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  Belief - a key to Spiritual experience

  by LittleToe in

  1. watchtower
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  setting aside dogma, taking the comments of augustine to a deeper level ("unity in what is essential.

  freedom in what is not essential.

  charity in everything"), i'd like to share an observation.. i don't know if i can articulate it properly, and i know it'll open me up for some abuse, but so be it.

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  Like SinkyPantz asked, what do you meam by spiritual experience? And who is it that would have such an experience? In other words, who is it that holds any belief?
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  The Six Planes of Higher Consciousness???????

  by frankiespeakin in

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  c&p i find this interesting not saying it is correct just interesting: .

  http://www.mysticism.net/print/planes.htm.

  the mystic's life lesson #4 .

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  I just read the entire article. I am wondering, do we get a merit badge after attaining each level? And who is it that does the attaining anyway?
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  Where do you find spiritual fulfillment now?

  by marked in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone.. i've been "out" for about six months now, fully enjoying life for the first time in a very long time.

  part of my joy comes from the freedom i now have to explore other spiritualities.. i will say, though, that since leaving i've felt something lacking in my life.

  not because i regret my decision to leave.

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  Ditto what JamesThomas said. It's everywhere always with everything when you are open to it - just Be and fulfillment is there.
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  bethel tour today. what a joke

  by johnny cip in

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  2. friends

  i drive past patterson about once a month.

  and read here about tours there.

  so i stopped.

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  This almost makes me wish I had been a jw and then df so I could really appreciate your story -- NOT.
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  What is the ONE thing the world needs MORE of...

  by Sirius Dogma in

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  besides love.... your opinion?

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  To realize who/what one truly is.
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  Home Alone

  by codeblue in

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  2. experiences

  here i am home alone........ my hubby works out of town from time to time...it never fails, how even though i am dead tired..i get in bed and think i "hear" something or "see" something....geez...you would think i was 10...scared to death...lol.

  i guess i just don't like being in an empty house...does anyone here really like being alone at night???.

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  I love being at home alone, and I get lots of it since I am a life-long batchelor. As a kid, when my mom left the house I wouldn't ask, "When you coming back?"; instead I'd ask, "How long will you be gone?" so that I could savor every moment.

  While in the Marine Corps my most difficult adjustment was never having any alone time - by the way, I am the youngest of 9 kids - maybe that has something to do with it.
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  A bitesize chunk of the Hindu faith ...

  by El blanko in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wrote this for a friend a few days ago and thought it may have some use here.

  i realize that this is only scratching the surface of the faith and hope i have not offended anybody.

  the hindu faith has affected millions of people for hundreds of years and re-emerged as a guiding light in contemporary times.

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  Hinduism is certainly colorful and exotic to western minds, and yet it is still a belief system and as such has no more or no less value in terms of revealing Reality than all other belief systems. The ego will latch onto anything in order to find meaning, the mind will endlessly ponder and seek more profound truths, ego-based arguments will escalate when positions are challenged and defended and more sharply defined separation will occur, and underneath it all shines Reality in its pristine clarity watching it all, remaining hidden in plain sight.

  Thanks for your clearly written short primer on this fascinating religion.
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  does therapy work?

  by doogie in

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  poppers

  Another suggestion if you want a sort of "self" therapy approach: Byron Katie's book "Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life".

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-8757062-1835839
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  does therapy work?

  by doogie in

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  poppers

  I would suggest a therapist grounded in transpersonal psychology.
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  John Kerry on Larry King Live

  by Mulan in

  1. social
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  last night john kerry and his wife, teresa heinz kerry, were on larry king live.

  heinz kerry: yes, absolutely.

  kerry: absolutely.. .

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  My brother, his wife, and his son saw him speak in person this last week in Wisconsin. They were all very impressed, unexpectedly, and say he comes off really well in person.