A path before/alongside jediism?

Did you follow a diffrent philosophy or religion then Jediism before you became a Jedi?
Like paganism, islam, christianity, taoism etc..
Or maybe you still do, in that case, do you have any problems with follwing two religions/philosophies?

I personally used to be a Zen Buddhist, then i found Jediism and i eventually turned to Jediism. I do still apply some zen ideas to Jediism, but it isn't really a problem because Jediism and Zen are quite similar.

I grew up Christian, though not very devote, and still am to a degree. I have no problem with following both as the teachings of Christ are very Jedi in nature. It also helps to think of them all as metaphors instead of a factual accounting of events. I am, as time goes on, letting Christianity go more and more and being more "purely" Jedi.

Yes, I am a practicing Shambhala Buddhist. It was created by a Tibetan Lama to be a powerful secular form of Buddhism for the Western World.

Fits extremely, EXTREMELY well with Jediism. And, the reason I do it is mostly because I have Shambhala right down the street from me. And a sangha (or a group of people who support you in your path), in person, close to you, is amazingly helpful.

Well most by now probably know about my satanic path, and perhaps about the fact I go to Quakers too. They are part of my whole.

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I'm a Messianic, Abrahamic, animistic panenthistic sort of chap. I grew up Christian, and still am an esoteric sort, but I've cobbled my faith together from Zen, Taoism, Shinto, Shamanism, and a handful of others, in every place that those others explained what i'd already found better than anything else.

I was raised Christian then left that faith for paganism. After a period of "seeking" I found Hellenic Polytheism and have maintained a belief in the Greek Gods and Goddesses ever since. I have no problem meshing the two belief systems at all. In fact, I find that Jediism adds to the beliefs I already have and vice versa.

Edan wrote: Well most by now probably know about my satanic path, and perhaps about the fact I go to Quakers too. They are part of my whole.

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If i may ask, are/were you engaged in the COS or something alike?

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Edan wrote: Well most by now probably know about my satanic path, and perhaps about the fact I go to Quakers too. They are part of my whole

If i may ask, are/were you engaged in the COS or something alike?

Though I know of their literature etc I don't affiliate with or belong to any particular group. I do like the Satanic Temple though.

Bareus wrote: Did you follow a diffrent philosophy or religion then Jediism before you became a Jedi?

I was raised in the New Apostolic Church.

Bareus wrote: Or maybe you still do, in that case, do you have any problems with follwing two religions/philosophies?

I follow a shamanic path for my spirituality. There's not really much to reconcile.

I was raised Roman Catholic and had a few lessons with nuns etc as a kid, then read a book about Zen, and then in 1989 I started reading anything I could get my hands on about Tibetan Buddhism & Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and have never stopped!!!!

Thank goodness the internet arrived, but like many others here I have both read and practiced parts of just about every flavour of spirituality. Other then online, the only things I've done briefly in physical people group's is RC Church, Gelug Tibetan Buddhism, Taoist QiGong, Saraswati Order Yoga, a few new age things, and some entheogenic shamanism.

So these days alongside Jediism I get most fun out of pretending to consolidate the different systems of Tibetan Buddhism and then compare that outwards to other traditions around the world. My little Gen1 iPad is full of Tibetan PDF and I can most often be found sitting reading it while scribbling into my two notebooks full of notes. Luckily it continues to really inform my Jedi path, but one day I'll just stop and forget it all
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