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i am looking at some of these things myself and congratulate you on your leap into what's calling you.

a take for consideration: man's driving quest to achieve is one way our nature pushes/pulls us forward. another is the pursuit of pleasure. there are other aims but they all push/pull to some extent. and all offer the promise of progress or increased satisfaction.

i have learned by experience that "arriving" at my aim is always followed by "now what?". i take from this that as humans we have an unlimited destiny ("eternity in our heart" or something like that). i cannot think of another unlimited destiny except to be like God, which implies bearing His image in some way. IF these two premises are proper assessments of reality, then just like a cup does well to hold liquid and avoid trying to support the weight of an elephant (though quite a feat for a cup), we do well to seek a limitless destiny not a limited one (fame, success, knowledge, pleasure, etc.) because this life will end for all of us.

to me, your MDMA experiences compare to the fulfillment of when i love and am loved in return. and love, if it means anything, FREELY relates and unites. fond memories of friends at table, the masses at a concert or my body after a proper meal, argue this by experience. duty has a place, but thanksgiving for me is just less enjoyable to attend by obligation versus choice.

this is already long for a comment so I will finish by suggesting that for me to be like God (to love) requires i know Him, which is knowledge about Him (which includes His work of creation), communication with Him, and participation in His work.

the cool thing to me is that the path i choose need not match the path you choose. we each get a journey that includes "doing what we want" (because He can only be loved through voluntary choice) to find out.

looking forward to what you write!

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Dan Star's avatar

Organized Religion was begun by Rome to control the plebs. Mediation is incompatible with such practices as the leaders do not want a pleb exploring the mind that connects with the Universe most likely via quantum fluctuations.

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