Weirdness just beyond.

[novapsyche]

How do I cobble these disparate ideas together?

a belief in angels [a new belief, one I am reluctantly accepting into my cosmology]
an infinite-personal God
reincarnation [yes, somehow I wrapped my brain around and throughout the concept]
enlightenment (or 'peak-experiences')
faith as a by-product of such (peak) experiences
heaven--but not hell
the possibility of bodhisattvahood

Yes, I am a wacky Christian. *sigh*

Comments

[mylastsigh.livejournal.com]

you do

[empiress.livejournal.com]

I'd say I accept most of these concepts as well, at least in a "could be" kind of way. :) I don't see any of them as necessarily contradicting one another directly, do you?

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

Check out "Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav.

[vaxjedi]

Well, yer pretty wacky in general. ;)

But how do you make them fit? You do.

Being a Christian isn't about Christian doctrine. It's about Christ.
The Way has many paths. Gnostic Christianity has always been out there, dogmatically speaking, because it gets to Christ in ways that are not traditional.

[kittenpaws.livejournal.com]

the trick is to start with infinite root-beliefs
from there you can believe in the possibilities of everything without having any contradictions.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

*laugh* What a nice big loophole. :)

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

But how do you make them fit? You do.

It seems that you and mylastsigh got together to really pound this into my head. :)


I guess I do. It's weird, being a mystic. I don't know exactly what path is beneath my feet. I just know that it's there.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I've recorded it onto my to-read list. Thanks!

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I guess not. I suppose my question behind the question is, how do I square these beliefs with the "standard" Christian beliefs that are being communicated today?

[kittenpaws.livejournal.com]

oh definitely, but loopholes keep you open to all possibilities :D

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

how do I square these beliefs with the "standard" Christian beliefs that are being communicated today

Why do you want to?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Perhaps so that I don't sound so crazy to other Christians.

Last Time on Earth I Left a Whole World of Sin...

[myelectricsheep.livejournal.com]

Gonna keep on trying, 'til I reach the higher ground.

:-)