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beyondashadow
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Date: March 24, 2015 08:31PM
saucie wrote:
Why do you feel that this topic is germane to leaving the mormon church? Just wondering.
My Rev B post was also deleted by admin, but here is my response to you:
Fair question, saucie.
People leaving Mormonism have a smorgasbord of 'belief system' options from which to choose. These include:
> Some other flavor of Mormonism (NOM, cultural, fundie, etc.)
> Smithless Christianity
> Eastern religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, other Eastern-isms
> Agnosticism
> Atheism
> Spiritism or Spiritualism (check wikipedia for distinctions)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiritualismMichael Newton's work focuses specifically on the use of hypnosis to enable individuals to personally experience subjective contact and communication with the Spirit Realm dissociated from any religion or structured belief system.
This approach appeals to me personally because it offers an alternative to man made religions and atheist/agnostic perspectives.
The topic seems to have generated a fair level of interest previously on RfM (search 'Michael Newton' for multiple thread continuations). I am presuming that more than a few readers will be interested in my First Hand Experience with my own LBL regression. Some have already concluded in advance it's pure BS.
Many recovering Mormons have had their fill of being expected to have faith in 'supernatural' experiences of others (aka fraud upon lies upon fraud). LBL offers the possibility for individuals to experience something spiritual ('supernatural') personally for themselves that's way more subjectively 'tangible' than vague burning in the bosom.
Think of me as an Explorer Scout willing to take this fascinating journey into the unknown and report back to the RfM Peanut Gallery what happens.