Spiritual Strength

Bodhisattva · 05-20-2009, 08:52 PM

what do you think spiritual strength is?

is it important to spirituality?

are they contradictory?

is it relevant or irrelevant?

(operating under your own definition of spiritual strength)

**SageTree** · 05-20-2009, 09:13 PM

I think spiritual strength has to do with concentration to stay focus with an open mind, which to many might been like a vauneralbe spot.

That would be important and I see no contradiction.

Not sure how to answer what is relevant, I'm not sure if you mean in realation to contradiction or to spirtual strength over all.

What do you think Boddhi? What is your opinion?

Being · 05-20-2009, 10:48 PM

on one hand, I think spiritual strength is your ability to not sway or be influenced by people forcing ideas on you

on the other i also think this may just be an argument of semantics

SweetSativa · 05-21-2009, 04:48 AM

Endurance of and through faith when confronted with life's troubled waters.

Yeah... it's important.

I don't think spiritual strength could be (from my definition) contradictory to spirituality.

Bodhisattva · 05-21-2009, 05:53 AM

is spirituality a kind of strength? or weakness?

is the strongest individual deep in spirituality? avoidant or combatant?

i dont give a fuck what your defintion is, i just want to know how that definition is defined, that doesn't really make sense =)

please people, pose better questions to help me

strength and its relation to spirituality is very serious and important, obviously

what strength does it really have?

**SageTree** · 05-21-2009, 06:53 AM

Oh werd....I thought you were asking questions..... I usually don't answer questions with questions. Maybe I'll consider some of these things while at work today, and maybe just have some better answers to tag on as well.

**SageTree** · 05-21-2009, 06:55 AM

I think that anything can be useful or a hinderance to people. I don't know exactly how to approach with a 'better' question.

verklingen · 05-21-2009, 07:29 AM

spiritual strength, like many things, cannot be removed from self-confidence born of integrity. it always comes down to integrity for me. spiritual strength without integrity is weakness, harmful to the self and potentially harmful to others.

SweetSativa · 05-21-2009, 07:08 PM

Love that, Verk

The thing is... there's too much that is subjective. Then we try to define something like spirituality in combo with another highly subjective term, "strength" and we try to do it objectively. lol.

My 8 year old told me tonight (out of the blue) that there are many gods on many different worlds but then there is 'God'. LOL.... funny as hell. We don't go to church and only speak of God in general terms but kids can be deep... and it's funny how they just assume that of course they're right and they don't really need any validation of it...lol. I love kids.

Canuck Wisdom · 05-21-2009, 09:28 PM

Your kid is right. Kids, before puberty, know.

Bodhisattva · 05-22-2009, 06:01 AM

i dont think strength is an overly objective term, not at all, its one of the few things that reason and logic can deduce into clarity, its atleast historically self-evident, here and there. i agree completely spirituality is a bloated worm infested word that would need to be split into atleast 50 words before any serious declarations could be made, i always wish for people to just operate under their own definitions, without trying to take the stance of an objective being, any-more-so than objectivity has made its way into their most unique and individual perspective

maybe spirituality, is a strength rooted in weakness?

is it weak to be wounded?in this world?!, and for the wound to make you stronger? or is that the opposite of spirituality.. the healing of a wound, as opposed to some grandiose tireless maintenance of the wound?

does strength lie only in numbers?

maybe the red question is..

whats weak about spirituality and whats strong about it? for you

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The Rev · 05-22-2009, 05:54 PM

Strength of Spirit is strength of attention.

The Rev

05-20-2009, 08:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bodhisattva Professed Monster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Spectator's Malevolent Neutrality Posts: 328 Thanks: 5 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts	Spiritual Strength what do you think spiritual strength is? is it important to spirituality? are they contradictory? is it relevant or irrelevant? (operating under your own definition of spiritual strength) __________________

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,767 Times in 4,664 Posts	I think spiritual strength has to do with concentration to stay focus with an open mind, which to many might been like a vauneralbe spot. That would be important and I see no contradiction. Not sure how to answer what is relevant, I'm not sure if you mean in realation to contradiction or to spirtual strength over all. What do you think Boddhi? What is your opinion? __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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SweetSativa Lucid Daydreamer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,930 Thanks: 26 Thanked 51 Times in 47 Posts	Endurance of and through faith when confronted with life's troubled waters. Yeah... it's important. I don't think spiritual strength could be (from my definition) contradictory to spirituality. __________________ "Why is it that when people talk to God, we call it praying but when God talks to people, we call it crazy?"- Touched by an Angel http://www.youtube.com/user/immelody.../0/DDRj93dQ0O0

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Bodhisattva Professed Monster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Spectator's Malevolent Neutrality Posts: 328 Thanks: 5 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts	is spirituality a kind of strength? or weakness? is the strongest individual deep in spirituality? avoidant or combatant? i dont give a fuck what your defintion is, i just want to know how that definition is defined, that doesn't really make sense =) please people, pose better questions to help me strength and its relation to spirituality is very serious and important, obviously what strength does it really have? __________________ Last edited by Bodhisattva; 05-21-2009 at 05:56 AM.

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,767 Times in 4,664 Posts	Oh werd....I thought you were asking questions..... I usually don't answer questions with questions. Maybe I'll consider some of these things while at work today, and maybe just have some better answers to tag on as well. __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,767 Times in 4,664 Posts	I think that anything can be useful or a hinderance to people. I don't know exactly how to approach with a 'better' question. __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,005 Thanks: 811 Thanked 1,491 Times in 946 Posts	spiritual strength, like many things, cannot be removed from self-confidence born of integrity. it always comes down to integrity for me. spiritual strength without integrity is weakness, harmful to the self and potentially harmful to others. __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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SweetSativa Lucid Daydreamer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,930 Thanks: 26 Thanked 51 Times in 47 Posts	Love that, Verk The thing is... there's too much that is subjective. Then we try to define something like spirituality in combo with another highly subjective term, "strength" and we try to do it objectively. lol. My 8 year old told me tonight (out of the blue) that there are many gods on many different worlds but then there is 'God'. LOL.... funny as hell. We don't go to church and only speak of God in general terms but kids can be deep... and it's funny how they just assume that of course they're right and they don't really need any validation of it...lol. I love kids. __________________ "Why is it that when people talk to God, we call it praying but when God talks to people, we call it crazy?"- Touched by an Angel http://www.youtube.com/user/immelody.../0/DDRj93dQ0O0

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,863 Thanks: 5,015 Thanked 5,419 Times in 2,864 Posts	Strength of Spirit is strength of attention. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

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