Religion and Spirituality

There is much talk about deconstructing religion in light of recent discoveries of the nature of organized religion. The Internet often presents only two choices: Christian or Atheist. Unfortunately, most people also assume that spirituality and religion are one and the same, but this assumption is wrong. Religion generally refers to organized systems of beliefs, rituals, and practices around a deity or deities, with an established community of followers. Religion presents you a set of beliefs, dogmas and "holy men" as intermediaries between you and "God." The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history probably begins with the invention of writing about ~5,200 years ago. The prehistory of religion involves the study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the advent of written records. Four religions— Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism —account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the remaining 9,000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined. Only a few decades ago, a Christian identity was so common among Americans that it could almost be taken for granted. As recently as the early 1990s, about 90% of U.S. adults identified as Christians but religion has experienced a sudden decline. However this seems to be a way of clearing out the old to make room for a new perspective, a whole new paradigm. Religions are supposed to be all about faith and spirituality. However, religion is much like any other organization that has leadership, and has income and expenses like a business. In fact, there’s a lot of money that goes through religious hands, and it isn't necessarily used for charity. The European monarchs all embody the power struggle between church and state over who holds the supreme authority in the physical world. YouTube and the Internet in general has become a veritable smorgasburd of spiritual ideas. Dr. Robert Gilbert tells us that this is part of an era of the expansion of esoteric knowledge and consciousness.  The most popular "New Age" theme is about using your mind to alter physical reality. But there is a sinister side to this that you may not be aware of. Artificial intelligence is no longer a far-fetched idea out of a sci-fi movie. We're living with it, here and now. A scammer could rent AI to use artificial intelligence to mimic anybody saying anything. There is an increasing number of websites where anybody with a computer and the credit card can gain access to very powerful softwares that will clone the voice and images of  anyone to say anything and make it seem believable. These cybercriminals are not just taking advantage of people to steal money, but also to represent themselves as gurus or spiritual adepts or prophets qualified to give spiritual advice. There are many such sites on YouTube. Sme AI creations have helped illustrate truth, but Internet discretion is in order. Over the centuries, the relationship between science and religion has also seen conflict and hostility. But there are recent indications of collaboration. In philosophy of mind, the hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how humans and other organisms have qualia, phenomenal consciousness, or subjective experiences. The science of "vibes" shows how everything is connected. The "resonance theory of consciousness"  posits that synchronized vibrations are central not only to human consciousness but to all of physical reality. All is energy in vibration. Spirituality is the belief in something beyond the self that connects all beings to each other and the universe. In a way, this reminds us of household spirits to land, forest, and water spirits, which were a very real part of the daily lives of our ancestors. Shamanism is an ancient spiritual practice found in cultures around the world from ancient times up to the present day. It involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way. Beliefs and practices categorized as "shamanic" have attracted the interest of scholars from a variety of disciplines, including anthropologists, archeologists, historians, religious studies scholars, philosophers and psychologists. Spiritualism is a belief system or practice that revolves around the idea of communicating with the spirits. It often involves mediums or psychics who claim to connect with the spirit world. Spirituality encompasses a consciousness-based vision of the world that supports all human beings on their path to awakening in unconditional love and kindness. Spirituality is concerned with the present, while religion deals with the future. Quantum mechanics may actually strengthen the connection to the divine. A 2004 hybrid film and documentary, What the Bleep Do We Know!? seeks to explain the connections between science and spirituality. The film that explores the connection between quantum physics and consciousness through visual effects, story-telling and interviews with experts. It was a radical departure from convention. Gamma waves are associated with large-scale coordinated activities like perception, meditation or focused consciousness; beta with maximum brain activity or arousal; and theta with relaxation or daydreaming. These three wave types work together to produce, or at least facilitate, various types of human consciousness, according to Pascal Fries. But the exact relationship between electrical brain waves and consciousness is still very much up for debate. People in the spiritual community talk a lot about keeping a super high vibration, but what does that really mean? Everyone’s vibration is different, and everyone has a different vibration. High vibration is a thought form. Kindness is a light thought form that can go clear across the universe faster than the speed of light. That is high vibrational energy. A low vibrational energy is a thought that cannot even make it out of the Earth’s energy, such as anger, hatred, or resentment. We use these negative vibrations to keep us grounded on the planet. Spiritual guides tell us that you have an incredible power inside of you, and you CHOSE to incarnate here and now. If you had a very high vibration, you would actually leave the planet and no longer want to be here anymore.We need to understand that we can reach the highest levels of vibrations and still stay on and help the planet. spiritually importantpeople.                                                                             