0:23 how much time does it take for you to make a video? 3:49 : can you create a video schedule? 4:28 : do you think Shariah/exoteric law should be broken in order to access the gnosis/haqiqat? 6:32 : do you practice any kind of spiritual ritual? 6:43 : what is the most complex religious belief and the simplest that you have come across? 8:43 : how transmissible are mystical practices if they are rooted in poetic metaphors that people will interpret differently? 11:42 : could you expand more on the history of the Kabba? 14:13 : do you know the work of Henry Corbin and would you do videos on it? 15:47 : what influence did the virtue of piety in muslim “knights” have in medieval Latin chivalry? 18:37 : how different are beliefs of a modern believer from a believer 1000 years ago? Would they consider each other heretics? 21:27 : When did the Caliphates become majority muslim? What contributed to the speed of conversion? 26:27 : would you convert to a religion if you discovered it to be true? Which one makes more sense? 27:35 : will you be continuing your formal education in religious studies? 28:21 : can you do videos on native american religion and their prophets? 29:30 : do you believe in aliens? would you do videos on religious theories on aliens? 31:35 : will you do a video on how hinduism and islam affected each other in India? 32:56 : can you do a video on orthodox and oriental christianity? 33:01 : what good is there for an atheist/non-spiritual person to learn about religion? 34:34 : have you thought of doing a video on how to start a religion? 35:40 : what do you know of the Emerald Tablets? 36:26 : have you tried lasagna? *thank you for your wonderful answers! I can’t recommend your videos enough!*
Chinese philosopher Zhaungzi once stated: "Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it"
You are starting to look like a younger version of the crazy smart professors that I chase to ask questions after the class loll this is a complement by the way:p
The most simple i think is the golden rule treat others as you yourself would like to be. I feel it's appearance across many religions may allude to the simplicity of the concept to grasp.
Thank you...bless you...L'chaim from Jacoba...born March 11...in a Bethlehem 5 decades ago...The Twin Soul of Yeshua. I am but what God told me I am. Rain and Anchor. And a few other things. The One.
However I always am puzzled by this maxim because poor manners and bad behaviour is most commonly a consequence of ignorance, which truth would dispel and reform.
@KaiTheRefuter to be precise and perspicacious..People like persecuting eachother...L'chaim from Jacoba...sent from Heaven in an egg of white light. Covenant with God Elohim Adonai. To make Israel One.
@@ibrahimkurdieh3728 discipline. Christianity is discipline and Nietzsche gives people a wake up call into the call for discipline. If you relapse in sin, you need to get back up for the narrow path for salvation.
As a person who has never embraced religion, nor had it implanted involuntarily, I find the topics discussed here immensely useful as a psyco-historical guidebook to hidden levels of human psychology and politics. I am an inveterate traveler and have always found it very useful to have at least some small grasp of what and how the locals are thinking.
"How to start a religion" sounds like a very good video topic! I'd love to find out about the origins of religions around the world, beyond what is already described in religious texts and so on
If you want to start a religion you first got to realise the biggest religion on earth is money. Every human believes in a religion on money it says in God we trust. So many people have faith in paper money. War creates money and killing is the biggest industry on earth. Jewish Banker Lord Jacob Rothschild.
@@michelleburkholder2547 Religion is used to fill in voids in life. People go to football religiously and call it a religion others go to Church and sing songs.
According to may sufis, there are two analogies used to describe sufism : 1. Boat is the sharia; the diving/swimming skill is tariqah; the ocean is the haqiqah; and the pearl is marifah; So in order to get the marifah, you should start with the sharia, then if you are equipped with tariqah, you'll be able to get deep in the ocean of haqiqah and get what's the essence of your spirituality, which is the marifah. 2. Sharia is a plant; tariqah is the way yo treat it (cultivate, fertilize, water); the fruits that comes from the plant is haqiqah; the pleasure of eating the fruits is marifah.
I would love it if you made a video about the oriental orthodox churches, also referred to as the non-chalcedonian. Love your work and videos keep up the good work brother ❤️
I love your work. I don't have understand these folks that need to know so many about you so personally. I guess it's the difference between those educated like me who are grateful for their teachers and those less education who need different sort of rationale for taking you seriously. I have studies such that what I've learned from you is consistent.
I just want to thank you for your very thoughtful answer about Islamic jurisprudence because it made me understand religious studies and religion itself in a completely different light. I grew up mostly secular and, as a young white man on the internet I became an atheist edgelord (shocking, I know...) but this video has helped me clear out the last vestiges of that awful phase I went through and I feel like I am seeing things in a completely different light.
Went through the same phase. I still agree that all religions on earth are obviously made up, but I also came to realize that religion emotionally supports people and brings a sense of community. So I don't go around attacking literally everyone that believes, or starting fights everywhere. It's only when someone starts making outrageous claims that they have THE 1 true religion, well then out of principle I can't let them get away with it. Or when I see someone suffer because of their religion, then I can't help but deconvert them either. Otherwise, live n let live.
