You got to believe in something, it's a lonely universe...

[jrbl]

Okay, so, the Spin Doctors aside, questions of faith come up a lot. Some of you may remember this post from just over a year ago, in which I was talking about wanting to write up something about the things that I believe in for the benefit of some of my highly westernized relations

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self-reflection

[cdent]

The document is rather nicely self reflective in that it is clear in some parts of the writing that you are struggling to articulate something that you aren't quite hitting. Then, elsewhere in the document you make a strong clear statement like: "I believe that awakening the heart of compassion in our lives is the

[circa1976]

I think it's a great first(?) draft. It could use a bit of polishing. (a lot of things Brett mentioned about tying up loose ends/re-organizing) I especially think that defining "samsara", or linking to a definition, is a very good idea.

>>>It can't be the Creator, or the Father. It can't be a Punisher or Celestial Husband. We can imagine these things; these things are just pathetic attempts to make ourselves feel better by imagining something greater than ourselves<< I think you should consider revising this statement and/or others where you use the words "we" and "ourselves", especially if you are going to use words like "pathetic" in the same sentence. :-) You should probably only use reference to yourself when you're talking about morality and/or god(s). Otherwise people could get offended

[pkb]

I'm not very good with this kind of thing - higher level thinking often evades my grasp. But, here goes.

Do you believe you are a very flawed person in the context that everybody is a very flawed person, or are you making a statement solely about yourself