Right now there are a lot of people in crisis; our planet is in crisis. A soul always gets to choose whether it will incarnate or not. We are not sent here against our will. All souls are then free to exist in the ether or they can choose to incarnate as humans on earth (or perhaps other beings on other planets. There are apparently two trillion galaxies in the latest estimate for the number of galaxies in just the observable universe. Each is made up of many stars and  planets and most are much older than our own galaxy. So the idea of humans being the most evolved beings is not realistic. Human technological civilisation only dates back millennia (at most). Just imagine what it might be in a million years or more. If there are 100 billion suitable planets in our galaxy, if the origin of life is highly probable, if there are billions of years of evolution available on each such planet and if even a small fraction of technical civilizations pass safely through the early stages of technological adolescence, magic and religion Arthur C. Clarke codified this idea that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Belief in magic exists in all societies, regardless of whether they have organized religious hierarchy including formal clergy or more informal systems. While such concepts appear more frequently in cultures based in polytheism, animism, or shamanism. Religion and magic became conceptually separated in the West where the distinction arose between supernatural events sanctioned by approved religious doctrine versus magic rooted in other religious sources. With the rise of Christianity this became characterized with the contrast between divine miracles versus folk religion, superstition, or occult speculation. The multiverse is the hypothetical set of all universes. Together, these universes are presumed to comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and the physical laws and constants that describe them. Several versions of a generic "multiverse" concept appear in physics. "All is one" seems to be a state of mind obtainable after extensive meditation of ingestion of hallucinogens may apparently broaden consciousness extensively. Near death experiences frequently have the same result. Often people express this in terms of a transcendent reality beyond mere physical experiences. On the Internet there are many spiritual people, psychics or people who have psychic or Near Death experiences that are apparently "trancendent" of ordinarily reality. The law of attraction is a philosophy suggesting that positive thoughts bring positive results into a person's life, while negative thoughts bring negative outcomes. It is based on the belief that thoughts are a form of energy and that positive energy attracts success in all areas of life, including health, finances, and relationships. At death there’s a break in our linear stream of consciousness, and thus a break in the linear connection of times and places, but biocentrism suggests that consciousness is manifold and encompasses many such branches of possibility. Death doesn’t truly exist in any of these; all branches exist simultaneously and continue existing regardless of what happens in any of them. The “me” feeling is energy operating in the brain. But energy never dies; it cannot be destroyed. 5D is a term that is becoming a popular way of describing the shift that is taking place within our consciousness as individuals and as a collective consciousness. There are a few different perspectives on what is 5D, ranging from a physics-based explanation of dimensions to some people who regard the shift to 5D as a specific big event or moment in time that we will go through as a collective. So it seems that we have uncountable planets in space and uncountable vibrational levels. Is one more real that the other? Or do they correspond so that physical reality is derivative or representative of energy patterns? Recent proof that neither space or time is real, but are energy patterns of vibration, then it may well be that God is not a human-like figure or any creature at all but rather the summation of all vibrations, universes, and everything -- which would be well beyond the comprehension of our brain. Reality is much more than any simulation or computerized program. There is no word in our language for that entity. The concept of existence is directly related to levels of consciousness.... Our everyday experience is related to the physical realm, where our eyes and mind convince us of the undeniable reality of the material world.. Our physical consciousness is closely connected with this world, and being identified with it, it may seem that this is the only realm that exists. Our physical mind is focused on events and objects in the external physical world. It sees and knows nothing except them and does not go beyond their physical nature. However, there are also many other worlds (or planes of existence), invisible to our physical senses and incomprehensible to our physical consciousness.   -   Spirition So what it all boils down to is the question: what will you do to manage your consciousness? A lot of negativity is thrown at us every day,just in the media alone. We all encounter bumps in our road.. So will you raise your vibrations from negative to something more worthwhile? And how will we choose to go about it? Your Perception Of Reality Planes of existence   -   YouTube There is no death  -  YouTube Adapting to the New Normal  -  more Spiritually important people Billy Carson  -   more Timeline of all religions​ How Many Gods are there? Glossary In Hinduism there are said to be 330,000,000 gods.The most widely known Hindu gods  are: Ganesha, Shiva, Krishna, Rama, Hanuman, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Durga, Kali, Saraswati. There are 176 Greek God names. There are at least 15 Roman Gods: which are similar to the Greek Gods :Venus is Aphrodite in Roman clothing, while Mars is the Roman version of Ares..  In addition to Venus and Mars, the most significant Roman gods are Diana, Minerva, Ceres, Pluto, Vulcan, Juno, Mercury, Vesta, Saturn, Proserpina, Neptune, and Jupiter. Egyptian Gods: Anubis, Bastet, Bes, Geb, Hathor, Horus, Neith, Isis, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Ra, Set, Shu, and Tefnut - stand out as being the most significant. Norse Gods: there are 15 classic Norse gods  including: Andvari, Balder, Freya, Frigg, Loki, Njord, the Norns, Odin, Thor, and Tyr. Aztec culture of Mesoamerica (1110–1521 CE) worshiped more than 200 different deities Celtic deities  -Nearly two dozen remain of interest today: Alator, Albiorix, Belenus, Borvo, Bres, Brigantia, Brigit, Ceridwen, Cernunnos, Epona, Esus, Latobius, Lenus, Lugh, Maponus, Medb, Morrigan, Nehalennia, Nemausicae, Nerthus, Nuada, and Saitama Japanese gods and goddesses include Izanami and Izanagi; Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi no Mikoto, and Susanoh; Ukemochi, Uzume, Ninigi, Hoderi, Inari; and the seven Shinto gods of Good Fortune, and others. Chinese gods and goddesses include the "Eight Immortals," the "Two Heavenly Bureaucrats," and "Two Mother Goddesses." Babylonian deities that retain historical significance: among the Old Gods are Apsu, Tiamat, Lahmu and Lahamu, Anshar and Kishar, Antu, Ninhursag, Mammetum, Nammu; and the Young Gods are Ellil, Ea, Sin, Ishtar, Shamash, Ninlil, Ninurta, Ninsun, Marduk, Bel, and Ashur. Abrahamic / Middle Eastern Religions include: Christianity, Islam, & Judaism Shamanic Animism the belief that there is a spirit in all of nature. Every plant, stone, tree, animal, place, insect, person, even object—has a spirit.

Reality and Illusion

 

Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real? What if you couldn't awaken? How would you know the difference between dream and reality? The Matrix took the world by storm when it was first released in theaters. It chronicled humanity’s post-apocalyptic war against the machines they helped create. Space and time are traditionally thought of as the backdeop to the universe, but new research suggests they may not be fundamental but an elaborate illusion. Physicists are starting to suspect physical reality is an illusion. The idea that we may be living in a matrix-like universe is called the simulation theory. Physicist Max Planck said "I regard consciousness as fundamental…" And other and scholars argue that consciousness is a fundamental quality of the Universe. "If we are living in a simulation, then the cosmos that we are observing is just a tiny piece of the totality of physical existence"   - Nick Bostrom Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. Beliefs inherited from family or tribe influence people's values and actions strongly. So your eyes and ears don’t tell you the truth. That’s not what they are for. The senses evolved to enable us to survive in the world, not to represent it accurately. The reality that we experience each and every day is what we must use to survive in our environment. A human body comes equipped to interact with only certain frequencies. But that doesn't mean other realms are not real. The visible spectrum is the tiny portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. The electromagnetic spectrum covers electromagnetic waves with frequencies ranging from below one hertz to above 10 25 hertz, corresponding to wavelengths from thousands of kilometers down to a fraction of the size of an atomic nucleus. So the visible light spectrum is only a tiny part (0.0035%) of the much bigger electromagnetic spectrum. In a similar way we ordinarily see ro experience only a small bandwidth slice of what we call physical reality.Increasingly there are reports from people who have experiences with what we think of as non-ordinary reality. Richard Feynman once suggested that nature is like layers of an infinite onion. With each new experiment, we peel another layer of reality; because the onion is infinite, new layers continue to be discovered. And they need not be simulations. A parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, parallel world, parallel dimension, or alternate reality, which is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with our own. The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reality is often called a "multiverse". Our universe would constitute just a small or subset of this multiverse. A person having a dream, or hallucination, or a Near Death Experience (NDE) tends to argue that the experience didn’t have the disjointed quality of being unreal. Some are able to describe details and events that happened around them while they were unconscious or clinically dead.  