I am not religious either, I'm one of those people who were born (or raised, if you will) without that capacity, but as an interested historian your videos are fascinating, and it always adds somethings I didn't know. Looking forward to the video on hermeticism!
Mormons are a pretty new religion as is scientology. Might help with the breakdown for the question of how to start a new religion. Also cult vs religion. Just some ideas. I do love your channel.
Would love to hear more about the blurry line between life and being. Probably my very first metaphysical question as a child was exactly the one you pose: what is the difference between a rock and something that is alive. As a four year old it did not make sense to me to think of the rock as less, because it exists.
Dara Shikoh and his book "Majmaul-Bahrayn" (Confluence of Two Seas; Commingling of Two Oceans) is very fascinating. Look forward to your deep dive into this topic!
“…if there are more than one stars, (more than one) planets, (more than one) solar systems, (more than one) gas giants, (more than one) black holes, (more than one) galaxies, therefore, there should be more than one life hosting planet like earth out there in this vast universe. It’s just common sense, and it’s that simple.”
Just discovered your channel and love your content. I definitely recommend using a free program like Audacity to remove the background noise from your audio. You are a great speaker and it would improve the listening experience significantly!
The story of Ali and the man who spat also exists in the Samurai tradition. Same story exactly, just different cultural context. Many people have thought that their is an unexplored link between Zen and Islam.
As a Buddhist I think Buddhism is an interesting case because it's both ridiculously complex and easy. There's a bunch of gods and complex philosophy and tons of lists but it can also be boiled down to "Let go, see what happens"
"Awliya or Aulia" is really a demon in disguise who was cast out of a demon possesed man from north India who attended a prayer meeting with a deliverance ministry. I can give you the link to the video to prove my point. This is the truth brother do not mess with this entity called Awilya he will possess you. Just believe in the God of the Bible and the messiah Jesus Christ. God bless.
You are a very smart guy and all your videos are brilliant because you are very inteligent, honest and competent in your subject, but you must know that the distinction between life and not-life is very clear and physically real. Erwin Schrödinger stated it first AFAIK and since then every scientist on earth knows that feeding with negative entropy is the distinguishing feature of life. So, down to cellular level, thermodynamical parameters give definitive answer and there have been ABSOLUTELY NO doubts about Schrödinger's definition. And this definition is not just a thought of one of the greatest geniuses in whole history, but a very logical scientific statement which is obvious to every physicist. It is so fundamental and general that it IS true for every possible and even totally unimaginable life forms as the physical reality is universal at least in whole our universe particularly :). Of course there are tons of popular so-called and even graduated "scientists" who haven't read Schrödinger's book "what is life from the physicist's point of view" or have failed to understand it because of lack of fundamental knowledge, but don't believe them despite the number of their ignirant followers. As for the intelligence and conciousness, there's no physical or chemical definition and whatever you say can not be considered definitively wrong.
I took a class and on Churxh History in which I wrote a paper on Saint Betnard of Clairvoit and the Knights of the Crusades at Univ of Utah. I crossreferenced my work with a specialty class I took on the period know as the Crusades. Much is to be known anout this period of religioue history and that of Eastern Europe ahortly thereafter...
Could you please comment on the influence that religion has had on economic development? For example, it is often said that the "Puritan Ethic" is in large part responsible for the progress made by the United States in its early days. Similarly, the passive nature of Catholicism, and the belief that suffering is rewarded in heaven, is often used to explain the underdevelopment of Latin America.
Personally, I think religion is going away. Or what we used to think of religion anyway. I was raised Christian. I started studying other religions around my college years. At this point I don't have a religion anymore, but I do believe in magic. I do believe in witchcraft. I do believe in prayer. I don't believe in God. I do believe a lot of the religious traditions are healthy to practice (for some people anyway). Especially if you were born and are still in the lower class in your country as I am. The concepts of religions help me rationalize my natural jealousies and hatred. I think it's really fantastic that some people don't have natural jealousies and hatred, but I do. And I will probably always have that. And the thing is conscious pain is a million times better than subconscious pain. That's why I really like your channel sir. It helps me process my emotions. It teaches me ways and beliefs of different people throughout history. And pain of course is universal. Aging is universal.
Every - literally every - religion and philosophy channel (Angela’s, RfB, Let’s Talk Religion, Esoterica, Carneades &c. &c.) has someone in the comments who’s very, very convinced that DMT showed him the aliens and this is the *best truth ever*.
@@thotslayer9914 I do; I’ve a degree in philosophy and theology , taught it for 14 years and I’m writing my Masters on Kant. DMT is a recreational drug, and aliens don’t exist.
Transmissible mystical ideas: They are not because their “language” is not communicative but cognitove, or abstract. Just like the magic of making love or enjoying music. That’s why I don’t look into science to learn relogion, but into fine arts and love.
As a Jew, if I could go back in time, I would go to a Pesach or Yom Kippur service in the Holy Temple. Partly out of religious zeal, but partly out of fascination for a culture that is so monumentally different from today's Judaism, while at the same time containing the seeds of Rabbinic tradition that would eventually take over.
