/lit/ - Literature

>>19011964
>Here is my proposal, we will have a religion that is a merger of Neoplatonism and Buddhism. We will believe in the importance of waking people up to their spiritual nature and then working towards them achieving Henosis, that is merging with the Monad - cosmic consciousness. Obtaining Nirvanna. This will be accomplished through teaching and reading philosophy, along with various spiritual practices. We will have to create a canon. For starters, I think we will have to write a new book to include in the canon to express our points of view concisely. We will be idealists metaphysically speaking - all is mind. We will hold to virtue ethics with the virtues being wisdom, temperance, benevolence, courage, and justice. We will take a more consequentialism approach and justify our morality with intuitionism and our telos that will be Henosis.
>To reach Henosis, our sacred traditions/practices will be,
>- lucid dreaming and dream journaling
>- meditation
>- astral projection
>- confirmation
>- marriage
>- ordination
>- communal meals once a week.
>We will all also, as part of trying to uphold the virtues and obtain Henosis, follow the 8 fold path.
>right view
>right intention
>right action
>right speech
>right livelihood
>right effort
>right concentration
>right mindfulness
>What are your thoughts on the matter?
>What books should form the canon for this religion you think?
>Anyone interested in joining me to achieve Henosis?