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Blitzerz:Nobody defines good or bad, it is the effect from the action that does (whether it meets our ideal or not). For example, we've the ideal of building a peaceful and loving society, now, we decide to make theft lawful, will the effect from making theft lawful meets/accomplish our ideal? No, therefore theft is bad. Lesbianism and homosexuality is now "good" because the countries do not see any effect from it that undermines their ideal. What effects do you think come from homosexuality that threaten our ideal to build a peaceful and loving society? |
correctguy101:Exactly, but most people (especially theists) are hung up with the labels. |
triplechoice:@bolded Of course a rich man could build hospital and charity organisation with the wrong motive (maybe fame or political ambition) and people will still be better off with it than without it. But it will be much better for the people to be the end rather than a mean to an end. As a said earlier, I'm not sure about mother Teresa's intention. |
Yes, this is another topic on atheism vs morality, but this is looking at it from another angle which I haven't seen here yet (maybe there is). Most theists view atheists has animals not on leash, some here even call them Satanists, they're seen as people that will do any evil so long it satisfies their selfish desire. most theists will summarize atheists "morality" as: "I will fu*ck you up if it profits me" Let me at this juncture list the levels of morality in ascending order. 1. I will F you up because I can, it's fun (psychopathic). 2. I will F you up if it satisfies my desire for wealth, power, fame etc (Selfish). 3. I will F you up only if you F me up first (Revenge). 4. I will not F you up even if you F me up first but I will not be beneficial to you. 5. Not only will I not F you up even if you F me up first, I will be beneficial to you if the opportunity comes my way. 6. Not only will I not F you up even if you F me up first, I will go out of my way to help you if you need help. Let me give an example to make this clear. You are happily married to a gorgeous wife you loved dearly with two adorable kids and you have a good friend who you view as your BFF. Well, it turns out your gorgeous wife and BFF have been having an affair for years and your adorable kids are actually not yours but your BFF's. Now, since the secret is out already, your wife(with the kids of course) moved in with your friend and they lived happily without feeling any remorse for what they've done, leaving you hanging. As fate will have it, some months later, an opportunity comes your way in which you can choose any of three options (A, B or C). If you choose A (Level 3) - It will completely bankrupt your friend, and it will take years (if ever) to recover. - It takes the very least amount of effort. - It can not to traced back to you unless you decide to tell them (your friend and ex wife) to spite them. If you choose B (Level 4) - Choosing option B is letting the opportunity pass by ie not making use of the opportunity. If you choose C (Level 5) - It will make your friend rich. - You will have to take some actions (nothing tedious) to make this work. - They will not know you were the one that orchestrated their wealth, they will not even ever believe you if you tell them. Now, how will an atheist justify not picking option A (revenge)? How will he justify picking B or C (especially C)? As a Spiritist, I can justify picking option C, how? I believe in the law of cause and effect (sowing and reaping). I believe the Universe is set up in such a way that their is no way you will do evil and not have it come back to you sooner or later and likewise good. So I can reason thus; -My friend and ex wife had sowed a seed of bad and sooner or later they will reap the harvest. -If I choose option A, I'm also sowing a bad seed and sooner or later I will also reap the harvest. -If I choose option B, I am letting pass by a great opportunity to sow a good seed. -If I choose option C, I will be sowing a good seed and I will reap the harvest sooner or later. It may very well be that there is no such law as the law of sowing and reaping (I believe there is) but that is not the point here, the point is what kind of society would we have if large number of people believe this and live by it. Are there reasons atheists can give to justify moving up the morality scale above from level 3 to 4, 5 and 6. SAND MANDALA In Tibet Buddhism, the monks produce a form of art called Sand Mandala. They use varying colored sand to produce highly detailed, beautiful and intricate geometric patterns. They often spend days even weeks to produce this mandala because it takes a lot of skill and patience to produce. After the Mandala is completed, they admirer it for some minutes, then they dismantle it without showing it off, taking a picture or video(as memorabilia). They do this to remind themselves of the impermanence nature of all things and not to get attached to anything. MORAL MANDALA Moral mandala is to be moral not because a God said so or for the fear of hell or the greed for heaven but to be moral for morality sake, to be moral because humans are capable of it and if humanity is to survive for long this is what we should all be doing. The concept of moral mandala invites us to drop our selfish, business like, Fear -Greed morality for a selfless morality