In my book I have essays SPIRITUAL and SPIRITUALITY, as well as heaps of essays on religion, God, the Self, Zen and meditation ... these are the dominant subject matters in en.light.en.ment, along with science and war & peace.
I have collated these blogs in order to sum up my life-stance (I have an essay WHAT I BELIEVE); and furthermore, to put into one place my take on religions and the delusional belief in a God. For my own experiences, read SATORI.
There is no
Krishnamurti on this page, nor any of the other gurus; they are here: Confucius, Buddha, Sant Mat, Krishnamurti, D.T.
Suzuki, Lao-Tzu & Taoism ... what is on
this page, though, is my history with E.T.
For good measure I added a bit of comedy at the end ... just to show it's all not to be taken too seriously. (I like this bon mot by Douglas Adams: "I'm fasciated with religions, I'm just stumped anyone would take them seriously.)
And - for God's sake - don't miss George Carlin and Stephen Fry ... I give them the last word.
Christianity, God, Belief, Reality and Delusion
Is the God delusion of Christians inevitable?
Does the Believer know?
Does the Believer know his scripture better
than the Unbeliever?
Bertrand Russell and Stephen Fry offer some insights into God, religion and atheism
A Virgin Birth?
In a couple of days 2019 years ago Jesus Christ was born of a virgin. Or was he?
Children and religious education
Jesuit maxim: Give us a child till s/he’s seven
and we’ll have them for life
Religion and indoctrination of the young
A pertinent question: Should parents be allowed to enforce religion on their children?
Ethics and Religion
Do ethical principles stem from religion?
Belief vs. Reality
Religion and Belief versus Reality and Facts is a challenging subject
Einstein's Cosmic Religion
Albert Einstein - inspired by Baruch Spinoza - had a Cosmic Religio
The Sermon On The Mount
The Path and The Sermon On The Mount are congruent in many ways, except one ...
Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty
Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty is a talk at the KFA about whether spirituality can be considered secular
Christianty, warts and all
A terrific podcast by Sam Harris with everything you wanted to know about Christianity
Eckhart Tolle, is he for real?
Is Eckart Tolle for real? I have a bit of a history with E.T.
George Carlin & Religion
... so, in response to my Religion blog I got this email reminding me of George Carlin ...
Stephen Fry tells it like it is
If there's a God, he's intolerably cruel. A monster ...