New Posts For Thread: Touchhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/TouchOne of our local TV channels has just screened the first episode of a brand new U.S. television programme called 'Touch.' It's based on the premise that on some level we are all psychically connected, and consequently that all coincidences have meanI enjoyed the discussion here regarding theories of mind and consciousness. I'd like to add some considerations from traditional spiritual theosophies and mathematical perspectives. These more likely make their entry in a subjective or anecdotal wahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=520743493#520743493I enjoyed the discussion here regarding theories of mind and consciousness. I'd like to add some considerations from traditional spiritual theosophies and mathematical perspectives. These more likely make their entry in a subjective or anecdotal waTue, 12 Jun 2012 11:50:26 -0500This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518516211#518516211This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneWed, 11 Apr 2012 21:04:08 -0500John you are a free thinker which in many ways are positive. The Bible never told anyone to kiss their brain good bye. Study, search, philosophy but don't eliminate Christ from the equation.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518254927#518254927John you are a free thinker which in many ways are positive. The Bible never told anyone to kiss their brain good bye. Study, search, philosophy but don't eliminate Christ from the equation.Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:14:04 -0500There is some validity to all the above.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518254781#518254781There is some validity to all the above.Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:10:33 -0500Suspending one’s preconceived notions about the world is easier said that done for most of us. But I think becomes easier with practice.I think the most obstructive thing to learning is simple ego. People adopt beliefs or a worldview in which thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518193763#518193763Suspending one’s preconceived notions about the world is easier said that done for most of us. But I think becomes easier with practice.I think the most obstructive thing to learning is simple ego. People adopt beliefs or a worldview in which tMon, 02 Apr 2012 13:00:44 -0500Mindis -I very much enjoyed reading your fascinating posts, and I was surprised that nobody has responded to them in the past twenty-four hours. Perhaps most people cannot be bothered to think about esoteric opinions or beliefs, or they cannot accephttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518099827#518099827Mindis -I very much enjoyed reading your fascinating posts, and I was surprised that nobody has responded to them in the past twenty-four hours. Perhaps most people cannot be bothered to think about esoteric opinions or beliefs, or they cannot accepFri, 30 Mar 2012 14:40:04 -0500There might be a couple of different ways to justify the statement that “energy can change its location within the system,” but the idea that energy has a spacetime location is highly problematic. You can’t point to energy. There arhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518062579#518062579There might be a couple of different ways to justify the statement that “energy can change its location within the system,” but the idea that energy has a spacetime location is highly problematic. You can’t point to energy. There arThu, 29 Mar 2012 14:22:41 -0500A most interesting thread here.Quite interestingly, in The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James begins Lecture III, The Reality of the Unseen, thus:WERE one asked to characterize the life of religion in the broadest and most general termshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518062477#518062477A most interesting thread here.Quite interestingly, in The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James begins Lecture III, The Reality of the Unseen, thus:WERE one asked to characterize the life of religion in the broadest and most general termsThu, 29 Mar 2012 14:19:43 -0500Subjects like this are interesting to me.The idea that we are all connected tends to lend itself to the idea that there is something beyond our physical body- an energy that is the connection.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518028633#518028633Subjects like this are interesting to me.The idea that we are all connected tends to lend itself to the idea that there is something beyond our physical body- an energy that is the connection.Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:01:04 -0500Mr. Bader -I enjoyed reading your post. And I agree with you regarding religious - and any other - beliefs, mainly because they always originate with humans and are always human-orientated. As the Buddha has written:Do not believe in anything simplyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44021/29028329/Touch?post_id=518003541#518003541Mr. Bader -I enjoyed reading your post. And I agree with you regarding religious - and any other - beliefs, mainly because they always originate with humans and are always human-orientated. As the Buddha has written:Do not believe in anything simplyTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:26:16 -0500