5-6 yrs ago, the Vatican held an all-day religion conference on how to address the question of religious beliefs on other planets. I never heard what was discussed, after I read the news report of the conference. I wish there were some way to find out. The novel "The Sparrow" tells of a Jesuit mission to a planet. I never finished the novel because the treatment of the priest was sickeningly cruel. I think the author was Maria Doria Russell...?
Don't worry. Whoever mistreated the Jesuit will be sitting in a sea of flames for eternity. The Tullerrians, of course, are enjoying it quite a bit. The temperature is just what a nice sunny day feels like on their own planet. They do miss the daily heavy meteor bombardment, though. :-)
Regarding religions that are simple: In its most basic form, Pure Land Buddhism is perhaps the simplest school of Buddhism to practice and comprehend -- but that assumes a basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhist cosmology and the Bodhisattva Path to Buddhahood. For the uninitiated, it's maybe not that simple. Interestingly, though, some schools of Pure Land claim that a lack of understanding is not a barrier to reaching the goal. No matter how ignorant one is, if the name of Amitabha Buddha is recited with sincerity and an abiding wish for rebirth in the Pure Land, that is enough.
Could you cover Nordic Lutheranism and/or the reformation in Sweden. Especially the unique High Church elements and the more modern consecutive vs liberal theology and other controversies.
Aliens: I regard “Alienology” (or UFOlogy?) as a modern for, of religion. Because I have experienced supernatural beings in the popular form aliens. The best description of it is in the film “Fire in The Sky”.
Regarding simplicity vs. complexity of religion, seems That question is just a different way to ask about a person. If a person is aligned with his or her religious practice it would naturally feel more simple. I would guess the most popular would be both simple and complex and thereby appeal to a wide range of perspectives.
Strange echoes. The row boat story reminds me of the Chinese Buddhist metaphor of dogma as a raft, and the combat motive story of justice vs. anger is familiar in a Samurai context. I'd be curious about the historical thread of those stories.
It's not a matter of belief anymore. We all are about to experience the most incredible moment in this Earth-Human history. So don't jump to conclusions and be patient and level headed.
. Sometimes words, whether spoken or written, can be just exactly the right catalyst for a particular aspirant at a particular time and place to give rise to a powerful non-conceptual mystical experience - such as a satori, in zen. The experience cannot be understood in words, but words can be a useful tool in setting up a pre-satori state within the individual. Just a little "push" of some kind can then be all it takes.
Yay! You're awesome! Can't wait for Hermes and the Abjad and all the rest! If you can, slip in a speculation about whether you think Hermes or Plato had the biggest influence on the Western World. Heh...
I made my step children read it they could barely understand it then they learned it again in college and it was easier for them to understand I read it on my own and didn't find it that difficult to understand and was basically many of the ideas that I was already believing without a way to express it so well!
First off, I’m really enjoying very much your videos! Next, at 28:15, on whether you will become a Professeur, you said “…God willing…”. Can one take this construction as a hint, or glimpse, to what spiritual practice & ritual you engage in? It may not narrow it down enough to presume any monotheistic religion, or practice, but maybe enough to eliminate a few religions you’ve covered, or not yet covered, if one were to try to figure it out to satisfy a curiosity.
I got to thinking about the idea of the simplest religious idea and now my head is spinning. I can't even tell you if my own religious ideas are very simple or very complicated.
Awesome videos. You know a lot about different 'holy paths'. I have a question; which of these religious beliefs do you find to be the most practically usefull? (Which offers the most effective ideas in order to obtain a blissful state of being or maybe just the most useful tools to be content in your life)?
A religion (or spiritual tradition) that appears simple on the surface and yet has deeper or more "complicated" spheres of meaning is Advaita Vedanta. Or should I say, the simplest I know of, is the modern interpretations of Ramana Maharishis school of Advaita Vedenta held by Mooji and his like. The beauty of Self Inquiry lays in its simplicity. Asking one central question - Who Am I? - when any thought or destructive pattern of the mind reoccurs, this question affirms the God-like connective sphere of The Heart, or Self (Siva) "behind the heart" -- what the Sufis would call The Kernel of The Kernel -- this introduces the devotee to a very simple Heart meditation that when practiced can lead to complete disillusion of ego attachments. I'd say that is as simple as it gets.
I’m sure you have already been posed this question multiple times...but what are your opinions on the “Sabians” - Kevin Van Blandel wrote an interesting book about the Mandaeans and their role as Quranic Sabians recently. There’s also some great Byzantine-world things like Bogomilism and Hesychasm that might interest you if you want to branch out. I’ve been rewatching your videos recently and the ability you have to expound difficult topics (particularly within Sufism) is really impressive and much appreciated.
I think they are as you said about the simplist religion. All I can say is that whatever religion you have grown up in is the simplest on the outer surface until you try to explain it to someone who is from a different religion, or someone who has more knowledge than I do myself. That's why I am going into theology.
@@mohdebrahim4572 Very true. That's why I have come to this channel. If people can get their words across politely we are more willing to listen, and learn.
Do you think that all the fighting between the religions are just a step (perhaps necessary) in the evolution or a wrong and bad thing? How do you look at that problem?
