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| - Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of their being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life; such practices often lead to an experience of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self; with other individuals or the human community; with nature or the cosmos; or with the divine realm. Spirituality is often experienced as a source of inspiration or orientation in life. It can encompass belief in immaterial realities or experiences of the immanent or transcendent nature of the world.
- Spirituality is one of the Eight Virtues. Spirituality, founded on all three principles in equal parts, is the concern with one's inner being and how one deals with truth, love, and courage. It is also the awareness of the love that unites one's own inner being to those around one. A centre for rangers, Skara Brae is a city immersed in the study of spirituality. The shrine of Spirituality is not situated on Britannia. Instead is deep in the Ethereal Void, with access only through a moongate.
- Spirituality is the third child and first son of Void, brother of Eris (Discordia) and Aneris (Harmonia/Concordia), and third and only male member of the Discordian Trilogy. This means Spirituality is the only member of the Discordian Trilogy who has a male member.
- All themes must adhere to this. If they cannot adhere to it, they must adapt to it. If they cannot adapt to it, then the theme in general is disallowed. The universe, for the purposes of this MUSH, is comprised of an infinite number of dimensions organized into clusters. Travel between the clusters is, obviously, possible, and it seems that a good deal of the dimensions of this MUSH have compiled themselves together.
- The term "spirituality" can be used in several ways. 1.
* The first definition, highly unremarkable and rather banal, is a person's focus on their so-called "inner" world, or the essence of their being. People who are exploring their spirituality frequently talk about feeling "one with the Universe" on an emotional or intellectual level, or "understanding the meaning in life or their place in it", and they do not have to be religious or believe in a god to say so. People who see themselves as spiritual in this way may pray, meditate, or do other activities for these personal "journeys". There is rarely anything magical or even marketable about it. A more appropriate descriptor is "chemical," as the amount of oneness with the Universe that they feel is usually directly proportional to th
- Spirit is the substance of which the entire world or the universe is made. It is Self in transcendence, Soul in the cosmos, being in any person or object. It is dormant and buried in man. It seldom awakes in Man. Descent of grace awakens it. Man awakens to the inner Spirit when grace descends from above, when, for a split second, he is ushered into the plane of Timelessness. Sri Aurobindo calls it grace of Spirit when the inner spirit, awakes by itself to peep into surface. The grace from above is always present in the atmosphere. It is a moment of spiritual evolution when the inner Spirit surfaces all by its own choice.
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| - Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of their being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life; such practices often lead to an experience of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self; with other individuals or the human community; with nature or the cosmos; or with the divine realm. Spirituality is often experienced as a source of inspiration or orientation in life. It can encompass belief in immaterial realities or experiences of the immanent or transcendent nature of the world.
- The term "spirituality" can be used in several ways. 1.
* The first definition, highly unremarkable and rather banal, is a person's focus on their so-called "inner" world, or the essence of their being. People who are exploring their spirituality frequently talk about feeling "one with the Universe" on an emotional or intellectual level, or "understanding the meaning in life or their place in it", and they do not have to be religious or believe in a god to say so. People who see themselves as spiritual in this way may pray, meditate, or do other activities for these personal "journeys". There is rarely anything magical or even marketable about it. A more appropriate descriptor is "chemical," as the amount of oneness with the Universe that they feel is usually directly proportional to the amount of dope they have ingested, as it was when the Turkish dervishes hit the opium, or the American Indian shamans lit the calumets, or Norse pagans overloaded on mead, or a Romantic poet drank too much laudanum. Spiritual feelings can also happen without any drugs and are consistent with Metaphysical naturalism 2.
* The second meaning falls right in the heart of Woodom. These are people who see their spirituality as something greater than human, magical, and transcendent of all rational ideas. They use the term "spirituality" because they do not have a particular religion, or even because they feel they are beyond religion and all the Earthly trappings of religion. 3.
* A third group uses "spirituality" as a code word of sorts for a person who has moved away from organized religion but has not given up God, even though their view of God is really no different than it was when they believed in their religion. "I am no longer a Christian. Now I am just spiritual."
