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Re: Hi from strangestdude
Reply #30 - June 26, 2011, 11:12 PM

Welcome strangestdude. I'm not sure whether I've mentioned this but you have an awesome avatar.
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Reply #31 - June 27, 2011, 12:18 AM

Quote from: Zaiba on June 26, 2011, 10:58 PM
Congrats on coming out, and wow that's a pleasant surprise from the neighbor.

Thanks for the welcome. Yeah was a nice surprise.

Quote from: Elifaz on June 26, 2011, 11:12 PM
Welcome strangestdude. I'm not sure whether I've mentioned this but you have an awesome avatar.

Thanks for the welcome. Yeah it's the cover art work from Dr Rick Straussman's book DMT: the spirit molecule.

An alternative to religion;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nfXfTg92E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWNW-NXEudk
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Reply #32 - June 27, 2011, 05:41 PM

Quote from: strangestdude on June 24, 2011, 05:22 PM
Thanks for sharing your experience. I don't consider 50 old personally, I've seen people in their 60's who are in significantly better shape than myself, and many people I know in their 20's.

Are you pursing a spiritual path or practices now?

The group think, and tribalism are so incredibly entrenched in muslim communities IMO, that I went into denial as a coping mechanism. I kept discovering community schism due to differing opinion, nationality and race, I simply couldn't believe it.

first congrats on revealing your apostacy. That took balls, considering your circumstances, and
so very happy your wife accepts you as you are. Totally hilarious on the iranian dude LOL. At least you have a friend nearby you can share with.

I tried several times to get involved with the sufis. I basically had doors slammed in my face
there, too. I was intrigued, as I had been a holiness pentecostal for a number of years, and definitely attracted to the more spiritual side of the sufi way, and had studied kabalism, and the sufis seemed to know what I was talking about.

Like I told my landlady (who is a die hard southern baptist ) Im taking a break from ALL
religion. My soul, if I even have one, is on haiatus LOL.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Helen Keller
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Reply #33 - June 28, 2011, 09:41 AM

Didn't really take courage to be honest, I just didn't want to be identified as a muslim.

Wow that's strange about the Sufis. Well actually... I remember at 3 Sufi groups I sat with, the women were excluded from the gatherings. Also in another one they were given a small cramped space at the back of the room, whilst we enjoyed so much space that at times there were large gaps.

I didn't mean religion, but I guess that applies to any 'spiritual' practices too.

An alternative to religion;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nfXfTg92E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWNW-NXEudk
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