Filip have you heard about hindu rational theology (The nyayakusumanjali of udayancharya), i was reading somewhere about people place the work with figures like St aquinas.
33:01 I also think it doesn’t hurt to learn new philosophies to incorporate into ones life. For example, I know lots of atheists who’ve read the Buddhist scriptures and while they may not be Buddhist they took a piece of the dharma philosophy and enhanced their own life. If you don’t view it religiously or just ignore the fantastical parts, it becomes similar to reading other ppls philosophies and self help methods to life.
I think that someone who already feels connected to a spiritual being out there (or inside him), there is no need to start a religion. Many religions were started because thete was a moral problem that needed fixing.
Atheism covers a lot of different systems: Jainism, Daoism, some forms of Buddhism, Secular Humanism, Secular Judaism, and Godless Heathenism. (I so like the term Godless Heathens.)
@@thotslayer9914 Not at all. I'm Modern Orthodox Jewish. But I'm interested in the viewpoints of other religions and philosophies. Likewise, I'm a citizen of one country without requiring ignorance of the existence of 195 other countries.
Going deeper into the question of aliens from a mystical perspective, I know some indigenous peoples like the Shipibo=Conibo believe that when they chant prayers in their spiritual rituals they believe that their prayers are joined with all other conscious beings in the Universe who are also praying. There is a prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Chuch which goes "Let all who have breath worship the Lord" and their mindset is all of creation IN the universe. This being said, do you know of any Christian perspective, schism, prayer, saint, mystic, etc., etc., (maybe Giordano Bruno??) who believed that we can and should as a spiritual discipline/practice unite in prayer, worship of God, or Oneness generally with all Divine creation in the universe?? Thank you.
0:23 how much time does it take for you to make a video?
3:49 : can you create a video schedule?
4:28 : do you think Shariah/exoteric law should be broken in order to access the gnosis/haqiqat?
6:32 : do you practice any kind of spiritual ritual?
6:43 : what is the most complex religious belief and the simplest that you have come across?
8:43 : how transmissible are mystical practices if they are rooted in poetic metaphors that people will interpret differently?
11:42 : could you expand more on the history of the Kabba?
14:13 : do you know the work of Henry Corbin and would you do videos on it?
15:47 : what influence did the virtue of piety in muslim “knights” have in medieval Latin chivalry?
18:37 : how different are beliefs of a modern believer from a believer 1000 years ago? Would they consider each other heretics?
21:27 : When did the Caliphates become majority muslim? What contributed to the speed of conversion?
26:27 : would you convert to a religion if you discovered it to be true? Which one makes more sense?
27:35 : will you be continuing your formal education in religious studies?
28:21 : can you do videos on native american religion and their prophets?
29:30 : do you believe in aliens? would you do videos on religious theories on aliens?
31:35 : will you do a video on how hinduism and islam affected each other in India?
32:56 : can you do a video on orthodox and oriental christianity?
33:01 : what good is there for an atheist/non-spiritual person to learn about religion?
34:34 : have you thought of doing a video on how to start a religion?
35:40 : what do you know of the Emerald Tablets?
36:26 : have you tried lasagna?
*thank you for your wonderful answers! I can’t recommend your videos enough!*
thanks bruh
Doing gods work.
Thank you ❤
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Chinese philosopher Zhaungzi once stated:
"Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it"
If aliens did not exist, we wouldn't have to deport them
@@elgatofelix8917 so funny i forgot to laugh
Question about Aliens: 29:31 You're Welcome.! 🧐
God bless you
not all heroes wear caps
The greatest champion of my day
lol.. exactly what i was looking for browsing these comments... THank you
Thanks!
You put more time into research than most of my local religious leaders, mad respect.
How many of your local religious leaders are you intimately familiar with?
You're likely sick of hearing this all the time, but keep up the good work man.
It's been amazing to see your channel blow up. Stay best!
I am constantly impressed by the quality of this channel. Love your work.
You are starting to look like a younger version of the crazy smart professors that I chase to ask questions after the class loll this is a complement by the way:p
The most simple i think is the golden rule treat others as you yourself would like to be. I feel it's appearance across many religions may allude to the simplicity of the concept to grasp.
Thank you...bless you...L'chaim from Jacoba...born March 11...in a Bethlehem 5 decades ago...The Twin Soul of Yeshua. I am but what God told me I am. Rain and Anchor. And a few other things. The One.
However I always am puzzled by this maxim because poor manners and bad behaviour is most commonly a consequence of ignorance, which truth would dispel and reform.
I agree! I'm atheist and this is my only belief/ practice.
That thought is common among non religious moral philosophies
@KaiTheRefuter to be precise and perspicacious..People like persecuting eachother...L'chaim from Jacoba...sent from Heaven in an egg of white light. Covenant with God Elohim Adonai. To make Israel One.
Fun fact: Nietzsche brought me closer to God!
*desire to make controversial jokes intensifies*
Well aren't you a sage dancing and laughing in the woods.
