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Views of Pride
Pride is really sort of a controversial topic. We are warned against pride, like we will become our own Mr. Hyde if we take any enjoyment in what we are about, or what we do of our own free will. Yet people also say that there is a problem with people having low self esteem. The popular…
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Shinto Views
To begin, Shintoism is not a religion, and yet it is. It’s the native belief system of Japan, and still in a sense very much alive and well, but it doesn’t identify itself as a body. Shintoism focuses on this life. They aren’t concerned with teachings to earn your way into an afterlife. Their rites…
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Views on Angels
I think angels in general are scary, because as I understand it they don’t have free will? That sounds dangerous to me. Their will is taken up by their innate power. They are the literal avatars or incarnations of the workings of the universe itself. Like being in the military, you have to follow orders.…
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Views of Desire/Distress
Life is driven by desire. It could be argued to be the single most formative influence in the natural world as well as the artificial world that humanity has made for itself. You would think we would have a handle on such a fundamental aspect of human experience, no? Part of why we lack understanding…
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Types of Personal Views
Today the talk is about monism which is the view that everything either is derived from a single thing, or identical to that single thing. Many forms of metaphysical thought actually qualify as monistic in structure. Some examples from the east being Taoism and Wuxing. Well, I suppose from the view of monism all metaphysical…