[HenriRow]

i ve visited churches. i ve visited temples. one point i understand they're about the same: attempting to be holier compared to one alongside you in church, christians were witnessed by me raising their arms throughout praying or performing within an "act to get the sacred spirit." As though raising the hands was not enough, some uplifted hands started initially to move and spasm very strongly. and if that was not still enough to show holier for you, some would begin bouncing up and now or jerking spasmodically within their chairs. Frightening? Yes, really in my experience. Until they've still another phenomena: speaking in language and wait. Throughout prayer, aome holier christians might "speak in tongue" that was a type of "spiritual" prayer to God. I'd feel quite uneasy. When it was only a holier than thou problem, that'd be good. but imagine if the speaking were from/to another organization apart from God Himself? brrr! that would freak me out and be actually weird! anyway, if people couldn't comprehend, how could the language speakers know God would?? Possibly being holier is truly designed to have the ability to keep in touch with God or simply being holier than thou. that thou could be me the cloud one impressed with shock. It had been such as for instance a picture from the EXORCIST. does that emotionally prove to be the symptom of the holy spirit or simply a real unholiness of attempting to be holier than thou? emptiness is form; form is emptiness. i wonder.... In the buddhist forehead having my regular dharma courses, a very similar view might be see. buddhists hope to BUDDHA. the law is just a representative picture only and not really a praise to an idol. it's suppose to produce the buddhahood seed in everybody else people when hoping regard. BUDDHA isn't a lord. he was rather an educated man and an excellent teacher teaching people how exactly to live joyfully, to create forth our buddha character and to be loving to any or all sentient beings - not only people but also tones, every living things and animals involved. so we hope to the buddha. In my own simplest of hoping like what sifu taught is a easy clasped hands, a conscious thought about the buddha and a humble honest ribbon. Often in three bows: 1 for the buddha, 1 for the dharma and 1 for the sangha. Still another additional bend is always to each other in the course in the hope of reaching buddhahood for each other. it's all that easy. well, at the very least in my experience. i m a real "simpleton" and that's why i like buddhism cos in my own perception it's the faith to check out teaching one just how to lead a easy life and do good. (ignore being fully a buddha first. Only follow the remainder and the DO GOOD part will drop appropriately and properly in place.) a praying has become like being exaggerated to "patterns significantly more than badminton" like a complete postrating - all the way down seriously to the stomach. it moves like this: hold fingers, bow, kneel, bow with outstretched hand (there is a distinctive design to even that) and stretch directly on the stomach and form a number 1 (this last position quite notable in tibetan buddhism), then up and repeat three times. Listed here is the catch: i ve a dreadful persistent backache, doing that's very awkard. then think about the disabled, the sicked and the previous? In my experience, these are actually exaggeration. Still another holier than thou public appearance. i may be very suspicious but i usually think BUDDHA IS WITHIN US and GOD CAN ALSO BE WITHIN US. It is a personal connection between i and buddha or god. There is no need certainly to community convey it to exhibit that "i m holier than thou" which often more appropriately become unholier and hypocritical. sadhu, sadhu.... emptiness is form; form is emptiness... you see it holy; it might be seen unholy.