i think this thread has a few separate subjects that are getting intermingled due to the thread title.
believing in a higher force / intelligence / energy does not make one religious.
having some sacredness in ones life does not mean one has to follow any dogma.
i know a sufi guy who spends...
ever done ayahuasca? ever studied any 18th century rosicrucianism? i am firmly happy in the knowlege (my perception in my consciousness) that past lives exist, and that there are numerous other dimensions.
how can some-thing (consciousness) come out of no-thing and then return to no-thing...
the atheists can never answer what created the big bang. for them it is always matter, and never consciousness.
some even think consciousness came from sea bacteria as this is the dogma school gave them....hehe.
as above, so below - we live in an illusion - we all share a unmoveable essence...