Religion is spiritual castration

[AbammonTheGreat]

People getting down and praying on their knees, bowing before a God who created all their suffering.

An initiates eyes are opened to their suffering at their own hands. This is the key to liberation. Relinquish your chains. To blame God is to blame yourself.

 

[silentlucidity]

I would have to disagree.

Most observe the loudest and most public of the congregation. Those most devout are often quiet, reflective and more spiritual. Assuming you are referring to the Christian practice, do not look at the ones who talk the loudest at the coffee hour, but the quiet ladies and men who are still in the sanctuary, tending to the candles and, in my case, icons. These live their faith and principles daily, with their lives, not surrendering but professing their faith and practice without words.

These are the practitioners who live their lives, many of whom are mystics and are more esoteric than any Crowley-bot wishes to be.

My criticism of those who leave their spirituality at the church's exit was not aimed at those who practice in quiet. It isn't my place to criticize the practice of others in any case. However, I can observe and learn to foster my own spiritual growth.

I do indeed count mindfulness as spirituality. When I exit meditation, I find myself both peaceful and reflective. For my part, I gain and grow in silence.

Here is an exercise I like to perform at the supermarket - Stand in the express line and DON'T count the items of the person ahead of me. It is a simple task but can be difficult when I am not in the right space.

 

[Johny111]

Wordplay sometimes points to a deeper meaning. Therefore, if religion is spiritual castration, it in some reverse sense also indicates that castration is a spiritualizaton of religion. I mean to say that castration leads to a more intense spiritualization of religion. In some way, we can also treat castration as a vowed celibacy, of course not literally.

 

[OberonFromTheHills]

I despite religions but i don't blame the believers.

They need something solid to rely on, something that is shared with thousands of other people.... Religion gives that feeling of siblinghood beyond the money, the political views....

I am certain most of people follow a religion for that, over then believing in myths and accuracy.

This is why now so many people leave new age to come back to Christianity. New age have different answers for one question, Christianity limits that.... The more options you have, the less chances you have to pick one.

 

[Morell]

I despite religions but i don't blame the believers.

They need something solid to rely on, something that is shared with thousands of other people.... Religion gives that feeling of siblinghood beyond the money, the political views....

I am certain most of people follow a religion for that, over then believing in myths and accuracy.

This is why now so many people leave new age to come back to Christianity. New age have different answers for one question, Christianity limits that.... The more options you have, the less chances you have to pick one.

Fall of New Age was inevitable, when it boomed on escapism and doomsday cult templates. What did they teach? Ascension, move to 5th dimension, new paradise like Earth and other such utopia promises, fast and easy. Just follow us and do this or that, it's coming, it's almost here... And when weeks turned into years, people realized that it is not delivering and moved to Christianity, same escapism, same promise of getting out of here, but not as hot, so it doesn't burn that fast.

 

[lumineth Realm Lord]

People getting down and praying on their knees, bowing before a God who created all their suffering.

Ironic how Christians will call you a Satanist if you tell them the Serpent never lied to Adam and Eve but rather brought enlightenment to humanity.
While God himself works together with Satan.


The Serpent gave humanity the way to become Gods, and the creator God is an evil bastard and couldn't stand humanity not being mindless drones to serve him.

Just lol at all these Christians who don't even understand their religion was created by the Romans and that it isn't even based on the Bible. Even Evangelical and Baptist Christians have many of the same beliefs as the Romans like a triune God and rejection of Gnostic scriptures. Christianity is a disempowering death cult and the best aspects of Christianity were taken from Paganism and Pagan traditions. Like the veneration of Saints and veneration of the Mother Goddess (Mary) in Roman Catholicism.

I agree with you whole heartedly, but what we do is something most don't have the will for. So, religion serves their needs.