As an introvert and someone who has observed his own thoughts for a long time, I have a tendency to try and figure out what is going on inside me when I’m feeling crap. When something has happened in my work life or relationships that causes me to feel insecure and afraid, I look inwards … Continue reading Negative Thinking Is The Cause Of Suffering
Category: Spiritual
Prison Of Our Own Making
Many people these days are suffering badly, not from illness or poverty or other observable misfortunes, but from the creations of their own minds. The product of their minds cause more harm than any of the other bad things that can happen to them. I have had a lot of experience of this kind of … Continue reading Prison Of Our Own Making
Simple Test of Truth
We are drowning in information these days, and it can be hard to figure what is true. We are told from many different sources that the truth is this or that, and the explanations provided are often very convincing, or so complicated that the thought of trying to delve into it is intimidating. Luckily for … Continue reading Simple Test of Truth
Think Of Others As You Would Have Them Think Of You
We have heard the commandment of Jesus to "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". And we think we understand this law. But do we? While Jesus was here, he talked a lot about how pharisees were hypocrites, and while they kept the commandments on the outside, they were not keeping … Continue reading Think Of Others As You Would Have Them Think Of You
What Religions have in Common and Inerrancy of Holy Texts
If religions relinquished the inerrancy of their respective holy texts, and admit possibilities of distortion and changes, it becomes easier to reconcile the different religions, for they teach similar things at the core. These things are love for god, and love for others. Love of god may possibly be about loving righteousness, truth, justice, mercy, … Continue reading What Religions have in Common and Inerrancy of Holy Texts
Different view of God and Christianity
Through recent experiences in my life, I have come to catch a glimpse of a whole different way of seeing christianity compared to the views put into us by the church. This new view combines everything I know about the world, and I believe it answers some of the more difficult questions that rise against … Continue reading Different view of God and Christianity
