Groups

  • Stardove's Wonder
    Name:
    Stardove's Wonder
    Category: Inspiration
    Status: Member
    Description: Welcome to a place where we can discuss Spirituality and the mysteries of life. If you wonder about Spirituality and life let's explore the esoteric side of it.
  • Mysticism in World Religions
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    Mysticism in World Religions
    Status: Member
    Description: Every religion is made up of two wings, the orthodoxy and mysticism. The word orthodox from the Greek means “having the right opinion” from orthos = right, true or staight, and doxa =opinion, praise, related to dokein which means thinking. Accordingly the word orthodoxy typically means adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion. The word mysticism (from the Greek mystikos, an initiate of a mystry religion). This initiate is in the pursuit of communion with, identity with or conscious awareness of an ultimate Reality, Divinity, Spiritual Truth or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight. Mysticism usually centers on a practice or practices intended to nurture that experience or awareness. Mystic traditions generally form sub-currents within larger religious traditions - such as Kabbalah within Judaism , Sufism, within Islam, Vedanta within Hinduism, Christian mysticism within Christianity, Zen (Ch’an) within mainstream Buddhism and Taoism. The term '"mysticism'" is used to refer to beliefs and practices which go beyond the liturgical and devotional forms of worship of mainstream faith, often by seeking out inner or esoteric meanings of conventional religious doctrine. For example, Kabbalah (based in Judaism) seeks out deeper interpretations of the Torah, Sufism (in Islam) extends and amplifies the teachings of the Quran in the spirit of universal love, Vedanta reaches for the inner teachings of Hindu philosophy encapsulated in the Vedas. Mystics hold that there is a deeper or more fundamental state of existence beneath the observable, day-to day world of phenomena, and that in fact the ordinary world is superficial or epiphenomenal. This group, is for the mystics from every religion in order to reach this One and Universal fundamental state of existence in All the religions of the World.
  • Beliefnet Knowledgebase
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    Beliefnet Knowledgebase
    Category: Technical Support
    Status: Member
    Description: Here to help one another out. Having problems with Beliefnet? Before you email the community box, check this group for tips. We invite all Beliefnet users to contribute with any tips they've picked up for working the site. This is not the place for complaints about the site or Beliefnet management or staff; rather, we are trying to help everyone use the site to it's fullest.
  • The Library
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    The Library
    Category: Arts & Literature
    Status: Member
    Description:

    Join us in The Library to discuss books you are reading, books you are writing, and to start up discussions that generate Book Studies. Feel free to discuss Sacred Texts; the Apocrypha; any Religious Studies you are involved in; World Travel; Classic Literature, Interior Design; Architectural works; and any Recipe Books that have captured your attention. Be creative and innovative in "The Library" ~ This is an OPEN Group, soon to be filled with many interesting people of various backgrounds. ALL are welcome to join ~ Come on in!


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