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Starboard Tack

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21. It is very subjective. Spiritual enlightenment is always subjective.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #20)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 02:34 PM

Jul 2012

It always brings me back to Huxley's "After Many A Summer" and the conversations between Propter the philosopher, Jeremy the scholar and Pete the romantic idealist. Propter explains about the three levels of existence; the animal level, the spiritual level and the strictly human level.
Activism operates on the strictly human level.

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12 Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening [View all] Starboard Tack Jul 2012 OP

good pot will do that too Skittles Jul 2012 #1

+1 liberalmuse Jul 2012 #2

Sure, but your problems will still be there when you wake up demosincebirth Jul 2012 #3

the problems are still there if you are "spiritual" Skittles Jul 2012 #4

Discussing this with you will probably be like banging my head on a wall. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #6

then you will understand EXACTLY how agnostics feel Skittles Jul 2012 #9

nothing in the list speaks of religion. it is a statement of behavior and change roguevalley Jul 2012 #11

spirituality is traditionally seen as a part of religion Skittles Jul 2012 #12

Agree. It does not require religion at all. cbayer Jul 2012 #15

As well as mushrooms, LSD, and DMT. Especially DMT. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #5

I'd like you to tell me more about #12. rug Jul 2012 #7

He's pretty much got all these down, but... cbayer Jul 2012 #8

Groovy. rug Jul 2012 #10

Perfect. It is, in fact. cbayer Jul 2012 #13

Hmmmmm... EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #14

DECIDEDLY attainable without religion. nt raccoon Jul 2012 #16

Sounds closer to Maslow's edhopper Jul 2012 #17

Yes, they're attainable with or without religion. However... GliderGuider Jul 2012 #18

Sounds like some of the best bowel movements I've had. trotsky Jul 2012 #19

It's strange to see "let things happen rather than make them happen" in the list muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #20

It is very subjective. Spiritual enlightenment is always subjective. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #21

Remember it talks about "tendencies" - YMMV GliderGuider Jul 2012 #22