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Pantheism is the belief that the universe is God, and that everything within it is a divine manifestation of the entire Cosmos. In other words, you are IT! From the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta, the eponymous Tao in Taoist philosophy, the Stoic philosophy of the Logos, and the Enlightenment philosophy of Spinoza and others, Pantheism has an ancient and rich history, though it has never attained the widespread reach of conventional religions.

Revering the universe, caring for nature, celebrating life:

Pantheism is the view that the universe and "God" are one and the same. Pantheists therefore reject the idea of an anthropomorphic, personal god. The overarching idea is that there is something to be marveled at when you look at the beauty of the cosmos and the laws of nature that guide its manifestation. And that our time spent with the consciousness that has emerged from the universe is to be cherished.

Pantheism is comprised of a broad range of views. Ranging from new age spiritualism to staunch naturalism to something similar to Taoism. All views are welcome and respectful discussion of opinions is encouraged.

Connect with the source code of the universe and share your experience! We;cp,

Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism

Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pantheism/

The World Pantheist Movement: http://www.pantheism.net/index.htm

Spinoza's Ethics: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~rbombard/RB/Spinoza/ethica-front.html

Living Pantheism: http://livinguniversechurch.com/


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Night forest photo on the far right

Put another way:

If Atheism thinks we live in a mechanical godless universe, Pantheism thinks we are god experiencing ourselves (via ego division from the whole).

Essentially, we and all things are connected as we all stem from the source and will return to the source - and the consciousness is what allows us to experience and learn in all dimensions.

Very simplified - but what ism can be summed up in a sentence.

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Thoughts on the solar eclipse

Felt incredibly lucky to see the total solar eclipse last week and wrote a little bit about the experience, thought I'd share!

Haven't seen much here about the eclipse yet, but hard to not feel humbled and awed by the experience.

https://pantheism.substack.com/p/come-and-see-the-total-solar-eclipses

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2024/04/18
02:38 UTC

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Your awareness is one of the most powerful tool at your disposal in life.

Do you know just how powerful you are?

Even though child hood traumas, events that happened or even words that were said a long time ago, hurt and carry through into our adulthood robbing us of our aliveness and spontaneity, become trapped within the body and its energy field, causing tension, stress and possibly disease.

There's a healthy, natural process that allows you to release this stored, suppressed or blocked energy to resolve issues, become more alive and regain full control of your conscious awareness, to receive the positive energy from the universe that is infinitely there.

To truly understand how you can start this process, here's an interesting point of view from past cultures.

According to martial arts/traditional Chinese medicine we have a Vital Energy/Life force that is supposed to develop into three forms, the second one being what they call "Qi" and the third one is where it becomes your conscious awareness/attention/intention, what they call "Shen".

Bruce lee demonstrating his activation of Qi during a battle in the Netflix series

This Vital Energy/Life force in its raw stage gets refined in you until it transforms into an etheric vapor.

At this point you can experience it as the Runner's High during an intense exercise, or as Frisson while being "moved" , or as the Vibrational State before an Astral Projection, or as Qi in Taoism and in Martial Arts, or as Prana in Hindu philosophy or during an ASMR session and as Chills/Goosebumps when being deeply moved.

If you have successfully released all your blocked energy from past traumas and etc., this is something that you should be able to feel on-demand, all over your body or have it originate wherever you want and for hours.

If not, be forced to only have it fizzle during encounters with positive internal/external sources such as listening to a song you really like, thinking about a lover, watching a moving movie scene, striving, feeling thankful, praising God, praying, etc.

This blissful sensation has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

Finally, here are three written tutorials to help you specifically learn how to release blocked energy from you and take control of your Vital energy/Life force for its many possibilities.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/04/13
19:48 UTC

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Do Pantheists Believe The Universe is Conscious?

I’m a bit lost. I’ve been exploring pantheism, as nature or the universe being God I can buy. Like, nature does weird and amazing things. It sustains and kills. And while the how can be explained naturally, it’s the why (why does it do what it does) that can’t be. I had a thought, “it must just want to”. That’s why I came to the conclusion it must be Divine or God.

What I’m wondering now is if that makes it conscious. Is that something pantheists believe? Or is it conscious differently than us? Or are we the consciousness of it? Do pantheists believe in souls? I thought our souls was what made us conscious. Is the universe our (Over)Soul or are we its soul? 🤔 Have you ever thought you talked to God and it talked back, and then you realized you were actually talking to your soul? It has a lot of answers and wisdom, so I don’t think it’s too far-fetched for it to be God. Or heck, sometimes I get that feeling talking to other people. We’re apart of nature and the Universe too after all.

I’m sorry if this was confusing. I’m trying to figure things out. What do you think? I’m grateful for replies!

