Comments on: The Spirituality of Emily Dickinson http://www.sumangali.org/the-spirituality-of-emily-dickinson/ In The Spirit Of Serendipity Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gena http://www.sumangali.org/the-spirituality-of-emily-dickinson/#comment-1067 Gena Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:37:03 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=69#comment-1067 I also believe Emily seen God in nature and felt Him around her. After all He created everything and therefore He is there, in nature and can be sensed. Religion and spirituality are two seperate ideas. Religion is manuipulation and man formed laws and regulations of christianity. I believe that we all have our own ways of finding God and our own ways of worship and no one should demean anyone else. We will all know the truth when our earthly journey has ended and there we will find all has ended in the same place. No matter how we find our way to God, He will be there during our journey and await us at our destination and I believe Emily understood this. I also believe Emily seen God in nature and felt Him around her. After all He created everything and therefore He is there, in nature and can be sensed. Religion and spirituality are two seperate ideas. Religion is manuipulation and man formed laws and regulations of christianity. I believe that we all have our own ways of finding God and our own ways of worship and no one should demean anyone else. We will all know the truth when our earthly journey has ended and there we will find all has ended in the same place. No matter how we find our way to God, He will be there during our journey and await us at our destination and I believe Emily understood this.

]]> By: Leo http://www.sumangali.org/the-spirituality-of-emily-dickinson/#comment-1055 Leo Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:12:57 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=69#comment-1055 I too think there is a distinction between religion and spirituality. I don't think the word religion even appears in the Bible once, but if I'm wrong then please correct me. I think Emily did sense God all around her and saw his manifestation in nature. Religion and spirituality are connected in a sense but neither are synonymous with a personally felt relationship with God and I think that's what she felt imho. I too think there is a distinction between religion and spirituality. I don’t think the word religion even appears in the Bible once, but if I’m wrong then please correct me.

I think Emily did sense God all around her and saw his manifestation in nature. Religion and spirituality are connected in a sense but neither are synonymous with a personally felt relationship with God and I think that’s what she felt imho.

]]> By: Roy Dixon http://www.sumangali.org/the-spirituality-of-emily-dickinson/#comment-966 Roy Dixon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:11:36 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=69#comment-966 It seems that throughout history, one group of people has tried to foce another group into a belief system. Free thinkers have been ridiculed and thrown in prison because they usurp the authority of the people in power. I believe in God, but I do not believe in religion. Religion is manipulation through guilt. People should find their own path to god. Eventually we will all be in the cemetery anyway. The important thing is the destination, not the path to get there. It seems that throughout history, one group of people has tried to foce another group into a belief system. Free thinkers have been ridiculed and thrown in prison because they usurp the authority of the people in power. I believe in God, but I do not believe in religion. Religion is manipulation through guilt. People should find their own path to god. Eventually we will all be in the cemetery anyway. The important thing is the destination, not the path to get there.

]]> By: collegeblogger http://www.sumangali.org/the-spirituality-of-emily-dickinson/#comment-938 collegeblogger Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:40:12 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=69#comment-938 I suspect that only eternity will reveal the truth about Emily Dickinson's beliefs, but I must agree with some of her writings. God is and has always been present, how we perceive Him varies greatly, but His greatness remains the same. I suspect that only eternity will reveal the truth about Emily Dickinson’s beliefs, but I must agree with some of her writings. God is and has always been present, how we perceive Him varies greatly, but His greatness remains the same.

]]> By: Liara Covert http://www.sumangali.org/the-spirituality-of-emily-dickinson/#comment-811 Liara Covert Sun, 11 May 2008 13:14:25 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=69#comment-811 I sense religion reflects ideas that are shaped and imposed by human beings in part for power and personal gain of few. I sense spirituality is a concept that empowers human beings to realize they control the evolution of their sense of self, connection to something beyond them, and their own destiny. It doesn't support the idea that a few control and are better equipped or more knowledgable than the majority. I sense religion reflects ideas that are shaped and imposed by human beings in part for power and personal gain of few. I sense spirituality is a concept that empowers human beings to realize they control the evolution of their sense of self, connection to something beyond them, and their own destiny. It doesn’t support the idea that a few control and are better equipped or more knowledgable than the majority.

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