Religious 'connection'

[Succubus]

A coherent definition of 'spirituality' would be a good starting point.

The effort of reaching and merging with the divinity within.  

Isn't that so simple?  

Coherent I said!
I cannot find one dictionary definition of 'divine' that dosen't have religious connotations ie, not bollocks. First demonstrate the existence of anything of a divine nature then we can discuss merging, swapping bodily fluids and retching.

[GrandizerII]

When you can not think of something you automatically go within (within in your mind) in search for that something.

How does one do that exactly?

All inventions and discoveries were made by searching within.

All? How do you know?

All gurus from all ages have gone through this system.
Jesus, Buddha, Shiva, Krishna always tell us to discover the divinity within.

So you really do believe Shiva and Krishna are real?

Even Einstein got his theories by searching within.

Can you explain how you know this?

An old saying............if you want to know all know yourself first..........

How does one know oneself?

That tell you that within you got a mine of consciousness gold so something great and big must be there.
Spirituality is there to reach that great consciousness within.

What if there isn't anything "great and big" in there? How do you know we don't just have our normal human consciousness, and nothing more?

Merging yourself in that great consciousness is the goal of any spiritual aspirant.
As a tiny drop of water merge into the ocean she become the ocean herself.
The same goes for anyone who practice spirituality.

Among the people living today, has anyone been successful in merging oneself in that great consciousness? Have you? Or does this only happen after you die?

His-her consciousness reach parallelism with the great consciousness so there are no more differences between you and the divinity within.
You become God.  

If both streams of consciousness are parallel, how does this indicate a merging with the divinity within? How does one become God by having a human consciousness and the great divine consciousness in parallel? Isn't it more preferable to have the human consciousness merge with the divine consciousness?

[Little Rik]

When you can not think of something you automatically go within (within in your mind) in search for that something.

How does one do that exactly?

All inventions and discoveries were made by searching within.

All? How do you know?

Where else they should come from?
Without the use of the mind nothing can be done.
Right now you tell your eyes to look at LR message and your mind is processing the meaning of my words.
After that your mind try to work out what to answer in reply.
You see?
It is your mind that think and to decide what action to take.
Who else?  

All gurus from all ages have gone through this system.
Jesus, Buddha, Shiva, Krishna always tell us to discover the divinity within.

So you really do believe Shiva and Krishna are real?

Are real?
You mean existed?
I certainly believe they existed although I can not present any evidence as the time past is too long.
A billion or so of people also believe in these two beings.
Who else would have taught them yoga, a vegetarian diet, the marriage system, a code of morality, reincarnation and infinite hope that one day they all will merge in the ocean of cosmic consciousness?

Even Einstein got his theories by searching within.

Can you explain how you know this?

Just take any review about Einstein and you will see the word thought repeated again and again.

Why would Einstein think?
He thought because he knew that the knowledge come from within.

http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/Goodies/Ei...index.html

An old saying............if you want to know all know yourself first..........

How does one know oneself?

Because within we all got a mine of knowledge and if you dig deep inside then you will reach the real nugget and that is the real you.  

What if there isn't anything "great and big" in there? How do you know we don't just have our normal human consciousness, and nothing more?

As soon as you start your journey into the deep of your consciousness you start getting the feeling that more is to come.
Of course if you never start as atheists do you never reach that stage so you will never know.

Among the people living today, has anyone been successful in merging oneself in that great consciousness? Have you? Or does this only happen after you die?

Buddha is the most famous being that reach that stage but many other have also reach that stage.
This planet is still absorbed in pure materialism so is not easy for the average person to engage in spirituality but sooner or later things will change.
I believe there are countless of other planets in this universe in which materialism doesn't play much of a role in people life so spirituality is so much easier.

If both streams of consciousness are parallel, how does this indicate a merging with the divinity within? How does one become God by having a human consciousness and the great divine consciousness in parallel? Isn't it more preferable to have the human consciousness merge with the divine consciousness?

Merging can only happen when there is no more differences between you and God and as soon as that happen the two parallelism become one.

You can still live in a human body and be God and God can incarnate as a human being.
Shiva and Krishna according to the legend were in fact the incarnation of God which came to teach human beings.

[vorlon13]

Question to religious people: Do you feel a connection to other people of your religion across the world, even if you don't know anything else about those people. Is this connection stronger than a connection you may feel towards people of your nation (who follow other religions)?

As an external observer I'd note with the tens of thousands of schisms already extant in Christianity, a given congregation at some distant remove, even if nominally of the same denomination, is going to be looked at with some suspicion. How could they be 'doing it correctly' if they aren't here, paying attention, and carefully comporting themselves according to the locals entirely correct take on it ??


And vice versa . . . .

[Succubus]

Merging can only happen when there is no more differences between you and God and as soon as that happen the two parallelism become one.

It very much looks as though the malady that has maimed MK's thought processes is contagious.

[Little Rik]

Merging can only happen when there is no more differences between you and God and as soon as that happen the two parallelism become one.

It very much looks as though the malady that has maimed MK's thought processes is contagious.

Sheep follow other sheep and other sheep follow the shepherd.
That is contagious indeed.
Unfortunately the sheep don't even imagine where the shepherd will take them at the end.
How sad Suc!