Imagine Religion Without Judgementalism Posted in: Divine Expression, The Self Divine, What are we doing here?

… there would be no prescription/judgement of

  • wrong or right
  • what we should or must do
  • the goal of life
  • the lessons to be learned

… scary or liberating?

I propose that whatever way we choose to express our divinity, that always perfectly fulfills our purpose.

… crazy or profound?

Let me put it another way. It is the choosing more than what we choose that expresses our divinity. …

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Real Life Posted in: Divine Expression, The Role-play Game, What are we doing here?

What I mean by ‘real life’ is our living in ways fully consistent with who we are at the most fundemental level.

Consider a life experienced in a dream: It seems very real while asleep, but upon waking we realise it is not our real life. Even though the range of emotions experienced while sleeping are tangible, perhaps just as tangible as those experienced in our waking life (for example, we may cry and feel sorrow intensely, or feel the ecstasy of being in love), still we readily step back from our dream … which, after all, is only a dream. …

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Suspension of Disbelief Posted in: The Role-play Game, What are we doing here?

We human beings seem to have an extraordinary ability to suspend disbelief. Especially when it serves our enjoyment.

For example, whenever we watch a film we suspend our awareness that the film is not real … that we are in fact watching actors represented by coloured pixels on a screen. We suspend disbelief in order to enter into and identify with what’s going on. …

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The Who and Why Posted in: The Self Divine, What are we doing here?

Who are you, and why?

Typical answers to this question might include:

  • I am a human being
  • I am a man/woman
  • I am a « name of your profession here »
  • I am a soul
  • I am a soul in a human body

A Hare Krishna answer would probably be I am servant of the servant of the servant … I know because I was one! …

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