tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544137833082170930.post9110666331431747084..comments2023-08-13T09:26:44.246-04:00Comments on Be Normal - Spiritual and Personal Development 101: Raising kids and training doctorsJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08068028693653866022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544137833082170930.post-28858956395423321552009-02-06T13:51:00.000-05:002009-02-06T13:51:00.000-05:00You were given a bunch of materials to form your o...You were given a bunch of materials to form your own beliefs. <BR/><BR/>A person in the Mythic stage does not necessarily need to officially belong to some religion or creed. Being in the "Mythic Stage" only means that you have some set of beliefs that you hold to be the only one true set of beliefs.<BR/><BR/>You can be an agnostic in the Mythic Stage if at any point you belief that agnosticism is the "Truth".Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068028693653866022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544137833082170930.post-59396408112961613502009-02-06T12:13:00.000-05:002009-02-06T12:13:00.000-05:00Consider then this: Like millions of other childre...Consider then this: Like millions of other children, I have spent the pre-school years of my life in a communistic nation. Noone has ever fed me any myths. I have grown up without a <I>need</I> for belief.<BR/><BR/>My father has done his best to explain evolution theory to me by the time I have turned 5 years old and has been successful about it, for which I pay him due respect.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless by age 10-11 I have been given a number of materials on comparative religion and philosophy to read through, and have been encouraged to take a path of my own.<BR/><BR/>By age 13 I was more or less agnostic (cannot prove, cannot disprove, cannot be bothered to). It was then that I discovered the zen approach to reality and it did change my life in ways that nothing else could possibly have.<BR/><BR/>-- All this said, I cannot imagine what it is to instill <I>belief</I> on a blank page such as a child's mind is. Planting facts is a heavy responsibility, ethics - even heavier, belief is another category altogether which I simply cannot relate to. My mind is otherwise shaped, so to speak.Polina Filipovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629035428308476163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544137833082170930.post-3097523625704843302009-02-04T23:24:00.000-05:002009-02-04T23:24:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com