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Search for Meaning
C.G.
People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life... I think that what we're really seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane... More »
What were you taught about religion?
C.G.
"Nobody has a right to say that! That's sick!" It was my internal response--loud and clear!--to a statement the Presbyterian preacher made in his sermon, "If you have not brought your child to church by... More »
Complete Belief System
C.G.
A truly complete belief system contains within itself its ultimate antithesis...and is not lessened.
Justification of Our Actions
C.G.
One's belief system is a symbolic focal point for our actions. It does not dictate or define our actions,but we use it to explain our them---and justify them if we are in doubt (or know/suspect... More »
Belief systems
C.G.
Belief systems are not objective truths, but perceptual filtration mechanisms. Nothing is as it appears to the conscious mind; all is energy. Accept a filtration system and you perceive the associated reality...that becomes your truth.
If you had to become a monk or nun, what religion would you choos
C.G.
Definitely Taoism. Speaking of his tour of Taoist hermitages in China before the communist takeover, John Blofeld said that they were places where one was as likely to hear the sound of raucous laughter as the sound... More »
What's the most positive thing that religion offer?
C.G.
Religion-as well as any system of thought-at its best, can be like training wheels on a bicycle. It provides a secure way for the beginner to make a start. However, in order to learn just... More »
What, for you, is the purpose of spirituality or religion?
C.G.
A bird sings the song that it does because the song is the bird's nature.... In truth, there is nothing outside of Spirit, so all overt expressions of spirituality can be for no other reason but... More »
If you could design a religion, what would it look like?
C.G.
The complete belief system holds within itself its perfect antithesis. Otherwise it is only half a truth, constructed in fear of its own demise. It gives to its adherants not its truth, but provides a sacred environment... More »
QAR
August 2008 