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Comment on Clara’s Bicycle by Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:36:28 +0000

Thanks, Christelle. Peace to you.

Comment on Diogenes Allen on Why Jesus Died by Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:35:49 +0000

Thanks, Alan. Peace to you today.

Comment on How the Holy Spirit Is Like a Tattoo Artist by Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:35:05 +0000

Thanks for this, Mike. There is much wisdom in AA, and in Marcus Aurelius.

Comment on How the Holy Spirit Is Like a Tattoo Artist by mike

mike — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:57:36 +0000

…Good meditation Chris…its comforting that both Christ and the Holy Spirit are making intercession for us….”When I am in a groaning time, and I can’t seem to find the capacity for hope, what helps me is to realize that I am not left to my own resources.”
Here’s another angle from AA:” In the famous passage on acceptance (at page 417 of the ‘Big Book’ of Alcoholics Anonymous), we read that:”When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place thing or situation – some fact of my life – unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake.” (Emphasis added.)
“There is nothing we can “change” in an instant other than our attitude – i.e., the level of our consciousness and thought. Thus, when disturbed we need to immediately move from the egoic resistance to life’s circumstances, to higher consciousness and an acceptive, radical non-resistance to what is. (“To argue with ‘what is’ is insanity,” said the philosopher-Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, “yet the thoughtless cannot resist doing so.”)…. “Lastly, we must know “the difference” between what we can and cannot change at the moment we are disturbed. It is, thus, essential that we know there is the small “self” of ego-consciousness, and the higher “Self” of God-consciousness, and that there is a vast different to the thought processes and emotional reactions of both states. For it is only in this latter ‘self-less’ state that we can “accept that person, place, thing, or situation” which disturbs us “as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.”
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Comment on Diogenes Allen on Why Jesus Died by Alan

Alan — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:26:56 +0000

Chris,Yes, your reflection on atmenonet on Good Friday is relevant, and I understand now why the words appeal to you. They would probably appeal to me too if I had known the man as you did.SRB,The thought that perplexed you does reflect a naturalist perspective on the meaning of religion. If that is sinful in your perspective, very well it is sinful. If you are connecting a naturalist perspective or materialist perspective with communism, then you are right in saying it is associated with atrocities. At the same time it has expressed itself in more ways than in communism and is generally associated with peace rather than violence.

Comment on Clara’s Bicycle by Christelle

Christelle — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:54:28 +0000

I remember rindeag somewhere that Martin had suggested to Katie that she learn Psalm 46 by heart. Now, that may be apocryphal or fictional, but if there’s any truth to it, it could provide an interesting rindeag for the 20th.

Comment on Sermon on Blind Bartimaeus by Lorraine. Perry. .

Lorraine. Perry. . — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:38:14 +0000

I enjoy reading this sermon. Please email more to me
May GOD bless and keep you,
Lorraine

Comment on Looking at the Ceiling by Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:23:08 +0000

I can imagine because I have seen the night sky high up in the Sierras, far from lights and civilization. It is a beautiful sight!

Comment on Sermon on Blind Bartimaeus by Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:22:14 +0000

Thanks, Isaac. Peace to you.