How do you pray?

[Tao_Equus]

Hi ImpQueen,
Ty for answering,

Originally Posted by Impqueen

Tao - I have looked at Gaia theory and found it very interesting. However I'm wary of using it in relation to my religion because there seems to be controversy over whether Lovelock meant that the planet is sentient, or whether it functions 'like' an organism. My reading was that the planet seems to function like an organism, but it doesn't necessarily follow that it has a 'mind' - afterall, amoebas are organisms. I happen to believe that it has a soul, but that isn't necessarily supported by Gaia theory.

Well I am right behind they idea that it is a single living organism. And I am inclined toward the belief that it has some kind of sentience too but not in a man-like sense. I see the 'intelligence' of Gaia as Darwins missing piece of the puzzle. Like Darwin I dont think it to be chance alone. But the 'thought processes' of Gaia I believe are so ponderous to our way of thinking we ignore it.

Tao

[KarimK]

Originally Posted by Impqueen

Karim - My religion is a rather amorphous beast at the moment I believe that gods, souls and spirits are made of the same stuff, but that all these things are still seperate. (Like you and I are both mainly carbon and water, but are completely seperate beings) I am coming to the conclusion that the Earth is a large soul rather than a god. The differences between gods and their connections to one another (e.g are Venus and Aphrodite the same goddess?) are amongst the things I'm still trying to work out. The existence and nature of smaller spirits like land-wights and fairies I'm also undecided on. I celebrate the seasons like many neo-Pagans, although as I'm exceptionally lazy, it is often only something that happens in my heart, rather than through any particular actions. To a certain extent you could say I just pick up appealing ideas and use them, but I do think about it all rather alot too and come to my own conclusions. Admittedly sometimes I only find good words for these conclusions when I hear someone express something similar.

religions should always be amorphous beasts

I find your take on religion really interesting. You're going beyond any possible dogma or given doctrine and just... mixing things up! how did you come to believe in those Gods? Do you believe in general that many gods exist and you just choose to worship some of them? it's a new idea, for me - that your religion is basically 'in the making' and you're building your religion basically like someone in a field picking up the flowers - you pick up those you think are beautiful.

To me I have few regrets and most of them were unavoidable. Those to me are not things I dwell on tho. Dwelling on failures serves little purpose except to give them power.

easy to say... a lot harder to do!
don't worry, I'm sure if you really really really want it, you'll bump into Angelina. (but I agree with Leo. really. bad taste. )

[Impqueen]

Originally Posted by KarimK

Do you believe in general that many gods exist and you just choose to worship some of them?

That's pretty much it .