spiritual literature and relics, over my lifetime

[belenen]

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Literature and relics: what sources (like spiritual tomes) did you consult or study for increased knowledge and guidance in each phase, if any? (from hereWhen I was a

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[ragnarok_08]

I don't throw things out when they are associated with something painful - if something has a large amount of my emotional investment (whether positive or negative), I value it highly.

I'm the same way!!!

[belenen]

does it boggle you as much as it does me when people throw out things like photos of happy times with an ex-lover?

[kehlen]

I cannot say yes or no to photos, but it does boggle my mind when people (I have noticed this mostly with divorced wives) call their ex-spouses by their surname. I understand that they are doing this to distance themselves, but it bothers me for reasons I am not yet sure about.

[atmilliways]

Just want to let you know that I found this post helped give me insight into some things I'm working on with worldbuilding in the novel I'm writing. I'm trying to envision a world without Christianity, but it was ingrained in my upbringing in a passive enough way that I have trouble sifting it out of my ideas about religion. Your comment that "A powerful, secure being has zero interest in other beings groveling. Only a whiny, insecure, selfish creature would feel at all uplifted by the self-deprecating of other beings" gives me a good starting point, I think. I hope you don't mind I'm taking notes - technically for a work of fiction, but I've found that working things out in my stories goes a long way to sorting out how I feel about things in real life.

[belenen]

ohhhhh I like this! I opposite-of-mind, it makes me happy! and now I want to daydream about a world without imperialist christianity.

[atmilliways]

Oooh, imperialism. That is a good thing for me to keep in mind and avoid in my novel too!

[bobby1933]

Thank you for sharing. Where are the questions coming from? Are they your own?

[belenen]

they're coming from a request for prompts from last year -- I'm still working my way through them :) http://belenen.livejournal.com/594183.html

[sabraka]

I keep a lot of stuff due to feeling sentimentally attached. From objects which tell stories of loved ones & times past, to journals rubber-banned shut over show ticket stubs & event wrist bands. I agree, that whether positively associated with or not, some things are a part of you & just as meaningful.

[belenen]

*nodnodnod* glad you understand!

[soundofsunlight]

I love reading these thoughtful questions and your thoughtful answers.

[belenen]

aw, thanks!