tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post6407511854501243981..comments2023-10-29T19:20:03.632-07:00Comments on Malcolm's Musings: Anomalies: The Psychics of Ape CanyonMalcolm Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-3045048220812424962015-07-13T05:01:58.215-07:002015-07-13T05:01:58.215-07:00Aww, thanks for also acknowledging the spiritual-c...Aww, thanks for also acknowledging the spiritual-capacity of non-believers of a personal, allegedly eternal-and-creator-of-all God, although the choice of word "Even if" still renders us somewhat inferior and "less human" to believers of God (which in this case, the use of "whether or not" will do us more justice). <br /><br />Indeed, spirituality does not necessitate belief in God as a personal entity. Spirituality does not even necessitate you to believe that you have a soul, whereas what reincarnates into your new "body" is not your "soul", as explained by Buddha in the Anatta Doctrine of soul-less-ness. Praising Buddhism as the only "religion" compatible with modern science, Einstein was also known to generate spirituality-laden scientific statements (in the book Albert Einstein the Human Side, and quotations in spaceandmotiondotcom). Socrates, Spinoza and Hawking also shared the notion that a God is not needed for all the wonders of the ever-changing and eternal universe, since upon further musings, God is also not (supposedly) responsible for all the dis-orders, chaos and other unpleasant, non-joyful states -- whereas religionists refuse to acknowledge that evil comes from, and returns/reports to, their God (and "freewill" is therefore a merely personal illusion towards a "universal reality" of an inevitable grand scenario for the universe). Yet in the context of the physical universe, the bad, chaotic and disorderly things "must" take place so that all the things orderly, pleasant and beautiful can come up, no matter how temporarily...Faresalis Bookcarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359312518426316993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4608287618412195836.post-18194001080191924612015-07-06T09:21:26.752-07:002015-07-06T09:21:26.752-07:00If you have never been completely immersed in livi...If you have never been completely immersed in living in nature for months at a time, this story might sound fantastic. I have lived in the jungle, and I know that you are much closer to all things spiritual there, even if if you come to it an atheist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com