Across civilizations, time, space, people have tried to realize something higher than themselves by trying to alter what is accepted as common consensus reality.
Why is it easier to believe in God when your not 'normal'?
The list goes on...
Why is it easier to believe in God when your not 'normal'?
- Submerging in cold water = being born anew. Baptism, ganga nahana, morning prayers in water.
- Masochistic acts = finding pleasure in pain, making oneself pure for god. Flagellation, walking on coals etc.
- Repetitive movements = lulls you into a state of higher consciousness. Twirling (sufi saints), raising one's hands/clapping/and moving one's body up and down or side to side
(most common whether its bhajan mandalis or zealous afro church prayer group) - Consuming mind-altering substances
- Starving oneself
- Isolating oneself for long periods of time (especially in cramped small places)
The list goes on...
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awww! I was expecting a simple '..squeek..' and this post is soo hard to grasp!
hmm.. might be the "11:44 PM, still awake" syndrome, I believe...
Oh yea, I got the "no dinner yet" syndrome to add too!!!
Meanwhile, this post stirred my brain, and a TV program that i watched long time ago, when i was still in college got loaded into my main memory. It was a physchiatrist's lecture about 'God'. I'll write in detail about it sometime. Now let me try to go get something to eat!
believe me, I deleted the comment once, and added it again, just to see "comment deleted" title in there!
LoL
Hmmm.. thought without devotion actually takes you away from God and stopping the thinking process takes you closer. interesting...
So don't u blame me for not thinking ok.. i'm just trying to find God :P
That’s because people sense confinement, living as normal humans. The five (sometimes six) senses are not enough for them to understand the paranormal phenomenon. They try to do odd things to break away from those shackles and please god. As if god needs to be pleased.
And also sometimes, anything, in the name of religion is normal.