Yeah, whatever differences of opinion we may have, I can't claim you didn't come by them honestly. :) Besides, most self-identified "spiritual" people would probably deny that my mishmosh of psychedelia, depth psychology, madhyamika, and memetics is "real spirituality" anyhow...
That, incidentally, brings up my only real counterpoint. I think your frustration towards spirituality, especially organized religion, is totally valid. But personally, I see it as "bad" the same way shellfish was "bad" to the Hebrews -- they're good food in their own right (if you're carnivorous), but without modern hygenic functions, the little bastards are breeding farms for disease.
Much the same with spirituality. There are many things about the topic that make it very hospitable for bad ideas, bad thinking habits that are native to human brains but not incorrectible. There's nothing necessarily wrong with a typical spiritual system at its foundation -- the damn things just spoil really fast in an ignorance-rich environment like ours...
But I'm probably preaching to the ex-choir here. :)
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Date: 2006-08-29 05:35 pm (UTC)That, incidentally, brings up my only real counterpoint. I think your frustration towards spirituality, especially organized religion, is totally valid. But personally, I see it as "bad" the same way shellfish was "bad" to the Hebrews -- they're good food in their own right (if you're carnivorous), but without modern hygenic functions, the little bastards are breeding farms for disease.
Much the same with spirituality. There are many things about the topic that make it very hospitable for bad ideas, bad thinking habits that are native to human brains but not incorrectible. There's nothing necessarily wrong with a typical spiritual system at its foundation -- the damn things just spoil really fast in an ignorance-rich environment like ours...
But I'm probably preaching to the ex-choir here. :)