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NowandZen

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  1. It's been about three years or so. So long I think I will lurk and offer sage advice when warranted. I even grew an old testament prophet beard to complete the look.
  2. If you remember Robin Williams talking about how hot it was in "Good Morning Vietnam", that's how it is.
  3. Yin Yang was EXACTLY what I was thinking. In the seed of good is evil, and vice versa.
  4. Question for you as an artist. Is it important to you that people see what you were trying to say, or are you intrigued by someone's interpretation that was different?
  5. It might be helpful for you to study philosophy. I don't think that you can get anything out of a system that you do not truly believe. As an aside, I see nothing wrong with Christianity as philosophy. MY problem, was that the philosophy was lost because our entire Western culture was thrown into the blender with philosophy and came out a confusing mess. I was told things that I couldn't get myself to believe. So, at some point in my life, I began to read the Tao Te Ching, and about Zen Buddhism. Did this make me a Buddhist or Taoist? Not really. What I was able to do was to read what they were trying to say without all the cultural baggage, as their culture was not mine. After reading it, I went back to the TEXT of Christianity, and found that there was more common ground than conflict. In other words, my study of another philosophy brought me closer to the central tenets of Christianity. Interesting huh? The problem with any organized group is that they are jealous of their turf. I was told that by meditating, I was allowing demons to come into my soul. Sheesh! What I now see is that prayer and meditation are very similar. Also, as to whether it's important to believe in a higher power, my philosopy is this: It doesn't matter. What is, is, whether you believe it or not. What isn't, isn't, likewise. Ok, so I have been rambling, but I see it this way: The key to a belief system is to BELIEVE. Whatever you choose, it needs to be something you BELIEVE. Look around, read, study, ask questions.
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