I’m dying to hear the story of how Nietzsche brought you closer to god. Please tell 😃
@@ibrahimkurdieh3728 discipline. Christianity is discipline and Nietzsche gives people a wake up call into the call for discipline. If you relapse in sin, you need to get back up for the narrow path for salvation.
@@Spacemuffin147 you have a very peculiar understanding of both Christianity and Nietzsche, but cool! I'm glad you could make those connections.
I saw Let's talk religion uploaded a new video
I clicked. PERIOD
As a person who has never embraced religion, nor had it implanted involuntarily, I find the topics discussed here immensely useful as a psyco-historical guidebook to hidden levels of human psychology and politics. I am an inveterate traveler and have always found it very useful to have at least some small grasp of what and how the locals are thinking.
Often when someone is talking about "truth" they are thinking about loyalty.
I noticed that, too.
there isnt such a thing as truth
but i do think there are lies
Much respect for the hard work, me and i believe all of your fans wouldn't want you to quit! We will support you in any kind of way ❤
"How to start a religion" sounds like a very good video topic! I'd love to find out about the origins of religions around the world, beyond what is already described in religious texts and so on
Yeah I would like to start my own religion too
Or just watch Southpark "all about mormons"🤣
You can't start a religion. Most of religions start out as cults.
If you want to start a religion you first got to realise the biggest religion on earth is money. Every human believes in a religion on money it says in God we trust. So many people have faith in paper money. War creates money and killing is the biggest industry on earth. Jewish Banker Lord Jacob Rothschild.
@@michelleburkholder2547 Religion is used to fill in voids in life. People go to football religiously and call it a religion others go to Church and sing songs.
According to may sufis, there are two analogies used to describe sufism :
1. Boat is the sharia; the diving/swimming skill is tariqah; the ocean is the haqiqah; and the pearl is marifah; So in order to get the marifah, you should start with the sharia, then if you are equipped with tariqah, you'll be able to get deep in the ocean of haqiqah and get what's the essence of your spirituality, which is the marifah.
2. Sharia is a plant; tariqah is the way yo treat it (cultivate, fertilize, water); the fruits that comes from the plant is haqiqah; the pleasure of eating the fruits is marifah.
I'd love to hear more about the religions of the indigenous peoples of North, Central & South America.
And the Caribbean
Love your style and content.
Amazing work.
Compliments from France ! You are a true scholar and you deserve to teach in a prestigious University in the coming years ! Good Luck for your Ph.D.
I would love it if you made a video about the oriental orthodox churches, also referred to as the non-chalcedonian. Love your work and videos keep up the good work brother ❤️
The best and simple believe is "honesty is best policy for humanity "
I love your work. I don't have understand these folks that need to know so many about you so personally. I guess it's the difference between those educated like me who are grateful for their teachers and those less education who need different sort of rationale for taking you seriously. I have studies such that what I've learned from you is consistent.
From the ones I’ve experienced, Shamanism is simpler, if the person is sensitive to nature.
Magnanimous, beautiful solution contra naturam is not the answer.
I just want to thank you for your very thoughtful answer about Islamic jurisprudence because it made me understand religious studies and religion itself in a completely different light.
I grew up mostly secular and, as a young white man on the internet I became an atheist edgelord (shocking, I know...) but this video has helped me clear out the last vestiges of that awful phase I went through and I feel like I am seeing things in a completely different light.
Went through the same phase. I still agree that all religions on earth are obviously made up, but I also came to realize that religion emotionally supports people and brings a sense of community. So I don't go around attacking literally everyone that believes, or starting fights everywhere. It's only when someone starts making outrageous claims that they have THE 1 true religion, well then out of principle I can't let them get away with it. Or when I see someone suffer because of their religion, then I can't help but deconvert them either. Otherwise, live n let live.
@@sarenareth689 they don't need to convert to understand a religion
I found how Taoism explain Tao is quite similar to how the secret book of John explain "The Inexpressible One"
I am not religious either, I'm one of those people who were born (or raised, if you will) without that capacity, but as an interested historian your videos are fascinating, and it always adds somethings I didn't know. Looking forward to the video on hermeticism!
Mormons are a pretty new religion as is scientology. Might help with the breakdown for the question of how to start a new religion. Also cult vs religion. Just some ideas. I do love your channel.
I am extremely excited for the videos on Oriental Orthodoxy and on Hermeticism.
Laozi's "uncarved block" (樸) is by definition ultimately simple.
I can't believe you picked my topic!
Would love to hear more about the blurry line between life and being. Probably my very first metaphysical question as a child was exactly the one you pose: what is the difference between a rock and something that is alive. As a four year old it did not make sense to me to think of the rock as less, because it exists.
Can you make a video about survival of Late Pagan practices in Christian Europe?
You're a bright man. I would have liked to meet you in person one day. You've got to take what you do further
Would have?
Can you cover zoroastrianism and its influence or similarities on islam
That sounds very interesting. Specially on Sufism.
@@Nozarks1 kurdish Islam especially is heavily influenced
@@adityamohan1773 I don’t know anything about Kurdish Islam. Would be fascinating.
he has made a video about Zoroastrianism already.
