Eidola Astro
I come from a multiracial, multi-religious country. I went through the public system throughout my childhood education and enjoyed it completely. I was a playful kid and got along with most of my peers (I think). I never cared what others thought of me, I just did my thing and went along.
When I was 13, there were a group of girls of a different race & faith that wanted to experiment with spirits (I suppose) and brought an Ouija board to school. I was seated rather close to them and my curiosity was fixed to them. The thing they were holding moved and they screamed, and I was like, “I’m sure they’re moving it”.
That was until one of them got possessed (not the same day, I didn’t witness it) and I was like “WTF”. I only knew of the Holy Spirit, but was too dumb to figure out that if good spirits exist, certainly bad ones do too.
In my rebellious phase, I got close to one of them (of that faith & race), and she mentioned that she could see them. Roaming spirits, though she saw them as a blur entity. In my country, there’s a common rule among them, if you randomly smell something flowery/fruity while driving, don’t pay it any attention, put some belongings on empty car seats and continue driving. And don’t search for “it” using your rear view mirrors.
We have a highway here that is notorious for such encounters.
Thank God, thank mom especially for always praying for the blood of Jesus to protect us, because I have never encountered such a thing. In my mid twenties, one of my good friends came back from the States. He’s a devout Christian that studied psychology and went up the ranks to become a Professor there.
He and I were having a discussion about spirits and such, when he briefly mentioned that he has little cousins in an island state here, and during the “hungry ghost festival”, they would be able to see in detail, entire processions of spirits move toward the Buddhist temple at night. Thousands of them. They cousins were between 4–7 years old & Christians. Scary.
There are countless of places around the world where such incidences occur either through religious or cultural practice.
I personally have never had any such encounters, unless you want to consider the THC gummy I had that one time. That was a wild ride.
Christianity does emphasize spirituality, but I think that is the connection we have with the Holy Spirit to God. But outwardly, people “speak in tongues” and that raises concerns with me. What if they’re simply channeling their inner Tom Riddle and thinking that is the Holy Spirit?
Most don’t know that even yoga is a spiritual exercise. Clearing the 8th stage, which involves a crazy contortion of they body, mixed with the meditative state gives a person “cosmic clarity”. It takes decades of practice to achieve it, according to my cousin who partakes in the activity.
Plenty of indigenous people have their own stories, though I hope to explore that soon, I am curious to such spirituality. There’s a saying, don’t knock it until you try it, but I just want to hear stories and learn. From actual people, not random stories on the net.
Perhaps you collect crystals, or are some catholic voodoo priest (yes they exist), or follow some yogi that has altered your state of mind (I live with one, and I have my doubts), the thing is, I just hope it doesn’t get the better of you. While our eyes only perceive one dimension, our body is susceptible to others, and spirits, just like us, come in an assortment of flavours.
So yeah, spirits exist, are they definitely roaming they earth freely, existing in another dimension on the same plane as ours. Is that hell? on earth? or purgatory? Also, does that mean that heaven and earth CAN unite?
When that question popped into my mind, I thought, how can we utilize technology to unite heaven and earth. Is the only way to make everyone a Christian? That is one of the core underlying message of the Bible, apart from the main one, to love all.
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Before that, since we’ve covered spirits on earth. How about spirits in space? Surely there are some signs in space. Well, the Indians and Chinese have passed down knowledge on balance and harmony of spaces. They’re called Vastu Shastra and Feng Shui respectively. Intangible to modern science, for now — but sworn by many.
The Indians and a few other cultures also practice astrology and numerology. The study of relationships between space & numbers, and events. Labeled pseudoscience by the West, as it cannot be proven, I wonder if these widely practiced arts of the past, and for some, present, can be spiritually linked to the universe.
I can’t help it, I was born into unequally yoked parents. My father, a non Christian, named me based on my time and date of birth. The downside of that is, I found out “when” I was going to die. Apparently when my age adds up to 9 or has 9 in it. I’m 36 atm, it shouldn’t carry any weight, but it creeps up. haha. Can’t wait for October to come.
When sAI comes true, or even before that, I hope we put it to the test. Like observing the weather of the planet (meteorology, tectonics, etc) we can observe the “weathers of man”, and see if there are any relation(s) to the universe. What kind of data would we need? How can we ethically get them? How should we use it?
Oh shit Venus is setting into Aquarius, time to buy your woman wine & cheese!
I kid, but I wouldn’t mind such alerts.
But my curiosity is interested to know. The West has their medicine/drugs for man, but the East has herbs/spices/oils/massages for man. If acupuncture is good for your athletes, don’t you think it’s time you consider other ancient knowledge still unknown to the West? Just don’t capitalize it lah.
Hopefully with sAI, we’d be able to navigate and understand the topic of spirituality. Perhaps then we’d be able to put astrology and numerology to the test. Perhaps it’ll be true, perhaps it won’t, but it wouldn’t affect Christians.
If anything at all, we’d be able to find balance in the pursuit of life. Right now it’s considered hogwash to many, but it could be a science to help in our daily life. Perhaps those that depend on daily horoscope reading would get some closure or actual fortune telling.
What if the strings of the universe and the strings in our brain resemble one another? Sorry, that’s the gummy talking, but what if, right?
Jesus said to make disciples of all nations, but we also know the end is inevitable. Instead of dismissing one another, we could learn from each other, and practice the core lesson of Christianity, to love one another. Perhaps then, we’d be able to live with one another, despite differences in beliefs, we’d be able to understand that coexisting whether with the spirits of the earth, or heavenly, brings balance to the earth.
Jesus’ coming is certain, but lets prolong it for a later day man. I want to die in peace, I want my children's children to die in peace. I would much prefer the heaven on earth scenario, but people would still ignore the truth even if it looked like a Vegas casino sign. We are all curious in our own funny ways.
We’re curious enough to be obsessed with a different kind of spirituality so much we confuse it for love. But sex and whatever contorted concoction of sexuality you are parading about with, is not love. Spirituality comes into play through various forms including drugs, music & sex.
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