RE: New Way of practicing Old Beliefs
February 7, 2025 at 10:42 am
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2025 at 10:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 7, 2025 at 8:12 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: 1) Well if we are talking about Neo-pagans some of them are into Norse Gods, some of them like Greco-Roman Gods others prefer the Egyptian of even Hindu Pantheon.If new agers were dissatisfied with science, why are they always claiming their mantras (and crystals, and potions, and spells) are scientific?
All of these new-ages approaches are very Western in nature because I don’t see them emerging in the Soviet Union or under Nazi or Fascist rule for instance. I think this has to do with the spirit of the 60’s. So yes it is very western, but it started with a feeling of dissatisfaction with the Western Cartesian and purely scientific way of doing things. I can even add to that that 20th century Western philosophical movements like existentialism etc. are great. But none of these will answer the deeper spiritual questions that many of us have.
Quote:2) All that I am saying on that is that I am my own shaman, İmam or preacher (mostly). I study new ideas, practice them, see if they work for me and move forward. This is very different from people doing things out of fear of hell and hope for bodily pleasures (in a phase of their existence in which they don’t even have a body to experience bodily pain or pleasures).It isn't. You're deciding whether things are true based on whether they serve your self interest, and so are people operating out of fear of hell or desire for reward in heaven. It is a common feature of new age religion that they believe they are doing something different when, in fact, they are not.
Quote:3) All beliefs can become superficial and dogmatic in time. So there are cases in which you are 100% correct. Still, the new thought movement is more dynamic and individualize din comparison to old religions. People go in, people go out. I learn, I unlearn and because it’s individualized I have no “spread the word” issue of anything like that.You're here spreading the word. I don't know anything else about you...and that's a shame. Spirituality and Religion can't evolve. They are not biological entities or hereditary traits.
Also it’s easy to learn and apply on yourself. And it’s based on observation too, because in the end you can observe if this thing is useful to you or others.
So again: the “Le Bled” grammar book was the main student book in schools in the 70’s. in the 80’s it was a mean of punishment and most modern schools around the world had figured out ways to make school into something that is “fun” and teachers learned to be friendly with their students instead of acting like miniature dictators.
So everything in this world is evolving. So is religion and spirituality
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