for humanity's sake. A philosophical school of thought that has been using this concept of moral mandala since ancient Greece is Stoicism. Stoics like Zeno, Seneca, Marcur Aurelius etc spent more than half of their life developing their morality and ethics even though they do not believe in afterlife or karma. So what is the point of all the hardwork they put into developing and becoming a better human being if when they're dead it is over, they're deleted forever (the beautiful and highly detailed mandala is dismantled)? To them, the individual self is the mandala and they thrive the create the individual self as a beautiful mandala as they possible can not for their sake (because the individual life will be over soon) but as an example for humanity, an example of the great moral state humanity can reach if we could just drop our selfishness. This is why I admire the morality of Marcus Aurelius (a Stoic) more than the morality of mother Theresa (catholic). Marcus Aurelius is moral for humanity's sake while mother Theresa is (not sure) moral for heaven's sake. And to be moral for humanity's sake is the purest kind of morality because it is devoid of self. I sometimes wish I do not believe in afterlife or karma to access this selfless kind of morality, to be good because it's good for humanity and not for personal gain. So I tend to focus on the now happiness of the person recieving the good than the reciprocal effect of the good being done. In conclusion, an atheist can not only be moral but has more access than a theist to a purer form of morality if he/she views his/her life as an opportunity to make a beautiful mandala for humanity's sake. |
benodic:I was once a devoted Muslim, I believed with all my heart I was on the right and only path. Then I started asking questions, started questioning my beliefs, in the end I left it all behind. Now, I do not have any religion, because I'm not a fan of belief system anymore, I would rather know for sure than rely on belief or faith. Eckankar seems enticing since you prioritize experience over belief but my experience with lucid dream also taught me one can't entirely trust experience. Like you claim, maybe there is a way to separate subjectively generated experiences from objective experiences. Thanks again for your patience replying my questions. |
benodic:Remember in our previous conversations I was asking you about soul travel, whether you experience vibration while inducing it etc. The reason I was asking you all those questions then was because I am a lucid dreamer. And one of the most important thing I've learnt is "seeing is not believing". One time I was in a lucid dream and decide to see an angel, I closed my eyes, focus on that intention, then felt a movement, seconds later the movement stopped, I opened my eyes and there in front of me was an angel, radiant, beatiful wearing a shining robe. I asked for his name, he said Gabriel. Then I started singing hiphop song and asked him to sing and dance with me. Moments later he was singing and dancing and really rocking the song. So, my suspicion was right, the "angel" was a being of my making afterall, a thought form. Now imagine I'm a devoted Christian, will I think of testing the angel? Of course, I will wake up and start telling everybody that cares to listen that I saw angel Gabriel. Years ago, a friend of mine told me he was travelling, I later learnt he died but was unable to know the cause of death then. I decided to get the information in my lucid dream, I found him covered in blood and he told me he had an accident while travelling. It turns out this information was completely false, that my brain just fabricated the whole thing. So, the issue is not whether one can visit the casual plane or access the akashic record or see Eck masters but whether what one is experiencing and the information gathered is objectively true or not. I'm not trying to claim this also applies to your experiences just relating my own. |
benodic:Of course I'm aware people remember part live and there is a book written by Ian Stevenson on accounts of children remembering their part lives. The problem is how would one know it's ones part lives? One of the ways some people explain past live remembrance is this: "There are millions of spirits in the astral plane that belief they've to reincarnate to progress, these spirits attach themselves to pregnant women trying to reincarnated that way. If the child is sensitive to some extent, he/she starts to remember the past live of the spirit that gets attached to it thinking it was it own past live." The above is why remembering past live doesn't necessarily proof reincarnation is true. |
