Talk about not paying attention ! You posted this in the Buddhism section, and I ask the dumb question, who wrote the Four Noble Truths ?
seems I need to be more observant, lol !
Spirit fox
Didn't really see it that way. You can be looking at recent posts and sometimes loose track of what heading they are coming from. At this time it is O.K. but as the forum gets larger it will be a bit impossible to read all the latest posts and we will have to look at the headings more often. Perhaps a lot of you do that already. So if i missed a post please bring it to my attention.
SteveJitendra,
Your explanation of the suffering is very thorough, and now I understand more completely what is meant. Suffering is more our way of thinking, when things don't go as we want them to. Thank you for taking the time for such a complete response. Written by the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths. I will have to do some reading on the Buddhist way of thinking.
As for the guilt, it is not me that is feeling this guilt, but something I have observed from others and their posts, mostly on other forums - and it doesn't seem to be only one certain religion, but the one you mentioned does seem to have a corner market. Will have to agree with you that some religions do their best to " scare " their members into believing certain lines of thought.
I am moving beyond these lines of thinking and I find your forum an open-minded place to do so. Lots of positive thoughts and sharing of a variety of beliefs.
In the consciousness of spirit all seems right in the moment and the darkness of the past is washed away by the morning Sun of divine happiness!
I like this - this is from you ? Would you mind if I put this in my signature, giving you credit of course.
Spirit fox
You can thank Brother Ishtananda from the Self-Realization Fellowship for the explanation of Buddhism about suffering (that) is very thorough. i went to one of his lectures that inspired much of this thread....
Jitendra
