I would like to discuss: I recently realized I don't believe in a singular being called "God". Jesus in the apocrypha says god is non-existence. I have a hard time with that and I don't like the old testament or Judaism in general also. So I thought what if the spirituality that Hinduism contains, is true? Not Hinduism itself, with all those gods, strange rituals, but the spiritual truths contained within certain Hindu sacred texts such as the upanishads and the agamas? Is it possible that the first humans practiced this kind of thing, before humanity fell to paganism and animism and all that stuff? Long, long before. The other option I have in mind is, is the Islamic namaz ritual, the movements, and so on, did the first people on earth actually worship in the Islamic way? I don't mean did they say the exact words but did they perhaps do the same movements? These are important topics for me personally. I feel interested in your thoughts on this.

>>40754585 (OP)
I keep telling you the answer is Vedanta.
You should really try to listen.
Literally everything you muse upon is thoroughly discussed in those schools.

>>40754695
The problem, is I just feel like Christ was deeper than any of the Hindu rishis ever were. I know the benefits of meditation well. And that India is the land of wisdom. But I do not currently, and likely not futurely, believe in the Vedanta. Why don't you give gnostic Christ a try? Thunder perfect mind fits perfectly with vedantism. The gnostic apocrypha is mostly just inventions of later followers.

I don't understand people who want to incorporate Jesus Christ into some other belief/archtype that He Himself did not speak of; you make Him out to be a liar when you yourself decide He was something other than what He described. The Lord said:

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)

He's either telling the truth, or He isn't - and if He isn't, why would you incorporate a liar, and therefore lies, into your own belief system?

>>40754784
Don't ask how I know but Jesus never started Christianity. It was the apostles, this becomes clear when you read the gospel of Judas or the sayings gospel of Thomas. Jesus was a Kabbalist I believe that. And he said god is non-existence. I am aware most of the gnostic apocrypha is forgeries but they contain important messages directly from the god-man Christ. If you sift through the inventions of later gnostics.

>>40754585 (OP)
Hinduism is demonic. Islam is demonic. Everything that is not Chgristinaity is demonic. unironically.

It all stems from Pre-Noah's Ark times. All the non Christian stories. They were such abominations that God had to flood the world. Even the demons playing pretend and their worshippers know that.

It's not to time to have itching ears, it's time to wake up you guys.

>>40754585 (OP)
In my experience no religion is right, only some part of truth still remains and can be found by experienced eyes. The majority of text was rewritten and rewritten to fit people's interests over the millennia and all text was also written by people in the first place.
At some point in your spiritual journey, just reading won't help you anymore. The only path forward is to turn inward, to find your within (or whatever you want to call it) and make peace with it, as it is the only guide you can rely on.

Hinduism is interesting because of their advanced meditation techniques and some interesting texts exist. But Islam is 100% retarded.
I personally recommend The Hermetica, it contains a lot of truth.

There is one thing you must know before starting deep inward meditation. There are a lot of things your spirit doesn't want to see or hear and it will lie to you, transforming your inner conflicts into terrifying abominations. You should not fight them or run away but try to understand and accept them, then they will show their true form

>>40754817
Sorry I cannot believe in the eternal hell Jesus preached at all and the old testament goes against that teaching btw.

>>40754831
You seem knowledgeable somewhat. What can I learn from hermetics? Should I read the emerald tablets?

>>40754802
>Jesus was a Kabbalist I believe that.

I'm sorry anon, you believe a lie.

You're going to end up arguing with Jesus Christ about what He Himself said and taught; this is the position of an antichrist!

>>40754874
I just don't believe that. I have sensed he is a Kabbalist but I cannot verify it through any proof. But I believe it. We must agree to disagree.

>>40754865
I've read many texts from different religions as I am into comparative religion. And for me the Hermetics teaching feels closer to the truth and really makes a lot of sense with my personal experience. But like everything it’s on you to identify the good and bad fruit.

>>40754990
I simply don't like it, it doesn't give me good vibes. Merging with poimandres doesn't seem awesome, it seems somehow boring. There is no deeper electricity hiding in that system of philosophy. I prefer the upanishads and the hindu agamas.

>>40754990
What do you know about the Hindu agamas? In case you've read them.

>>40754998
No religious text must be interpreted as absolute truth. The people writing it are not omniscient and can misinterpret a lot of things. And there are a lot of "Demons" posing as gods in those texts. You can only rely on yourself to identify the truth.
It's why the only path is within and not without.
>>40755000
I don't have an opinion on it as I haven't read it, but it looks interesting. I've added it to my reading list.

>>40755101
Where does that search within lead to? God? Unity with god?

>>40755112
I didn't find good yet or know the truth for sure.
But I found my within (soul, anima, etc) and I've received her embrace. I still have a lot of growing to do and mystery to solve but I know that after my death, she will take me with her and I will not disappear.

>>40754585 (OP)
>I recently realized I don't believe in a singular being called "God"
This personified God is always a dualistic human interpretation of a divine truth that is fundamentally beyond human understanding. People need to reduce and simplify the truth to make sense of it.
>I thought what if the spirituality that Hinduism contains, is true?
Hinduist theology made the step to accept that the ultimate divine, "Brahman", is beyond the duality of human understanding. The "gods" of hinduism are seen as expressions of this divine, in a form that humans can understand.

Religions are man made. That deosen't mean they're wrong, but non of them is the ultimate truth. I believe that spiritually advanced people, "mysticss" are able to directly experience the divine, and understand it's nature, but they say that there are no words to really describe what God really is.

>>40754746
>I just feel like Christ was deeper than any of the Hindu rishis ever were
Everything Christ says is in Vedanta, and expanded upon. Christ is a prominent example of bhakti. You could see this, if you ever bothered to look into Vedanta instead of lazily assuming.
It is truly shameful that you sit there and try and talk about the depth of something that you have repeatedly admitted you have never even bothered to look at.

>>40755151
Why do you think God is limited to only impersonal?

>>40755211
You should know that for the last eight years, after I developed meditation which then broke my mind, I have not been able to focus or concentrate. Now I regained this ability, and believe me the last two weeks or four were a ton of reading reading reading. I just finished thunder, perfect mind. You must read it. It's deep, deeper than anything found in the bible. I'd say it rivals the upanishads. I'm now starting to read the Brahmavidya upanishad. Vedanta is cool but what about the agamas? Shankara. You should know that Hinduism was already degenerated in the time of Gotama Buddha. So a guy thousand years later than that won't give you answers you need.

>>40755216
God is beyond the duality of personal and not-personal. You could also say "he" is both and none of it. With human language you can talk about Gods nature only in paradoxa.

>>40755211
Number two. Christ: forgive your enemies, love those that hate you. Vedanta: oh ye gods put our sins on those that hate us and those that we hate.
See the difference?