Hmmm...so I suppose that I will add my 2 cents here...
For much of it - I pretty much agree with fluffers...I do tend to lean toward wicca - however - I differ in that I do believe more in a Collective Consciousness...
I cannot see all religions being absolute - right or wrong...I believe that when it comes down to it - the idols of organized religions are actually one and the same across the board...different names, different descriptions...etc...kinda like the comparison of Greeks and Romans...
To me, the organized religion thing - well it bothers me first and foremost - nothing on a personal level - but when you look at it historically - many religions have been at the heart of some of the most cruel acts against humanity...
Not the fault of the religion itself - but the fault in man...man's interpretations, man's ego, and greed for power...etc...I guess IMO an all powerful, loving god should not condone nor accept the persecution of others...but I will end that one there....dont need to get anything heated...
But to look at religious belief - I believe that we see or feel what we feel for the organization of choice - because that is what we are comfortable with...that particular set of beliefs fits within our comfort zones - and we are able to accept...no single belief set is entirely right or wrong - just acceptable - believable thus the masses are able to have faith...
OK - to the question of Ghosts...and such...I do agree with fluffers there...
See there is the whole scientific thing about energy - it cannot be destroyed - it can only change form...everything has a frequency - an energy level per say...so why would our souls be any different...and besides what proof is there that we even have souls? Its a concept to explain our evolution over the animal kingdom...
So why would some become ghosts - not knowing that they have passed - still searching and/or waiting...does that not happen as we live as well?
So why would some become spirits - coming around when needed - do we not already do that while we live?
Now guides - I too believe that they are same as us - just without a physical form - here to teach, to guide...to help our souls grow and learn...
Angels and demons...here I split a bit - I believe each to come in 2 parts...people who have angelic souls - and those who have demonic souls...these are people who when they die - they will serve a purpose at a specific level...kinda like they have come full circle - and next they will be one to the next phase...I actually feel that guides can be a part of this as well - but I dont want to get too complicated here...kinda like when you go through school...
You have elementary, middle, HS, college...and so on teachers go up in level and knowledge...so I see guides as the same...plus it was told to me by mine years ago, that that was my destiny...to become a guide...but that's another story...
The 2nd part of Angels and Demons - IMO are the real things...these being a part of the collective consciousness have taken on a type of energy (good, evil, neutral)...and serve that side of the path...but its because of faiths, beliefs, etc that give them rise...we give them power and enable them to be a representation of the ideas of what they are and what we need them to be...
Do they need us? Yes and no...yes because we give them the influx of energy...but they would exist in and of themselves...and they/it - whatever - has existed for a long time...again back to my dark experience...what I encountered made it very clear that it was older then our organized religions...and found them to be a joke basically...
Anyway - suppose that sums it up - somehow - maybe not...IDK...but I have to run...so I have to end it there...
Christine
"The part of my recovery plan that I would say made up 80% is MDJ. I suffered a lot prior to finding MDJ, felt alone and had no one to talk to who really understood me. In the Bipolar Group I found like minded individuals who I could relate to and who offered support to me when I needed it. As I recovered, I could then offer support to them which gave me a good feeling about myself. I have met some great people here who I would class as good friends and know I would still be in the slump I was in without them. Now I am stable, I know that MDJ plays an important part in keeping me that way. Thank you MDJ for being there for us all and making us no longer feel alone." (liamacker)
