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A thought, er... question maybe?, for you.
    #5555263 - 04/25/06 03:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

If everyone, both sides, all sides, are living in fear...why don't we all just stop? Is pride the only thing keeping all of this going? I suppose money could be a factor, but would that not also tie into pride?

Just a thought.

I wrote this last night while watching the news, disgusting.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5555314 - 04/25/06 03:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)



Who puts their gun down first?

How do you trust someone you fear? How do you trust yourself when you live in fear?


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5555316 - 04/25/06 03:36 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

It is pride and arrogance. Why is it do you think that religions preach letting go of Pride? Christ, Budda, Abraham, Mohammud each saw it a little different throught different cultural lenses, but the center of each is letting go of the self and respecting others. Problem is no matter how clear hte message from God, people are always the median point, and people are biased to their own side as a rule.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5555326 - 04/25/06 03:40 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

veritas is full of pride like 99% of the world. His post is how most people see the world. It is a mistaken view. There is no answer down this path though we seem doomed to repeat it. No one learns. It is sad.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5555343 - 04/25/06 03:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I believe that you are mistaken.  Pride and arrogance are not the same quality. Religion is not the antidote to fear, nor the cure for war.  Love is the answer.

(And I am not male. :grin:)


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5555382 - 04/25/06 03:52 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Veritas: To be honest, I always saw it that way, until recently at least, concerning "who puts the gun down first."

I guess I forgot about trust, maybe? I guess it'd all be so easy that it seems impossible. But because it is so easy...errr, frustration.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5555397 - 04/25/06 03:59 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Belief in God, is belief in Love. God is Love, so yea God is the answer.


Sorry about the He thing I'll try to remember in teh future. I Knew you are a girl though I just get in the habit of using male pronouns and typing really fast on this site. peace


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5555571 - 04/25/06 05:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I guess your version of God is very different from the religious God, then.  I cannot get behind the "old, jealous, vengeful white guy in the sky" version of God/Love, but if you mean the joyful flow of acceptance and pleasure (my definition of Love), then I believe in that:grin:


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5555573 - 04/25/06 05:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

"Belief in God, is belief in Love. God is Love, so yea God is the answer."

Fuck god and don't mention it as a substitute for love. Love is love is what it is. You wanna make god a synonym to love, go declare it somewhere. Tommorrow is the funeral of a friend. He was 20 years old. Explain this to me from gods point of view. I say again from gods point of view. That is from the narrow-minded point of view.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5555577 - 04/25/06 05:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

The "trick" to ending the standoff is to desire peace and love more than you desire safety and power.  Once you are ready to risk it all in order to live according to higher values, the guns don't matter anymore. :heart:


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Shroomerious]
    #5555583 - 04/25/06 05:22 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Shit, sry man I am just a bit angry that's all... Didn't mean it the way it reads. I was just wrtiting what I think at the moment as always. Anyway, some people die young, some people live, if all people lived then the balance wouldn't be right. That doesn't make me feel better though. And that is good...because it shouldn't. Anyway I don't know what I'm saying... I am going to have some rest.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Shroomerious]
    #5555603 - 04/25/06 05:29 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

that was a very true statement, and in a way, somewhat relevant.

Veritas: How can the greater desire alone for peace over safety stop it? There has to be an action. I think, or hope rather, that 99% of people have that desire to end everything and stop, but NO ONE is taking action, because if they were, it WOULD be over. Maybe that is too bold of a statement, I'm not sure.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5555614 - 04/25/06 05:33 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Because few truly value peace and love over their own personal safety. They may claim to want peace, but their fears paralyze them & thus no action is taken.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Veritas]
    #5555619 - 04/25/06 05:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

so now we have pride, fear, and survival.

I have to attempt to study and eat, I'll check back in on this, especially if I can develop my ideas more.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5555662 - 04/25/06 05:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

IMO, fear is the root of arrogance (as opposed to healthy self-assessment).  Our greatest fear is usually of being harmed or killed, so fear is at the root of survival concerns as well.