- All themes must adhere to this. If they cannot adhere to it, they must adapt to it. If they cannot adapt to it, then the theme in general is disallowed. The universe, for the purposes of this MUSH, is comprised of an infinite number of dimensions organized into clusters. Travel between the clusters is, obviously, possible, and it seems that a good deal of the dimensions of this MUSH have compiled themselves together. The universe has two very powerful beings at the helm. The first is the ruler of the universe, the compiled, omnipotent, sentient, omniscient and omnipresent force of Good. Mortals refer to It as a myriad of things, but 'God' or 'Creator' is a close enough summary. It created the universe and apparently has plans for it. Though benevolent, It rarely interferes with the affairs of mortals, usually only acting through them or subtly influencing the universe. Only advanced races have absolute proof of It's existence, and little else to confirm. It's opposite number, of course, is the less powerful, but still influential combined force of Evil. 'Satan' is a good enough approximation, and it wishes ill to the children of the Creator. Again, however, it only rarely directly interferes with the affairs of mortals. Below each of them are pantheons of angels and demons, respectively, bound to the service of their master, both by their own will and nature of their creation. Then there are the gods and demigods, beings of great power comparable to angels and demons but not necessarily aligned with either the Creator nor Satan. All sentience and most higher-level consciousness requires a soul. A soul becomes bound to the physical phenomenon required for consciousness and sentience. This is independent of the medium - a robot can have a soul just as easily as an organic being. Souls have a certain amount of influence on the world around them, and awareness of other souls, which manifests in magic and some kinds of psionics (the other psionic types being related to neurological structure). At death, the soul lingers about for a while, often in the beginning stages of entering it's eternal resting place; however, for a limited time period (usually no more than a few days), if the conditions are right, a soul can be returned to it's body or transferred to an appropriate alternate host. The details are sketchy, however; there is no real science as to how long a soul can be retrieved or what kind of medium is appropriate for their retrieval. Reincarnation is known to be possible, but it's frequency is relatively unknown, nor it's purposes in the greater scheme of things. Most reincarnated beings do not retain a memory of their past lives, but usually retain the same personality in general, and often can have parts of their past lives or memory restored under appropriate circumstances. The realms of the Creator and Satan are Heaven and Hell, respectively. The Creator is the ONLY one who may judge who enters these kingdoms (though some say that the deceased actually judge themselves for their deeds). Various Heaven-like and Hell-like dimensions exists, often in some way connected to the real thing, with false angels and demons - not necessarily working against the real thing, but sometimes pretending to be such. No living mortal may enter either place directly, nor may they be taken there while alive. Most Heaven and Hell-like dimensions are extremely difficult for non-native mortals to enter, as well, with almost all of the Hell-like dimensions killing the mortals in the process. Mortal souls can be stolen; however, this does not imply that they go into Hell. This merely means that they cannot move on to the next stage in existence until they are released. On occasion a stolen soul is a good thing, as it allows potential rescuers to resurrect an otherwise irretrievably dead individual. Soul stealing, though extremely powerful, tends to come to haunt back the user and is EXTREMELY difficult to do. Lesser versions, such as stealing spiritual energy without removing the soul, or gleaning energy from the release of a soul (i.e. at a sacrificial rite) are much easier, but usually also come back to haunt the user, due to their habit of trifling with things which were not meant to be toyed with. Souls CANNOT be destroyed under any circumstances. At this MUSH, the Creator, Satan, true angels, true demons, and most gods and demi-gods are INAPPABLE. If the theme in question has, for instance, angels or demons, you will probably be able to stick them in the 'false angel' or 'false demon' category and app them that way. Further, if your theme is ruled by other gods, typically they can work as the gods or demi-gods listed here. However, all characters must comply with this arrangement, albeit they may not appear to on the surface of their theme
- Spirit is the substance of which the entire world or the universe is made. It is Self in transcendence, Soul in the cosmos, being in any person or object. It is dormant and buried in man. It seldom awakes in Man. Descent of grace awakens it. Man awakens to the inner Spirit when grace descends from above, when, for a split second, he is ushered into the plane of Timelessness. Sri Aurobindo calls it grace of Spirit when the inner spirit, awakes by itself to peep into surface. The grace from above is always present in the atmosphere. It is a moment of spiritual evolution when the inner Spirit surfaces all by its own choice. Man lives his life entirely with reference to his society. Well formed men have the family for their reference. He who has his own conscience as a point of reference is a conscientious citizen. Spirituality, understood as a way of life with reference to the inner Spirit transcends all these. To us conscience is God. Mahatma Gandhi called conscience, his inner voice. The Mother calls conscience adversary as yoga is in the plane of the universe while conscience is in the psychological plane of a society in which one lives. He who has his family as a constant point of reference is a better member of the society. As everywhere, he can be selfish or selfless. A selfish personality can serve his family as an extension of his own selfishness. A selfless individual can do so for the opposite reason. Spirituality too can have the two sides of positive and negative. Positively it makes for God. Negatively, spirituality gives one power to destroy. One may destroy individuals or ideals. He too serves God for a higher goal. We can also have spirituality working in daily life. Such a one will be the finest human specimen. Symptoms of it are infinite patience and incapacity to react. At its height, spirituality gives Man the power to choose the moment of death. It is the expression of the Spirit in the spiritual plane. Also it acts in the planes of mind, vital and physical. These planes subdivide into consciousness above and substance below which mean surface and death. They also extend into subtle and causal planes as each of these planes exist at three levels. Image:Spirituality.png
- Spirituality is one of the Eight Virtues. Spirituality, founded on all three principles in equal parts, is the concern with one's inner being and how one deals with truth, love, and courage. It is also the awareness of the love that unites one's own inner being to those around one. A centre for rangers, Skara Brae is a city immersed in the study of spirituality. The shrine of Spirituality is not situated on Britannia. Instead is deep in the Ethereal Void, with access only through a moongate.
- Spirituality is the third child and first son of Void, brother of Eris (Discordia) and Aneris (Harmonia/Concordia), and third and only male member of the Discordian Trilogy. This means Spirituality is the only member of the Discordian Trilogy who has a male member. Spirituality is also the process of personal transformation, either in accordance with traditional religious ideals, or, increasingly, by donning a superhero costume. In a more general sense, it may refer to almost any kind of meaningful activity or blissful experience. There is no single, widely-agreed definition for the concept. In another words, it's almost meaningless, which is why Spirituality never got a real name.
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