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Ignore the above post. I was talking complete bullshit.
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TannhauserBlockedI would say that those who devoutly believe in God haven’t seen life as it really is yet. They haven’t suffered enough. It is constant, unmitigated suffering that makes a mockery of the idea of a benevolent, interventionalist God. Suffering and loss makes you realise that prayers are utterly futile. It makes you realise that there are no such things as miracles, aside from the miracle of science and modern medicine. Then you realise that essentially all you are being offered by belief and religion is ‘jam tomorrow’. You are going to suffer terribly in body and mind on this earth, and no God or saviour is going to save you from that. The idea that you get some badge of merit for suffering which allows you into Heaven is gross and turns our existence into a pissing contest.
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TannhauserBlocked“I KNOW that I have felt a significant āabsenceā and āsilenceā where a potential āgodā or āgodsā are concerned, or more to the point, a higher āguiding forceā for lack of a better term, whether that be an internal or an external āforceāāthe operative word being āhigher”
I have felt this too. I am now of the opinion that there is no God, only the universe. I came to understand it only after intense physical and mental suffering which utterly and comprehensively destroyed the ‘Loving Father-God’ archetype. I realized that I would have to dig myself out of every hole I fell into in life. That it was futile to expect ‘God the Loving Father’ to intervene. I now place such an archetype alongside Santa Claus, Angels and the Tooth Fairy.
We are on our own. All we can do is be kind to each other and our animal friends.
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September 20, 2016 at 8:33 am in reply to: Existential crisis and guilt, I feel like an empty shell #115693TannhauserBlockedI’m going through an existential crisis too. I’m at a crossroads in my life and it is utterly terrifying. It’s something far worse than a ‘mid-life crisis’. The way I see it, I’ll either have to summon up the courage to see a doctor and go through yet more medical tests and procedures, or I’ll kill myself.
My sympathies are with all people suffering such a traumatic event in their lives.
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TannhauserBlockedDear Anita, thank you once again, I appreciate your input.
I don’t think we are going to get anywhere here. I cannot deny the truth as I see it, namely that I am on some sort of spiritual path.
I know we don’t just die and that’s it, game over. The nature of the universe is not linear, it is cyclical, so why should our existence be any different? If you think along the lines of day and night, then perhaps you will understand better. If our existence is linear, then at some point why do we not have permanent night or permanent winter?
Thanks for your help, but I think its time to end this topic.
Best wishes.
TannhauserBlockedYes, the Neptune episode was rather strange and I can’t rationalize it away. I tapped into another dimension. Neptune featured VERY strongly, and I don’t know why. A few years prior to this I had an even stranger episode which involved the Roman god Bacchus. I don’t know why the ‘spiritual realm’ decided to do this, because it left me very confused. Bacchus and Jesus share the same monogram, they ride in triumphal processions on animals; they are both associated with wine and viniculture, they spring people from prison and Jesus even uses words spoken by Bacchus/Dionysus in Euripides’ The Bacchae. This leaves me to draw the following conclusions: either Bacchus is the real deal and Jesus is a sanitized copy, or they are one and the same. But, in my opinion, Bacchus/Dionysus is a very real force. You will find that both Karl Jung and Friedrich Nietzsche both experienced this force, although they tried to rationalize it away. This force turns everything upside down and leaves you with a blank canvas. You then are left with no alternative than to try to create your own reality, which is exactly what Nietzsche did. As you can imagine, this is causing very real problems with my Christian faith, as it did with Nietzsche. The Christian God no longer rings true to me. He issues too many orders which clearly display a human agenda at work. The spiritual realm does NOT issue orders. Of any kind whatsoever. What it does do is leave subtle signs which you can accept as being divine or coincidental. It doesn’t interfere. It is neutral, exactly as you said yesterday.
There is something very big out there. And it is everywhere; in you, in me, in our loved ones and pets, in the trees, everywhere. If you come across it, it is truly magical. You are more likely to come across it in your local woods than your local church. Woods and forests have always been the most sacred places.
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TannhauserBlockedI think I will only begin to feel true happiness when I stop believing in God. It’s this belief juxtaposed with the reality of the world that is making me depressed. God (if it exists) does not concern itself with the minutiae of this life. If it exists it doesn’t get upset when humans or animals suffer. It is, as you say, neutral. It is clear to me that ‘Big Daddy Sky God’ is a myth. The myth works when you are young and impressionable, but the older you get the more you see through it.