My experiences so far support the idea that the flow of our life energy/Love is strong when we are in a state of relaxation, surrender & acceptance, and weak when we are in a state of anxiety, tension & neurotic rejection of reality.

This can create a vicious cycle in which we feel weaker, more afraid of harm, and less capable of effecting changes in our lives.  As fear and tension increase, our life energy can become so limited that we don't enjoy being alive anymore.

The good news is that it is an illusion...the energy is still there, just constricted by our chronic tension and fear.  As soon as we relax again, the flow is restored & we begin to feel fully alive.  :heart:


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5557572 - 04/26/06 04:49 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Domination..

Some people think they can control others.. ..where some people think they are controlled by others. and VOILA, the illusion is real..

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    #5558643 - 04/26/06 01:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

"Those who live by the sword will die by the sword. Those who leadeth into captivity shall live in captivity" Revelations

Shroomerious I have no idea why God took your friend, but I do feel your pain. I lost my good friend of 19 years old a year ago last sunday. he was a great guy everyone loved him. I think the brightest candles always burn out the fastest. Not much consolation in that though, I'm sorry.

Faith is certain hope. I know someday mankind will get it right. War will be a long gone past memory. Hate and Racism long forgotten. The way I see it there are two ways that can happen. A LOOOONG time from now we finally wake up and as stated above 99% decide to have peace and love instead of hate, OR alot of us must die and the people who remain to rebuild must remember the attrocities of our age. Our rape of the earth. Our Prideful arrogance. If many die and civilazation collapses who left could doubt in God? We would all need each other afterwards no one would be expendable. Every life precious again.

My money is on the latter, with the current political situation. And to tell you teh truth I hope it happens.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5559079 - 04/26/06 03:15 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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If many die and civilazation collapses who left could doubt in God?




What if only the atheists and agnostics and Buddhists survive the apocalypse? Why would those remaining suddenly have faith in God, if they had not before? If some Christians survive, but many die, why would those remaining all have faith, after their "saved" loved ones have been killed?

What is likely to change after a disaster is that the survivors would be primarily concerned with survival, and not religion.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5559578 - 04/26/06 05:52 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Not Muhammad. In my opinion Imam Ali co-constructed early Islam and created a balance between esoteric Truth and Muhammad's obvious fundamentalism.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Shroomerious]
    #5559600 - 04/26/06 05:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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"Belief in God, is belief in Love. God is Love, so yea God is the answer."

Fuck god and don't mention it as a substitute for love. Love is love is what it is. You wanna make god a synonym to love, go declare it somewhere. Tommorrow is the funeral of a friend. He was 20 years old. Explain this to me from gods point of view. I say again from gods point of view. That is from the narrow-minded point of view.




I'd like to think your friend is in the bosom and Fullness of God, his origin.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Basilides]
    #5559670 - 04/26/06 06:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

And I'd like to think that he is surrounded by blonde supermodels. As for the "origin" I am not so sure.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Veritas]
    #5560283 - 04/26/06 08:45 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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If many die and civilazation collapses who left could doubt in God?




What if only the atheists and agnostics and Buddhists survive the apocalypse? Why would those remaining suddenly have faith in God, if they had not before? If some Christians survive, but many die, why would those remaining all have faith, after their "saved" loved ones have been killed?

What is likely to change after a disaster is that the survivors would be primarily concerned with survival, and not religion.





Because when the apocolypse comes it willbe at God's will, and if it is of God's will then he will provide for those with faith. And when it happens even the atheists will know this. It will happen as it was written as well. God may be insubstantial now, but when the end of this age ends, he will hide no longer.

