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foxnotinsox -> RE: Belief, Faith or Religion........ (5/26/2006 4:48:35 AM)
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Buahahah!!! Atheist in a foxhole!!!
<peeks and grins>
ummmm nope ... no atheists in any of my holes
<spanks herself for getting off-topic heheh>
OK .. I used to think I was an atheist, as I didn't know what to be believe in. Father was Catholic, but baptized Anglican, irregularly went to church, even sang in a choir (both alto & soprano). When I was with the Employment and Immigration department here in Canada, I worked on policies dealing with developing cultural and religious sensitivity .. of employment and immigration officers .. so became aware of soooo much more.
And then attending a small liberal arts&science university opened me to more, BDSM to still more, and I too am quite into yoga (it stretches the mind as well as the body) ... and, wondering could it all be true?
Rather than saying it is not this or that, or =) asking if spirituality is belief, faith OR religion .. I think that spirituality is belief, faith AND religion .. that it is many things, feelings, experiences coming together.
My actual spiritual *awakening* came from, of all places, a movie Belushi made before he overdosed .. a romantic comedy entitled "Continental Divide". Belushi's character, a hard-nosed, hard-assed reporter from the big city, is sent to the Rockies to interview a conservationalist. In one scene, she and him are on a mountain-top and he cries out to her, "how can you stay in this God-forsaken place?!?" .. She softly says something like, "how can God forsake this place? Take a look around .. God is everywhere, within you and without" .. while the camera pans the mountain-scape.
Wow .. I was filled with awe
At times, I still feel this awe .. and it comes spontaneously from many things .. standing on a mountain, yoga, snuggling with my child =) or quiet contemplation. I like sitting in a church, as the heights expand the mind. I have come to believe that BDSM is as well spiritual. Mind-expanding, mind-altering, succumbing to a greater will .. yummy =)
Ummm there's more .. alas, I am out of time ..
Enjoy the day!
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