How or when did you learn about other faiths?
From my mum and dad initially - mum being christian, dad being athiest. I got to be in the middle - I needed to be able to love both. We moved a lot when I... More »
From my mum and dad initially - mum being christian, dad being athiest. I got to be in the middle - I needed to be able to love both. We moved a lot when I... More »
Mostly to me it means a myth invented to explain things for which no better explanation existed at the time. For some people, as science has provided more and more answers to common questions, the... More »
Re-Write after 36 hours I need to be more specific about my definition of spirituality. For me it is the third tier of being. The first tier is defined by our genetics and matter. It... More »
I can truthfully answer that question in almost any way - it just depends what sort of a definition one gives to the term spirituality. The term spirit originally meant breath. It then came to... More »
There are an infinite number of possible ways of seeing or doing anything!
To me Enlightenment is not an end point, it is the acceptance of being on an infinite road. For me, enlightenment means accepting that knowledge is infinite, not simply infinite in one domension, but infinite... More »
I am as enlightened as I am. It is the evening of our 15th wedding anniversary, we have just returned from an excellent meal at the Kaikoura Lodge, and are about to retire. I'll leave... More »
All of the major ones. Jesus seems like an interesting sort of a bloke. When you take out all the sunworship stuff (3 wise me, death and resurection after 3 days, etc) and get down... More »
To be fully awake, conscious, at all levels simultaneously. Thus far I might have managed it for about 10 seconds over several dozen instances over 25 years. Would be nice if I could manage a... More »
I need to translate that slightly, as my definition of spiritual doesn't meet the common - and actually seeing myself as I am, rather than as I imagine or want myself to be, has not... More »