Aug 06

Welcome Stumble-Upon Visitors! Please vote if you enjoy this post!
- I believe that all beliefs are inherently flawed.
- I believe that the process of understanding which we call “logic” is also inherently flawed.
- I believe that the interpretation of evidence which we call “science” is also inherently flawed.
- I believe that logic and science is the best measure of reality to which humanity has access.
- I believe that there is a Divine Source.
- I believe that Divine Source is unknowable.
- I believe that Divine Source to be beyond human description.
- I believe that the belief in the Divine Source does not contradict logic or science.
- I believe that spiritual behavior exhibited by humanity is evidence of the existence of a Divine Source.
- I believe that the psychological make-up of humanity is evidence of the existence of a Divine Source.
- I believe that my own experiences are evidence of the existence of a Divine Source.
- I believe that the evidence I have of the existence of a Divine Source is too subjective to be considered in a serious logical argument.
- I believe that subjectivity and objectivity is a distinction made for the convenience of the human mind, which only approximates the limits of reality as the human mind can understand it.
- I believe that morality can never be objective.
- I believe that morality is not dictated by the Divine Source, but by the greater good for all humanity.
- I believe that morality evolves.
- I believe that morality is a function of evolution.
- I believe we are evolving.
- I believe that tolerance is proof that we are evolving.
I believe that, as humanity grows, tolerance will become essential for our survival.
- I believe that we will survive.
- I believe that we are not special in comparison to the rest of creation.
- I believe that we are not stewards or subjects of nature, but rather are microcosms of the environment we create.
- I believe that each part mirrors the whole.
- I believe that with the evolution of each part, the whole itself is elevated.
- I believe that the Divine Source is the whole, and is what the whole can become, and is greater than what the whole could ever be.
- I believe that the Divine Source speaks clearest through the events of our lives.
- I believe that prophets and spiritual teachers hear the Divine Source the clearest because they pay attention.
- I believe that we can all become prophets.
- I believe it is we who makes that which is holy, sacred.
… There are more, but I think 30 is a good number with which to start.
Top Photo by Ubi Desperare Nescio. Bottom Photo by Wickedly Smart.
|
|
|
|
|
![]() |
I believe that, as humanity grows, tolerance will become essential for our survival.


August 6th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Please describe a conventional spiritual experience.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Hello Ted,
Thank you for commenting, though!
Welcome to The Pageless Book. You know, no one has asked me that before… A conventional spiritual experience is an experience that an authority accepts as legitimate - whether that authority is your church, your religion, or your society. It is a narrow definition of spirituality which is deemed safe and acceptable. However, spiritual experiences are rarely safe or acceptable. Everyone has their own interpretation and understanding. Spiritual experiences have this tendency to go against the grain of what authority defines as “spiritual.” So my tag-line, “The Unconventional Spiritual Experience” is thumbing my nose at anyone who would try to define my experiences as being “Hogwash” while elevating their hogwash to “Spiritual.” Makes sense? Maybe not…
Namaste.