@@justahumanbeing.709 yeah I know but that's not what I asked
Dara Shikoh and his book "Majmaul-Bahrayn" (Confluence of Two Seas; Commingling of Two Oceans) is very fascinating. Look forward to your deep dive into this topic!
“…if there are more than one stars, (more than one) planets, (more than
one) solar systems, (more than one) gas giants, (more than one) black
holes, (more than one) galaxies, therefore, there should be more than
one life hosting planet like earth out there in this vast universe. It’s
just common sense, and it’s that simple.”
Just discovered your channel and love your content. I definitely recommend using a free program like Audacity to remove the background noise from your audio. You are a great speaker and it would improve the listening experience significantly!
The story of Ali and the man who spat also exists in the Samurai tradition. Same story exactly, just different cultural context. Many people have thought that their is an unexplored link between Zen and Islam.
Yes, can you do videos on the traditional religions of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada?
As a Buddhist I think Buddhism is an interesting case because it's both ridiculously complex and easy. There's a bunch of gods and complex philosophy and tons of lists but it can also be boiled down to "Let go, see what happens"
Most literature on Buddhism ends up being a Pali/Sanscrit language lesson.
Thank you for every answer
Please do a video on Indian Sufi Saint: “ Nizam ad-din Awliya”. 💕
"Awliya or Aulia" is really a demon in disguise who was cast out of a demon possesed man from north India who attended a prayer meeting with a deliverance ministry. I can give you the link to the video to prove my point. This is the truth brother do not mess with this entity called Awilya he will possess you. Just believe in the God of the Bible and the messiah Jesus Christ. God bless.
You are a very smart guy and all your videos are brilliant because you are very inteligent, honest and competent in your subject, but you must know that the distinction between life and not-life is very clear and physically real. Erwin Schrödinger stated it first AFAIK and since then every scientist on earth knows that feeding with negative entropy is the distinguishing feature of life. So, down to cellular level, thermodynamical parameters give definitive answer and there have been ABSOLUTELY NO doubts about Schrödinger's definition. And this definition is not just a thought of one of the greatest geniuses in whole history, but a very logical scientific statement which is obvious to every physicist. It is so fundamental and general that it IS true for every possible and even totally unimaginable life forms as the physical reality is universal at least in whole our universe particularly :). Of course there are tons of popular so-called and even graduated "scientists" who haven't read Schrödinger's book "what is life from the physicist's point of view" or have failed to understand it because of lack of fundamental knowledge, but don't believe them despite the number of their ignirant followers.
As for the intelligence and conciousness, there's no physical or chemical definition and whatever you say can not be considered definitively wrong.
12 step spirituality is simple but not easy!
Also completely unnecessary.
I didn't believe in aliens until I discovered Tommy Wiseau
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How dare you
Lmao
Mind blowing 🤯
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I've seen UFOs. You can't convince me they aren't real.
I took a class and on Churxh History in which I wrote a paper on Saint Betnard of Clairvoit and the Knights of the Crusades at Univ of Utah. I crossreferenced my work with a specialty class I took on the period know as the Crusades. Much is to be known anout this period of religioue history and that of Eastern Europe ahortly thereafter...
Could you please comment on the influence that religion has had on economic development? For example, it is often said that the "Puritan Ethic" is in large part responsible for the progress made by the United States in its early days. Similarly, the passive nature of Catholicism, and the belief that suffering is rewarded in heaven, is often used to explain the underdevelopment of Latin America.
Personally, I think religion is going away. Or what we used to think of religion anyway. I was raised Christian. I started studying other religions around my college years. At this point I don't have a religion anymore, but I do believe in magic. I do believe in witchcraft. I do believe in prayer. I don't believe in God. I do believe a lot of the religious traditions are healthy to practice (for some people anyway). Especially if you were born and are still in the lower class in your country as I am. The concepts of religions help me rationalize my natural jealousies and hatred. I think it's really fantastic that some people don't have natural jealousies and hatred, but I do. And I will probably always have that. And the thing is conscious pain is a million times better than subconscious pain.
That's why I really like your channel sir. It helps me process my emotions. It teaches me ways and beliefs of different people throughout history. And pain of course is universal. Aging is universal.
Every - literally every - religion and philosophy channel (Angela’s, RfB, Let’s Talk Religion, Esoterica, Carneades &c. &c.) has someone in the comments who’s very, very convinced that DMT showed him the aliens and this is the *best truth ever*.
@@thotslayer9914 I do; I’ve a degree in philosophy and theology , taught it for 14 years and I’m writing my Masters on Kant. DMT is a recreational drug, and aliens don’t exist.
@@georgem7502 immanuel kant? Or spelt Cunt for those who dislike him? Lol I like his rational pretty moral
Great Explanations! Because there are many trolls who do not have any clue about how long the making process is!
Transmissible mystical ideas: They are not because their “language” is not communicative but cognitove, or abstract. Just like the magic of making love or enjoying music. That’s why I don’t look into science to learn relogion, but into fine arts and love.
