Please tell me (BRIEFLY) about your spirituality, religion, or belief system?

Question

What is it called?
Do you have a book text or document that guides you?
Who is/are your God, gods, goddesses?
Basic Beliefs?

Answer 1

I am a hindu, my beleif is in advaita.

We believe in a God, the Father of the universe, infinite and omnipotent. But if our soul at last becomes perfect, it also must become infinite. But there is no room for two infinite unconditional beings, and hence we believe in a Personal God, and we ourselves are He. These are the three stages which every religion has taken. First we see God in the far beyond, then we come nearer to Him and give Him omnipresence so that we live in Him; and at last we recognise that we are He. The idea of an Objective God is not untrue — in fact, every idea of God, and hence every religion, is true, as each is but a different stage in the journey, the aim of which is the perfect conception of the Vedas. Hence, too, we not only tolerate, but we Hindus accept every religion, praying in the mosque of the Mohammedans, worshipping before the fire of the Zoroastrians, and kneeling before the cross of the Christians, knowing that all the religions, from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realise the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of them marking a stage of progress. We gather all these flowers and bind them with the twine of love, making a wonderful bouquet of worship.

If I am God, then my soul is a temple of the Highest, and my every motion should be a worship — love for love's sake, duty for duty's sake, without hope of reward or fear of punishment. Thus my religion means expansion, and expansion means realisation and perception in the highest sense — no mumbling words or genuflections. Man is to become divine, realising the divine more and more from day to day in an endless progress.

Answer 2

I am a Christian. I have been for about four months, but I researched for twelve years before that. My beliefs are based on the Bible. I believe that Jesus Christ was and IS the Son of God, and actually WAS God. I believe He was crucified between two thieves, and raised on the third day. I believe He sent the Holy Spirit to guide us in our walk.
And I believe that there IS a heaven, and there IS a hell.

But most of all, I believe that God loves us, and wants us to come to Him willingly. My God is the Great I Am, Yahweh, Jehovah, and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.

I think that pretty much covers it. The rest is semantics.

Answer 3

Hi
I don't know that it has a name, I say I'm spiritual

A number of books, experiences and other sources brought me to the belief system I am now. The book I turn to mentally and physically is 'A Course in Miracles'.

The Creator is my God.

I believe that God is like 'thought' in a way, God thinks and it is Created, that God has given us this same ability, what we think or say we Create in our lives.
I believe that words affect.
I believe in the Power of Light (God), in the Universal Energy (God) and that we are those two things, that we have the Power to use them, because we are them.
I believe that God is in us all, that we are part of God, and that if 'Jesus' is to return, it will be within 'us'.
And that NOW is the time?

Answer 4

I don't practice a religion, but I strongly believe in God. I am currently on a new journey, learning The Secret, Down the Rabbit Hole and reading Jack Canfield's book, The Principles of Success.

Answer 5

I was brought up as a Catholic, but I do not follow that religions beliefs now. I would call myself a "Humanist". I do not follow any book, text or document. My basic beliefs are to live your life as fully as you can, experience as much as you can, but without hurting anyone and with as much compassion, caring & understanding to others around you. I do not believe in judging people, i don't believe in organised religion. I have taken parts of teh catholic teachings I suppose, but reject most of it. For me the greatest experience of life is to love and be loved. I doubt there is a "heaven" or anything after death and therefore we must embrace life while we have it.

Answer 6

Catholic Christianity.

The Holy Bible & the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

God Is the Father, Son(Jesus) & the Holy Spirit.

We believe that because our first parents sinned, so we all sin(Original Sin), & therefore, in danger of Eternal Damnation. We believe that God Sent His Only Son, To Be our Messiah & to Save us all from our sins, by His Passion, Death on the Cross, & Resurrection from the Dead, & that at the end of time, Christ Jesus Will Return To Judge us all.

We believe that God the Son Is Literally Present in the Bread & Wine of Holy Communion.

We also believe in praying for one another, & requesting the Saints in Heaven to pray for us, & of all the Saints, the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary are by far, the most Powerful with God, because she is His Mother & our Mother too.

Answer 7

I'm not really agnostic, but I'm not sure what i would call myself. Most likely "pagan" would be the closest term. (treehugger :P)

Theres not really any books I follow...I do beleive in "god" or a
"higher power" whatever youd like to call it

My beleifs basically revolve around the earth. Nature is my church and I am closest to god when I am out in a forest because I beleive god is in everything and everyone. We are all connected. I respect Jesus, Buddah, as well as many other teachers because they all have imporant lessons to show us all. When I die, I beleive that I return to the earth, and I am reborn or "reincarnated" as a new form of life.

Yeah, you could call me a hippie :P

Answer 8

Spiritualism as a philosophy and scientific lifestyle
Book or text - No.
No god - closest concept is Buddhism and a universal consciousness, all things are connected etc.
Life after death a reality, consciousness and personality intact post-mortem and resident in a parallel dimension that interpenetrates the same space, although not necessarily the same time as our physical one.

Answer 9

I'm a saved, santified, holyghosrt filled child of God. I believe if I would have died in my sins that I would've went to hell. I thank God for giving me a chance to live for him in these last and evil days. See I once was a sinner. I use to smoke, drink liquir/wine, cuss, lie, cheat, steal, have sex outside of marriage, go clubbin', and many other ungodly things. But truely thank GOD for changing my heart, mind, and soul. The thing that I use to do I don't do anymore and don't have the mind to go back and do them either. This is the best life I've ever lived.The HOLYGHOST and God's HOLY WORD guides me.

Answer 10

Spiritualism