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Learn about the word in 'life'...first. Then reread the bible and you can see why Jesus was able to say 'I am the word'...for when you awaken to the spirit that you really are...the 'life' of spirit within you becomes the 'word' as well. When all is ready, each will pick up their own cross. Until then, each will use scapegoats and use the blood of another man to Find the Way. There is a reason Jesus did not fight for his life of flesh...for he understood that this life of flesh is not the life we are here to live for and that letting go of the flesh you think you are, is a part of the path of picking up your cross and placing your earthly attachments apone it.
Originally posted by 547000
reply to post by MamaJ
I too am fascinated by NDEs. But they sometimes contradict each other. For example some Catholic saints or children were taken to hell by Virgin Mary as a warning to share with others, and I wholly believe the apparitions are true. And yet an Evangelical had an NDE and in it they were told Mary has no idea about the happening on earth and that it's all a satanic deception to divert attention away from Christ. I am scared that I may somehow be deceived and end up doing something that offends God in some way. Even the bible warns about deceiving spirits, and yet someone on ATS shared with me an experience where the voice of Mary came to his head and told him to follow Jesus. So yeah, murky subject.edit on 1-9-2011 by 547000 because: (no reason given)
I have private e-mails where you claim to be exactly that.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
reply to post by MamaJ
What I found so awesome was after ridding of all my preconceived ideas and beliefs...and then finding the word of god in life around me...as I then went back and re read many things...I saw new things that then resonated with what I learned that I had not noticed before.
One of those things was something I found in the gospels of peace and it said 'cut the tree, I am there....lift the stone, you will find me'.....those words summed up what I discovered....in the design of life-that 'life' itself was filled and fattened, by God and that nothing was truly separate, from Thee.
I can still remember reading that line and smiling to myself out of joy for the understanding that came with it.
The joy was from the knowing that even before the books...one could of found Thee. When the builders had to but the trees, when they had to kill for their food, when they had to lift the stones to build....Thee was right there.
Its beautiful to know, Thee has always been where a seeker could find Thee. People want to hold all the details of what a book has to tell them....when the gems of life are simple...like the worth of giving, love, empathy, sharing, the fact that we all smile and cry, the fact that we all share the same world, we all look up at the same sky, we all dance, we all need water....we really are not strangers.
reply to post by LeoVirgo
Home was not a place I was needing to 'go to' but a place I had to find in the 'now'.
Sure.One should always try to make up his own mind about the message given and if there is an agenda behind it, but at the end of the day it is only you who reads the message and either feels it to be true in his spirit or not. Having an open mind and hearing advice,warnings etc doesn't mean being gullible and gulping everything up like a sponge. Discernment is crucial.
Originally posted by Beamish
reply to post by Valeri
As do I. However, it is advisable – for those listening to this advice – to be wary of any possible agenda behind it. Because, believe it or not, there are disingenuous people proclaiming to know the truth.
Though Et-Man doesn't encourage anyone to follow his words to the letter per say, he however ecourages to PONDER,weigh the information given and make up ones own mind about it,after discerning with your spirit.
And yes, some may say that the truth, no matter how it is delivered, is all that’s important, but I’d rather (if I were that way inclined) adhere to the philosophy of a genuine, detached teacher than someone who encourages the individual to follow his teachings to the letter.
Sure, the mainstream science community hasn't proven or isn't claiming these notions as fact.
Thanks for your explanation. You’ll forgive me if I point out that it is all conjecture, with absolutely no basis in science and without even a meniscus of circumstantial evidence.
reply to post by Valeri
Sure, the mainstream science community hasn't proven or isn't claiming these notions as fact. One has to realize however that science and people of scientific mind are very limited in their ability to analyze much of anything that is beyond the 5 senses of the human body vessel. Scientific methods,that are solely based on the limited spectrum of the 5 senses of the human body also,and OBVIOUSLY SO limit the knowledge they can obtain or find out based only on those limited senses with limtied spectrums to it. Here's an example. A human ear is unable to hear a dog whistle,because the wavelengths that a human ear can hear are very limited. 20 Khz up to 20 000Khz i believe ? Anything below or above that is not senses in any shape or form by the human ear, however a dogs' ear does,which proves it's existence as a wavelength. A sound that exists, despite human senses not being able to sense it. If there were no dogs,would we even know such a sound exists?! something to ponder about Same goes for everything else. Science and scientific method is very limtied in what it can analyze or PROVE as you say. Just like the human ear not being able to sense beyond a certain limit...the scientific method is unable to sense/measure/prove anything beyond the scope/limit of their human senses or the limits of the technology they may be using. So you see beamish, the scientific method is not capable of proving anything beyond their limits of sensing/measuring. (And I would like to add,that they have measured/proven much more than they let you think they have...even the science journals are always many steps behind what is already proven/possible) You,by believing only what scientific method tells you, are limiting yourself very much,when it comes to knowledge beyond the limtied physical body senses.
Originally posted by redgy
reply to post by ET_MAN
so there is no "hell" in the sense of how scripture pertaining to this thread is used for that "TRUTH", because the hell found through christianity does infact say that it WILL BE FOR ETERNITY and any hope of ever seeing the light from such a place, can never again be experienced to those who are sent there.
why not just put those who are not worthy enough to rest, why punish them for an ETERNITY without escape.
carm.org... just some of the teachings of jesus and whats found through verses of the bible.edit on 31-8-2011 by redgy because: added link
Originally posted by ET_MAN
reply to post by iamhobo
Hi Iamhobo,
At first ET_MAN was an alien/human hybrid, and now he's a bible beater. I'm thoroughly saddened.
If that's what you see perhaps that's all you will see. Pick up a book or bible and read it according to the eyes you have to see with. I've been accused of claiming to be an Alien-ET from another planet which I've never claimed. It's usually the name ET_MAN that confuses.
Love & Best Wishes!
Originally posted by Beamish
reply to post by Bridge_Boy
I have private e-mails where you claim to be exactly that.
If this is true, please forward me - via U2U - a copy. We can take it from there.
Originally posted by iamhobo
Originally posted by ET_MAN
reply to post by iamhobo
Hi Iamhobo,
At first ET_MAN was an alien/human hybrid, and now he's a bible beater. I'm thoroughly saddened.
If that's what you see perhaps that's all you will see. Pick up a book or bible and read it according to the eyes you have to see with. I've been accused of claiming to be an Alien-ET from another planet which I've never claimed. It's usually the name ET_MAN that confuses.
Love & Best Wishes!
ET_MAN
If and when this cataclysm happens, how will I be saved? According to what you say, if I prepare mentally I am basically saved. Will this 'saving' come from other beings, or will it be caused by me?
If it's caused by other beings, will they take me and/or my family away?
If it's caused by myself, is my mental preparedness going to 'deflect' whatever happens?
I have read the bible and I accept its moral lessons, that is all. Most if not all religions talk about a divine being...that is what I believe.
Please give me a straight answer if you know, I would prefer to not get a lengthy philosophical answer.edit on 1-9-2011 by iamhobo because: (no reason given)