Posts by abiather

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Man is designed to be God-oriented, shows new scientific study!

by abiather in

meditation slows age-related loss of grey matter in the brain, finds a new study.

(http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.htm) (see also http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/can-meditation-really-slow-aging/index.html).

when we eat certain type of food, it shows how it affects our body.

abiather

LoveUniHateExams, Yes, you took it out of my mouth correctly.

Our universe is amazing! Our body too (which is a universe in miniature) is amazing. And we know that to make it possible for life to exist, special physical laws are required in advance. Neither we nor our parents came to this earth as astronauts went to the moon carrying life-sustaining things which are not available in the moon! When humans found themselves in earth, it was in an-already-prepared condition for humans to live and to enjoy the life! In other words, earth has been intelligently planned.

Some people do not realize that science, like religion, requires faith. We make so many assumptions. We believe that the laws of physics are reliable [which is a kind of faith]. We create experiments that can test and verify these laws. If we follow the same scientific practice, then we will have to say God initiated the universe, He created it. Science attempts to understand how the universe works. Religion attempts to understand the purpose and meaning of the universe. It’s like studying and analyzing the parts of a vehicle, and explaining how it works (something science does), and saying the purpose of vehicle is for us to travel (something religion does).

Science has its inconsistencies [for example, even General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are not consistent with each other, yet, we think each one of them is correct], just as religion has its puzzles, too. Science cannot point where in our body the “I” exists, it can only see chemicals and its various combinations, and doesn't allow free will; yet, we think we have free will. We have to learn to accept inconsistencies in both science and religion. The more we understand about the two, the greater the possibility of bringing the two streams of thought closer together. in religion, there is the subject of revelations. But revelations happen in science, too, except that a revelation is not called a revelation [which may be called an idea, a flash of genius, a new creation …etc]. “When the idea for the laser came to me, I was sitting on a park bench, thinking . . . why haven't I been able to do this? Suddenly, I got this new idea,” says Nobel laureate Charles Townes who invented the Maser and co-invented the Laser.

No wonder many believe there is a spiritual presence in the universe, though it is difficult to define God. Skeptics would ask, if God created the universe, who created God? So there's always that problem with a beginning. We don’t know the answer! This does not strengthen the view of atheists. Just because we don't know, it doesn’t mean “it can't be.” Just because we don't know, it means we don't know—that’s all!

No wonder Albert Einstein said: "I'm not an atheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations."

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Man is designed to be God-oriented, shows new scientific study!

by abiather in

meditation slows age-related loss of grey matter in the brain, finds a new study.

(http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.htm) (see also http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/can-meditation-really-slow-aging/index.html).

when we eat certain type of food, it shows how it affects our body.

abiather

Meditation slows age-related loss of grey matter in the brain, finds a new study. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.htm) (see also http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/can-meditation-really-slow-aging/index.html)

When we eat certain type of food, it shows how it affects our body. If it makes us healthy and even healthier, it means we are designed for that sort of food. Similarly, thinking is like food for the mind. Thinking affects our life.

1) If we think that we are here by chance, then we begin to feel separated and more important than others, and begin to assert things in favor of us. In such thinking pattern, our desires becomes intense, and turn into anger (if desire is met with obstruction) and greed (if desire is fulfilled). In either situation we are not happy, it will be reflected badly in our physical health too.

2) A person who is in the habit of meditation go about relaxing his body, withdrawing his attention from everything around him, including his body, viewing himself as pure consciousness (or as immaterial being just like his source) affirming himself to be the embodiment of lofty qualities such as peace, love, compassion (which stem from the conviction that all are made of same substance). This awareness continues even when he engages in other activities of the day. In such thinking pattern, his desires do not become intense, and hence will not turn into anger (if desire is met with obstruction) and nor into greed (if desire is fulfilled). He is equipoised—does not feel elated over the pleasant happenings nor troubled over the unpleasant happenings. In either situation he is alike, and he is never stressed, but in harmony with his body and mind. Such people have less age-related atrophy in the brain's white matter (because their God-oriented attitude appears to help preserve the brain's grey matter, the tissue that contains neurons. The scientists looked specifically at the association between age and grey matter. They compared 50 people who had mediated for years and 50 who didn't. People in both groups showed a loss of grey matter as they aged. But the researchers found among those who meditated, the volume of grey matter did not decline as much as it did among those who didn't. Researchers were surprised by the magnitude of the difference. “We observed a widespread effect of meditation that encompassed regions throughout the entire brain,“ he said.

No wonder we are called human beings! Human refers to the physical aspect whereas Being points to the more important aspect, the immaterial substance. We say—my hand, my leg and my brain—all of which the “I” possess, yet the scientific tools cannot locate this “I” in our body. The only thing we can do is to declare that a person is dead when that "immaterial I" LEAVES his body, taking with it all the features such as ingenuity, power of reason ... etc!

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Jesus died for US...technically

by enigma1863 in

for god so loved the world he gave his only begotten son and then took him back.

that's not love, its a big legal loophole.

people have technically died in the past, and by the standards of diagnosing death in bible times you could definitely beat 48 hrs and return.

abiather

Ransom Sacrifice is foreign to the OT: "Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin."--Deutronomy 24:16. If OT God has not thought about it (Jeremiah 7:31 & 19:5), it did originate from the apostate writers.

Jesus too had no idea about a ransom sacrifice he was supposed to render (Compare Mathew 12:35-37; and Mather 23:12)

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JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

by abiather in

i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

abiather

cofty,

You got it—I post something “strange!”

When such things as this which really works for people with no cost at all, many doctors prescribe some chemicals.

i remember reading somewhere, the person had been suffering from ring worm; and doctor prescribed some tablet to be taken every three months. And he did this for 12 years--it kills the worm, but not its eggs. Thu problem persists.

