FUCK ZODIAC SIGNS, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SIN; Lust, Gluttony, Wrath, Pride, Envy, Greed, Sloth. ok fine I'll let you choose heavenly sins too: Patience, Temperance, Charity, Kindness, Chastity, Humility.

(u can choose multiple or just a sin or a virtue and it doesnt matter if they're opposites or whatevs)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not "so pure", I was just trying to extrapolate from whatever crappy description for the seven sefirot was given. Mine is water/tummy, which is called "charity" here, and purple/spiritual, which is called "humility" here. I'm referring to this here:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ooo thats cool! but that doesnt seem so related? just has the same colors and I dunno where the symbols came from but the "virtues" in my post r supposed to be from christianity and ur "sefirot" r apparently from a different religion? I dunno, I was just going to make it about the seven sins and then found out they also have the opposing seven virtues, but Im not a christian or anything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, this idea is pretty widespread.

To give you a short summary:

In India people very long time ago came up with a concept named "Chakra", which means something like "spiritual energy". It's not energy in the physical sense, but something more like willpower, concentration or sth.
In Jewish mysticism, people came up with a concept named "Sefirot" in their studies (Kabala). It's different words, but basically it means the same thing or something very similar to Chakra. It is "the aspects of god inside the human", so, in other words, spiritual powers.
In christian religion, they have "the seven deadly sins", which represent malfunctions of each of the spiritual energies. For example, if your hunger doesn't work, it becomes gluttony. If your responsibility doesn't work, it becomes greed. These "sins" are supposed to be warning signs, to lead you back to the proper function of each spiritual energy.
There's more examples of religion coming up with a very similar concept, but these are the most-well-known.

Oh, and I forgot: In almost all religions, or schools of spirituality, there's said to be seven (though the number varies depending on context) "spiritual energies" or centers, and they are commonly associated with the internal organs. They are said to be mere symbolism for your character (word is cognate with "chakra"), which in turn is a direct result of the configuration of your internal organs.

If you want any link, this one might do, though I admit, it is dificult getting good-quality resources on this. Most of what I know I have learned over years, and a lot of it from introspection. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ooo all that sounds very interesting! Damn u seem to know a lot about religions X3 is it cuz it's ur passion to study them or cuz they help with introspection or what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Like, I have a natural tendency towards the "spirit world". So it comes easy to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh very cool, I'm not much into the spirit world and all that but I do like playing with my brain, learning how to control everything about it I can and knowing my limits and the things that make me me and stuff

And I've been in communities with people that had similar likings but some from a more spiritual perspective, sometimes the people like me and the people like u would fight X3 but idk I think both perspectives r so cool :3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

:3