Hi Jasmine @jasmine-3

I totally agree with you that we are on individual journeys and there is no one right way to be a better person. As I wrote to Will above, it seems to me that spirituality can be summed up as being as compassionate as possible and living in the moment. How we do that is our choice and also very personal.

I am also not religious nor a Buddhist. I just like what the Buddha said, and I also agree totally that we are all buddhas! Hence my name! 🙂 check out what I wrote here 🙂

I love your comparison of giving more kindness and compassion becoming an intoxicant in itself. The difference being of course, that it is very good for us! 🙂 I also agree totally that the more we live from compassion (self and for others) the more we benefit. I do not have as much experience as you. My project is all about trying to be a buddha now, and I really do need to get back into meditation being a daily practice. In fact you have helped me here because I now have a good week or more on my own in nature and meditation will be a good activity to re-commit to over the next days.

The rest of what you say I agree with totally too. If you check out the tabs at the top of my blog-site, you will see that I see things in very much the same way with regard to being energy and connected, and knowing through experience, and I also like your final point that intoxication can be a good thing if it raises our consciousness. Interesting conclusion!

As I said to Will above, I have not come to my own conclusion yet and I do not propose an answer. I want to keep this debate interesting and open because I genuinely want other people’s opinions. On 30th April, I will take everything that I have learnt and write a full report with quotations and various sources and then I will come to my own conclusion based on what everyone has said and what I have experienced so far.

Hugs and thanks again for your comments!

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