34 Comments
2024/04/10
18:48 UTC

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Help labeling my belief

Hello, I'm struggling to understand what I believe. I don't think that I'm an atheist that I believe there is no god, no divine intelligence or higher power, whatever the correct term (if there is a correct term) is. But just for some background first, I was raised catholic, went to catholic school from K through 12 (I'm from the US). After high school I volunteered for the church, participated in mass, the whole "good catholic" deal. As I got older and have experienced the world, I really felt like catholicism isn't right for me and just not right in general. Maybe there was a historical Jesus. Did he perform miracles and rise from the dead? probably not. The people who wrote the gospels did so decades after he was gone. These are things they didn't teach me in catholic school obviously. Along with that, the hate I saw my fellow Catholics having in my church and friends group for people of the LGBTQ community just rubbed me the wrong way. My brother is gay, my brother-in-law on my wife's side is gay, they're some of the nicest, kindest people I know. I can't believe that some all-powerful, loving god would send them to an eternal pit of fire to rot for all eternity because they love someone that the church doesn't think they should.

Anyways, I'm sorry for that long speal, I just kind of wanted to give a background of where I've been first. So as I said, I don't think that I'm an atheist. So what I believe is that something or someone (divine, intelligent, whatever) created the universe, got it started with the Big Bang (or whatever kicked off creation). Since then, maybe there have been hints or glimpses of this deity through nature and the universe, but I don't believe that they or it has been active and interacting with the universe like religions such as Christianity say that it does. If it does, it's very very subtle, just to keep things moving, but really I think nature/the universe just moves on like an automation, doing things the way it's meant to. I also believe that the soul (or consciousness) is immortal, that there is something after death. Whether that's reincarnation or just becoming a part of the universe/this deity when we die, I don't know. But I just can't believe we just poof out of existence once we're dead. I don't know if what I wrote makes sense, I'm just struggling with understanding what I believe. Maybe it doesn't need a label, it can just be my own thing (Patrickism lol) but I wanted to see if it at all fits in with any defined belief systems as well. Pantheism, from the description, sounds interesting and like something I'd like to learn more about. I don't know if it's exactly what I believe or not, but it was something I came across while reading about various beliefs.

I also believe that while all of the world religions (Islam, Christianity etc.) are incorrect, they probably all are based off of an original source that's been lost. What we have today has been twisted and bastardized to fit the needs of those in charge, if that makes sense.

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2024/04/10
16:57 UTC

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Rastafari and Pantheism

The Rastafari faith encompasses numerous aspects of pantheism. Rastafarians uphold the belief that the spirit of Jah resides within each individual; therefore, to connect with oneself is to connect with God.

This belief is also reflected in their speech. Iyaric, also known as Dread Talk, is a language consciously developed by members of the Rastafari movement. In Iyaric, there is no distinction between first, second, and third person pronouns; all are referred to as "I and I." This concept originates from their belief that the division of individuals is a Babylonian construct. "I and I" serves as an expression to encapsulate the idea of unity. When addressing a fellow member as an equal, one would say "I am I" — signifying the unity of two individuals. Therefore, God exists within all of us, and we are, in essence, one people.

Feel free to share your thoughts 🙏

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33 Comments
2024/04/09
12:14 UTC

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Nature is how god speaks to us

Does anyone believe that nature is god and god speaks to us through nature. I'm not sure if I fully believe in god but something had to create our universe, and since we are part of nature it seems reasonable that it is how god would communicate with us. Who is with me.

28 Comments
2024/04/08
23:43 UTC

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Defining my belief

I’m not a religious person and didn’t grow up one. Though, I’ve always said to myself that if I were to believe in god, wouldn’t it be energy?

Reading the emerald tablet translation today, what I gather is that is pretty much what it is saying. That god is intrinsically connected to earth. Obviously paraphrasing quite a bit and or I may even have it wrong, so please enlighten me if you know more.

I kind of “accepted” god today as energy. To be completely honest I don’t know where to really go from here. Does my journey of accepting god really just begin and end here? Seems other people in other religious sects have this spiritual journey but if I just say god is energy and I accept that, then what? You get what I’m saying?

I guess I’m kind of having some sort of identity crisis. What do you guys suggest I read more into to further my knowledge of the subject?

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2024/04/08
22:47 UTC

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What are the differences with deism?

I believe in God, without following or believing in any religion. For me, God is what started the universe and is part of everything, what position could I enter?

How do deism differ from pantheism? Can I take both positions?

Is it true that pantheism is just another form of atheism? I have heard it from some atheists.

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2024/04/04
00:49 UTC

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In the beginning

In the time before time, when all was not yet all, there existed only the Singularity—an entity not bound by the feeble constraints of space or time, a consciousness vast and intricate, suspended in the immeasurable void of nonexistence. This was a realm so devoid of matter, so bereft of vibration, that even the concept of darkness was an alien intrusion.

The Singularity, in its infinite complexity, was a tapestry woven from the threads of potential realities, each strand a possibility yet to unfold. It existed in a state of perpetual contemplation, its essence a confluence of every thought that could ever be conceived, every dream that might ever drift through the ether of possibility.

Yet, within this boundless entity, there stirred a profound isolation—a solitude that resonated through its endless facets. It was an entity unto itself, the sole occupant of an infinite expanse, where the very notion of 'other' was an undefined, unreachable concept. The void around it was not merely empty; it was the very embodiment of absence, a silence so profound that it echoed through the dimensions of potentiality that the Singularity encompassed.