Brother please make a video on wahabism and all of its routs and connections
Please, I love your unbiase views
As a Jew, if I could go back in time, I would go to a Pesach or Yom Kippur service in the Holy Temple. Partly out of religious zeal, but partly out of fascination for a culture that is so monumentally different from today's Judaism, while at the same time containing the seeds of Rabbinic tradition that would eventually take over.
- The icecream truck in the background
- "Vad heter det"
Sweden confirmed ;)
5-6 yrs ago, the Vatican held an all-day religion conference on how to address the question of religious beliefs on other planets. I never heard what was discussed, after I read the news report of the conference. I wish there were some way to find out. The novel "The Sparrow" tells of a Jesuit mission to a planet. I never finished the novel because the treatment of the priest was sickeningly cruel. I think the author was Maria Doria Russell...?
Don't worry. Whoever mistreated the Jesuit will be sitting in a sea of flames for eternity. The Tullerrians, of course, are enjoying it quite a bit. The temperature is just what a nice sunny day feels like on their own planet. They do miss the daily heavy meteor bombardment, though. :-)
Regarding religions that are simple: In its most basic form, Pure Land Buddhism is perhaps the simplest school of Buddhism to practice and comprehend -- but that assumes a basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhist cosmology and the Bodhisattva Path to Buddhahood. For the uninitiated, it's maybe not that simple. Interestingly, though, some schools of Pure Land claim that a lack of understanding is not a barrier to reaching the goal. No matter how ignorant one is, if the name of Amitabha Buddha is recited with sincerity and an abiding wish for rebirth in the Pure Land, that is enough.
Yes I like pure land Buddhism are you a practitioner ?
@@chendaforest Yes.
@@whitepath6295 may I ask you a few questions about it ?
@@chendaforest Yes, feel free to contact me on the Pure Land Buddhism Norway page on Facebook.
Could you cover Nordic Lutheranism and/or the reformation in Sweden.
Especially the unique High Church elements and the more modern consecutive vs liberal theology and other controversies.
Aliens: I regard “Alienology” (or UFOlogy?) as a modern for, of religion. Because I have experienced supernatural beings in the popular form aliens. The best description of it is in the film “Fire in The Sky”.
There are actual fully shaped UFO cults,as well. I don't recommend them. A couple turned into suicide cults.
Regarding simplicity vs. complexity of religion, seems That question is just a different way to ask about a person. If a person is aligned with his or her religious practice it would naturally feel more simple. I would guess the most popular would be both simple and complex and thereby appeal to a wide range of perspectives.
Can you do a Video about Alevism?
Strange echoes. The row boat story reminds me of the Chinese Buddhist metaphor of dogma as a raft, and the combat motive story of justice vs. anger is familiar in a Samurai context. I'd be curious about the historical thread of those stories.
Will you make any videos soon about Perennial Philosophy and Seyyed Hossein Nasr?
I often visit your channel … thank you 🙏🏼
It's not a matter of belief anymore. We all are about to experience the most incredible moment in this Earth-Human history. So don't jump to conclusions and be patient and level headed.
. Sometimes words, whether spoken or written, can be just exactly the right catalyst for a particular aspirant at a particular time and place to give rise to a powerful non-conceptual mystical experience - such as a satori, in zen. The experience cannot be understood in words, but words can be a useful tool in setting up a pre-satori state within the individual. Just a little "push" of some kind can then be all it takes.
I don't know how and why but I saw that my cat videos are suggested in this videos
appreciate the work you are doing...can you make a video about what Selefi means please
Yay!
You're awesome!
Can't wait for Hermes and the Abjad and all the rest!
If you can, slip in a speculation about whether you think Hermes or Plato had the biggest influence on the Western World.
Heh...
There is a Dioism website and I read Thomas Paine's 'The Age of Reason', but I think the lack of socialization holds it back.
I made my step children read it they could barely understand it then they learned it again in college and it was easier for them to understand I read it on my own and didn't find it that difficult to understand and was basically many of the ideas that I was already believing without a way to express it so well!
First off, I’m really enjoying very much your videos! Next, at 28:15, on whether you will become a Professeur, you said “…God willing…”. Can one take this construction as a hint, or glimpse, to what spiritual practice & ritual you engage in? It may not narrow it down enough to presume any monotheistic religion, or practice, but maybe enough to eliminate a few religions you’ve covered, or not yet covered, if one were to try to figure it out to satisfy a curiosity.
hmmm. Chivalry. So interesting to see that some concepts rise, fall, rise again in what I want to call moral behavior
Great video as always. Could you do a video on marsilio ficino and his works?
I got to thinking about the idea of the simplest religious idea and now my head is spinning. I can't even tell you if my own religious ideas are very simple or very complicated.
Most simple religion: I would say any religion without a concept. For example the naked experience of meeting a god/supernatural being.
Wow you answered the alien question in a spiritual way ...
Awesome videos. You know a lot about different 'holy paths'.
I have a question; which of these religious beliefs do you find to be the most practically usefull? (Which offers the most effective ideas in order to obtain a blissful state of being or maybe just the most useful tools to be content in your life)?
