"He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her." - Jesus
So I'm not going solely down the religious road, I'll add, "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones." There. Something secular for the rest of us...
If enough people governed themselves as much as they would govern others, none of us would need watching. Cheers!
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I had the most interesting conversation with a Sikh this morning. I asked him about his "faith" and it was extremely interesting.
I used faith in quotes because I was told that a Sikh believes that there is no religion. But that's just a side-comment that I wanted to get out of the way in case I may have inadvertently offended anyone.
Moving on.. and maybe getting to the point..
From what I learned today, Sikhism believes in looking inward. You need to effectively "fight the mind" and ignore all of the thoughts of this world in order to (in my words) achieve inner peace. There are 5 evils / demons that you need to defeat (forgive my ignorance of not recalling all 5), but I remember greed was one of them, and maybe lust.
All of the evils are inner demons. You need to understand yourself. Only once you rid yourself of these evils, through extensive meditation, can you achieve this sort of inner peace where you are one with "all creation" and become somewhat omniscient. At this point, you would be considered a guru. (Or another word that sounds very similar).
This post reminded me of this great conversation and learning experience that I had this morning. Thanks for sharing!
your welcome. and likewise. I really don't know much at all about Sikhism, so cool to get the Coles-notes rundown of your takeaways. must say there are still battles going on with those demons in myself... haha. :-)
Yeah, I didn't know much about it either, which is what prompted my question to him. I will need to take a deeper look into Sikhism at some point. While I don't foresee a change in my religious beliefs, It was all absolutely very interesting.
@rok-sivante excuse me ,was an mistake . I begin to learn the Steemit rules and I'll promise to do the right things , no spam only good comments and activity . Now I fallen from 42 level to 8 , I learned my lesson . Never make again .
Now how I can grow my same level like first , now I'm 8 :( ,thank you
"He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her." - Jesus
So I'm not going solely down the religious road, I'll add, "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones." There. Something secular for the rest of us...
If enough people governed themselves as much as they would govern others, none of us would need watching. Cheers!
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@rok-sivante I was a bad guy today but with your help I became a good guy :)
Please do my request and finish to leave my flags for having my level , I worked hard for it . My promise you remember.
I say to all : STEEMIT NEED PEOPLE LIKE @rok-sivante , he really help the community to be professional !
Thank you , I wait for your last help and return on my same level ,thank you man !
Unflagged a few more until bumped up to 40, because of your humility, acknowledgement, and restoring integrity.
2 points down won't make that big of a dent, but still a small sting to keep the lesson potent.
in the midst of that, I already saw that you'd bumped your score up a point or two, so it shouldn't take too long to work your way back up.
I had the most interesting conversation with a Sikh this morning. I asked him about his "faith" and it was extremely interesting.
I used faith in quotes because I was told that a Sikh believes that there is no religion. But that's just a side-comment that I wanted to get out of the way in case I may have inadvertently offended anyone.
Moving on.. and maybe getting to the point..
From what I learned today, Sikhism believes in looking inward. You need to effectively "fight the mind" and ignore all of the thoughts of this world in order to (in my words) achieve inner peace. There are 5 evils / demons that you need to defeat (forgive my ignorance of not recalling all 5), but I remember greed was one of them, and maybe lust.
All of the evils are inner demons. You need to understand yourself. Only once you rid yourself of these evils, through extensive meditation, can you achieve this sort of inner peace where you are one with "all creation" and become somewhat omniscient. At this point, you would be considered a guru. (Or another word that sounds very similar).
This post reminded me of this great conversation and learning experience that I had this morning. Thanks for sharing!
your welcome. and likewise. I really don't know much at all about Sikhism, so cool to get the Coles-notes rundown of your takeaways. must say there are still battles going on with those demons in myself... haha. :-)
Yeah, I didn't know much about it either, which is what prompted my question to him. I will need to take a deeper look into Sikhism at some point. While I don't foresee a change in my religious beliefs, It was all absolutely very interesting.
Oh, and I'm fighting all of the 5 demons! Haha
lol, you make me to think about those ghost story that a bad soul live in the mirror and planning to get into your body XD.
An absolute personal choice!
Thank you for the reminder.
I think one problem with social media,is that people actually begin to believe their own lies do perfection, beauty and intelligence.
I think self-awareness is THE best quality one can have- even better than intelligence or good looks.
your writing makes people think. Love it.
Nice. Glad to hear it. :-)
Love these Pictures.
@rok-sivante excuse me ,was an mistake . I begin to learn the Steemit rules and I'll promise to do the right things , no spam only good comments and activity . Now I fallen from 42 level to 8 , I learned my lesson . Never make again .
Now how I can grow my same level like first , now I'm 8 :( ,thank you