benodic:Knowing that you belief in reincarnation, I would like to know your thought on this message said to have been communicated by an ancient spirit that dead more than 5000 years ago. ...... And this I must say, that in all the centuries of my spirit existence, never have I known a spirit or the soul of a spirit to reincarnate, and in this my disappointment has been grievous. Many spirits of our association have become perfect through renunciation, and yet they have remained spirits and progressed to the highest heavens of our possibilities (the Sixth Sphere). Yet, strange as it may seem in view of this experience, we still, to a more or less degree, cling to our old beliefs in reincarnation, thinking that there is something else, that we know not of, to be done in order for reincarnation to become the destiny of our souls. Sometimes I think that my beliefs in this particular must be wrong, for in comparing the condition of mortals, the most advanced in their mind and soul development, I realize that they are not in a small degree the equal of us in development, and then I wonder and, wondering, cannot understand what good could be accomplished or what improvement made in our condition for progressing, should we again enter mortal bodies. As true theosophy taught, as we conceived it, reincarnation was a supposed process of purification, and necessary in order that the spirit could attain to a state of perfection and freedom from everything that defiles his soul and prevents that soul from arriving at the blissful state of Nirvana, which means only that condition of soul where no longer reincarnation is necessary or possible; and when I know that many of our spirits - one time believers in these doctrines - have arrived at that condition and entered a state of perfect happiness, I hesitate longer to believe, and only hold the faith because I fear that the experience mentioned may be the results of special circumstances. But if I cease to believe these teachings, what shall I believe? No one can tell me that this reincarnation will not take place, and I fear to surrender the belief. I further believe that in order for the workings of karma, as the doctrines hold, reincarnation is necessary - that only in the mortal body could I do the reaping that my sowing demands, and yet, I see and know that karma has been and is working in this spirit world, to the extent that the reaping has all been accomplished, and the spirit made perfect, and this without any reincarnation; for as I have said, never have I known or heard of the reincarnation of a spirit or of anything that is connected with or represents the spirit. @bolded This is one of the reasons why I don't belief in reincarnation. If reincarnation is true, should we not see a steady increase in human moral development. In your estimate, would you say humanity is more materialistic in this age of social media and all or is humanity more spiritual. For example, which is more advanced? 1. The moral development of Nigeria youths of 200 years ago. 2. The moral development of Nigeria youths of today. In other words which of the two is more materialistic? |
Busybrain2233:My belief is that soul doesn't come from somewhere and enter the unborn child but that soul emerges when the condition is right just like fire emerges when you create the right condition for it to emerge. The combination of a spark and fuel (kerosene, petrol, gas etc) brings about the emergence of fire. So also, the combination of sperm and egg cell through the process we call fertilization brings about the emergence of soul. |
Reflect7:Near death experiences only give glimpses of what happen after death, to gain comprehensive knowledge, one has to study the phenomenon of mediumship and read teachings from people that are actually "dead". A good book to start from is "Life in the world Unseen" channelled through the medium Anthony Borgia. The Spirit communicator was a priest while on earth, he tells of his experiences after passing over and how he has to radically change most of his religious beliefs. Download the book for free here http://www.innerpath.com.au/borgia/0Borgiaindex.htm |
benodic:Thanks |
benodic:Can one sing it while lying in bed or does one has to sit meditative style? And for how many minutes? |
benodic:Can one sing HU mentally? And is it as effective as singing it aloud? |
benodic:OK |
Templee333:Thanks |
Templee333:Which stations and time? Are they still airing |
benodic:What is the website for eckankar Nigeria Does eckankar Nigeria has radio programmes? |
benodic:OK |
benodic:Thought as much. What is Eckankar teaching on elemental beings and have you seen any? |
benodic:What do you think of Juju? Do you think they've any inherent power or does it work because of using the second method indirectly? |
@ benodic For the second, the person uses his will power and does not accept any other outcome apart from his own will and not God's will. This is how black magicians operateIn the book Power and Use of thought, after the author explains how thoughts are produced and propagated, he then explains how this knowledge can be used to help and bless others. For example if you see someone sad, send a cheerful thought to them, if you see someone ill, send thoughts of health and vitality to them etc. In short, this is basically using the second method but for good, do you agree with this? This is possible but the door to outer influence is always opened from inside never from without meaning that nothing can harm soul from outside unless soul agrees to it by opening the door through fear, anger or lustful desires.Like attracts like |
benodic:OK How can one tell if one is using the first or second process since thought is involved in both? Do you believe disembodied spirits can also influence circumstances and people to bless or harm us? |
benodic:If this is the case then 1. How does black magic works (eg. thinking ill of others and having it come to pass). It will only mean that divine spirit is the one that carried out the evil act due to the evil thought impressed upon it. 2. If 10 or more people wants a thing that can only be given to one person (eg. A prize as a winner), it will seem the divine spirit will try to give a prize to each one but still work against each one since only one person can win. 3. How does it explain thought forms which can be seen by some clairvoyants. But if it was thought vibration itself doing the work, this issue will not arise. |
