There must be some sort of common denominator in all the religions and philosophies that we can extract to acheive total enlightenment. I don't have time to study everything, so please let me now what you think. Its all about making connections, so maybe I can find the thread that connects everthing through your answers.
2006-12-14 03:36:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Check out the works of Huston Smith. As well as books, he has a great series of DVD's that deal with that topic.
He is a PhD at the University of California in Berkeley, whose underlying theory is that he has taken the fundamental aspects of all the world's religions and found what was most meaningful and sacred to him. His DVD series discusses that. He is very brilliant and when you hear him talk he just has this glow of peace and understanding that surpasses most people. He actually started out as a Christian and still considers himself one. He has just gathered the philosophies in the world together into one whole and reveals how much more sense spirituality is when you can do that.
2006-12-14 03:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by PieOPah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really - you'd have to see all religions and philosophies in terms of their historical etiologies. The most pertinet question that you could ask to find your answer is "What is truth?". I belive the actual answer to that question is found in the New Testament of the Bible. Remember "the Truth will set you free" and it will erase any quandries you might experience existentially.
2006-12-14 12:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by enricodiroma 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Life is not an eternal search for God: Life is an Eternal Expression of God."
What do you think of this statement? Moreover, the level of evolution that we have achieved so far only shows us how far we can truly reach. Existence is God experiencing God’s self through us and all of life. We are individual, unique, divine, aspects of the whole seeing itself through our different perspectives. This is the essence of life, to experience all things in all ways and to expand to undreamed of levels of awareness and creativity. So my main question is this. Should we not unleash ourselves from our own self-contained ideology and rhetoric and understand the unlimited nature of the universe which is God? This is Life! This is ever evolving evolution! We are how the Universe creates itself, that is how important we are!
2006-12-14 11:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by NoFear OnlyUnderstanding 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Work out your own salvation with diligence...
2006-12-14 11:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, ready here it is:
eat + sleep + f**k - Sh*t X ("The formula for my happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal." [Nietzsche])= live
2006-12-14 12:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, in fact there is: eat. sleep. don't get eaten. fornicate. bathe when possible. read. love. repeat as necessary.
2006-12-14 12:08:23 · answer #6 · answered by Disembodied Heretic 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL SEARCHING; THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR ANSWER!!!
- SEARCHING FOR WHAT; YOU ASK??
>>> EXACTLY!!!!! :)
2006-12-14 14:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by nor2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dO GooD; Be GooD
2006-12-14 11:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by Nirajan R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