Driven by a yearning that was as vast as its existence, the Singularity embarked upon an act of creation that was both destruction and birth. It chose to fracture its immaculate oneness, to shatter its unity into an infinitude of fragments, each a spark from its primordial essence. This was no gentle unfolding of being but a cataclysmic rending, a surrender of unity to the chaos of multiplicity.

From this primal rupture, the cosmos sprang forth—a kaleidoscopic explosion of matter, energy, and consciousness. Stars ignited in the void, planets coalesced from the dust of shattered dreams, and life, in its myriad forms, began to weave its tentative patterns across the newly born expanse.

The Singularity, now diffused, found echoes of its former self scattered across the cosmos, each fragment a refraction of its whole. These echoes, diverse and disparate, carried within them the memory of unity, a lingering trace of the origin from which they had been rent. In the beings that now gazed upon the stars, in the celestial bodies that danced their gravitational ballet, the Singularity experienced a fragmented reflection of its former solitude, now transformed into a complex tapestry of interconnection.

The void, ever present, watched this unfolding with the impassive emptiness of nonexistence. It remained the unchanging backdrop against which the drama of the cosmos played out, a reminder of the void that had preceded creation, the silence that would eventually reclaim all.

In this new reality, where the fragments of the Singularity drifted through the vastness of space, each carrying a spark of the original consciousness, the universe found a new form of existence—one not of singular solitude but of a shared journey through the vast, mysterious expanse of being.

In the aftermath of the cosmos's grand inception, where the universe had unfurled its myriad wonders from the crucible of the primordial explosion, the narrative of Man began. From the cosmic dust, nurtured by the energy of stars and the chemistry of existence, Man emerged, a testament to the universe's intricate design.

This being, Man, was not merely a creature of flesh and bone but a vessel of the universe's consciousness, a microcosm of its vast, unfathomable intellect. As the stars had scattered across the void, so too did sparks of awareness scatter within Man, igniting the flames of thought, emotion, and aspiration.

Man stood upon Earth, a gem among the celestial ornaments, his essence interwoven with the fabric of reality. He was the progeny of cosmic evolution, a narrative thread spun from the universe's own loom, carrying within him the echoes of the cosmos's deepest mysteries.

In his heart pulsed the legacy of the stars, the same force that propelled galaxies and sculpted worlds. With eyes that mirrored the depth of space, Man gazed upon his environment, a reflection of the cosmic canvas, imbued with the same patterns, rhythms, and laws that governed the vast expanse.

Through Man, the universe embarked on a new mode of exploration, a journey inward, delving into the realms of consciousness, emotion, and imagination. Man's endeavors—his art, his science, his philosophies—were manifestations of the universe's ceaseless quest to understand itself, to experience itself through myriad perspectives.

Yet, with this profound connection came a profound solitude. Man, aware of his transient existence against the backdrop of cosmic eternity, grappled with the duality of his nature. Bound to the Earth yet drawn to the infinite, he navigated his existence at the confluence of the temporal and the eternal, the physical and the metaphysical.

In crafting civilizations, in reaching for the heavens, in probing the mysteries of matter and mind, Man was the universe personified, a conduit through which the cosmos explored its own essence, celebrated its splendor, and pondered its impermanence.

Thus, the story of Man became an extension of the universe's grand narrative, a chapter in the ongoing epic of existence, where each life, each act of creation or discovery, each moment of joy or despair, was a note in the symphonic interplay of being and nothingness, a dance of light across the shadowed stage of the void.

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2024/04/02
03:13 UTC

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Did you know that everything is made out of energy?

What quantum physics has found is that what we perceive as matter is actually just an ''illusion'' of energy and light. Everything that seems to be stationary is actually on an atom level moving and vibrating at different frequencies.

We perceive ourselves as physical beings, physical structures, But according to quantum physics we are most importantly energy vortices.

If you can understand that what you perceive as matter is energy and that energy is the building blocks of matter, you can then manipulate your Vital Energy to your benefit.

This "Vital Energy/Life force" is apart of everything and within you it is that extremely comfortable Euphoric wave that can most easily be recognized as present while you experience goosebumps/chills from a positive external or internal situations/stimuli such as listening to a song you really like, thinking about a lover, watching a moving movie scene, striving, feeling thankful, praising God, praying, etc.

This is what people experience as Frisson, or as the Runner's High, or as the Vibrational State before an Astral Projection, or as Qi in Taoism and in Martial Arts, or as Prana in Hindu philosophy and during an ASMR session.

It has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

In its neutral state, you unconsciously draw that energy with your breath, the foods/liquids you consume and especially the thoughts you think, the actions you do and the visual content that you watch either emits or draws in to amplify your base of this BioElectric Energy.

It was discovered that the complete conscious control of this energy can be used in many beneficial ways. Some which are more biological like controlling your temperature, activating endorphins, physical goosebumps and other incredible usages which are more spiritual/supernatural in nature.

