Jewish
mystical beliefs of the Kabbalah,...
Religion is the last hope of under educated people to hold on to
some mystical belief of a better life after death.
Not exact matches
Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a
mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors
of theological schools
of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points
of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite
beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery
of the East
Thus, the question arises, will they incarnate more historically than before their own
belief in the «
mystical body»
of Christ, and the collective destiny
of the fully redeemed or «liberated» human race?
Respected neurologists such as Andrew Newberg
of the University
of Pennsylvania, along with colleagues Eugene D'Aquili and Vince Rause (authors
of Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology
of Belief), say not only that we're wired to dream but that we are wired to have unifying
mystical experiences.
The idea that mysticism floats free is something that Christianity, Judaism, Islam and other religions would react against because their
mystical teachings are a part
of the complex
of being a Christian, Jew or Muslim, and they coexist with practices,
beliefs, institutions and so forth.
Although they have often been considered as unorthodox by the leaders
of Islam, their attempts to provide a rational basis for Islamic
beliefs and a
mystical basis for Islamic worship have for centuries enriched and stimulated the Muslim community.
With that said, I think they do want the general
belief in God, a general sense that goodness orders the universe, that love and peace and joy are all good things, that human rights actually matter, and that we can experience some sort
of mystical communion with God / the universe / whatever through spirituality.
I believe, in fact, that the logical reason
of man operates in this field
of divinity exactly as it has always operated in love, or in patriotism, or in politics, or in any other
of the wider affairs
of life, in which our passions or our
mystical intuitions fix our
beliefs beforehand.
Many people think not; and to account for this slackening impulse in the highest and most complete
of human
mystical beliefs they argue that the evangelical flowering is ill - adapted to the critical and materialist climate
of the modern world.
Atheist can have all manner
of ethical
beliefs and even, as many atheist buddhists do,
mystical religious
beliefs.
Belief in his continuing activity in the members of his mystical body is the basis of Christian belief in the go
Belief in his continuing activity in the members
of his
mystical body is the basis
of Christian
belief in the go
belief in the gospels.
Even so, the Greek patrimony contributed to the development
of the
mystical outlook and had a great deal to do with the elaboration
of the Muslim system
of belief.
Hence, it is almost inconceivable to them that Solzhenitsyn could hold traditional
beliefs about God, Orthodox Christianity, the
mystical basis
of the Russian nation, and the soul's eternal destiny while also being a spokesman for responsible political freedom (meaning constitutional limits on power, moderate nationalism, private property, and local self «government).
Instead
of following the Greek - influenced idea
of orthodoxy as right
belief... the emerging community is helping us to rediscover the more Hebraic and
mystical notion
of the orthodox Christian as one who believes in the right way - that is, believing in a loving, sacrificial and Christlike manner.»
The method gave rise to the couplet: Litera gesta docet, Quid credas allegoria / Moralis quid agas, Quo tendas anagogia (which freely translates as: «The literal teaches what God and our ancestors did; the allegory is where our faith and
belief is hid / The moral meaning gives us the rule
of daily life; the anagogy [or
mystical interpretation] shows us where we end our strife»).
«For me, religious
belief is more about
mystical feelings about the world, and God is something one encounters in one's self,» says Isham, who converted to Christianity at the age
of 40.
Kepler in the 16th century justified his shattering empirical discovery that planetary motion was ellipitcal rather than circular by the essentially medieval and
mystical belief that the circle represented the spiritual and the straight line the material, so the combination
of the two in an ellipse showed the planets «striving to reach the divine ideal».
Administrators at Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw, Georgia, implemented yoga and other mindfulness practices in the classroom to reduce students» stress, but they received an onslaught
of complaints from parents who felt they were promoting non-Christian
beliefs by «allowing this Far East
mystical religion with crystals and chants to be practiced under the guise
of stress release meditation.»
At its heart, the film is a kind
of mystical fairy tale whose messages
of belief, endurance, family and belonging transcend its memorably specific people and setting.
This
belief lent credence to the
beliefs through the ages about the
mystical and magical nature
of the cat.
The atmosphere is simply electrifying as suspense builds throughout the live shows, and the ocean breeze reminds visitors that they are in a very spiritual island; influenced by centuries
of beliefs in the
mystical and divine.
The
mystical significance
of numbers is also the premise
of Numerology 7, another important oil painting in the show demonstrating Milder's
belief that expressionism did not always have to be abstract or gloomy.
To look at spirituality in such secular times is a provocation in itself, and the exhibition traces and questions the genesis
of deep religious,
mystical and occult
beliefs that continue to shape the ideas
of contemporary artists today.
In his painting, Duchamp illustrated the ancient
belief in auras by showing a field
of mystical colors emanating from the sitter's body.
It will trace and question the genesis
of deep religious,
mystical and occult
beliefs that continue to shape the ideas
of contemporary artists today.
The
belief in the
mystical and never observed power
of carbon dioxide to increase the temperature
of an object merely by surrounding it, is akin to the
belief in the power
of orgone, or the existence
of N Rays.
[21] Obeah describes a system
of spiritual and
mystical beliefs practiced in Jamaica and other black communities
of the West Indies.