A lucid dream is a type of dream in which the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming. During a lucid dream, the dreamer may gain some amount of control over the dream characters, narrative, or environment. Lucid dreaming has been studied and reported for many years and has shown potential for overcoming fear and other healing effects. In ancient shamanic tradition, there are 3 worlds-states of non-ordinary reality that are richly layered over our consensual reality (the physical world most of us walk around in most of the time). You reach each reality level through the process of shamanic journeying. The lower world in shamanic reality, contrary to what many might think, is a place of discovery, exploration, learning, and healing. And the middle world in shamanic reality is the non-ordinary reality version of our physical world in which your consciousness first leaves your body, before you head to the upper or lower worlds. The concept of an otherworld in historical Indo-European religion is reconstructed in comparative mythology. Hinduism is a major world religion, with one of the longest-surviving pantheons in history. Within its rich mythology, elephant-headed gods clash with powerful demons and titans, preserver gods send out their avatars to restore the righteous order of the universe, and powerful sages challenge the gods themselves. Years, or even lifetimes of spiritual disciplines were thought to bring enlightenment to some. Our understanding of reality has changed over time. From the scholars of ancient Greece to the modern physicists of today,  there have been changes and breakthroughs about the way we view the world. Beginning with Anaximander’s discovery of the Earth floating in the sky and Democritus’ discovery ot the atom. There is now a twentieth-century paradox in modern physics. The West as a culture or civilization historically evolved out of Greco-Roman classical antiquity. But the rigid power structure of Western religion was almost too precarious to be analysed. Holy wars and the inquisition took a great many lives. Even mentioning possible alternate realities was forbidden. The 8th Ecumenical Council of Constantinople even  "abolished the human spirit" (as an abstraction). But just because we had it all wrong for a long time doesn't mean thhere is no divinity, though perhaps different than what we thought. And similary our idea of reality might also have all wrong.We think of matter as atoms that are an organized group of electrons and protons zooming around a neutron, but this figure is completely wrong. The particles that make up the atoms have no structure or size, no weight, and are just vibrating electrical energy. There could be infinite frequencies or types we don't  know about. Perhaps there is only one real thing which is the sum of all frequencies. It is similar to the idea that drops of water can exist without the ocean, but the ocean cannot exist without dtops of water. And this water can be solid, liquid, or gas. As gas it may be clouds or steam. As liquid there may be lakes, rivers, oceans or even floods. As solids there may be hail, sleet, snow and solid ice. But it is still just water. Human beings are conditioned to hold onto culture, beliefs, tradition and politics, even at the expense of our well being. Without knowing it, we usually live and express these distorted ideas, practices, and patterns that influence our perceptions of reality and in turn create our reality. Emotion is said to be the trigger that activates thoughts. Emotional reality, unlike physical reality, is created rather than observed. By and large, people create the emotional reality in which they live. Unfortunately the choice of which reality we create is usually made by default, a kind of habitual automatic pilot derived from temperament, metabolism, and experience. The human brain filters information within its default choices, processing that which conforms to them and excluding that which deviates from them. Beliefs inherited from family or tribe influence people's actions more strongly than those with weaker genetic bases. Indeed, highly heritable attitudes, such as political persuasions, may even steer our choices of the social "niches" we carve out for ourselves. If challenged we my not have reasons to justify inherited beliefs becuse to us it is a given that they are the truth. People simply believe that they are right in their own ideologies and cannot accept the ideologies of others which causes conflict. People's political beliefs actively demand of them that they ostracize those who do not fit with the party's agenda. Inclusion rather than isolation is the key to peace and happiness. There are basically only two human motives: approach and avoidance. But like other apparent polarities such as hot/cold,; light/dark; good/bad, each is only a degree of the opposite.   How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Many people want to believe that there are some extrasensory powers like the ability to read minds, foretell the future, communicate with the dead, or with "spiritual helpers." The internet offers many "psychics," and some offer "proof" of their abilities. As finite creatures we look to the infinite for true identity. Parapsychology is a growing field of research that studies a number of ostensible paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, reincarnation, and apparitional experiences. Is mankind alone in the universe? Or are there somewhere are there civilizations more advanced than ours, civilizations that have achieved interstellar communication and have established a network of linked societies throughout our galaxy? Such questions are bearing on the deepest problems of the nature and destiny of mankind. Today for the first time in human history extraterrestrials have entered into the realm of experimental science. They may not all come  from other planets or galaxies, but from other realities, sometimes being invisible to us, to bring about drastic changes in our reality. So it may be that ultimate reality is like 3D TV with uncounted channels and bandwidths. Our body is like the TV and our brain (consciousness) is the tuner. And whatever channel we focus on seems more real than the other channels. Reality and Illusion "Reality" is constructed by your brain. How the Brain Resolves Ambiguity Unreal political beliefs Time and space proved unreal The Quantum Law of Being 3D, 4D and 5D Mass Awakening of Humanity Near Death Experiences Reincarnation - Suzanne Giesemann Some people say that Beyond the Illusion - there is no death