ISM » All Posts https://ism.co/forums/feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:00:45 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://ism.co/topic/how-can-daoists-find-daily-peace-and-serenity/#post-25924 <![CDATA[Reply To: How can Daoists find daily peace and serenity?]]> https://ism.co/topic/how-can-daoists-find-daily-peace-and-serenity/#post-25924 Fri, 12 May 2023 20:25:17 +0000 Fluid872 I wish I knew about Daoism along time ago.  I love it now and I want to meet other people who enjoy it too!

 

]]> https://ism.co/topic/how-can-daoists-find-daily-peace-and-serenity/#post-25555 <![CDATA[How can Daoists find daily peace and serenity?]]> https://ism.co/topic/how-can-daoists-find-daily-peace-and-serenity/#post-25555 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:46:51 +0000 Lauralife <p style=”text-align: right;”>Seek the sunlight. Feel its warmth. Remember how beautiful it is to be part of the Universe. Enjoy whole plant-based foods.</p>

]]> https://ism.co/topic/the-power-of-love/#post-24927 <![CDATA[Reply To: The power of love]]> https://ism.co/topic/the-power-of-love/#post-24927 Fri, 30 Dec 2022 05:56:34 +0000 Superb Love awakens me to a new day of loving more.  Create more love wherever you go.  Be in love make new waves of love. Have love, be in love.  Let love make it good everyday.  Practice the art of love.  Use the power of love to love more to be more in love to express more love.  Let love make you free.

]]> https://ism.co/topic/jediist-temple/#post-24772 <![CDATA[Jediist Temple]]> https://ism.co/topic/jediist-temple/#post-24772 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:00:05 +0000 Elden Odai Am in contemplation of opening up an actual physical Temple of Jediism in my area of residence, which is Cleburne, Texas.  Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.  Just became ordained as a Jediist Minister.  Interested parties let me know!  May the Force be with you.

Jim Russell (Elden Odai)

]]> https://ism.co/topic/the-power-of-love/#post-24358 <![CDATA[Reply To: The power of love]]> https://ism.co/topic/the-power-of-love/#post-24358 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 03:40:46 +0000 Superb <p style=”text-align: left;”>Where ever love goes I go.  To love is always good.  Love endures until the end.  Awaken to loving everyone and love as much as you can and want.  The more you love the more you grow.  Begin with love and end with love.  The power of love cures and restores.  Love, love and again keep spreading the love.  Show people love and spread the love.  Love will send the hearts.</p>

]]> https://ism.co/topic/western-orthodox-creativism-doctrines/#post-23657 <![CDATA[Western Orthodox Creativism Doctrines]]> https://ism.co/topic/western-orthodox-creativism-doctrines/#post-23657 Tue, 24 May 2022 11:04:49 +0000 Tuosinoc Peace be with you, brothers and sisters!

After some months of earnest if intermittent effort, I have compiled a sacred text for a sect of the Creativist faith, which I have named Western Orthodox Creativism. The reasons for this name and presentation are explained within the Introduction of the text itself, which I humbly present via the Google docs link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RI_wxKeErk2GzEJzfEcmTnEfLp-VzZwoJT8AXv9OzSE/edit?usp=sharing

The entire idea and ethos of Independent Social Ministries has captured my imagination, and I truly feel that I have found my calling within this faith. I welcome creative insight, for thereby we mutually engage the sacraments of creation and contemplation!

In grace,

Father Nicholas

]]> https://ism.co/topic/differences-between-jediism-and-taoism/#post-22967 <![CDATA[Reply To: Differences between Jediism and Taoism]]> https://ism.co/topic/differences-between-jediism-and-taoism/#post-22967 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 19:21:04 +0000 tragamite The light and dark of Jediism doesn’t necessarily speak of good and evil. If you consider the path to the dark side is the corruption of self leading to suffering, and a blinding of the light keeps you from seeing dangers around you. Jediist should be seeking balance within themselves while striving to live “Christ like lives.”

Truly, Jediism is a full array of adaptations of other belief systems. The path of a Jedi is and individualized one of self discovery, adaptation, and interpretation.

“The truths we cling to depend greatly on our own points of view.” Ben Kenobi.

]]> https://ism.co/topic/where-to-begin/#post-22965 <![CDATA[Reply To: Where to begin?]]> https://ism.co/topic/where-to-begin/#post-22965 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 19:10:15 +0000 tragamite <p style=”text-align: center;”>I just found this website so not really sure how behind I am other than 2 years after your posts. There is a greater Jediist community outside this ordination.</p>
My take on titles for “clergy” here should include emissary, consular, possibly sentinel or guardian. While Monk or even Warrior Monk seem like usable Jediist titles, Warrior Monk may not be a mentionable religion leader title, imo.

As far as what is next, what training have your had to be a Jedi, or minister for that matter? These sites are designed to allow you to officiate over ceremonies such as weddings, legally.

So what’s next should be honing your Jediism practices and establishing yourself to be a minister in some kind of covert. Be a member of the greater Jedi community. Figure out your path so that you could help others along theirs.

]]> https://ism.co/topic/argument-for-the-definition-of-religion/#post-22427 <![CDATA[Argument for the definition of religion]]> https://ism.co/topic/argument-for-the-definition-of-religion/#post-22427 Sat, 02 Oct 2021 03:10:06 +0000 AdMinister “The modern age has witnessed the rise of a number of new natural-law regions, such as liberalism, Communism, capitalism, nationalism and Nazism. These creeds do not like to be called religions, and refer to themselves as ideologies. But this is just a semantic exercise. If a religion is a system of human norms and values that is founded on belief in a superhuman order, then Soviet Communism was no less a religion than Islam.” ”
–Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” Harari, Yuval Noah, 2015. “New York Times Bestseller.

Harari makes a good point, although these modern “natural-law religions” are quite different than what we propose here at ISM.co. How do you suppose we differentiate between our own notion of a universal religion (see our Humanifesto) and these more political religions?

]]> https://ism.co/topic/a-modest-proposal-for-the-sacred-texts-of-pythonism/#post-19677 <![CDATA[A modest proposal for the “Sacred” texts of Pythonism]]> https://ism.co/topic/a-modest-proposal-for-the-sacred-texts-of-pythonism/#post-19677 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:35:35 +0000 zugislander Herewith, I propose the following four texts should be the “Sacred” texts of Pythonism:

As our “Sacrosanct Scriptures” we should employ

The Complete Monty Pythons Flying Circus; All the Words Volume One

and

The Complete Monty Pythons Flying Circus : All the Words, Volume 2

As our hymnal during devotions we should employ

The Fairly Incomplete and Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book

Finally, as our Catechism for the instruction of initiates into the faith we should employ

Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think

If no “splitter” voices are raised in one months time from the publication of these texts for consideration, these texts shall be adopted as the “Sacrosanct, and Sacred, VERY Impressive, inspired from on High, Holy Texts of Pythonism.”

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