Guest guest Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 What is it you put in your tobacco Silver?? Patricia --- s_i_l_v_e_r1069 <silver-1069 a écrit : Nisargadatta , " bigwaaba " <bigwaaba> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " s_i_l_v_e_r1069 " <silver- > 1069@h...> wrote: > > > > How do I explain to my friends what I believe? I have friends that > > are Catholic, Hindu, Wiccan, Atheist, Protestant, you name it. If > > they ask me what I believe, I tell them I have no beliefs > > whatsoever. " So, you're atheist then? " they ask. " No, I'm not > > anything. " " Oh, so you're agnostic? " " No, not even agnostic. You > > can't put a label on me. " " Well, do you believe in God? " they > > persist. " I told you, I don't have any beliefs at all. " > > > > How can I not have any beliefs? It doesn't make sense to them. > How > > can I explain this so it does? I don't know! > > > > First of all, I have to ask myself if it's true that I have no > > beliefs. It seems rather odd. > > > > Let me see. What do I believe about God? The God concept seems to > > have so many different shades to it. The God of the Catholics is > > very different from the Gods of the Wiccans. So which God do I > > believe in? I don't. That's the truth. I don't believe in any of > > the Gods of any religion or spiritual path. I'm not atheist > either. > > A-theism means godless. I'm not godless. I AM GOD!! Lol. But > how > > do you explain that to your Catholic and Protestant friends? > Witches > > and Hindus wouldn't have too much of a problem with it, I don't > think > > but probably certain branches of christendom would. > > > > What do I believe about the purpose of life? I don't believe life > > has a purpose. God! That sounds so morbid. No purpose? No > reason > > for life to exist? Does it have to have a reason or a purpose? > > Can't it just be? I don't imagine a tree would have much to say if > > you asked one what its purpose or reason was. " What do you mean, > > reason? " a tree would ask. Poor tree. Could you imagine the > > problems you could create for a tree if you got it thinking about > the > > reason for its being?! It's kind of funny to contemplate what a > tree > > would go through if it had human emotions and feelings and stuff. > > Actually, wouldn't it be tragic? I wonder if the tree would get > > depressed? Could you imagine how a dog would react if it asked > > itself, " Who am I? " I truly imagine a dog would know itself as > only > > Love. Love, love, love. I LOVE dogs! Trees too but they're just > > way too philosophical and cerebral. > > > > Anyway, yeah. Just shootin' the shit.... > > > > " Silver " > > > > ehy man, are you trying to explain shit to me?!? > c'mon! > i must admit i havenot read your mail fully because of the terrible > stink but...i have an intuition it is about proving yourself to > others...so, in the end, about solitude. > i'll meditate on it...and when ready, i'll shoot mine to you! > be aware!!!!!!!! > lol > Thanks for the warning! " Silver " ** If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: /mygroups?edit=1 Under the Message Delivery option, choose " No Email " for the Nisargadatta group and click on Save Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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