posted June 30, 2004 02:10 PM         

I thought the notion that what you resist persist meant that beacuse you were "avoiding"/"Trying not to do be" something meant you were focusing on it, and that very act brought it closer to you.

posted June 30, 2004 04:39 PM         

I feel its one to ponder for a while any feedback you may have will be great

posted June 30, 2004 05:19 PM         

When you persist at something, you are reinforcing the idea that you don't have it in your life. The more you are telling yourself that you ARE lacking something. The brain listens to what it's told. When your reality is that you do not have something you want, you never will.
The more you are trying to get or be something the more you are believing that you do not have it, or are "it". The more you are training the mind to believe you are lacking, the more you WILL notice that you are lacking. So it is harder to get "it" -or so it seems.

All good things are yours. Everything you need or want is awaiting you NOW. I know this is hard to grasp, especially when you do not see what you want in your life.
You think it is not there, because you do not see it.

You must BELIEVE it to SEE it.

This is hard and takes much practice to retrain the mind.
I do not belong to a religion, but I believe in a Higher Power, God, what ever you chose to call him. And I believe he will always provide you with what is good for you and what you want.
Most people don't understand this. We were taught to feel guilty if we want something. We must work hard to get anything. We are not deserving or worthy.
I do not belive this. And have proven it in my life many times. I talking about changing my reality to how I WANT it to be.
Through the power of my thinking and belief.
It has worked countless times, by manifesting tangible physical things in my life.

But, don't get me wrong I am far from being totally THERE yet. If that makes sense.

I am a deserving soul, loved, and provided for always by God and MYSELF. Who is but a small peice of God. We all are. He has given us the power of free-will. He wants us to know that he is here to provide everything for us. He loves everyone of us. He is us. We must truly KNOW this before it can be proven to each of us in our own lives.

Know that right now, no matter how it may not seem like it, you are at the perfect point in your life. Not that you shouldnt strive to change, grow. But when you are in the now, and choose the knowing that right now you have everything you need, and you are a divine creature of this planet. You will KNOW that you are never lacking anything truly. And when you do feel like something is lacking, that is because you made that choice. Everything you need is waiting for you to claim it NOW.

Remind yourself everyday what a beautiful, deserving soul you are. You have everything you need, RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW. Walk this path gently, and ask to hurt no other soul in the process. And ask to be able to help anyone you can, in their own best interests as you walk your path.

Hope I'm making sense and this will help you in some way.

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posted June 30, 2004 08:02 PM         

I have stumbled MANY times. Fallen flat on my face - HARD. And I appreciate these times, for I have learned alot from them.

Yes, all we can do is our BEST. Or at least try. To always strive for this, and not knock people over pupously in the process. We are all human and must make mistakes in order to learn from them. We WILL sometimes hurt people, even when it wasnt our intention.
Great thoughts.

posted June 30, 2004 08:05 PM           

Taurus' points are well made, in that we cannot TRULY follow the will of God AND our own until our will bends to the will of the Divine.

Who am I to say that what I find unpleasant or undesirable in my life is unnecessary to what God WANTS of and for my life?

What I must learn to want, is exactly what I have...what must I learn to be content with? What is and nothing more. The Lord knows my heart, my needs, my desires and there is no reason at all to think that an obedient child of God will not find them all granted in due time.

Love,

posted June 30, 2004 08:15 PM         

A wise man once said:
"There are two ways to be rich. One is to have what you want; the other is to want what you have."

posted June 30, 2004 11:06 PM         

That is why beloved Jeshua talks about the kingdom within YOU. YOU are the one in control whether or not your conscious of it. I call this my HIGHER SELF. When we tune in to our higher selves, God (our highest vibration), we make better choices.
God cannot be part of negativity. For God is ALL POSITIVE. He is in everything, everywhere, a flower, a rock, under a tree, in you. He is a participant ONLY THROUGH YOU.

Now before you all write and tell me about the starving millions and the suffering etc. etc. etc. Suffering is part of each persons growth. We made that suffering not God. We have it in our power to change that.

Will we?

We are the world. That's how the song goes and that's how it is. To change the world I guess we have to change us first. Start with your life manifesting that which is your highest good. Never harm another and always aim high. If you measure your value by who you are as a child of God, there is no end to your reserves.

posted June 30, 2004 11:32 PM           

And so this freewill we have...are you saying that the choices we make and the consequences of those choices are unknown to God?

There is no pain that you feel in this life which is real but that you make it real. If you would identify so heavily with the carnal carnival, then you will be sucked into the show. How is one guided? Is one drawn only to the light? Or does one flee from the darkness as well? To deny that darkness has anything to do with God is to deny that the Creation is of God and that God does indeed encompass all.

Perhaps, instead it is more productive to understand this..love does not always spoil you...sometimes it punishes you as well. There is Mother love and there is Father love. There is Cancerian caring and there is Capricorn concern.

To wit: "I'd rather see you cry now than watch you bleed later."

Love,

posted July 01, 2004 12:24 AM         

We only "suffer" because we know we can. For the same reason, we can be happy.
But if the existance of a controlling "God" were not planted in our brain from birth, we would just be our own energy. Like the animals who don't take pity on themselves when they are hurt or die. Only because we have a conscious, can we blame, claim, or ordain a god.

Obviously a lot of people need someone to curse for their unhappiness and thank for their "blessings"
(it couldn't be THEM who were responsible, could it?)

