Why yes, I haven’t posted in a while. Life has actually been too much of a distraction. But, when a naked girl climbs over to you for kisses every morning… who’s going to blame you for reduced postings?<\/p>\n
Well, that aside, I was flipping through some of my random sites and decided to take a look on OKCupid. This is a bizarre little site that believes that it can pinpoint matches far better than any other site. It does so by asking you (over time) hundreds maybe thousands of little multiple choice questions.<\/p>\n
All are incredibly open to interpretation and debate. You pick the one answer that best suits you; the up to all but one answer that you’d like your matches to pick, and how important this question is to your dating someone. (Or… you can just skip the question outright)<\/p>\n
In the words of Hedy LeMarr, “Why am I telling you this?”<\/p>\n
Well, one question popped up that sent my little Thelemic mind reeling. The question was as follows:<\/p>\n
“Is your duty to religion\/God even more important than your family” answer: Yes or No.<\/p>\n
Gads. My gut instinct would be to put a resounding “NO” down. I’ve dealt with so many fundamentalists in my life that… that… and then I rethought the question…<\/p>\n
Standard disclaimer applies. My philosophy, my interpretations, my beliefs. And since I’m in a perky mood, though my face wouldn’t indicate it, I’ll even add in “Nyah Nyah.”<\/p>\n
A brother in the order recently pointed out to me (and I’m going to horribly misquote it) that religious writings are the excrement of someone who has had a legitimate religious experience. The problem is that most people are more interested in the writings than the core experiences that resulted in the writers religious enlightenment. Effectively, he goes on to point out that must fundamentalists as a result are nothing more than Philosophical Scatologists.<\/p>\n
Well, that, a map, and a quarter still won’t get you coffee at $tarbucks. But it reminds me of a very important fact. Devotion to a religious path does NOT equate out to fundamentalism. I realize that in my own world view, I have become incredibly religious. My personal definitions of ‘the divine’ and my quest towards that point are very real and very much alive. They are also mine.<\/p>\n
Going back to the question of Duty to religion over duty to family. Interestingly, because of my philosophy, it is impossible to effectively due diligence to others if I am not doing diligence to my views of the divine. This might make more sense if I explained my views of the divine, and anyone who views thelema the way I do, probably agrees with this, but it’s something you have to come to terms with on your own rather than putting it down \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n