You’re not too weird. You’re just early.
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There’s a throne. It’s inflatable. (No, you can't borrow the throne. Get your own from the $5 store like I did.)
- Not bad, Zoroaster, blow again!
- Phh…ewww – seems, I need to take a breath first. It’s kind of crowded in here.
- Never mind. By the way, do you think the cake will be enough for us all?
- Hard to tell. Hope so.
- Excuse me, may I?
- What? Jesus F***ing Christ – you multiplied the cake!
- Oh, that was nothing. I've done that before. A piece of cake, as it were.
- Make it three thousand! This should be enough.
- I’m not sure. Kali is coming with ten plates in her hands.
- Holy shit!
- Zorro, the Spaghetti Monster just called. He might be a bit late.
- Thanks. Ask him if he can bring some Chianti for supper. – If you don’t mind, Jesus.
- No problem. I’ll have one, too.
- Does anybody know if Bob Dylan’s coming?
- Don’t think so. Tomorrow’s his own birthday. I’m sure he’s figuring out the guest list right now.
- Any of us invited?
- Nope. Jesus was, some thirty years ago.
- Oh yeah, that one was boring!
- So anyone up for some party crashing tomorrow?
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…
All gods are aspects of the same God -- and that One True God is a Goddess named Eris.
(to Allah belong the best names)
Η πεποίθηση ότι ένα θεϊκό ον ξεκινά το σύμπαν και στη συνέχεια «κάθεται» και παρακολουθεί τα συμβάντα να ξεδιπλώνονται, χωρίς να συμμετέχει άμεσα στις υποθέσεις, είναι γνωστή ως #ντεϊσμός. Εδώ ο #Θεός θεωρείται ένας κοσμικός μηχανικός. Αντίθετα, ο #θεϊσμός είναι η πίστη σε έναν Θεό που είναι δημιουργός του σύμπαντος και ο οποίος επίσης παραμένει άμεσα εμπλεκόμενος στην καθημερινή λειτουργία του κόσμου, ειδικά στις υποθέσεις των ανθρώπων. Ο Θεός διατηρεί έναν προσωπικό και καθοδηγητικό ρόλο. Τόσο στον ντεϊσμό όσο και στον θεϊσμό, ο Θεός θεωρείται εξ ολοκλήρου εκτός, και πέρα από το φυσικό σύμπαν. Στον #πανθεϊσμό, δεν γίνεται τέτοιος διαχωρισμός μεταξύ του Θεού και του φυσικού σύμπαντος. Ο Θεός ταυτίζεται με την ίδια τη φύση: όλα είναι μέρος του Θεού και ο Θεός είναι σε όλα.
Belief that a divine being starts the Universe then `sits back' and
watchs events unfold, taking no direct part in affairs, is known as
#deism. Here #God is considered a cosmic engineer. In contrast, #theism is
the belief in a God who is creator of the Universe and who also remains
directly involved in the day-to-day running of the world, especially the
affairs of human beings. God maintains a personal and guiding role. In
both deism and theism, God is regarded as wholly other than, and beyond,
the physical Universe. In #pantheism, no such separation is made between
God and the physical Universe. God is identified with Nature itself:
everything is a part of God and God is in everything.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20210507000939/http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec14.html)
I used to be a hardcore atheist, and while I still appreciate some of their arguments against revealed religion. I can no longer consider myself an atheist.
Assumption: Space with its consciousness is only finitely large. Can it then decide for itself (with its own will) whether nothing exists around it or the substance in the form of nothing with the consequence of its infinitely large size, since in the latter case nothing would have to be added? #Space #Pantheism
The pantheist poetry of The Kalevala.
FELLING AND SOWING
The sky's bird struck fire made a flame flare up.
The north wind burnt the clearing the north-east quite consumed it: it burnt all the trees to ash reduced them to dust. At that old Väinämöinen took up the six grains the seven seeds took
out of the one marten-skin
from the summer squirrel's shank out of the summer stoat's paw. He went to sow them in earth to broadcast the seed
and he put this into words: 'I get down to sow between the Lord's fingers, by way of the Almighty's hand on this earth that is growing this glade that is coming up. Old woman of underground soil-dame, earth-mistress
now set the sward pushing up the strong earth heaving!
The earth will not want for strength ever in this world
while there's love from the givers and leave from nature's daughters. Rise, earth, from your bed the Lord's turf from sleep! Set the stems teeming
the stalks sticking up!
