Shungyism

work in progress

thoughts and notes on tenets and beliefs


 * all objects and beings have a true form or infinite form
 * material forms/bodies in the material world are incomplete versions of the infinite form
 * humans soul is broken down into four parts:
 * light soul
 * dark soul
 * male soul
 * female soul
 * the goal of practice is to combine the four souls into a complete soul or wholeness
 * a secondary goal is to perceive the true spirit form of objects and beings which provides ability to manipulate events in the material world
 * practitioners fallow a four part path
 * contemplation of spirit form of objects and beings
 * medication or inner contemplation of one's own soul-parts
 * dream practice - the practice of lucid dreaming to struggle with bringing your soul parts into a whole and to shape the form of your infinite world when you attain your infinite form after death
 * mystical rituals designed to awaken the soul-parts and the take them through a journey to becoming one
 * avoidance of hedonisms because it contaminates the soul and prevents wholeness by the light soul separating and abandoning you
 * avoidance of ascetism because the dark soul may separate and manifest as a demonic being which will hunt you
 * the numbers 4 and 8 and their multiples are considered sacred signs of wholeness and the infinite