benodic:Hello, saw your replies to a guy here seeking to trade his soul for wealth and power. It shows you believe in manifestation. How do you think it works, there are two school of thought on this. 1. There is a power in existence, when you think, the thought make an impression on this power, this power then influence circumstances, situation, people and things to bring about the manifestation of the thought impressed on it. 2. Thought itself is a vibration or thing, when you think, the thought radiates out from you and influence circumstances, situation, people and things to bring about it visible manifestation. So in the first instance, the role of thought is to make an impression on this power which then in turn do the work. While in tho second instance, thought itself radiates out and do the work. What do you think the process is? |
benodic:Wow! So fast |
benodic:Thank you very much, I really enjoyed our talk, if I have any question I will sure let you know. Would be expecting your feedback on the books. |
benodic:I'm a fan of mediumship and have read many books written by spirits through mediums. It seems that religion fundamentalists are among the hardest spirits to reason with. They're so sure they are right that they are not ready to entertain the possibility that they might to wrong. I read some of them hang out around religious gatherings like churches, revival etc I read an account of a missionary spirit saying some of these spirits often group themselves together singing and praising God all the time thinking this is what they have to do for eternity. @bolded Don't you think this is easier said than done? Just curious, were you a Nigerian in your part life? |
benodic:Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed them. I read a book by CW leadbeater called Invisible helpers, he shared experiences of people who can astral project helping people that have passed over who are having trouble getting bye. So, since Nigeria is a religious country with many people believing that they will stay in their grave until judgement day, I assume their are many earthbound spirits around who don't know what to do. My question is, do you often do this Kind of missionary work? Also, do people reincarnate that fast? |
@ benodic There is nothing like cheating there. The opportunity is always there for those interested to access this inventions.Fair enough Of course there is. With the level of consciousness of humans still very poor, there is a limit to what humans are allowed to access so that they will not use it to destroy the earth.Good to know. In my early days of learning soul travel, I had those type of experiences. I don't have them anymore now. My movement into the inner planes comes very subtly without any fanfare or vibration. Most times in a flash I am there in full consciousness, explore and back in a twinkle of an eye.Wow! If you don't mind, can you share one or two of your soul travel from wakefulness to your experience there and back. |
[quote author=benodic post=124939408]@ justlove91 Yes of course.If this is true, doesn't it feel like cheating? If one inventor is working his ass off for year trying to create an intention and this newbie inventor just go straight off to glimpse the intention. Also is there some regulation in place preventing people from bringing here intentions that the human consciousness is not yet developed enough to handle? I don't mind at all. Always willing to share my little knowledge.Thanks There is a method of directly entering a lucid dream from wakefulness called WILD (Wake Induced Lucidity Dream). During WILD most practitioners have experienced a state called the vibration state where they feel vibrations in their body or hear humming or buzzing sound, do you experience anything of such during your soul travel? |
@ benodic Of course you can have fun so far it is something positive and not degrading. Flying in the inner plane is really fun. I do enjoy it a lot and it enables me to explore vast areas from a higher vantage point.Thank God! Yes it is. I have given out this email in this forum several times. It is not hidden. masterben2009@gmail.comOK, will send it now. With this question you are taking me back to things I have already taken time to explain in this thread especially regarding evil.Thank you for taking the time explain again. Instead of relying on inspiration, can one have direct access to this realm through soul travel? For example, an inventor seeing that scientists are having a lot of challenges building a quantum computer, learn soul travel and travels to where the quantum computers are and bring the knowledge back here. By real I mean they are objective and anybody that goes there will see the same thing.I know, I have a book with illustration about thought forms, will send you the book also, I would like to have your thought on the book and if the book is correct in it illustrations of thought form, that is if you've seen thought forms before. I still have more questions, hope you don't mind |
@ benodic Have you seen the message sent by nairaland notifying you I want to send an email to you? |