"This is the patience and faith of the Saints" Revelations


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5560334 - 04/26/06 08:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

We have no way of knowing who actually authored such "predictions" like the End of Times, which in my view are more symbolic of one's individual death and the end of one's experience in the world, not God showing off in a massive show of omnipotence by shutting down existence. Humanity will go down like the dinosaurs eventually. God has nothing to gain by calling "Cut!" on His dream.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Basilides]
    #5560351 - 04/26/06 08:58 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Not Muhammad. In my opinion Imam Ali co-constructed early Islam and created a balance between esoteric Truth and Muhammad's obvious fundamentalism.




Muhammod preached his teachings and I'm sure they were not what is in parts of the Koran. That said I'm sure he was a prophet, and heard the word of God.

In revelations it says something like "In christ is the spirit of prophecy" I'm inclined to believe this reading the old testament prophets exibiting the same qualities. Muhommad was humble almost to a fault, his religion shows this and is taken to a fault. There must always be balance.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5560389 - 04/26/06 09:05 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Do you believe in the flood that all ancient civilizations remember? Ehh, sybolism as well to you I suppose. Oh well, keep teh faith in God, when it happens the symbolism will make sense in that it relates to real events. I serisoulsy doubt little horses with wings and scorpian tails will be stinging us for 9 months in real life but they stand for a real event.

What He has to gain is ridding the world of the virus of humanity before we destroy the earth beyond repair. Population control. Nature always maintains balance. Right now we are far out of balance. Think about it.

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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5560397 - 04/26/06 09:06 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Apocalypse means revelation. EveryOne survives of course (as cores). How could we be separated from our essence? Why would you talk about physical survival?

eta: We are not a virus for the world. We are the world. As an apple is a part of the appletree. In the words of Alan Watts, the world peoples and the tree apples.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5560478 - 04/26/06 09:24 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Muhammad was hardly a saint. He attacked Jewish tribes unprovoked, enslaved various young girls and women as concubines, and commanded followers to literally engage in warfare for the sake of God. In large part, these aspects of Prophet Muhammad is what eventually caused me to leave Islam. Muslims are indeed Children of God just as any follower of any tradition is, but I do not believe Muhammad was of the Divine Mystery, or even mystically aware of it, otherwise he would not have been an exoteric.


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    #5560492 - 04/26/06 09:27 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Do you believe in the flood that all ancient civilizations remember? Ehh, sybolism as well to you I suppose. Oh well, keep teh faith in God, when it happens the symbolism will make sense in that it relates to real events. I serisoulsy doubt little horses with wings and scorpian tails will be stinging us for 9 months in real life but they stand for a real event.

What He has to gain is ridding the world of the virus of humanity before we destroy the earth beyond repair. Population control. Nature always maintains balance. Right now we are far out of balance. Think about it.

Peace

blaze2




I don't few the flood as historical.

What if a giant meteor beats God to it?


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    #5560804 - 04/26/06 10:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

First Muhommud.

I did not say he was a saint basilidaes I said he was a prophet. One does not hae to be a saint to have christ conciousness. Jesus just happened to be perfect, this is why many believe he was the son of God. The jews are still waiting for theirs and so are muslims (when the "real" jesus returns in teh end days or some other crazyness, the fake one got crucified or something I still need to read most of the koran.) Prophets are normal humans and as such are not perfect. the old testament prophets are not near as saintly as jesus.

Listen If everythign thing is Gods plan then Islam has a purpose too. I'm of teh opinion that Mohammod recieved teh Word of GOd to prepare teh islamic world for this day to topple the west, but THey break Gods laws continuisly and will have no place in teh new world. Hippocrites like the their enemy. They will fall with those they seek to topple.