I have been involved with organized religion for over twenty years and it has damaged my life. It creates a condition called religious trauma syndrome, and people who suffer from RTS are far from being happy well-adjusted individuals. They are self-loathing social introverts incapable of forming intimate human relationships, and this is because the founder of Christianity has laid laws down which are impossible to follow. So anyone not ‘hitting the mark’ is made to feel like an abject failure and a bad person, because they don’t measure up to the ridiculously high standards set by Jesus Christ; an anti-human figure who prohibits men from looking at a woman lest they commit a sin. Small wonder then that the ex-Christian forums are teeming with such people.
Your advice is sound and I thank you for it. I won’t expect ‘Good’ anymore. I think that’s the only way to live.
Best wishes.
TannhauserBlockedThank you for trying to help,
I try to stay positive and I try to keep going. I try to play and compose music every day. But I cannot bear this emptiness inside me. It is horrible. These experiences have left me shattered and depressed. I see goodness crushed on a daily basis. When I go for a walk I feed the swans on the canal. The swans had two cygnets and it was a joy watching them grow up. This morning I discovered that one of them is missing and its sibling has a wounded leg. Someone had evidently allowed their dog to attack them. All the positive things I had done to help them to grow and be healthy were cancelled out in a second. Positivity is easily overcome. Negativity is the stronger force, and you can blame our ‘wonderful’ Creator for that, for he allowed it.
You still see the world through rose-tinted spectacles. Wait until you reach my level of consciousness and you will realise just how disgusting, vile and brutal this planet is. You just won’t want to live on it anymore. You won’t see the point in it. You won’t see much point in praying anymore to a Creator who made a conscious decision to allow his planet to be over-run by evil. Some might see this existence as some sort of piety pissing contest. I don’t. I see it as Hell. We shouldn’t fear ‘Hell’ because we already live in it.
If I am here for a reason, then tell me what that reason is, because I haven’t a clue. I feel so empty inside. It feels so bad that I want to self-harm. My brain is not tricking me, there is something deep inside me which is consumed with pain. I have been through a lot of tough times in my life, but I have never felt like this before. It is truly horrible.
Best wishes.
TannhauserBlockedThank you Anita and Mark
@Anita: Of course I have doubts. I am as unsure of my place in the world now as I was before all this started. With regards to Neptune, I was staring at the fire last March when I suddenly saw the 1111 numerology. It was like a portal had been opened up into another realm or dimension. Then I saw the logs next to the fire and counted 11 of them. Then I saw the long handled three-pronged iron fork on the other side and discovered that both the number eleven and the trident are associated with the Roman god Neptune. For a while I actually thought I was Neptune reincarnated, but now I believe it is all to do with evolution, the ultimate aim of which is to produce the Mahdi or ‘initiated one’. We are all descendants of the waters, and our task is to remember this fact. We started out as fish, which is why Dagon is depicted as half man-half fish. (I do not believe it is some sort of ceremonial garb he is wearing). Neptune is depicted rising out of the waters. He is depicted being welcomed back into Heaven. He remembered where he really came from.You say to me “am I sure?” The answer is no, I am not, these experiences keep changing. What I am absolutely certain of, is that I am under the influence of something supernatural.
@Mark: the emptiness is awful, and it is causing problems with my eyesight and sense of taste. I can’t bear it, it is like a hunger. I am not a healer. In one rather sad and pathetic episode I tried to ‘heal’ our sick dog. I tried to ‘invoke the violet flame’ and make her well. I REALLY tried. But in the end we had to take her to the vets, and three days later she died. So I don’t see any point to all this. In fact, I don’t know why this has been imposed upon me. I can’t talk about it to people, they just don’t understand and actually tell me I am holding too much knowledge which will make my brain explode. I am a musician, but I was one before all this started. With the emptiness comes something even worse: de-realization. Life feels dead. There’s no fun any more. So I do not understand why this has happened. Has the Universe got it in for me? I spent 2006-2012 on dialysis. When I got a transplant, I hoped that my luck would change, because I felt I deserved some happiness. But instead my life has got worse. I can bring nothing to this world. I am living on benefits and take a plethora of tablets each day for several different medical conditions (none are for mental problems or depression). Please tell me Mark how I have a purpose? How do I have a stake in this life? I am on the margins of society.You talk about mental well-being. I tell you, I have had to employ an iron will to avoid falling into the clutches of the mental health profession. I have been displaying bi-polar behavior for the past three years. But I didn’t go to the doctors with it because they will probably be unable to give me medication due to the immuno-suppressants and kidney medication I am on. But I know I am not mad. I am under the influence of a supernatural force. I have given up ‘praying to God’ because I get no answers. Praying to the Universe yields the same results. There is just a wall of silence. It has got me trapped. It’s like I am yelling and banging on toughened, soundproofed glass. It’s so easy for you to dismiss my comments as the ramblings of a mentally-disturbed man.
