Shoegazer13
28 February 2008, 08:11 AM
Namaste everyone,
I am new to the site and very excited to learn much more from you all.
My purpose has grown to be more clear over the past several years.
As I delve more and more into religion as being a bigger part of my life, the Eastern Religions appeal to me more than the more traditional Religions where I live. That to me sounds odd, since I believe Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, & Islam, to be more traditional, yet where I live, in New York State in the US, Catholicism and Christianity are more prevalent.
However, I see a change here with American idealism and actually read an article this week where Americans are more prone to change religion or even abandon religion than anywhere else. That discussion can be left for another day as I find it being quite evident that America as a whole is quite soulless... another day.
I won't write a novel in my first post; I will simply leave it with the fact I have a Spiritual Teacher who used to be Buddhist but practices no religion, but prefers to help people find their own path. I am merely here to understand and learn, and hopefully even offer my learned insights from a more generic level. I look forward to speaking with you all!
Regards,
Alex
I am new to the site and very excited to learn much more from you all.
My purpose has grown to be more clear over the past several years.
As I delve more and more into religion as being a bigger part of my life, the Eastern Religions appeal to me more than the more traditional Religions where I live. That to me sounds odd, since I believe Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, & Islam, to be more traditional, yet where I live, in New York State in the US, Catholicism and Christianity are more prevalent.
However, I see a change here with American idealism and actually read an article this week where Americans are more prone to change religion or even abandon religion than anywhere else. That discussion can be left for another day as I find it being quite evident that America as a whole is quite soulless... another day.
I won't write a novel in my first post; I will simply leave it with the fact I have a Spiritual Teacher who used to be Buddhist but practices no religion, but prefers to help people find their own path. I am merely here to understand and learn, and hopefully even offer my learned insights from a more generic level. I look forward to speaking with you all!
Regards,
Alex