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I have a theory about religion, tarot, the subconscious [Spirituality & Religion]

I'll keep this as short as possible.

I think if there is a god, he/she/it (I'll refer to god as "it" from now on. I don't mean any offence) is your subconscious mind, when you do something good, it rewards you with endorphins etc. When you do bad, it judges you, it makes you feel guilt. Soldiers seeing the faces of the people they've killed etc.

How does this relate to religion and tarot?

Religious people find comfort in their faith fair enough, I'm not gonna get into that. They get life advice from the bible. You hear people say "I can open the bible at a random page and take something away from it. Something relating to their life.

In tarot. Actual tarot. Not Mumbo jumbo. People also take away life lessons. They turn cards randomly that have a meaning and take away a lesson from that.

What do I think is actually happening here?

I think people are giving "god" a chance to talk to them. By god, I mean their subconscious mind.

Your brain picks up a rediculous amount of information that your conscious mind can't handle. It just proscesses in the background.

How does this relate to religion and tarot?

Firstly religion. Devout people read the bible so much that they know it off by heart. They know every page like the back of their hand.
Seemingly randomly they flick through the pages, with a question about their life to god in their head. Subconsciously they know exactly what is on each page and exactly what that page feels like. That page has the answer to their question.

Same with tarot. The cards have meaning to the person, they are giving their subconscious mind a chance to guide them. By trusting this they are unlocking the full power of their brain. It's intuition.

Learn to trust it. Let it guide you. It knows what is best.
There's just a few holes in that theory. Lots actually. Your mind wasn't here before time to create the earth, etc.. And you didn't die to save people from eternal separation from God. You are not infinite. You didn't even create yourself. Over 500 witnesses saw Jesus and testified that He is God.
SuicideScout · 36-40, M
Completely missed the entire point of all that then huh? Well played
@SuicideScout: No "play", to it.
SW-User
Interesting theory. I think some of it is based on the human need to make sense of the nonsensical as well. We find patterns where none exists, we see faces where there are none, we even see words written on a page that were never there under the right circumstances.

Both religion and the tarot accomplish essentially the same thing. They offer answers to a wide variety of life's problems. Same destination, different roads.
SuicideScout · 36-40, M
very true. i experimented with this kind of thing once. i told my self id stop using logical thinking and instead id do exactly what i felt instead. my conscious mind just became a tool. so every choice i made, everything i did was controlled by this feeling. that was a tingling feeling, you know like when you get exited about something and you get the chills, you hairs stand up etc? it was that, and it got stronger and stronger that feeling did the more i let it take control. it was quite a surreal time of my life, making a decision became almost euphoric.
ReaperofTime · 46-50, M
Yet if we are each a living deity we would all have life by the balls.
SuicideScout · 36-40, M
For me. It's Star Trek tng. I know that sounds stupid. But there are a stupid amount of episodes and life lessons. I put every episode into one folder and I flick through them "randomly" until I land on an episode. I always take something away from not relating to my current situation
interesting concept

 
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