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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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Awareness
    #14517077 - 05/26/11 06:58 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Just something thought provoking...

Is there such a thing as spiritual awareness?

I feel that I like to bring into mind the spiritual awareness of my surroundings, from the rain clouds in the sky to the large excellently created trees on the earth. To me it's like a way of staying on the subject of "What is this life for?" Even without an answer it brings on more thoughts in a relevant pattern. I ponder, I think, I imagine, I act, I live. Think of those from a spiritual perspective, not just from some academic standpoint.

Spiritual awareness to me is being at one with myself and at one with nature. I'm a part of something bigger, i'm a human being, i'm here on the earth to live, love, and respect others.

To me it's all about something positive, that good vibe that I can share with others.

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Re: Awareness [Re: Droz]
    #14517282 - 05/26/11 07:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Is there such a thing as spiritual awareness?

I would say it's an illusion. For example your statement of what you believe to be spiritual awareness i'm here on the earth to live, love, and respect others. is pure subjectivity and imo wishful thinking to some extent. According to all of nature in it's main functions and our activities on earth, from eating (read killing), fighting for resources and land space from other life forms and each other (read more killing), and reproducing, the notion that we are here to love and respect others is pretty suspect.


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Re: Awareness [Re: Icelander]
    #14517322 - 05/26/11 07:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I guess it is an illusion, but it's a way and style of thinking. Just thoughts, chemical interactions in our brains.

I'm a positive person, I like to talk about positive things.

Can you relate any on positive thought?

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Re: Awareness [Re: Droz]
    #14517361 - 05/26/11 07:54 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Of course I can relate to thinking positive.  If I couldn't I'd be dead by now.


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Re: Awareness [Re: Icelander]
    #14517595 - 05/26/11 08:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah, I'd say it's all about the balance between positive and negative. Creation and destruction. At least, that's what nature is all about..

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Re: Awareness [Re: Droz]
    #14517879 - 05/26/11 09:33 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Is there such a thing as spiritual awareness?



I think there is such thing as moments of spiritual awareness, but the only reason i say so is because of profound spiritual experiences i have had myself.  It is supported by nothing scientific or anything, just from my own personal experience... then again spirituality is not something backed up by science either:shrug:

Just a lean in a direction no full proof belief of moments of spiritual awareness.


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Re: Awareness [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
    #14517932 - 05/26/11 09:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

can you define this spiritual awareness? What makes it "spiritual"


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Re: Awareness [Re: Icelander]
    #14518222 - 05/26/11 10:28 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

That is what is hard to define, because IMO there are no words to describe a spiritual experience.  I have only experienced it on high dose LSD, and right after i got clean from heroin.  It's just like this deep connection to the universe that is beyond ability to describe.  You know it when you feel it tho.  The two most profound experiences i ever had, it's really serious too.


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Re: Awareness [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
    #14518860 - 05/27/11 12:33 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

You know it when you feel it tho

Maybe that's all spirituality really is, feeling, or emotions.

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Re: Awareness [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
    #14519883 - 05/27/11 08:49 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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That is what is hard to define, because IMO there are no words to describe a spiritual experience.  I have only experienced it on high dose LSD, and right after i got clean from heroin.  It's just like this deep connection to the universe that is beyond ability to describe.  You know it when you feel it tho.  The two most profound experiences i ever had, it's really serious too.





I think you were just high (due to my similar experiences).

Emotion is magnified or heightened when high and so seems unique.  This is why many only have the experience when in an altered state.  Then later they feel the need to defend it and make it into more than it is so they don't feel silly. :shrug:


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