Most simple, in my opinion is: There is only god/oneness/the nondual/that which is indivisible .
Or: Nothingness is that from which everything arise.
That is the Goal of them all,
but what is the simplest way,
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The way of the heart is always the simplest. Childs way.
@@thotslayer9914 Alan Watts for instance. But there are many more. „Siddharta“ from Hermann Hesse is philosophical as well.
@@dekik.979 investigate yourself. Find that from which you think that it’s „you“. 😉
I'd like to see a video on Confucianism. His life, his philosophy and so forth. I'd also like to see some information on Sikhism.
A religion (or spiritual tradition) that appears simple on the surface and yet has deeper or more "complicated" spheres of meaning is Advaita Vedanta. Or should I say, the simplest I know of, is the modern interpretations of Ramana Maharishis school of Advaita Vedenta held by Mooji and his like. The beauty of Self Inquiry lays in its simplicity. Asking one central question - Who Am I? - when any thought or destructive pattern of the mind reoccurs, this question affirms the God-like connective sphere of The Heart, or Self (Siva) "behind the heart" -- what the Sufis would call The Kernel of The Kernel -- this introduces the devotee to a very simple Heart meditation that when practiced can lead to complete disillusion of ego attachments. I'd say that is as simple as it gets.
I’m sure you have already been posed this question multiple times...but what are your opinions on the “Sabians” - Kevin Van Blandel wrote an interesting book about the Mandaeans and their role as Quranic Sabians recently. There’s also some great Byzantine-world things like Bogomilism and Hesychasm that might interest you if you want to branch out. I’ve been rewatching your videos recently and the ability you have to expound difficult topics (particularly within Sufism) is really impressive and much appreciated.
One of the questions here have made me curious if there´s hadith of the early Ummah dealing with people breaking it´s laws of war.
I think they are as you said about the simplist religion. All I can say is that whatever religion you have grown up in is the simplest on the outer surface until you try to explain it to someone who is from a different religion, or someone who has more knowledge than I do myself. That's why I am going into theology.
Every one can say the simplest thing is this or that, but it is partially
in the context of their habits, that's possible.
@@mohdebrahim4572 Very true. That's why I have come to this channel. If people can get their words across politely we are more willing to listen, and learn.
I would like to hear you talk deeply about Buddhism.
Thank you for you
Asmaul husna tells of what God 'is' too. 'Light' sure means a lot. Love, peace.
Do you think that all the fighting between the religions are just a step (perhaps necessary) in the evolution or a wrong and bad thing?
How do you look at that problem?
Filip have you heard about hindu rational theology (The nyayakusumanjali of udayancharya), i was reading somewhere about people place the work with figures like St aquinas.
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33:01 I also think it doesn’t hurt to learn new philosophies to incorporate into ones life. For example, I know lots of atheists who’ve read the Buddhist scriptures and while they may not be Buddhist they took a piece of the dharma philosophy and enhanced their own life.
If you don’t view it religiously or just ignore the fantastical parts, it becomes similar to reading other ppls philosophies and self help methods to life.
Same , I'm a atheist ,
And I already read most of the religions book ,
Lovely to see how he tries to whitewash atrocities of marauding arabs in the early stages of Islam's spread. An apologist through and through.
I think that someone who already feels connected to a spiritual being out there (or inside him), there is no need to start a religion. Many religions were started because thete was a moral problem that needed fixing.
I like your channel.
Better question: can I eat one? Belief without caloric content is not nutritious.
Which is the most pure religion? The religion that satisfied you was nearer to truth and unadulterated. Do we need a religion to live our lives?
Hi, you are talking about Jizya during the caliphate, was it significantly higher than Zakat that muslim had to pay during those time?
if you could invent your own religion - what would it look like? what would your role be in it?
Make a video on different revivalist and reformist movements in islam in different parts of islamic world in recent past
Atheism covers a lot of different systems: Jainism, Daoism, some forms of Buddhism, Secular Humanism, Secular Judaism, and Godless Heathenism. (I so like the term Godless Heathens.)
@@thotslayer9914 Not at all. I'm Modern Orthodox Jewish. But I'm interested in the viewpoints of other religions and philosophies.
Likewise, I'm a citizen of one country without requiring ignorance of the existence of 195 other countries.
There may be life on planets in the habitable zone.
atheism count, modern atheism is a belief with dogmas, one of the reasons why I define my self as none religious and not as a atheist.
Going deeper into the question of aliens from a mystical perspective, I know some indigenous peoples like the Shipibo=Conibo believe that when they chant prayers in their spiritual rituals they believe that their prayers are joined with all other conscious beings in the Universe who are also praying. There is a prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Chuch which goes "Let all who have breath worship the Lord" and their mindset is all of creation IN the universe.
This being said, do you know of any Christian perspective, schism, prayer, saint, mystic, etc., etc., (maybe Giordano Bruno??) who believed that we can and should as a spiritual discipline/practice unite in prayer, worship of God, or Oneness generally with all Divine creation in the universe?? Thank you.
Dioism and Quakerism are quite simple and although more a philosophy then a religion, Stoicism and Taoism.