About atheism... and adolescence. For me, atheism is like a spiritual adolescence :)
When I was learning about Bach Flowers, one of the most fun discussions I had was when we talked about water and Masaru Emoto's research with water droplet crystals. And about the fact that, for example, heavy metal destructures water molecules, while classical music structures them (the same with certain words, emotions, thoughts sent to water).
Have you noticed that very often in adolescence people start listening to heavy "destructive" music? Dressing in black... cursing... Seems like doing anything that destructures water - and considering we're 70+% water, that's just what destructures teenagers themselves. Now one could think that there is something wrong here - after all, building is "good" and demolishing is "bad" - maybe it should be forbidden for children? The truth is that all this is attractive, because adolescence is the time when a person gradually begins to become a separate person from the family - he breaks free from the structures, attitudes, etc. imposed by his parents in order to discover who he himself is behind it all. .
Now let's imagine that the child's worldview is like a big tower, on which most of the blocks were built by mom, dad, grandparents, other relatives, teachers, friends (for example, I clearly remember several different moments in my teenage years when I realized that teachers and parents are also wrong - that as a child, I did everything right in some situations, only the adults made a mistake (although in childhood there was just an internal "error" in those situations)... I had some kind of internal explosion here - and after all, when I grow up, it seems self-evident that adults sometimes make mistakes)... When you reach adolescence, you realize that that previous tower is a bit crooked and not quite mine, so you want your own tower... And because of that, that previous tower sometimes has to be demolished... That "dark" destructive stage is necessary so that a personal perception of the world can be formed, and if children listen to destructive music during that period, experiment with their appearance, etc. - all this is completely normal and even welcome. In the same way, maybe someone you know starts listening to this kind of music in his adult years - it's very possible that he just needs destruction at that stage of his life, so that he can build on top of it.
I think that atheism is simply a stage of peace when, after forced religious belief, all beliefs are destroyed, and for a while you allow yourself to believe only in very clearly tangible things, without forcing yourself to believe in something that does not exist and naturally does not seem obvious. And it's very healthy. I was a complete atheist for quite a long time (it is interesting that it also coincided with adolescence - from about 12 to 19 years old). But at some point, whether you like it or not, if you are curious, you start to notice that sometimes miracles start to happen in life when you "get ready". And then you can begin to form your own understanding of spiritual things independent of any religion... It seems to me that goddesses like Kali or Pele would approve of this destruction in the name of a much more authentic creation
2/7/2019