One day another doctor said something different from what he learned from his experience, not from his curriculum: "do enema with neem-juice water." He did that, and worm problem of his stomach is gone forever.

My point is that there are two types of Doctors:

1) Those who treat for money

2) Those who really want their patient to be cured forever.

This is the irony:

Doctors will go out of business if there are no patients;

Lawyers will go unemployed if there are no crimes and conflicts!

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JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

by abiather in

i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

abiather

Galaxie,

Rather it is easier than mathematics--just knowing What,how, how much and when to eat. It really worked--I am saving now 30 minutes daily!

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JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

by abiather in

i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

abiather

jhine,

Yes, I visited his house--good friendship is being built now.

A really nice person to have in my life!

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JW. Net heals a JW Physician and his patient!

by abiather in

i met a jw physician last month, by chance, in a waiting lounge!

i moved to the seat next to him and asked him: are you one of jws?.

surprised, he responded: i was, till last year.

abiather

I met a JW Physician last month, by chance, in a Waiting Lounge! I moved to the seat next to him and asked him: “Are you one of JWs?”

Surprised, he responded: “I was, till last year.”

I too was a JW, and I have seen you in the Assemblies/DCs in the First Aid Department, and you may not know me as I have only a limited association with JWs. I gave a brief history of my coming out of JW fold, then I asked him: “How did you come out?”

He said:

“Last year, I received an e-mail with a link to JW.Net. Content of the mail was this: “Jehovah who used blood of Jesus for the eternal benefit of the humans will not logically prohibit the use of blood for the temporary benefit of humans while they are still here on earth—especially so as Jesus sanctioned the drinking of symbolic blood in the form of the vine. Hence JW view of the blood transfusion is illogical and unscriptural.”

This came as a wake-up call to me. It revealed that I accepted JW teachings without analyzing them thoroughly! It did not take much time for me to disassociate. Yet I am not happy as my wife and children are still under the illusion of JW teaching!”

Our conversation continued for some time. He invited me to come to his clinic and offered me free treatment any time I require! I told him, I have only one problem: constipation.

He told me: There are two ways—one the usual treatment with laxatives, and the other is change in life-style which costs you nothing!

I told I want the latter.

This is what he said:

“Constipation is not a disease, but a condition that invites many other diseases! I will give you some hints that will not only remove constipation but also enable you to minimize the diseases you may get in your life!

Just observe the body—body will not tell lie! Observe those who are not stressed but have loving relationships, peace, joyfulness, cleanliness, inner strength, practical wisdom and balance—they have stronger immunity, hence most of them catch less disease. Some of them further minimize their diseases as they choose a healthy food-habit which means they know the following:

(1) WHAT TO EAT [fresh, easily digested, nourishing food prepared with minimum spices and articles, which means abstaining from all types of processed food];

(2) HOW MUCH TO EAT [in moderation, may be half of one’s capacity, in decreasing quantity—more during the break-fast, lesser during lunch, and further less during last meal of the day]

(3) HOW TO EAT [slowly, in gratitude, with full attention on eating, and chewing well before swallowing which makes digestion easier and prevents improperly digested food from entering blood and causing a wide range of adverse effects to health.

(4) WHEN TO EAT [only when you are hungry, which means normally 4-to-5 hour gap between each meal / intake, eating the supper ideally before sun-set and going to sleep 3-4 hours after, thus getting a good rest for the body during sleep that enables you to get up early in the morning rejuvenated and refreshed].

What is more important is your attitude: “You should know that the real seat of taste is not the tongue but the mind, and best relish is when you eat after feeling hungry for some time.”

Though what he said appeared simple, it meant a complete reversal of what I have been doing. Anyhow, I decided to practice what he advised. From the very first day I began to feel the difference. Now it’s one month. My constipation is completely gone; and as he said “I feel more and more refreshed.”

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Devolution, not evolution

by abiather in

scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

one can dismiss this as an exception*!

yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

abiather

Viviane,

Question is not about the poetic word play. It's about the designer behind the earth which is much more than a home fitted with everything we need not just for our sustenance but for our enjoyment!

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Devolution, not evolution

by abiather in

scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

one can dismiss this as an exception*!

yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

abiather

Viviane (and also John Mann),

Flying machine without using the air-polluting fuel is not a matter to be laughed at. If we remove the alphabet “t” from the word PLANET, we have the word PLANE. You and the entire humanity are aboard on this PLANE called earth, and it is flying at a speed of 30 km per second, i.e., 1,08,000 km per hour! [At this speed, the distance to the moon can be covered in just four hours]

We, rich and poor together, clock 94 crore km of flying in a year aboard the spinning satellite that is what our planet is. We are space travelers! Our position is never static, even when we are asleep in our bedrooms. Travelling on this unique plane, the list of destinations reads like `morning', `noon', `evening', `night', `summer', `winter', `spring' and the like. Are we fully aware of, acknowledge and appreciate what Nature has made possible for us to experience, without having to pay for the cosmic ride? Or are we taking it for granted just because it’s too big in comparison with tiny planes we have designed? Are we obsessed with the idea that only small things require a designer and big things do not?

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Devolution, not evolution

by abiather in

scientists discovered an organism that has not evolved in more than 2 billion years (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203104131.htm) .

one can dismiss this as an exception*!

yet overwhelming proofs are too obvious to miss if we take the community as an individual (community is the reflection of the behavior pattern of the individuals that make up the whole).

abiather

John Mann

You missed "melting 14 exotic ingredients" including buffalo horn!

How could see only buffalo horn?

You can make fun of when you hear things you have not heard before--that's your choice! However, things have been perfect in the beginning. In ancient India there was a law that says "If a beggar is found in a kingdom, the king of that kingdom will be disqualified."

Why such perfect laws were abandoned?