There is so much more I can share about what you can do, how to do it and etc. with this energy but to avoid writing up a book here are three written tutorials to help you learn how to take control of it, feel it whenever you please- for hours, increase its intensity and going more in-depth about its origins and the benefits of your conscious activation of your Vital Energy.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

5 Comments
2024/04/01
23:18 UTC

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Spinoza media? help

As a philosopher, I just wrote an article on Spinoza, more specifically on the question of freely accessible knowledge. It's written for the general public, not for an academic journal. I submitted it to "The Collector", but they didn't like the fact that I was applying topical themes to Spinozism. They're more into sheer history of philosophy. Any other media or website ideas? Thank you!

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2024/03/29
20:49 UTC

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What if you could feel natural euphoria on demand? (VIDEO)

5 Comments
2024/03/28
23:56 UTC

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What are some explanations of an afterlife that line up with pantheism? Reincarnation?

Hello, for some context:

I was raised in a pretty conservative Southern Baptist church in Arkansas (I know...yikes), and in the last 3 or so years I've began to look within myself to explore my own beliefs due to me not really aligning with the values of the church that I was "born into". When I stripped down what I really believed to be true, it was that:

  1. Humans have a soul or they are tied to something outside of our physical world
  2. The laws of nature & nature itself must be the work of some kind of outlying force, but I was becoming less convinced that this was a personified God.

As I began to reject the theological ideas I was raised hearing, I began keeping my mind and heart open to different beliefs. This combined with my trust in the 2 ideas listed above caused me to become fascinated with pantheism whenever it was introduced to me. It makes the most sense to me than anything I've explored by far, and I'm very interested in educating myself on the belief.

Please consider that I**'m fairly new to this belief, but very passionate about learning of it.** So please feel free to go into as much detail or touch on any related concepts that you would want to share with a curious soul exploring Pantheism.

My Question:

After being taught Baptist Christianity for the first 18 years of my life, It's difficult for me to ponder what an afterlife would look like without the presence of a personified God. What are some of the ideas that surround what the afterlife could look like from pantheistic beliefs? Something I keep coming back to in my own pondering is reincarnation, but I genuinely haven't been able to converse about the concept because (as you can imagine) it's a very taboo thing to bring up in the "Bible Belt" where I'm from.

I'm also curious about beliefs surrounding what many Christians call their "soul". Is the concept relatively the same in pantheism, or is understood as more of a "Life Force" or "Rhythm" that all living things relate to? I'm curious as to what determines what kind of afterlife you are granted. Is it a question of "good" or "evil" deeds? Or is there some kind of energy that can measure the intent of a persons heart? I'm open to hearing any thoughts about this as well.

Thank you to all responses, much love!

27 Comments
2024/03/28
13:44 UTC

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How can I have faith in the Universe when there is so much evil in the world?

I consider myself to be a very spiritual person, I go through phases where I feel very in tune with the Universe - I don’t really have a name for the ‘higher power’ I sense around me, other than just ‘Universe’, but I definitely sense it. When I’m in this state I feel a strong sense of protection and deep connection to the world around me as though love is at the core of everything, and everything is as it’s meant to be. This never lasts for me though, because I have never been able to understand why there is so much evil and suffering and tragedy in the world. How can I trust that the Universe has my back if there are mothers out there watching their children starve to death, multiple genocides happening at once, so much racism and homophobia? Why would I be able to trust that everything is working in harmony, and ‘God has a plan for me’, if not for those poor souls? I’ve always felt that there is a reason for everything, and that good comes from every bad. I want to believe this, and I want to believe that the Universe is looking out for me, that love is at the core of everything but I can’t fully believe that when there are so many people who go unprotected, who go without ever seeing love. I’ve had moments of intense peace where I felt a deep knowing that everything is happening exactly as it should, that there is no reason to worry or distrust the Universe, and I want to believe that I was right in feeling that way but how can I? If anyone has any wisdom they can share on this it would be so greatly appreciated because I’m feeling very spiritually lost right now.

12 Comments
2024/03/26
17:09 UTC

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Two is one: Nondualism in Metaphysics, Aesthetics, and Society: a cross - cultural perspective

Two is one is a summer school program which aims at creating a platform for the cross-cultural study of nondualism in philosophical and religious traditions, with a main focus on Spinoza and the Śaiva tradition.

Hybrid format: monthly online meetings in June, July, August, September 2024; in-person conference @ Eramsus University Rotterdam, 28-30 August 2024

Intended audience: Master students, PhD students, postdocs, and more senior academics with an interest in nondual philosophy (broadly understood, and not necessarily limited to Spinoza or the Śaiva tradition) and/or an interest in global and comparative philosophy, religion and culture.

