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Straggler

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Message 41 of 141 (516961)
07-28-2009 1:59 PM

Reply to: Message 38 by New Cat's Eye
07-28-2009 1:26 PM

"Completely Human"?

CS writes:

I disagree. Aside from the purely physical sense, babies are not born "completely human" as we can see with feral children.

I don't understand this.

At what point do babies become "completely human"?

Given the context of this thread are you suggesting that some form of "human spirit" is missing from babies that will somehow emerge later in life?

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Message 47 of 141 (516969)
07-28-2009 2:22 PM

Reply to: Message 44 by New Cat's Eye
07-28-2009 2:16 PM

Spirituality-Ometer

No, not at all. I'm suggesting that people can have more or less spirituality.

Oh OK. I did misunderstand your "completely human" comment. I thought you meant babies were "soulless" or something bizzarre like that.

Well we can't quantify spirituality but we can see how some people have more of it than others and kinda of get at what the normal amout is with normal people and say that getting there makes you complete, or you could put complete at the far end of the spectrum as being completely spiritual but that's not really what were talking about.

So can you give me an example of a what a very spiritual person would be like? As compared to a "normal" level of spirituality.

I am guesiing that I would not rank very highly on the "spirituality-ometer"...............

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Straggler

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Message 53 of 141 (516994)
07-28-2009 5:16 PM

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07-28-2009 3:06 PM

Re: Spirituality-Ometer

Whadaya think now?

I think I am probably a spiritual philistine.

How about yourself? If our meditating monk is a 10 where do you reckon you rate on the "spirituality-omoter" and what aspects of your personality contribute most to that? Your religion? Or other more personal aspects of yourself.

I am not looking to argue here. Just interested in where the balance lies for different individuals.

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