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I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things Matrimony Cauthon Send a noteboard - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM
I'm not sure if there will ever be a scientific instrument that can measure this. But I think there is a hidden spiritual energy that animates all life and gives us access to greater powers than we can possibly know.

I've always believed that there were masters at various times in history who had partially or fully realized this truth. However, I also think there is a lower, opposing power that seeks to prevent us from being aware of the unity of man. That is why there are so many false spiritual prophets, negative acts by various religions, and so much gross materialism that denies the existence of a spirit.

We've probably all touched a tiny piece of the universal spirit at least once, whether it was through making love, praying, meditating, enjoying nature, seeing a birth or a death, creating something beautiful, or just having a plain Zen moment.

This is all just my personal belief, but I find great comfort in in having a viewpoint like this. I think the main thing that prevents us from realizing unity more continuously is our own stubborn egos. I have observed how insidious my own ego has can be, and it is definitely something I am trying to be more mindful of so that I live life more fully.
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Do you think there's some kind of spiritual substance in the universe? - 14/09/2009 02:42:22 PM 821 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 246 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 224 Views
not a chance *NM* - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 233 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 614 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 227 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 552 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 528 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 565 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 572 Views
No. *NM* - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 222 Views
define "spiritual'. - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 498 Views
Rum. - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 555 Views
YES! *NM* - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 254 Views
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Bigamy laws. *NM* - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 211 Views
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Your Face. *NM* - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 223 Views
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No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 213 Views
No *NM* - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 228 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 212 Views
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Yeah, boobs. - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 500 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 542 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 571 Views
Sorry. - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 500 Views
Re: Sorry. - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 473 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 530 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 207 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 210 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 751 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 487 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 621 Views
One little correction - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 629 Views
Nay. - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 487 Views
Re: Nay. - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 544 Views

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