Raise shoots in thousands
scatter branches in hundreds from my ploughing, my sowing all the pains I have taken!
O Old Man, chief god-
that is, heavenly father.
Matts then continues with a quote from Dov Baer:
If the material world were constantly attached to the Creator without any forgetting, the creatures' existence would be nullified, [since] they would be attached to the root, to ayin. Thus they would do nothing, considering themselves to be ayin. So there had to be a breaking [of the vessels], which brought about forgetting the root. Everyone could then lift his hand and act. Afterwards, through Torah and prayer, they attach themselves to the root, to ayin... and thereby raise the sparks of the material world,... bringing pleasure to God.
Especially this last quote addresses two major issues that both sound like the same question, "why are we here?"
'Why are we here?' as in, if God is One, how can "we" perceive ourselves as separate. and
'Why are we here?' as in why would the infinite manifest itself in a physical world, why even do a creation?
#jewish #monism #pantheism #panentheism
#mazeldon #kabbalah #philosohy
Occasionally I'll mention jewish monism, pantheism, or panentheism... and reading Essential Papers on Kabbalah with my rabbi has thoroughly confirmed that all my reads on this are pretty on target.
there's a ton of examples, but one that rung clear for me was in this chapter on Ayin/Nothingness by Daniel C. Matts:
Underneath it all, God is the only "thing", the only existent. "Apart from Him, all are considered nothing and chaos." The world, though, is allowed to enjoy the illusion of separate existence, so that it not lie utterly passive in the pool of ayin.
#jewish #monism #pantheism #panentheism
#mazeldon #kabbalah #philosohy
Es ist übrigens viel geiler, sich seine eigene Religion aus allen anderen synkretistisch und eklektisch zusammenzubasteln und sich autotheistisch als seine eigene Gottheit in deren Mittelpunkt zu stellen, als sich einem dieser patriarchalen, unterdrückenden, starren Mumienkulte anzudienen.
Non-theistic God Beliefs - WTF?
https://www.tiktok.com/@answersinreason/video/7362504807392742688
theism, in the broadest sense, is understood as belief in at least one deity, so it's not surprising that when someone says deism or pantheism are not forms of theism it raises a few eyebrows. hopefully this will clear up the reason some god beliefs like #deism #pantheism #pandeism are not regarded as forms of #theism and we therefore have #nontheistic #god #belief
I am interested in books, articles, blog posts, #documentaries, or #podcasts about:
• The role of the #CIA in changing governments and squashing opposition in developing countries from 1947 to present, especially specific countries.
• #Scottish or #Irish #history, all periods, including prehistory and recent.
• Why humans have been so bloodthirsty historically, whether there have been #peaceful societies and how they've managed.
• The #evolution of #English and its #dialects or closely related #languages.
•#Neurodivergence-welcoming information about #teaching #children with multiple #academic/"learning" #disabilities.
• #Natural #pantheism, #spiritual #naturalism, or #secular/nontheist #paganism.
Please, #bookstodon and everyone else , recommend your very favorite books and other #information to me. I'll read anything, audio or ebook or maybe even paper #book, #website or recurring graphics or whatever.
Feed me.
Apart from the conflicts which were emerging between the mechanistic science of 17th century philosophy and christianity, Leibniz associated such conflict with its materialistic direction and it’s determinism, he also didn’t appreciate Spinoza’s pantheistic interpretations of the science... Read about Leibniz' modads at philosophy indefinitely...
#philosophy #science #christianity #beliefs #pantheism #Leibniz #spinoza #monads
https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/leibnizs-monads/
Spinoza was a Spanish jewish thinker who, because of his philosophical position was never fully accepted into the jewish community. He was more of a pantheist than a theist and did not take jewish beliefs literally concerning god...
#philosophy #historyofphilosophy #spinoza #Jewishphilosophy #pantheism #conceptualism #metaphysics #theology https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/spinoza/
John Toland, born in Inishowen, Donegal #otd 1670.
DIB: https://www.dib.ie/biography/toland-john-a8584
Derry Journal on Toland & Pantheism - https://www.derryjournal.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/john-toland-sean-eoghain-of-the-books-the-inishowen-founder-of-western-pantheism-3938903
Incendiary: John Toland and the birth of the Irish Enlightenment - https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2013/09/18/incendiary-toland/
