Are these the most essential values for change?

[Katinka Hesselink]

I did a series on spiritual values and norms on my blog. Here are the seven I came up with:

1. Freedom and tolerance
2. Thinking for yourself and not dogmatic
3. Gratitude
4. Finding your own path, not comparing
5. Generosity
6. Inspiration and intuition
7. Environmentally conscious

Do you all agree, are these the most essential spiritual values? Did I miss any?

[Darnell Walden]

Pray is a spiritual value that you missed. All religions have this one thing in common, they all practice some type of Prayer to a higher being,force, or entity.

[Katinka Hesselink]

Not true. Meditation in Buddhism doesn't usually imply praying to a higher being, force or entity.

Still, I do think prayer is implied in my no. 6: finding inspiration and developing intuition.

[june roca]

We are still establishing the truth in the matter:
Here's the group you can look at:

http://onegoalinc.ning.com/group/whatisthetruthanduniversallove

[Katinka Hesselink]

I won't deny there are some Buddhists who pray to a God, nor Hindu's. What I'm denying is that this is universal. And that really is beyond question. See for instance this piece on the nature of Buddhist meditation.

[june roca]

Spiritual Values:
I would just like to share my views on these from the pt of view of oneness (as me as you as all life)

1. Freedom:
From what should we be free? We were free in the beginning, when we were born, until we identified our selves with everything else we are, our name, work etc. The life essence was shackled with these identifications. If we forgive ourselves for those, we wil be free.
2. Thinking for yourself and not dogmatic
Our thinking process can be "ours" or it was "programmed" to work the way it is. Question is
we don't know all the details on how it was made and why it was put there, if it is us, thinking, we're okay, but if we were programmed by interdimensional beings to enslave us through polarities in our thinking process, we have a situation in our hand.
3.Gratitude
To whom should we be grateful for? If we created all that is here in this world, then we are the creators, of both the "good" and the "bad" (misery and povertyand war etc.). Then question is, should we be grateful for both or should we forgive ourselves for helping create both in our thinking process?
Will continue when i have time

June

[Katinka Hesselink]

1) I agree on the freedom part actually :) I wrote on my blog:

while I think this value is one that many people embrace, I don’t think freedom is all that interesting as a norm. While my life is full of freedom (it comes with the territory of being your own boss), it only becomes interesting when you take responsibility. Perhaps the (dutch?) saying ‘the master shows himself in limitation’ [In de beperking toont zich de meester] is relevant here…

2) As for conditionings and programming - sure, overcoming that is part of what I call 'thinking for yourself'.

3) I'm personally grateful for having a roof over my head, having access to limitless amounts of information and decent medical coverage. There's no issue with to whom I should be grateful - the universe I suppose.