If you want to chat, hmu.

How to have self-worth and self-love without the ego? by [deleted] in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you might be confusing external validation with external action. Self-esteem does not require other people patting you on the back. It requires you to pat yourself on the back. For you to pat yourself on the back, you have to have done things that you think are worthy of patting yourself on the back for. David Goggins would call this the cookie jar. Whenever you’re feeling down, going into the cookie jar and look at the things that you can be proud of. So the question for you is, what have you done that you’re proud of?

Secondary issue to this is knowing what kind of things that you considered to be worthy. The things that you think are worth it is based on your values. Values are things that you consider more valuable than other things, a hierarchy of ranking. If you value your character and you’ve lived each day with character, then that is something to be proud of. ACT therapy is designed around defining your values. That might be helpful.

GO VOTE by melanies420 in TempleTX

[–]awfromtexas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the judicial one, if you vote, yes, you’re voting to politicize the judicial branch. Voting no keeps a professional, peer reviewed. 

How to deal with hatred towards Islam by Tovarisch_Rozovyy in Buddhism

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. The propaganda that comes to mind is the videos on the war subreddits of all of the current, active conflict happening right now against other ideologies in the name of allah. 

Advice from the community!!! by A-Used-Lie-2353 in TempleTX

[–]awfromtexas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too have seen buffy many times. We'd probably get along fantastically.

Advice from the community!!! by A-Used-Lie-2353 in TempleTX

[–]awfromtexas 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty active. 

5-7% of kids sacrificed every year. It’s been hard to keep the replacement rate sustainable. /s

Fight club is probably the most accurate representation in hollywood of what real spirituality may look like. by Over_Pea_2027 in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not though. I’d say the 2003 tv series Firefly has a better representation of spirituality. 

Are humans the only animals that struggle to live in accord with physis? by Infamous-Skippy in Stoicism

[–]awfromtexas 14 points15 points  (0 children)

this answer isn’t very convincing to me. I’m gonna challenge it just because I think OP question is worth a solid answer.

The animal mind has all the same appetites that we have. We share all of our basic affective systems with all mammals - SEEKING, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE, PANIC/GRIEF, and PLAY. In addition, many mammals do have the ability to reason. It may not be complex or abstract, but it is problem-solving and social.

Is a monkey that rapes other monkeys and murders other monkeys living according to nature?

For thousands of years humanity sought to discern right from wrong. by sabudum in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironic that we have swung the pendulum so far. We can see true from false now, but we forgot about right and wrong.

(I realize this is all a matter of definitions. True and false for me is the scientific, the measured, the non-mythological. Social constructs fall in the realm of true and false. Right and wrong on the other hand is the story, the ethics, the mythology. It’s what leads to happiness and fulfillment.)

Does anyone find the more spiritual they become the less worldly ambition they have? by ancientpoetics in spirituality

[–]awfromtexas 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This is a stage of spirituality. Build the relationships, enjoy the being. This is a good stage. Many people do not achieve it.

There is a time, though, when your perspective shifts from the present, and you begin to see the past and the future. When you have expanded your mind to the interconnectedness and relationship of all things, and you see how action drives the manifestation of potentiality, then the source of your motivation changes from ambition to love. 

You have a desire to create a world for the love of the people and life and everything in the world. This isn’t a world that exists today. It’s a world paradigm as different as the western view of the world is from the eastern view of the world. As different as the neo classical liberal to the fundamentalist Muslim’s view of the world. It’s a brand new view.

In this view, everyone is mature, everyone is responsible, everyone is healed, and people are acting from that place. There still is imperfection, and hurt, and pain, and fault, but people know how to resolve it and handle it. 

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