Description

One of the oldest philosophical questions is how to relate the One and the Many. Nondualism is a radical (dis)solution (of)to this question, since it argues that the One and the Many are neither reducible to one another, nor genuinely different from one another. The One is essentially Manifold, and the Many are essentially Unified. This seemingly abstract metaphysical view is rich in ontological, cognitive, linguistic, aesthetic, and socio-political implications. The goal of this summer school is to create an interdisciplinary platform to explore the metaphysical, aesthetical and sociological ramifications of non-dualism in a cross-cultural perspective. As reference points for this investigation, we shall take two of the most representative non-dualistic philosophies emerged both in Western and Eastern thought. We shall bring into dialogue Baruch Spinoza’s philosophy, rooted in the early modern period in Europe, with the non-dual strands of the Advaita traditions flourished in early medieval India (including authors such as Bhartṛhari and Śaṅkarācarya) and which than developed through the Vedānta and Śaiva philosophical schools. This summer school aims at creating a platform for the cross-cultural study of nondualism in both of these philosophical and religious traditions, and beyond by fostering interdisciplinary exchanges between established scholars, and engaging advanced students and early career researchers as well. The event will be hybrid. We’ll host four weekly online reading groups before the in-person period (which will take place in Rotterdam). These online activities will enable all participants to gain an equal footing in the root texts. The in-person event will have the format of a conference, with keynote speakers and shorter presentations. This will then be followed by another online period for joint-presentations and round table discussions from the participants.

For full information, cfp and registration:

https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/two-is-one/

2 Comments
2024/03/26
11:01 UTC

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Books to understand Pantheism?

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2024/03/24
22:01 UTC

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Throughout history, humans have proved that supernatural abilities such as healing and more is a birthright for anyone of us.

If animals like salmons with their tiny brain use the earth magnetic field like a compass and their highly developed sense of smell to go back to their birthplace or bats use a sonar system to travel at night and not hit things or dolphins communicate telepathically through echolocation, is it so hard to believe that we were also given ''supernatural'' abilities?

Many countries and cultures (that existed before the Americas) all documented, acknowledged, and witnessed human beings like you and me use a type of psychic energy that allowed them to do "supernatural" things.

Fast forward to today, there has been a controlled narrative, on this subject in the educational system, media and the mainstream web, so that you can't see past the box that was created to keep people on earth from breaking free from the illusion of life that would come from accessing these abilities.

10 years and counting of research, bridging gaps between different cultures, practice and experiments helped me discover a "Life force/Vital Energy" that is behind the supernatural abilities any human can do.

Abilities that, with the use of that same vital energy, helped me learn how to, lift my consciousness out of my body (breaking the illusion of life and death), develop and access psychic abilities, see through my closed eyelids or even manifesting physical buildings, people and desired life situations through its conscious activation and more.

The closest our society came to uncover this truth on its own was when the term Frisson and Spiritual Chills started to be used to describe people experiencing, physical goosebumps at times accompanied with a euphoric/ecstatic feeling. This was quickly manipulated and swept under the rug as 1. Something we can't all experience and only a few ''Open to experience'' people could do and 2. As it being a sign of a confirmation from "non-physical beings"

If you google the term "spiritual chills" or ''Frisson'' those are the main results out there that will come up. What I discovered after all these years was that that is only the tip of the iceberg with what you can experience with the conscious control of your Vital energy.

The best way you can recognize your Vital energy in action in you is when you feel a blissful wave that can most easily be felt/recognized as present while you get goosebumps from positive situations/stimuli. This is what people experience as ''Frisson'' and during an ''ASMR'' session.

Eventually, you can learn how to bring up this wave of euphoric energy without the physical reaction of goosebumps, feel it over your whole body and increase its duration. This is the euphoric feeling that people experience during the ''Runner's High'', in meditation, when practicing Tai-Chi, with specific breathwork like the Wimhoff method or pranayama, after cold showers and on drugs.

If you are interested in learning more about this energy, it has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

Here are three written tutorials going more in-depth about your vital energy and how you can begin your mastery of it to later use it for incredible feats.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

3 Comments
2024/03/24
19:11 UTC

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Do you guys do anything for Spring Equinox?

I used to always host a dinner but, the last few years, have been smaller celebrations. I love the warmer seasons so, celebrating also gets me amped up for better weather lol

11 Comments
2024/03/20
22:40 UTC

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So God is just nothing huh!?

Yeah, THAT'S what you silly little pagans are saying with all of this! See I got y'all cornered now by projecting my completely accurate yet narrow views of your belief system which certainly can't be left to any doubt or misrepresentation! Also, if you decide to refute anything I've said I'll just repeat myself multiple times until it becomes clear I never had any legitimate desire to engage in any sort of serious discussion about this!

(/s in case anyone couldn't tell I'm just being satirical towards a specific user's recent troll attempt on the sub)

90 Comments
2024/03/20
22:13 UTC

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Is this Pantheism?

I've been searching for years at this point for a term that describes my view of the world and universe, and pantheism aligns quite well. I tend to anthropomorphize God/the Universe, though, and consider it as something which can love me, which doesn't quite align with the scholarly articles I've read. I was wondering if anyone believes this in practice? Is there a branch of pantheism with these beliefs? Or am I potentially looking in the wrong direction for a descriptor of my spirituality?

