@Redcupcoffee Traditional Buddhism in the east, more likely. But in the west, no. I follow Pema Chodron and Sharon Salzburg. The practices have made a big impact on my life for the better.

@Redcupcoffee I believe only the parts that I agree with as I do with everything. I look at history and how women had been treated then, we can update certain changes that occurred due to the times. There are parts of everything that can be believed which parts are believed is up to you.

@Redcupcoffee Let me add that all religious philosophies were sexist and misogynistic in the times they were brought forward, we have developed to a point that we can question those beliefs now.

@Redcupcoffee It's awesome in how it upends so many expectations of a typical sports movie. It's sexy and philosophical in unexpected ways, and the characters here are drawn with real depth and wit. It puts crap like the utterly predictable Major League (released just months after B.D.) to shame. And while I don't hold with Crash Davis about Sontag or Oswald, at least he has a thought-out worldview. And he's not the only one here. Watch. This. Movie!!

@SonofMax Watched it many times...one of my favorites.

I would say that "christian" values are nothing more than basic Human values.

@PraiseXenu As I understand it, quantum gravity theory has it that particles exist only as interactions within or between fields, and are not “things”. Of course that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I’ve never seen a particle of beauty but I sometimes experience beauty indirectly. It exists as a mental phenomenon.

It boils down to the meaning of “exist”.

I believe that they move me quite nicely.

@Redcupcoffee Been there many times and done it. God will talk to you like you never heard him before.

@Nevermind345 Woud you elaborate on what "god" says to you for our enlightenment?

How did you come up with mrbeelzeebubbles. Are you a Brit?

@Melind Close. I'm an Australian immigrant to the UK.

@Melind Oh, but to answer your question. It came from a stoned thought experiment amongst me and the other members of the death metal band I fronted many, many moons ago on the nature of fear, offence and mockery. So we came up with Mr. Beelzeebubbles, the satanic clown and all-round children's entertainer.

So many questions... why roman stoicism? How does this point of view change gow you live your life? How did you come to the conclusion this was the way you wish to live?... I would truely like to know if you woyld be willing to share.

@Donna_I I've studied philosophy for well over 10 years. I came upon Stoicism later on in my studies. It has all but illiminated my anxiety. You should look up some you tube videos on it.

Great response! I’m with you 100%.

@Redcupcoffee I only like to practice

Atheist or anti-theist, it comes down to splitting frog's hairs as far as I'm concerned.

@Surfpirate oh no, there is a BIG difference, but it pales beside the difference between any person who is against organized religion and an actual atheist OR antitheist. even an antitheist's focus is on not believing in any gods. you can be against organized religion and still believe in a deity, even a personal deity. if you don't believe in a deity, it goes without saying you don't buy into organized religion, but it simply is NOT a given, the other way around.

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@Redcupcoffee Hot and strong, with ID Sweet Cream creamer. I won't drink it black, or cold. Ever.

@Redcupcoffee For me if you're talking about energy other than metaphorically it would all come down to what sort of energy has actually been shown to effect people psychologically, and how that has been shown. On the other hand if you're just talking about what seems to subjectively facilitate not getting in one's own way and being more mindful, then I don't have an inherent problem with it.

For example, I am dipping my toes in the waters of yoga because I can readily see the value in improving things like balance and core strength. I see the woo explanations that sometimes go with yoga as just a way to frame one's understanding of the practice, not as literally true. Even the constant emphasis on the breath and the visualizations involved in controlling breath is to me just a way of framing how one goes about the poses and exercises in a consistent and thorough manner, not literally the direction of some actual life-force or something. Although it might help to imagine it that way, I don't take it literally. So if I were working from yoga videos that started going on much about chakras and otherwise carrying these metaphors too far, I'd probably become annoyed by that. But the good news of course is that I can adapt them any way I please so long as I get the desired benefits (in my case, not tripping over my own feet or feeling unstable moving through the world).

@Redcupcoffee LOL. Yes but I don't play it as much as I used to. I can do the John Lennon harmonica part in "love Me Do."

You mean they are not?

funny...

Ok, fair enough.

Do unto others, unless your a sadist.