namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
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namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
Hello everyone! My name is Rel and I'm from upstate new york (albany/saratoga area). I was raised in a jewish household and went to an all jewish school as a child. Pretty much everyone I knew was jewish my entire childhood. Something always felt wrong about my spirituality. Disconnected. The jewish people believe they are "the chosen ones". It is very difficult to convert into judaism. These factors of the jewish religion have been a huge turn off for me and in turn sent me on a journey to find my spirituality elsewhere. My journey has been long and painful but I have finally found peace of mind in buddhism taoism and islam. I am actually in the process of writing a book, a life story/journey, which will tie all religions together and gives an understanding of why they have/needed to seperate. To keep it short and simple, without the dark you wouldn't know the light. All that is happening in the world right now is not evil it is all part of the plan. Part of the ying yang. I have a lot to say but I won't go any further in this introduction page but am excited to share knowledge! Sharing knowledge is the only way to a better future! Peace love & light everyone
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Re: namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
Welcome Rel!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
http://khalilbodhi.wordpress.com
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
http://khalilbodhi.wordpress.com
Re: namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
Welcome Rel
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Re: namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
Me too. I went to a public, mixed school growing up, but went to an all Jewish high school in Jerusalem.ArielleREL wrote: I was raised in a jewish household and went to an all jewish school as a child. Pretty much everyone I knew was jewish my entire childhood.
Chosen for suffering.The jewish people believe they are "the chosen ones"
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Re: namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
Welcome ArielleREL!
with metta
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with metta
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---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Re: namaste! from a wandering gypsy :)
Greetings Rel,
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
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