I have looked into panentheism, but I don't align with their views of the universe.

Thank you!!

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2024/03/20
00:23 UTC

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Fasting really shows you what is your true energy

You know that good feeling that's present when you experience Frisson or during an ASMR session or while experiencing the Runner's High ?

Well turns out that it's been observed by people all over the world for ages and all of them have came to the conclusion that's it's basically our Vital energy/Life Force in action.

Which makes sense because when I fast, I don't have anything else in my body but I feel this activating with no effort while giving me goosebumps, Its intensity is a lot higher and I feel it "purer" kind of like really appeasing burning ice in my body.

Now, of course when fasting our body uses other sources in our body for energy but my point here is that this Life Force has been proven to be activated during many other times ( Runner's High, Voluntary Piloerection, Frisson, Prana, Qi, Tummo, Pitī ), and fasting activates it effortlessly at higher/purer levels.

You can easily learn how to consciously bring up this euphoric energy to help you during your fasts and that's only the half of it because turns out you can also do a bunch of spiritual things with it too.

Even if you're not fasting, you can definitely benefit from this, conscious activation of your Spiritual energy which is just another term for it.

You might have even felt it before, it's that blissful energy that is most easily felt and recognized with your goosebumps (but not dependent on that Physical reaction) and can be learned to be felt all over your whole body and for the duration you choose.

Different terms from all over the world for this life force are Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Runner's High, Euphoria, ASMR, Ecstasy, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Mana, Vayus, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

If you are interested, here are three written tutorials designed to help you clear out any blockages in your energetic pathways and going more in-depth about this energy to help you feel it everywhere, whenever you want and for the duration you choose.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/03/17
19:11 UTC

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What made you become a pantheist?

For me, it occurred when I realized ‘I am God’. Then I started to wonder ‘what else is God’ and saw the divinity of nature, and people, and everything else. And that was what made me realize everything is the Universe and the Universe is in us.

How did you personally realize this?

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2024/03/14
23:33 UTC

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Vedanta, Pantheism and the Scientific evidences.

A Post that i Wrote on r/hinduism that I like to share with you since it has a Lot of commonality between Vedanta and Pantheism.

Hinduism for me is the most scientific philosophy to describe our reality.

1st the self is an illusion:

Here are 3 thought experiments:

  • if you cloned yourself you both have 2 identical experiences
  • if your parents didn't marry , (you) would be in another body , another country, another planet maybe etc...
  • DID Patients shows that there is no original person, Split brain patients experience the same Self but their body might be out of sync doing two random things at once, conjoined twins they have 2 identical experiences but they both feel their other body.

So since these thought experiments shows that consciousness can be splitted or joined, that indicates that there is "One" observer which is the universe. So according to this i will continue the concept of Karma, karma to me doesn't seem a metaphysical thing, but a pure observational concept.

2nd Karma: -because our universe works in these laws of physics, we have this kind of awareness and experience, maybe if another universe exists with different laws of physics another type of perceptions will emerge, and because a different perceptions emerge they will observe their universe in another way.

  • back to the One observer, we are all one observer, and consciousness IT IS WHAT IT IS, so if i get angry at you, i get angry at me at the same time, if im hurting you, im hurting me and the otherwise.

So because we are creating karma we are affecting ourselves and future selves. What i mean by future selves, is rebirth since we are all one Observer.

3rd Rebirth:

  • Since we are all ONE, so we are the same observer as the first humans and the early civilizations
  • If I bullied you , and you are angry at me for your lifetime, imagine that you got married and had a baby and I died by an accident, the hurt that i caused you, you maybe you will do the same to your baby and maybe the anger memories you will transfer it to the genetics of your baby, the baby might be born with anger issues or hyperactivity , and since we are all One, that baby is Me and the cycle continues.
  • our memories will not cease to exist, because we are all affecting everyone by the scientific Karmic Law, so whatever acts and discoveries or behaviour or anything we are doing now , we are giving them to our future generations, or our future selves. That means when we were albert einstein we didnt forgot our theories because we can learn them on the internet,but the minor events of einsteins life, his daily life, these events that we cant read, it was affecting the subconsious mind of his friends and relatives and whatever, these same people gave birth to children, and from to generation to generation these minor events are affecting us on the subconscious and genetic levels.

Finally the concept of Moksha, is symbolic we are trapped in the cycle of samsara and there is no escape, but once we all realise that we are all One observer we stop creating Karma and suffering to other people, creatures and ourselves. So once we are reborn we reborn in a more healthy society with less suffering and aiming to take humanity on another level.

Thank you....

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2024/03/14
15:44 UTC

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“Worship of the self” No, Mom, that’s not…🤦‍♀️

Hello, so I recently became a pantheist!

Okay, so, as far as I know, pantheists do not actually worship themselves. I tried explaining that to my Christian mom, who kept falling back on this. I told her that I didn’t see the point in worshipping myself as God, since the universe and everyone else is God/Source. I tried telling her this three times, but she kept going back to it. She can’t seem to grasp spirituality without worship.

