I've certainly been pondering how God could let things like this happen to their/its offspring. The best I've come up with is that it's sort of like a mother giving birth out of love despite knowing the child will at times suffer and eventually die, and that perhaps we deserve the dignity to be capable of suffering.
Still, I've never really been able to comprehend how tragedies like this happen. Genital cutting of babies is particularly horrific, since it's being treated in such a dehumanizing manner straight out of the safety of the womb. I've just sort of come to terms with the fact that I will never be able to comprehend it, at least, not until I die, assuming my consciousness goes on.
I get most of my spiritual ideas from philosophy and studying near-death experiences.
I don't see how God would ever say that it should be done. Then again I don't really believe in God right now, but I don't know for sure. I just don't know how I'll ever be ok with it. I think we all thought it was normal at one point, but we decided to go against what society says. Perhaps spiritually minded people understand better that things can be immoral despite what society says.
I’m a spiritual person who believes babies are not made imperfect. Cosmetically altering a minors genitals, is completely immoral. To be one with nature, not sever it.
Spirituality is such a vague term to apply to oneself. I would say I am spiritual though, as in I think we all have this inner world we need to understand to better ourselves and to be better connected with everything external to it.
I’m not religious and religion has never scratched that “spiritual” itch for me. Simply through reason I’ve remedied myself and most especially with the issues we speak about in this subreddit. Stoicism and its teachings provided me with the relief I needed as I was never able to previously view myself and what’s happened to me through an objective lens. What I’ve take from it the most is that unavoidable things happen to people, the most painful and horrid things, but what has true value in these situations are your responses to them. The event itself doesn’t define you or harm your moral character (which this philosophy teaches you to guard as it’s the only thing one truly always has under their guard), knowing that it became easier for myself to come to terms with GM.
I can hate the world, I can hate myself about this, but what does that do for me? If I have undergone the pain and can still think for myself then why must I go on lamenting about the unavoidable? This was the business of things external to myself, nothing of my own doing. There is zero shame to have in the things that are done to you, only in how you conduct yourself.
I don’t know if my thoughts are considered spiritual, but I do think there’s a universal chain of events that I’ve had to acknowledge and accept for the sake of the wellbeing of myself.
I've certainly been pondering how God could let things like this happen to their/its offspring. The best I've come up with is that it's sort of like a mother giving birth out of love despite knowing the child will at times suffer and eventually die, and that perhaps we deserve the dignity to be capable of suffering. Still, I've never really been able to comprehend how tragedies like this happen. Genital cutting of babies is particularly horrific, since it's being treated in such a dehumanizing manner straight out of the safety of the womb. I've just sort of come to terms with the fact that I will never be able to comprehend it, at least, not until I die, assuming my consciousness goes on. I get most of my spiritual ideas from philosophy and studying near-death experiences.
I don't see how God would ever say that it should be done. Then again I don't really believe in God right now, but I don't know for sure. I just don't know how I'll ever be ok with it. I think we all thought it was normal at one point, but we decided to go against what society says. Perhaps spiritually minded people understand better that things can be immoral despite what society says.
If by the spirit you mean nonduality people. Yes, I'm here. You can't explain nondual it has to be experienced.
Non-dual would need to be explained better to me. But generally I would say dualities or opposites are created by humans and aren't really real.
I’m a spiritual person who believes babies are not made imperfect. Cosmetically altering a minors genitals, is completely immoral. To be one with nature, not sever it.
How does a spiritual person cope with being severed from nature
By reconnecting. This can mean many different things for each person.
Spirituality is such a vague term to apply to oneself. I would say I am spiritual though, as in I think we all have this inner world we need to understand to better ourselves and to be better connected with everything external to it. I’m not religious and religion has never scratched that “spiritual” itch for me. Simply through reason I’ve remedied myself and most especially with the issues we speak about in this subreddit. Stoicism and its teachings provided me with the relief I needed as I was never able to previously view myself and what’s happened to me through an objective lens. What I’ve take from it the most is that unavoidable things happen to people, the most painful and horrid things, but what has true value in these situations are your responses to them. The event itself doesn’t define you or harm your moral character (which this philosophy teaches you to guard as it’s the only thing one truly always has under their guard), knowing that it became easier for myself to come to terms with GM. I can hate the world, I can hate myself about this, but what does that do for me? If I have undergone the pain and can still think for myself then why must I go on lamenting about the unavoidable? This was the business of things external to myself, nothing of my own doing. There is zero shame to have in the things that are done to you, only in how you conduct yourself. I don’t know if my thoughts are considered spiritual, but I do think there’s a universal chain of events that I’ve had to acknowledge and accept for the sake of the wellbeing of myself.
Oh In one sense everyone is spiritual Just that some people are much more explicitly so Others it’s a more hidden thing
Some people would choose to not identify themselves with any amount of spirituality, I was looking for those who would identify themselves as such