Rick is the host of 'The Buddha at the Gas Pump' podcast, which is one of my favourite podcasts, not that I've listened to anywhere near the 500 or so podcasts Rick has in the can over at the website, and nor do I plan to listen to them all.
I like Rick's approach to exploring spirituality and how he brings guests on his show to listen to them try to tell him just what they feel that the elephant in the room is when it comes to "God" ... or maybe that should be what they think the Schrodinger's Cat in the box is?
But I liked those words I heard Rick say about "God" not being a one trick pony and I think it summed up his talk and my thoughts about "God", too.
I think it is very hard to put God into any box metaphorically, no matter how much us humans would like to.
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I love the ideas behind taking communion and becoming one in the Christ's Body, as I believe that we are all from and a part of the one "God" anyway.
Although my spiritual beliefs are somewhere between Christianity, Taoism and Buddhist practices.
I don't think it matters too much if Jesus was a real person or not, as the ideas behind that myth/story are quite magically powerful and will mostly work in the mystery we refer to as "God".
Personally, I think God talks to us all in in our own personal way as we venture through life.
And if life is all set out for us as some people believe, then maybe God doesn't need to talk to us at all throughout this predetermined ride that we are on?
Personally I think that the ride is much more predetermined than we would care to believe, but you still have to play the game like it is all free-will, because you have forgotten the lines in the role you were sent down here to play, so from down here the play/movie would seem like one big chaotic unscripted mess ... until we took the horse by the reins, that is, right?-)
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Hey Darren, thanks for the post. The "Mention" utility brought it to my attention. Glad you enjoyed the talk. - Rick
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Rick, but what's the "Mention" utility.
ReplyDeleteKinda sounds like the NSA:-)
https://mention.com/en/. It's like Google Alerts.
ReplyDeleteOK, thanks Rick.
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of that before, but I'm far from tech savvy anyway.
I've only just recently traded in my two tin cans and piece of sting for an iPhone 6 :-)