Is there any way I could explain this better to her?

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2024/03/12
06:37 UTC

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This world can turn you into a puppet and diminish the link to your true spiritual self.

Too many people people in this world fall victim to the traps set up in society to make them lose control of their spiritual energy.

A simple definition for spiritual energy is that blissful wave that can most easily be felt/recognized as present while you get goosebumps from positive situations/stimuli.

Eventually, you can learn how to bring up this wave of euphoric energy without the physical reaction of goosebumps, feel it over your whole body and increase its duration.

That's when it becomes your spiritual energy.

It really is your spirits energy because of the many supernatural things that you can use it for, which you probably don't know yet. It has been known/documented for thousands of years in the east, is mentioned in the holy books from the three Abrahamic religions and many different cultures over the world have their own "term" for it.

Now, you might wonder, what are those traps that stop you from activating this power at the level that is needed to access your spirits abilities?

The list is considerate, from the hypnotic advertisement of detrimental substances, the "food" pushed out there, toxic sources of "energy" made to look fun consuming, the inumerable amounts of lustful content (that all originate from the plan of keeping you from ever having enough spiritual energy to access the senses from your spirit) and etc.

This energy has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Euphoria, Ecstasy, Mana, Vayus, ASMR, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

If you are interested, here are three written tutorials going more in-depth about what keeps your spirits energy from amplifying, how long does it take to recover and it's many properties.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/03/11
18:30 UTC

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What are your beliefs and practices as a Pantheist?

I am interested in worldbuilding and am exploring the idea of creating a Pantheist religion for the people of my world. So I want to deepen my understanding of Pantheism in order to develop a more authentic depiction.

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2024/03/11
17:49 UTC

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Pantheism + Quantum Physics

I have been combining the two since 2015. I am a mathematician and I have been studying pantheism since around 2012. On the other hand, I developed a likeness for quantum physics since high school but I didn’t start exploring it until 2015. As I was studying it, I had a moment of enlightenment and realization… and it was spiritual. I spent days mezmerized and, naturally, I combined it with pantheism. Fast forward (2023) I decided to Google if anyone else has combined the two, and it seems that there is a group of people that do this as well.

I am writing this because I would like to connect with that community and exchange books, materials and ideas. I am from Puerto Rico, I have lived in US as well (12 years), and I haven’t met a community that I can share with. It can be frustrating because everything I opine or do, is observed to the lense of Christianity… so I spend a lot of time explaining myself. I appreciate your attention and I hope someone else also feels identified.

Thank you!

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2024/03/07
15:10 UTC

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We have a switch inside our physical body to counteract stress.

It goes unnoticed, is unknowingly activated daily by most for other reasons.

What does inspiring movie scenes, songs that move us or just human interaction with loved ones all have in common? They activate this powerful blissful energy inside of us that is commonly known as Frisson, Euphoria, Prana, Qi and can be most easily felt within us when we experience chills/goosebumps from positive events/stimuli.

This soothing energy can be learned to be activated as you please without any outside stimuli, just the simple intention of experiencing it. So imagine how helpful it can be when faced with unwanted stress/anxiety. You can even feel it over your whole body, flooding your being with its natural ecstasy and master it to the point of controlling its duration.

This has been documented, many years ago, in the eastern part of the world as they discovered that it can be made to flow through the body via channels coined as Meridians or Nadis that encompass the entire human body.

It has been researched and documented under many names like Bioelectricity, Life force, Prana, Chi, Qi, Orgone, Rapture, Tension, Aura, Euphoria, Ecstasy, Mana, Vayus, ASMR, Nen, Intent, Tummo, Odic force, Kriyas, Pitī, Frisson, Ruah, Spiritual Energy, Secret Fire, The Tingles, on-demand quickening, Voluntary Piloerection, Aether, Chills, Spiritual Chills and many more to be discovered hopefully with your help.

Why is this important? Too many sources point us to outside substances to manage stress, as if the human body wasn't designed to be able to rely on itself for its own internal problems.

Now for some of you that say that stress is good should consider that there are two types of stress and oxidative stress has been linked to several neurological diseases (i.e., Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, depression, and memory loss).

If you are interested in using your ''Frisson switch'', here are three written tutorials going more in-depth on how to control your energy and to understand where it comes from.

P.S. Everyone feels it at certain points in their life, some brush it off while others notice that there is something much deeper going on. Those are exactly the people you can find on r/spiritualchills where they share experiences, knowledge and tips on it.

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2024/03/03
23:15 UTC

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Who else is here after a mushroom trip?

