Spirituality and Religion
Recorded in Washington state where recreational marijuana is legal, the video features rabbi Jim Mirel, who is the Rabbi Emeritus at Temple B’nai Torah in Seattle, Rev. Chris Schuller, who once served as the rector at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in St. Petersburg, Florida, and a self-proclaimed atheist named Carlos. After hitting a bong and passing a joint around, the men use their time to discuss spirituality and religion…
We’ve all heard at one time or another someone say that a person “has spirit” or that a song might be “soulful”, and what is apparent is that BOTH spirit and soul invoke emotion and are deeply embedded within us, so that when the creative force they invoke surfaces whether it be via painting, writing, singing, or mud wrestling (lol), each bring from our core that which makes us each human beings with a living purpose. They are intertwined and affecting one another as a whole, and yet maintaining their respected uniqueness and differences all the while.
We see it from a divine perspective that seems like a forgotten knowledge, washed away by the constructs of a planet in deep dark pain telling us that we are not eternal, that we are not the souls we are looking for, making us petty, making us dispensable. They look at us, like some look at the dharma of the people here living ‘quiet lives.’ How dare they, even on the account of spiritual superiority.
Over and over, Islamic groups around the world condemn terrorist attacks and reiterate that violent radicals do not truly adhere to the religion. Despite that, the Fox News-inclined often falsely claim Muslims remain silent because they are uncivilized and violent, which is conspicuously false.
It may be possible that the beliefs and teachings advocated by a religion — like forgiveness, love and compassion — may “become integrated into the way the brain works.
10 Things Pope Francis Said That Shows He Truly Is “The People’s Pope”: 1) Pope Francis believes that doing good is more important than being Catholic.
A 1,500-year-old book that contains a previously unknown gospel has been deciphered: the Gospel of the Lots of Mary. The ancient manuscript may have been used to provide guidance or encouragement to people seeking help for their problems, according to a researcher who has studied the text.
Evangelist Matthew chose his words carefully and wrote “star in the east” twice, which suggests that these words hold a specific importance for his readers.
Most antiquities scholars think that the New Testament gospels are “mythologized history.” In other words, they think that around the start of the first century a controversial Jewish rabbi named Yeshua ben Yosef gathered a following and his life and teachings provided the seed that grew into Christianity.
Darwin pitted religion against science with his theory of biological evolution. Modern chemists still have failed to explain the origin of the genetic code. Are humans actually millions of years old? Is the Earth not our only home in the universe? Is there a cyclical transfer of life process from planet to planet?
By Omar Cherif I always knew that being trilingual is helpful in writing and in communication in general. Other than thinking in different languages, the ability to word your thoughts in a variety of ways, and having a wider vocabulary to choose from there are also some other benefits. Something happened lately which reminded me […]
Curators were forced to remove a precious cup from display in a Spanish church when crowds swarmed there after historians claimed it was the holy grail, staff said.Visitors flocked to the San Isidro basilica in the north-western city of León after two historians published a book saying the ancient goblet was the mythical chalice from which Christ sipped at the last supper.
Jay Lakhani discusses findings at the cutting edge of modern physics and how they relate to the broader ideas of spirituality at the heart of Hindu tradition – with Lilou Mace. Lakhani is a Theoretical Physicist, and is the Head of the Hindu Academy, Education Director for the Hindu Council UK. He is a teacher at Eton College, and Author of several books relating to the teaching of Hinduism in schools in the UK.
A newly translated Hebrew text claims to reveal where treasures from King Solomon’s temple were hidden and discusses the fate of the Ark of the Covenant itself. But unlike the Indiana Jones movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the text leaves the exact location of the Ark unclear and states that it, and the other treasures, “shall not be revealed until the day of the coming of the Messiah son of David …” putting it out of reach of any would-be treasure seeker.
