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Nice selection, Yorick. I think I'll take a shot at this...
Do you go on the actions of its practitioners.
To a certain extent, but mostly in an investigatory sense. It is educational to me to observe how groups of people interpret and act on a particular worldview.
Do you go on the apparent benefits the worldview brings their mindset and life?
As above
Perhaps you ignore the practitioners and look at the originator and their life.
When possible, yes. It is much easier to investigate L. Ron Hubbard than it is to investigate the originators of Druidic Paganism, for example. Often the life and circumstances of the originator shed light on the context of the belief system.
Do you focus on the ideas alone. Do the ideas inherant within a philosophy attract you?
Absolutely, especially if it is an idea that I haven't run across before
Do you incorporate different views under one umbrella? If so:
Yep, all my life experiences, direct or vicarious, have influenced my worldview.
(a)How do you balance the worth of accumulated wisdom within a balanced and layered view with your own perspective and the idea that you can know more than the originator(s).
I see the development of a worldview as I do the development of technology. You don't need to go back to the stone axe to design a drill press. However, a clear understanding of the history and development of a worldview is necessary to place it all in context, just as an understanding of math is needed to use a calculator. (that may be a crappy analogy, but it's all i've got right now!)
(b)What is the balance between your behavioural choices and your theological/cosmic beliefs. Does one outweigh the other?
I try to live my life in harmony with my beliefs. I'm not in perfect balance yet, and likely never will be. I believe the disparity is one of the primary ways in which I improve myself.
Have you had a supernatural experience?
Hmmmm, I don't regard anything as "supernatural" insofar as if it exists, it is part of the universe, and therefore natural. I've had a number of things happen which I have no explanation for other than the existence of the event. That is what makes life worth living, in my mind: the existence of mystery.
Perhaps you have balanced all the above?
Would that I could, I might have more to offer... still working on it...
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