tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post2074681003389451656..comments2024-03-26T05:19:07.085-04:00Comments on Roy's World: Walking Along the WayRoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-36965432266706268812009-02-05T12:37:00.000-05:002009-02-05T12:37:00.000-05:00Ditto Roy ... no labels required. Just walk your j...Ditto Roy ... no labels required. Just walk your journey and BE.<BR/><BR/>You expressed yourself wonderfully.Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254709835001092835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-31537186278960961832009-01-31T18:29:00.000-05:002009-01-31T18:29:00.000-05:00thanks for sharing your journey.... beautifully cr...thanks for sharing your journey.... beautifully crafted....much of it rings a deep chord within my own soul.<BR/><BR/>I love how you liken the spiritual quest as a cosmic jigsaw puzzle....probably explains why I like jigsaw puzzles.<BR/><BR/>have you ever been to the baha'i temple in evanston, il? it is gorgeous....I visited many years ago and as with you many years ago (for me it was while I was in college) I was very drawn to it.... nowadays if I have to label myself I just state that I'm a pantheist - in the sense that I find god in all things and beings - namaste brother roy!mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-60649672498621132972009-01-31T15:45:00.000-05:002009-01-31T15:45:00.000-05:00I was raise Mormon, but I can't remember a time I ...I was raise Mormon, but I can't remember a time I was ever comfortable there. I have a talent for knowing a lie when I hear it/read it. It makes going to many churches all but impossible for me.<BR/><BR/>However, I'm happy believing my own way and living the best way I know how. <BR/><BR/>Lovely post, Roy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-5816309503068108842009-01-31T00:52:00.000-05:002009-01-31T00:52:00.000-05:00You say it well with "the idea that all creation, ...You say it well with "the idea that all creation, including ourselves, is sacred." I too have studied philosophy and the world's religions. As a yoga teacher and student, I spent about 2 years studying the Yoga Sutras, Sanskrit, and other sacred texts. It is very comforting to see universal truths reflected in all religions and interesting to see the connections and threads between all the faiths and customs.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263405659108175434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-24644610488577858992009-01-30T23:30:00.000-05:002009-01-30T23:30:00.000-05:00I'm amazed at how similar our spiritual journe...I'm amazed at how similar our spiritual journeys have been. I was raised Catholic, and went to parochial school. In public high school I met David, the son of a Lutheran minister. He and I, along with his sister and a group of about 6 other students, on the minister's recommendation, spent a year visiting other churches. That was quite an experience. In my early twenties I began attending the Church of Christ with friends, and even taught Sunday school, until their stance with a young woman whose husband was abusing her just went against every fiber of my being (they told her to stay, as long as he wasn't being sexually unfaithful, and if he did THAT, then she and her baby could leave). In my early 30's I studied with and joined a coven, where I stayed for 5 years. I learned a lot, but ultimately found the same power issues that (I think) corrupt churches, corrupts paganism. It is the existence of the power structure that (again, IMHO) strangles spirituality. <BR/><BR/>I went back to college a few years ago, and I've studied general philosophy, religious philosophy. mythology, anthropology (lots of anthropology) and these all led me to read much of what mention in your post. I've been struck by how much these supposed 'different' faiths have in common, how long the threads of the myths & beliefs are, and I've learned that 'believers' in general don't know much about the history of their own faith, how the beliefs came about, and often what the sanctioned beliefs even are!<BR/><BR/>After all of this, I find the magic and beauty and wonder of nature tells me more about spirit than almost anything else has. The most holy place I've ever been was Lady Bird Johnson Grove on a misty fall morning.<BR/><BR/>Life's quite a journey, isn't it? Glad to meet a like minded traveler.Iris313https://www.blogger.com/profile/02974192698371225262noreply@blogger.com