"A highly individualized spiritual belief system composed of selected elements drawn from various doctrines." — Judie Sigdel
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something. -- Neil Gaiman Last year, instead of …
One of my dreams is to go to graduate school to study comparative religions. (Actually, the dream entails attending Harvard Divinity School, which probably won't happen in this lifetime unless I win the lottery.) I love studying different religions and incorporating elements that appeal to me into my belief system. I'm sorry to say that …
I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in a way, they were certainly saints. And they were saints in that most effective and telling way: sanctified by leading ordinary lives in a completely supernatural manner, sanctified by obscurity, by …
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Nobody knows whether there is reincarnation, and equally one does not know that there is none. Buddha himself was convinced of reincarnation, but he himself on being asked twice by his disciples about it, left it quite open whether there is a continuity of your personality or not. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 103-104.| …
The Search for Life After Death is one of my favorite blogs. Jenn, its author, researches her posts thoroughly and manages to write about such topics as reincarnation and near-death experiences in a manner that comes across as scholarly rather than "woo woo." I heartily recommend perusing her site and, if you like what you …
He who dies with the most toys wins. -- Malcolm Forbes If you're one of my loyal readers, you have undoubtedly heard me refer to metta -- or lovingkindness -- many times. I generally think of metta in terms of the meditation practice, but the word itself refers to one of the four Brahma Viharas, the highest, most divine …
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. -- Kahlil Gibran Someone recently told me that they don't believe that any good has ever come from religion, but that spirituality was different. …
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches I consider Eclectic Spirituality.blog to be a sacred space where I attempt to articulate my beliefs, share thoughtful and thought-provoking spiritual posts from …
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. -- Anonymous Several years ago, I attended a Chinese-speaking temple for several months with our dear neighbor Melissa. The abbess and congregants went out of their way to ensure that I always knew what was going on by providing a translator for me, and they couldn't …
I met author, health coach, Reiki and BKP kinesiology practitioner James Duignam at a spiritual event several months ago. Actually, I thrust my business card at him and said, "Please call me!" when someone mentioned that he was writing a book about reincarnation. Fortunately, he didn't think that I was a total lunatic. Or perhaps he did, but …
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