Would you ever renounce your faith? I think we will eventually be able to renounce our faith in order for it to be superseded by knowledge. Religious faith is presently only “faith” from the point of view of the intellect. From the point of view of one’s heart, (i.e. at the deeper level of one’s consciousness), religious conviction can
My favourite place is in the shower. I've had many a moment there. Me too! (The good thing about double entendres is that one side is usually deep.) I've not been to a church physically in more than a year
What drives me is what drives most people, I think. The pleasure and interest that comes from human interaction. The satisfaction that comes from endurance of trials and personal achievement. And most of all, nurturing and caring for my loved ones and the psychological benefits that brings me. Life is simple. You wake up, you do stuff, then you go back to sleep
Life is a gift, and a great deal of thought has gone into allocating certain bodies for our use. From my point of view, we come into life with a goal to accomplish various tasks for the advancement of our souls. If we commit suicide, then even though God is infinitely patient with us, we will most certainly feel a deep sense of unfinished business, and will be sent back to a new life in order to try again. We’ll have to face the same challenges and pains, and again our aim will be to overcome th
I just want to share a few of my own views about Benner’s comments. I’ve got this bubbling up inside, so I’m going to use JU to express it Do not think for one moment that it was an accident or a mistake that you are wedded to the one who is now legally your husband or wife. For God never makes a mistake. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%"
The soul therefore seeks to lift human love into divine love, which unties deeply with the soul of the other (that was meant to read "unites deeply with the soul of the other". My Edit doesn't seem to working)
I was going to post this on the personal relationships thread. But I think it would be off the radar for most people. It was written in 1910 by Joseph Benner, who, in my opinion, is an enlightened dude indeed. "Do not think for one moment that it was an accident or a mistake that you are wedded to the one who is now legally your husband or wife. For God never makes a mistake. There is a deep purpose in your coming into such special relations
This one is great. Every line expresses the deepest of spiritual truth "The Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need, He lets me rest in fields of green grass, and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water. He gives me new strength, He guides me in the right paths, As He has promised. Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, For you are with me. Your shepherd’s
From the highest we choose experiences that we know can promote optimum positive faculties for the soul. It seems quite grim down here. But it’s actually very good. Even though we see earthquakes, cancer, death and friction, it’s all good stuff. It’s all part of the plan. Our eternal reality is so much more beautiful, wonderful and peaceful than this place. But whatever happens, there’s no such thing as accidents. God is a puppeteer, ultimately, and kn
positive thinking aligns our mind with the nature of Ultimate Reality. Negative thoughts cause our interpretation of reality to grind against Reality itself, so we experience inner friction. (This principle is based on the premise that the Ultimate Dimension of Reality is Spirit, and that we are spiritual beings - a principle adhered to by all r
What is positive thinking? I wrote a short article on positive thinking a few years ago. I left it gathering dust, as no one else has read it. If you don't mind iskenderr, I'll copy and paste it here. (Yours was a good article, by the way. Thanks for sharing it.) Positive Thinking Our “thoughts” are self-created forces wh
But I guess i am asking at the very heart why some can believe and others can not... It's all a question of spiritual growth, in my opinion SushiK. But don't worry if none of it clicks yet. You get loads of lifetimes, and it's a process of continual growth. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-Quot
even though many couples are happy to go to strip clubs together nowadays, or let their other half play away - in the name of "liberation", I think some old-fashioned attitudes will come full circle in the end. Thank God. (I speak from experience.)
I'm willing to make a huge sacrifice for you. . . . If you want me to go, and remember I'll do it just for you, then let me know and I will reluctantly go it's impossible to describe the thrill i experience when enc
How dare he! Jerk I never want my lover to look at another woman in any kind of sexual/lustful manner, <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bg
Of course no one will ever admit it. Especially your husbands ladies. ... it doesn't matter how pretty or ugly you are, men still like looking at different women. Period. ... I don't go much but when I do it's fun fun fun. ... Self control, self control, self control. Married couples have principles, and our choices and behaviour reflect our cha
Close, however not upon existence of god does the atheist depend, but upon the existence of the theist. Both can exist in the complete absence of god. Close, but it's really all about God, rather than theists. The prefix "a" in atheism means "without", so atheism means "without God (Theos)", not "without theists". Your claim that “Both
Re-active people empower the weaknesses of other people to control them (Hope you didn't think I was referring to you personally Dharma. I was talking impersonally about what I believe generally, as was the whole post.) <TD class="mb-Body-Quote-Text"
Your intolerance towards me makes me, the person who is usually tolerant, want to dig my heels in. It makes me want to insist that you respect me and my beliefs, it makes me want to force you to accept me. I don't like intolerance, in any form, but your relentlessness makes me become that which I dislike. I think one of the greatest challenges
An atheist depends ironically on God's existence. If indeed God did not exist then neither would the atheist, for there would be nothing to be against. Good logic, Steven. I like it. <TD class="mb-Body
If I SAW God tomorrow . . . then I would throw myself on his mercy. . . . However - I do not think that is going to happen. As we grow spiritually, our inner-eyes begin to open. We become "awake", to coin an Eastern phrase, (or "born again", to coin a fundie phrase). We begin to see that life is beautiful and that there’s no such thing as death.
I've never heard of a quiet atheist. That's because they’re quiet. I think most atheists are happy to let theists get on with their beliefs, without imposing their views. Loud, arrogant atheists can be more noticeable than quiet atheists, just as loud, arrogant Christians can be more noticeable than quiet Christians. But quiet atheists and quiet
accept the ‘is-ness’ of life To accept the 'now-ness' of life is probably a better phrase. To fall in love with the Now aligns our consciousness with God's Consciousness, and that's where liberation is found. Very Eastern, and very true. (It's all about the inner experience, as the Buddha taught. The more lifetimes we have, the more we grow, and
His mother had made a statement saying something like "heaven isn't closed; prayers really are answered because we prayed to get our son back alive and that happened"...which made me wonder how in the hell that made jessica lunsford's parents feel when she was found murdered. I wondered if they felt like they had not prayed hard enough, had they not prayed at the right ti
I find Jehovah's Witnesses most endearing. Their message is like distorted truth. They talk about Paradise and the hereafter, and when they start talking about exclusivity I can’t help chuckling, and want to give them a big hug. God bless Jehovah's Witnesses.
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