Author Topic: Here's where I'm at (Read 633 times)

CelticSea · « **on:** July 12, 2014, 10:15:20 pm »

I've always been the spiritual sort, but never fit into mainstream religion. So I've shunned religion and pretended that it was all a sham. It has always seemed to me that nature was the key, and that we have a place in it and should celebrate it, but nothing seemed to fit. All typical avenues seemed to lead to an over-arching modern sense of spirituality where some sort of dominant figure, perhaps mail oriented, was laying down the rules to fit a particular paradigm with associated violence. And I did not fit.

I'm hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that this forum, may be a place to discuss such things. I've embarked on a personal journey to find my place among those things that are natural and not a part of current dogma. It may be a fool's struggle, but when I see how nature is balanced, and how all things are a part of it, I just know that there is something more.

At any rate, that's why I'm here. Simple really.

stephyjh · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2014, 10:49:43 pm »

Quote from: CelticSea;152825

I've always been the spiritual sort, but never fit into mainstream religion. So I've shunned religion and pretended that it was all a sham. It has always seemed to me that nature was the key, and that we have a place in it and should celebrate it, but nothing seemed to fit. All typical avenues seemed to lead to an over-arching modern sense of spirituality where some sort of dominant figure, perhaps mail oriented, was laying down the rules to fit a particular paradigm with associated violence. And I did not fit.

I'm hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that this forum, may be a place to discuss such things. I've embarked on a personal journey to find my place among those things that are natural and not a part of current dogma. It may be a fool's struggle, but when I see how nature is balanced, and how all things are a part of it, I just know that there is something more.

At any rate, that's why I'm here. Simple really.

Interesting. Have you done any reading into animism or pantheism?

Welcome to the site!

Voren · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2014, 11:50:12 pm »

Quote from: CelticSea;152825

I've always been the spiritual sort, but never fit into mainstream religion. So I've shunned religion and pretended that it was all a sham. It has always seemed to me that nature was the key, and that we have a place in it and should celebrate it, but nothing seemed to fit. All typical avenues seemed to lead to an over-arching modern sense of spirituality where some sort of dominant figure, perhaps mail oriented, was laying down the rules to fit a particular paradigm with associated violence. And I did not fit.

I'm hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that this forum, may be a place to discuss such things. I've embarked on a personal journey to find my place among those things that are natural and not a part of current dogma. It may be a fool's struggle, but when I see how nature is balanced, and how all things are a part of it, I just know that there is something more.

At any rate, that's why I'm here. Simple really.

Greetings and welcome

Pix · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2014, 12:45:45 am »

Hello!

Quote from: CelticSea;152825

It has always seemed to me that nature was the key

More than once I confused people (especially in the Bible Belt) when I referenced nature over say the Bible. Just seems obvious to me that if there was an outside intelligence that created everything we know then we'd learn a lot more about that being by its creation/art than by some book arbitrarily chosen to be "the Word of God." I was like that even as a child.

veggiewolf · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2014, 10:26:26 am »

Quote from: CelticSea;152825

I've always been the spiritual sort, but never fit into mainstream religion. So I've shunned religion and pretended that it was all a sham. It has always seemed to me that nature was the key, and that we have a place in it and should celebrate it, but nothing seemed to fit. All typical avenues seemed to lead to an over-arching modern sense of spirituality where some sort of dominant figure, perhaps mail oriented, was laying down the rules to fit a particular paradigm with associated violence. And I did not fit.

I'm hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that this forum, may be a place to discuss such things. I've embarked on a personal journey to find my place among those things that are natural and not a part of current dogma. It may be a fool's struggle, but when I see how nature is balanced, and how all things are a part of it, I just know that there is something more.

At any rate, that's why I'm here. Simple really.

Welcome to TC!