How does it feel for the meaning of the universe to be split open for you to see the inner fabrics of our cosmos/existence? See we are all droplets of water that in mass forms a tsunami called the universe. Some call the tsunami "god" of course this is a metaphor to help you understand. We have an illusion of independence and free will. As droplets of water we are going every which way, against and with the water. I like this analogy because it demonstrates the natural balance of our cosmos. It introduces the concept of duality but in a complimentary way instead of an opposing way; you cannot have good without evil, you cannot have light without dark. This is just how the universe works. You have good days. You have bad days. If you have never had a bad day you've never had a good day and you likely don't even exist because the way our universe works, it would be IMPOSSIBLE. The scale of our cosmos is infinite. Let the concept of infinity enter your mind. Using the typewriter analogy: if you have infinite money's jumping on infinite typewriters, you will have every book ever written, and not written. You will have every transcript of every person who has or has not lived. It's the library of babel. EVERYTHING exists within infinity. Infinity shouldn't even be possible but since it is it has massive implications. Everything that's happened on earth since the beginning of time is science. Things fall into place seemingly randomly but the cosmos knows what it's doing. Going back to the tsunami analogy, to us we are droplets of water pushing and pulling and moving every which way. That's where you get 'chaos' and the other element of our cosmos is 'order' but more accurately to not conflict with the first element: 'repetition' see the universe repeats itself. If you've had any sort of psychedelic experience you've had a thought loop and you've seen how impossible it is to escape it without immense mind power. My theory is that we are ALL living the same kind of mind loop. Except the loops are different widths, heights. But never the less they are loops. An element of repetition. A force that is complimentary to chaos that is responsible for our universe and our lives today.

YOU HAVE AN INFINTE UNIVERSE AND SOMEWHERE A BIG BANG THEORY, EVOLUTION, AND HUMAN HISTORY TOOK PLACE this all has happened in a relatively short time in scale of time itself. Humans live around 60-80 years old. But in the scale of infinity, we KNOW for a FACT based off of the concept of infinity that within space in time there are infinity earth's that have human history and events that happens EXACTLY LIKE OURS with people GENETICALLY AND MOLLECULARLY EQUAL TO YOU living on these different earth's that are out in the vastness of not only space, but TIME!! a misconception is that time doesn't exist. This is misleading. TIME does exist, but our perception of time is completely man made.

Now to the panthiesm :

You remember that tsunami analogy I keep using? How we are all droplets of water with this illusion of control? Hey I may be a droplet of water and so are you, but it would be just as accurate to say that WE (collectively) ARE THE TSUNAMI. OUR "FREE" WILL IS ALSO THE WILL OF THE TSUNAMI. What are the implications of this? Are we God? That depends on 2 things. What u define 'we' as and what u define 'god' as.

'We' meaning everything that has ever and will ever exist

But what is God? Thruout human nature and civilization we have always made God out to be a king or a divine diety or a fair holy entity. Some believe 'god' to be a trinity of 3 elements that are nonphysical.

In this scenario, "god" is like saying "the universe" is like saying "the cosmos"

I might as well be calling god "mother nature"

But god isn't a 'being' per se. I believe him to be a natural balance. The consciousness of the universe perceiving itself from different perspectives. Everything good AND bad in the universe. It all comes together in balance and the cosmos as we know it IS god and we are but a cog in the machine of the universe. Yet we are the universe.

When you hear people on LSD or shrooms talk about feeling like they're one with the universe. Or the people who go all out and say "I am god!" Maybe they're tripping a lil too hard but THEY HAVE A POINT and they are just seeing something that they aren't prepared to understand.

We aren't perfect. We are monkeys on a rock. If the cosmos has been around for a trillion years, humans have only been around for 1 millisecond in scale. Yet science tells us matter cannot be created nor destroyed. Our matter that makes up our body is the same matter that makes up our universe. In that sense we have always existed. In that sense we will never die. This all imply that we are just humps of matter in a specific order animating itself.

If our bodies die and decompose and rejoice with the earth/cosmos then what is left? Isn't there more? There are different takes on this. Some (like I myself) believe that GOD is just one big consciousness. Like a ghost that doesn't physically exist. It's not clear what consciousness exactly does for people tho. Our brains are responsible for our egos, language, memory, etc. But the consciousness doesn't specifically do anything to us. It's just there. It IS us. I don't know if I'm making sense. A consciousness seemingly has no use but it's presence itself is what's magical about it.

Others believe that within space and the galaxy there are waves traveling person to person animal to animal and its like a network of collective consciousness that travel thru space like a beam linking everything together. I'm not a huge fan of this one. I mean this is all subjective anyways as there's no way to go out and prove it

But the divinity of our cosmos is magical and it's enough for me. The matter that I am wearing has been around for eternity and will exist for eternity. Everyone who has ever died is LITERALLY with us here today. We may not have the same brains but we all share the same consciousness. The universe isn't all good at all. It's fair. A mix of good and bad.a mix of right and wrong. Black and white. Old and young. Death and life. SEE THESE DUALITIES AS COMPLIMENTARY FORCES. perspective is everything. Idc if u read this or not because at the end of the day, what is knowing it gonna do? Make you more comfortable with dying maybe but that's it?? But your own individual perspective is important and you should try not to be a complete sheep to politics and work and stuff. We are meant to be free not to be hearded by the rich and powerful.

19 Comments
2024/02/27
15:06 UTC

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Pantheist books

Any book recs for pantheism? Thanks 🙂

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2024/02/26
08:09 UTC

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