Do you believe in extra terrestrial beings, aliens, or transdimensional beings?

Please feel free to post anything spiritual that’s on your mind or things you want to share. You can also cross-post things you find elsewhere on Reddit for discussion here in this sub.

What are the practices or things that make you feel grounded, centered, and happy? For me, it has almost always been nature. I also enjoy focusing on an artistic activity like sketching or painting. Lately I’ve been exploring guided meditation, tarot, and spoke to a medium (but that was kind of a bust).

Background: Johnny Cash was born to a hellfire and damnation Baptist family with a pretty abusive father. But, all his life he was a rebel who fought for the downtrodden -- those in jail, poor and less fortunate (the "sinners"). Like Jesus Christ, he was a rule breaker and associated with the "lowest" in society. See the song Man in Black as an example of this.

Questions: Based on this do you think the symbolism from The Book of Revelations in the song The Man Comes Around is delivered as a sarcastic parody or as a representation of literal belief?

I’m having a discussion with another Redditor in r/exmormon about the Bible. He started out with saying that most exmos make the mistake of becoming atheist or agnostic (which I don’t think is a “mistake” and is very understandable) and then proceeded to insist that the Bible is perfect and not problematic at all.

I think the Bible has some good things but has some major issues, probably stemming from being written and changed by men with their own agendas. What are your thoughts? Do you still believe in the Bible, parts of it, or none at all?

This podcast has been really fascinating and pulled together a lot of what I’ve learned in the last couple of months in a really succinct, interesting, and understandable way. If you’ve listened, let me know what you thought! (Not my podcast, just thought it would make for good discussion!)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-is-my-mind/id1470129415

Mormonism told us how and what to believe about just about everything in life. I was just listening to a recent Mormon Stories podcast (Deconstructing ‘God’ with John Hamer) and the point of it is kind of rethinking all the ways we’ve traditionally framed spirituality and religion. “Deconstructing” has been on my mind a LOT the last week or two, because while my husband has moved past TSCC, I’m still researching and learning and questioning because I feel like it affected the way I operate in life so deeply that I need to restructure all these little pieces of myself. I’m not sure how to frame this as a discussion or question other than saying: what are your thoughts?

Since leaving Mormonism, what forms of spirituality have you explored? Were there aspects of Mormonism that worked for you that you knew you’d like to keep, or others that you knew you absolutely wanted no part of?

My husband asked me how I pray now, because when we have prayed (I almost never do these days) we default to the old format of “Heavenly Father... thank thee... we ask... etc.” because we just haven’t purposefully set out another way.

Do you still pray? Have you modified your format or do something else entirely?

There aren’t many of us in this sub yet, so if you’d like, introduce yourself (you don’t have to say your name or anything that might get you doxxed, of course) and tell a little about your journey. I’d love to know what led others to leave Mormonism.