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Veritas

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Re: spiritually equal [Re: Silversoul]
#5773228 - 06/20/06 05:22 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I say you can observe greedy, shallow, cheerful or shy behavior, none of which is the sum of the person enacting such.
You may see someone acting spiritual (though you still have not defined what this looks like), but this does not mean that you have taken the full measure of the condition of their spirit.
Ah, well, this is not the debate forum, so I'll leave it at that.
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Silversoul
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Re: spiritually equal [Re: Veritas]
#5774954 - 06/21/06 12:25 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I know you'll probably consider this an egotistical statement, but I've always been good at reading people. I have a strong intuition about what makes someone tick. I think you tend to ignore the intuition factor in a lot of your assertions.
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Veritas

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Re: spiritually equal [Re: Silversoul]
#5775829 - 06/21/06 09:14 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I rely on my intuition as one source of information, but do not believe that it is comprehensive enough to be my sole source of information. IMO, it is far too easy to be fooled by the filters of our perception.
It does seem that those who are deliberately pursuing a path of personal growth, who work to understand themselves and others, have a different energy about them. I prefer to spend time around such people, but this is just my personal bias. It seems unreasonable to take this bias and hold it up as a measure of spiritual advancement.
My point is that we don't have all the answers, so why judge others (or ourselves) based upon incomplete/potentially biased data? If there is no objective reason to believe that we are not spiritually equal, it makes sense to proceed as though we are.
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Re: spiritually equal [Re: Veritas]
#5776245 - 06/21/06 12:01 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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although I consider myself an advanced spirit, I must humbly bow to those more advanced than myself: The Indian and Chinese mystics who live in the wilderness, and require very little from the physical plane. They barely eat, never have sex, do not require technology. These people have phenomenal power. They can travel to distant places using only their minds. They can phase themselves in and out of this physical dimension at will.
someday, I hope to have that kind of power, but I know that that kind of power is only granted to those who have the wisdom to use it properly. So I follow the trail of those greater than me, in hopes that I might gain the knowledge required to initiate myself into God's inner circle.
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IamHungry
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Re: spiritually equal [Re: DoctorJ]
#5783286 - 06/23/06 09:21 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Isn't that the goal of humanity? Not to make ourselves equal in the world of perceptions, but to make ourselves equal in terms of how much respect we have for one another. People are like living mirrors - respect them FIRST and they're likely to respect you right back. It follows that if we treat them as spiritual equals, we're more likely to be treated that way as well. It just seems that today people don't want to be the first one to show respect since it's considered "weakness" in our competitive society.
Edit: This was to be in response to the first post, not the one before me.
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Edited by IamHungry (06/23/06 09:24 AM)
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