You talk about hope. I have none. You talk about enduring suffering. I have endured too much of it. And why does it make me great? I have no choice in the matter. Greatness happens out of one’s choice to do something. No one can help me. I spoke to my parish priest about it and he was hopeless; the first time he humoured me and the second time he dismissed me with a ‘keep calm and carry on’ spiel.
I just want my old life back. This is going nowhere and is achieving nothing except to cause me great distress.
Best wishes.
TannhauserBlockedDear Anita,
Many thanks for your comments. I have had further violent stomach pains this morning. They seem to occur on days when I am due to be amongst other people. Last time I got these pains was on Sunday morning when I was due to attend Mass (I am a church organist). Today the pains have come back again and, ‘coincidentally’, this evening I am taking part in a music session in a nearby village pub. I don’t know if you have heard of a lady called Dolores Cannon? She died a few years back, but she has written some books and you can see her on You Tube. She said that some of us are not from Earth but have ‘incarnated’ from other planets (not in this dimension) to effectively be human conductors/grounding rods of divine energy. She said such people’s ‘roles’ are to be amongst other people to spread this energy to them and raise their level of consciousness. She said these incarnations were a direct result of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; basically, we now have the means to destroy our own planet. I thought Dolores was as mad as a box of frogs, but what she said now resonates with me more and more. These stomach pains I get are from energies that are entering my head (shortly after birth my brain expanded abnormally). A few weeks ago in the pub, the energies were so intense that they penetrated my bones and were very painful. From a very strange experience I had, and from the great deal of research I have put in, I have discovered that the planet Neptune features prominently in my life. Neptune is closely related to my star sign, Cancer.
You may think I am mad, that my mental cheese is sliding off its cracker. I only wish that were true, because it could be fixed with medication.
Best wishes.
TannhauserBlockedHello Anita, and thanks for responding.
1. I am referring to a co-ordinated campaign by people ‘behind the scenes’. The abuse of women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve appears to have been co-ordinated. Some eye-witness accounts stated that there were men in suits giving out orders to the attackers.
2. I am referring to a ‘spiritual realm’. I have felt its refreshing air on my face. It is more real than this existence, and I have seen things which defy logic.
3. The Mayans stated that the old era would end in 2012. They were correct. We are now in a transitional period, a ‘dark age’, as the Kali Yuga says. A ‘new earth’ is going to be created. Those ‘dark people’ behind the scenes know this, and they are trying to create as much negative energy as possible. Their plan was put into motion on the 23rd September 2015.Best wishes.
TannhauserBlockedGigi, we are all spirits wearing overcoats.
There is a ‘magic’ out there, and it is very big. My spiritual experiences have shown quite clearly that ‘The Source’, commonly known as God/Holy Spirit/Great Spirit is too big to be bound by one religion. The experiences started out as a ‘mental vision’ of Christ, then pointers or signposts were given alluding to Bacchus/Dionysus, then Odin (kept ‘popping up’ on Wednesdays) and Freya (‘The Lady’/’Our Lady’) Goddess Kali and Shiva/Krishna and then Neptune and Vesta, the fleur-de-lys and the trident. I discovered that the latter is associated with God/The Trinity, and is shared and revered by the ancient Roman religion, Hinduism and Buddhism alike. I also had a dream in which I was holding the Torah. I get the very strong feeling that ‘The Source’ does not like me retreating too far into my own faith (Catholicism) but prefers me to remain open-minded and open-hearted. All these spiritual figures are the same God.
I believe God has a very good sense of humour, and because I am a musician, He often tries to communicate by putting songs in my head! But there are no orders or commands. In fact, it is very difficult to get anything out of Him in that respect.
‘Many rivers, one ocean’, as I believe the Chinese saying goes.
Best wishes.
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