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Which airline(s) should I take when I visit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Pearson International Airport? Then, which airline(s) should I take when I go to Manama, Bahrain from Riyadh? Which airline(s) should I take when I go to Kuwait, Kuwait from Manama? Which airline(s) should I take when I go to Abu Dhabi from Kuwait? Which airline(s) should I take when I go to Doha from Abu Dhabi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.34.178 ( talk) 00:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Today itself I got an Visa as well as confirmation letter statting that I have been selected for an Air baltic,bathroad ,u.k,I would like to enquire about wheather its genuine or scam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.125.202.69 ( talk) 08:29, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
While using Alitalia over the summer I noticed the plane's seats had no row 18, and there was no Gate 18 at whichever Milan airport we transferred through (memory fails me). Is there a special reason, for I can see no disaster etc on their wiki pages referring to a reason to cancel the use of the number? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theediscerning ( talk • contribs) 10:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
According to this page, it looks like forgiveness "can lead you down the path of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being." OK. I understand the physical and emotional parts, but what in the world is "spiritual"? Does that mean "religious"? I am not a religious person, but I do know what it feels like to be wronged, and no matter how much the perpetrator wrongs another person, perhaps the best strategy is to embrace forgiveness and unconditional love; it's not the same thing as forgetting the wrongdoings or blaming the wrongdoer or forcing the wrongdoer to confess his/her wrongdoing. Practically, I think the wrongdoer would recognize his/her wrongdoing on his/her own accord, understand, and change. And with change may come physical and emotional health and social cooperation. At least, that's what forgiveness means in my opinion. Perhaps, MayoClinic is referring to "spirituality" in a generic sense - one that means the state of the soul or spirit of "inner human nature" to cooperate well with others. 140.254.121.33 ( talk) 18:01, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is a rather good essay by Rick Bateman comparing Buddhism and Ayn Rand. Nietzsche, Spinoza, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are also essentially atheistic (in the Judaeo-Christian sense) writers who are big on spirituality. You can also sense a profound sense of spirituality in some science writers, especially Stephen Jay Gould and the incomparable Carl Sagan. With them it is a combination of a sense of awe for the Universe and man's comprehension of and place in it. The communication of values one gets from great art is also highly spiritual, dealing with man's experience as a being that has a spirit. This applies even to good pop culture, like the first Star Wars movie, or the way you feel after watching this. The way you feel after forgiveness is spiritually unburdened, which is the essence of the message in that video. μηδείς ( talk) 18:41, 2 November 2012 (UTC)I will ask you to project the look on a child’s face when he grasps the answer to some problem he has been striving to understand. It is a radiant look of joy, of liberation, almost of triumph, which is unself-conscious, yet self-assertive, and its radiance seems to spread in two directions: outward, as an illumination of the world—inward, as the first spark of what is to become the fire of an earned pride. If you have seen this look, or experienced it, you know that if there is such a concept as “sacred”—meaning: the best, the highest possible to man—this look is the sacred, the not-to-be-betrayed, the not-to-be-sacrificed for anything or anyone.
The OP asks what in the world is "spiritual"? Does that mean "religious"? That's been a matter of continuous debate in the secular humanist magazine Free Inquiry. One view is that spiritual means, along the lines of Carl Sagan's view, in awe of the majesty of the universe, in which case an atheist can indeed be spiritual even though irreligious. The other view, held by the magazine's editor Tom Flynn, is that "spiritual" can only mean enthralled with the supernatural, which is inconsistent with atheism. In any event, concepts that you mention like forgiveness, unconditional love, etc. are not confined to religion. Duoduoduo ( talk) 19:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
I would argue we can perceive the supernatural,not directly but by it's manifestations. Hotclaws ( talk) 00:52, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
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Which airline(s) should I take when I visit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Pearson International Airport? Then, which airline(s) should I take when I go to Manama, Bahrain from Riyadh? Which airline(s) should I take when I go to Kuwait, Kuwait from Manama? Which airline(s) should I take when I go to Abu Dhabi from Kuwait? Which airline(s) should I take when I go to Doha from Abu Dhabi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.34.178 ( talk) 00:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Today itself I got an Visa as well as confirmation letter statting that I have been selected for an Air baltic,bathroad ,u.k,I would like to enquire about wheather its genuine or scam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.125.202.69 ( talk) 08:29, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
While using Alitalia over the summer I noticed the plane's seats had no row 18, and there was no Gate 18 at whichever Milan airport we transferred through (memory fails me). Is there a special reason, for I can see no disaster etc on their wiki pages referring to a reason to cancel the use of the number? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theediscerning ( talk • contribs) 10:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
According to this page, it looks like forgiveness "can lead you down the path of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being." OK. I understand the physical and emotional parts, but what in the world is "spiritual"? Does that mean "religious"? I am not a religious person, but I do know what it feels like to be wronged, and no matter how much the perpetrator wrongs another person, perhaps the best strategy is to embrace forgiveness and unconditional love; it's not the same thing as forgetting the wrongdoings or blaming the wrongdoer or forcing the wrongdoer to confess his/her wrongdoing. Practically, I think the wrongdoer would recognize his/her wrongdoing on his/her own accord, understand, and change. And with change may come physical and emotional health and social cooperation. At least, that's what forgiveness means in my opinion. Perhaps, MayoClinic is referring to "spirituality" in a generic sense - one that means the state of the soul or spirit of "inner human nature" to cooperate well with others. 140.254.121.33 ( talk) 18:01, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is a rather good essay by Rick Bateman comparing Buddhism and Ayn Rand. Nietzsche, Spinoza, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are also essentially atheistic (in the Judaeo-Christian sense) writers who are big on spirituality. You can also sense a profound sense of spirituality in some science writers, especially Stephen Jay Gould and the incomparable Carl Sagan. With them it is a combination of a sense of awe for the Universe and man's comprehension of and place in it. The communication of values one gets from great art is also highly spiritual, dealing with man's experience as a being that has a spirit. This applies even to good pop culture, like the first Star Wars movie, or the way you feel after watching this. The way you feel after forgiveness is spiritually unburdened, which is the essence of the message in that video. μηδείς ( talk) 18:41, 2 November 2012 (UTC)I will ask you to project the look on a child’s face when he grasps the answer to some problem he has been striving to understand. It is a radiant look of joy, of liberation, almost of triumph, which is unself-conscious, yet self-assertive, and its radiance seems to spread in two directions: outward, as an illumination of the world—inward, as the first spark of what is to become the fire of an earned pride. If you have seen this look, or experienced it, you know that if there is such a concept as “sacred”—meaning: the best, the highest possible to man—this look is the sacred, the not-to-be-betrayed, the not-to-be-sacrificed for anything or anyone.
The OP asks what in the world is "spiritual"? Does that mean "religious"? That's been a matter of continuous debate in the secular humanist magazine Free Inquiry. One view is that spiritual means, along the lines of Carl Sagan's view, in awe of the majesty of the universe, in which case an atheist can indeed be spiritual even though irreligious. The other view, held by the magazine's editor Tom Flynn, is that "spiritual" can only mean enthralled with the supernatural, which is inconsistent with atheism. In any event, concepts that you mention like forgiveness, unconditional love, etc. are not confined to religion. Duoduoduo ( talk) 19:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
I would argue we can perceive the supernatural,not directly but by it's manifestations. Hotclaws ( talk) 00:52, 4 November 2012 (UTC)