Daily Necessities Tips & pointers for building a spiritual life from scratch
Pray Meditate Be aware/Stay awake Bow Practise yoga Feel Chant and sing Breathe and smile Relax/Enjoy/Laugh/Play Create/Envision Let Go/Forgive/Accept Walk/Exercise/Move Work/Serve/Contribute Listen/Learn/Enquire Consider/Reflect Cultivate oneself/Enhance competencies Cultivate contentment Cultivate flexibility Cultivate friendship and collaboration Lighten up Celebrate and appreciate Dream Give thanks Evolve Love Share/Give/Receive Walk softly/Live gently Expand/Radiate/Dissolve Simplify Surrender/Trust Be born anew
Sounds pretty much like Buddhism to me which is now maybe the least offensive religion.
Interesting note though for this 'inner self' peaceful religion; Buddhism was brought to China whenever ago and grew to be the dominant force until it was crushed and sent back to its monastries and temples. It's opponent of the day was Taoism and they used to fight it out big style, (The Kung Fu schools around the Temple at the centre, Shaolin, are from this period) it is still not that common to find Taoist temples close to Buddhist.
China deals with religion by allowing the practice of any religion without any restrictions that I am aware of or see - but selling religion here is illegal.
I think that there is a higher power than "US" It comunicates with each and every individual,if we are hearing or not. and we hear "I AM" from within ourselver.
Yeah, my mind still glosses over. (I wasn't blowing this off before, I don't skip to the end and post without reading the forum through) (I'm not rude like that )
If it makes you smile, go an ahead and do it! There's no harm. (I say that about ANY private prayer, actually.) But for me, a daily prayer and meditation schedule is not time well spent.
It's referred to as Namaste which means "I honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells, I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Integrity, of Wisdom and of Peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are One.
Well, I read "pray" and my mind glossed over... I got to "meditate" and that was the limit of my attention span this evening.
I've researched Buddhism, but it doesn't quite fit with me. The list you put here is very near to the list that Humanists use. I'm on board with most of it.
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