Now on to the giant meteor.

there wont be one. Least not big enough to wipe us out. I cant prove that but I know it. its called faith. And if one comes it will be Gods will, and part of the end days. So there you go. Nothing can beat God to it, since everything is part of God. Peace

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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5561100 - 04/26/06 11:36 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

The idea of Prophets is a bit too much for me to take in a historical sense. Awakened individuals who actually existed are probably behind the spiritual ideas we see in the world today as religion and faith, not literal agents of Mystery. Salvation doesn't come through faith, doctrine, or law. Salvation is a State of Being. Had Islam never materialized as a religion for the Arabs (who, reportedly in Islam, were feeling unwanted by God until the arrival of Muhammad), there would be no disproportionate "salvation" in the East as those who call themselves Muslims today would simply be something else by default..Sabaean, Zoroastrian, who knows; anything but a somatic materialist. Chances are either Hinduism or Christianity would fill the gap. God reveals Herself in a process of de-individuation, as if basking Oneness one soul at a time. "You come to me walking, I come to you running" as Islamic narrations have God saying. No, Muhammad was not perfect. Some of the things he did were downright evil and vile, which to me spells out an unenlightened exoteric, not an Awakened individual who was God-conscious. If Muhammad was God-conscious, his palm would never have embraced the handle of a sword.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: Basilides]
    #5562829 - 04/27/06 01:25 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

You dont think that God showed himself to Moses? or Jesus? the same thing happened to Muhammud. Each had a message for their own people. The message would of islam would not have worked with the jewish people. Nor would hte message of judiasm have worked for the arabs or they would have already have adopted it long ago. God sent messengers to all the cultures of the earth, setting each peice in motion one by one, till the board is set. I get the feeling we are getting close to checkmate.

God sent David to war in teh old testament. Jesus taught us that violence is never the answer, but at the same time Jesus understood he would not be able to have everyone put their swords down, and until everyone agrees most will be to scared to go that way either. Muhommad recieved the same message. The devil himself is part of God, and God allows him to influence and decieve us. Perhaps the message of Islam was teh spirit of the Devil. Either way its still God's plan, have faith. Peace

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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5563892 - 04/27/06 05:47 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Oh come on.. none of that is important. It doesn't matter whether Muhammad was the real deal or not. I don't believe in Prophets, either. There is absolutely no historical evidence of any (besides Muhammad), so until then, I'm going to assume that Abrahamic Prophets are merely the symbolic constructions of unknown historical individuals who may or may not have been awakened. Religion is all about pressure and time in my opinion - externalized ideas and symbols of unmanifested Truths. Most religions were constructed over long periods of time, with of course the exception of Islam.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5570419 - 04/29/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Wow, I followed this for a while, but this took a turn, but I'll jump in.

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blaze2 said:You dont think that God showed himself to Moses? or Jesus? the same thing happened to Muhammud.




If God is real, then he shows himself to every single person every day. Only those who want to see can.


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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: demiu5]
    #5574008 - 04/30/06 12:56 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Demius God is real and he does speak to everyone everyday. Most dont listen or care. THat said has he ever sent you a vision of the future? Do you doubt he could? How much faith would a man have to have to see the destruction of his world and society, and not turn his back on God? A man of the ancient world, shown visions of wars from the "modern" age. Imagine the terrible power, the reckless destruction. Can you blame them for preaching fear of God? After seeing that?

Jesus didnt even fault them there. He faulted them for following God only because of their fear, that way breeds disrespect for people of their God. What God would do that? people would start to ask. Jesus said instead of following Him out of fear, one need only love him, and he need fear nothing.

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Re: A thought, er... question maybe?, for you. [Re: blaze2]
    #5574620 - 04/30/06 04:37 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

The Easter Bunny is real and he does speak to everyone everyday. Most dont listen or care. THat said has he ever sent you a vision of the future? Do you doubt he could?

A man of the ancient world, shown visions of eggs, marshmallow peeps and chocolate bunnies from the "modern" age. Imagine the terrible hunger, the reckless craving for candy. Can you blame them for preaching fear of the Easter Bunny? After seeing that?

Peter Cottontail didnt even fault them there. He faulted them for following the Easter Bunny only because of their fear, that way breeds disrespect for people of their Bunny.

What Bunny would do that? people would start to ask.

Peter Cottontail said instead of following Him out of fear, one need only love him, and He will fill your Easter Basket.


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