So many truely devoted religious people "Thank God" they didn't get killed after being hit by a truck or malled by a tiger! Yeah, he was present enough all right, scratching his ass while making sure you only got hurt, but not killed! GIVE ME A BREAK! Is he around to pay the medical bills? Not even 80%?

IT's ENERGY FOLKS! MY STANCE!

How spiteful a God to let a child get shocked while touching a night-lite that looked like his son! ELECTRICITY!

posted July 01, 2004 01:15 AM         

When we flee from darkness we make a choice. It is our OUR CHOICE. We cannot always change how others behave, but we can change how we respond. Hence we do not add to the darkness. I guess in a sense I suppose you could say we flee. The human energy that expresses itself in the form of evil is the same that can through choice, express itself in the form of love. My understanding of evil/darkness is the denying of love. Am I wrong?

You are guided by seeking the highest good always. The more you do it the easier it becomes. God is in all creation it's true. God gave us free will in this creation to also create. He did not create EVIL. That is why EVIL is LIVE. We created it during life by choice.

Lets just say for example, you decided to break into a house and steal lots of money. Then lets say, you shot a person whilst you were doing this awful deed. Well it goes like this, I think God is in you, the gun, the house, the person you shot, but God was NOT resposible for your act. He knows about it sure. But sorry, it's your choice using free will he lovingly gave you.

Duality is the expression of free will and all life. I do not believe that divine love is mutable. In fact it is adamant.

It is interesting reading all the very latest on the so called adamantine particles in physics. I'm not sure who said it first, but somebody named them the "God Particles." Is that not a coincidence?

Stop giving God human characteristics Philly.
He is not responsible for you getting shocked. Where were your parents? Was the night light faulty? Was it made in China? Sorry, that was a really bad joke....

Goodness, when are WE going to really start taking responsibility? God is within you, but he didn't make you touch the light now did he? Go on now Philly, what really made you touch the light?

I'm now making the good choice to go off and have a nice drinky. A large glass of Merlot should do the trick. I think I need the energy. May the good force be with you all.

Seek always the answer within. Be not too influenced by the thoughts or words of others around you. Not even mine. We are all of us sharing a little and having a banter. It helps us all grow, to think perhaps a little out of our own box. The answer is always within YOU. Always. Check it out.

Cheers!

posted July 01, 2004 01:22 AM         

All have contributed to my question and what I was thinking at the time.

posted July 01, 2004 01:27 AM         

Sorry to be a pain - I sent you an email

posted July 01, 2004 01:35 AM         

I don't go to church anymore I don't feel I need to find God there as he's everywhere. Although some of the old cathedrals in the U.K. are smashing and I go because I love the way they feel. Nope, I guess if I were religious I'd have to say I belong to all of the clubs.

Cheers again. And keep away from night lights

Anyway, what happened to the made me do it??? Ha!

posted July 01, 2004 09:42 AM           

If a road is made whose boundaries are defined by yellow lines and outside of those boundaries there lie unpleasant consequences for travelers should they stray off into the wilderness. If there are SIGNS which warn the traveler of these dangers...and finally if ALL of these, the traveler, the road, the boundaries, the signs and the wilderness were all designed by the same entity...is that entity responsible for whatever unpleasant circumstances arise should the traveler disregards the signs and the boundaries and step off into the wilderness?

Of course not. Is the designer any less the creator of the wilderness or the traveler? Absolutely not.

Hopefully that will bring some clarity to this non-disagreement that we seem to be having.

Love,

posted July 01, 2004 09:56 AM         

But God is energy is he not? he is everything and all the space in between.

So if the answer is about walking with God and being on the right path. How do we really know when we are doing Gods will? Ok so there are signs that tell us about the dangers of straying, but how do we know when we are reading the right signs in the right way? If the bible is a lie how do we know what is truth? How can we measure divine will? When do things stop being divine will and become freewill?

posted July 01, 2004 12:10 PM           

First of all, let me say that I am by no means going to be able to answer all of these questions to your complete satisfaction. Anyone here who claims that they can has been caught up in delusion.

Secondly, let me TRY to answer SOME of your questions to the best of my abilities and hope that should I fall short, you will not.

In both of your posts which I've responded to, you mention this "thing" that you would have materialize. Now whether that is a situation, a circumstance or a shiny new car makes no difference. What is important is that you understand that it is the desire to have or have happen that creates the dilemma in the first place. When you are deciding that THIS is bad or THAT is good, you are allowing the mind to decide based on opinion and perspective when the spirit ALREADY knows based on a direct connection with..

Truth for those few of you who are still prepared to deny the existence of your Creator, a connection with God for those of you who are not struggling with that denial.

Stop thinking! There is a voice that guides when we stop deciding. That voice knows the path, it knows the signs, it knows what is true and what is not. That voice cannot and WILL not steer you wrong, but you have to listen to it. You have to learn to distinguish between your own thoughts and the urgings of the spirit.

No book is going to do that for you. No human being is going to be able to walk with you down that road. It is yours to walk alone...the method that will bring you to know your spirit is yours to find. Those of us who are lucky enough to have known a few moments in the light that lies outside the darkness of our minds can only share what our experiences have to offer. If you do not find that way, then know this...it was not meant to be for you this time around...and then let it be.

Love,

daf