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Originally posted by prophecywatcher
Religion is not entrapment or slavery. It is freedom! Jesus will set you free.
Originally posted by SentientBeyondDesign
Unfortunately, I haven't encountered this epiphany process.
I recognize the pattern of "deal with it", and I must say that I thoroughly despise it.
However, "letting go of responsibility" in this realm would surely lead to damaging consequences. No? This is what realists identify with most. What the most rational of us identify with most. To tell them to abandon their "home-mindset" in light of something fantastical warrants some pretty bitter responses, to say the least.
This is the dilemma with any of these ascension/mystical topics. They don't exactly bridge any gaps between the material and the ether. They basically tell you, "You can't understand it until you experience it."
It's just so annoying to be told such vague and unspecific things.
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While I can identify with the great unknown, I can also identify with the immediate. You're going to sound like a nutty-bar to people unless you speak their language. And they're going to sound ridiculous to you, unless they speak yours.
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I would absolutely love to believe that there is more to existence than a rough and tumble cynical adventure. I would love to embrace an existence with far more correlation and meaning. I despise the psychological mechanisms around us that force us to become things we don't care to become. We live lives we didn't want to live. And what kind of lives are those ... if not wasted?
Surely, you have those that verily peck at you with the misfortune of the many. Those without limbs, without money, with poor health and burdened with tremendous responsibilities without even understanding how they ended up so down-trodden.
I understand that humility has its place. But at the same time ... we can consciously acknowledge that it is a mechanism we use to cope with our own misfortune.
At the end of the day, if I'm eating a moldy fungus and larvae ridden piece of chicken; and you're eating a hunk a poop. Yeah, I can say, "At least I'm not eating poop." And you're right. You're a bit better off, so be sure to be grateful for that.
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But then again ... You're still eating a moldy fungus and larvae infested piece of chicken.
[edit on 27-5-2010 by SentientBeyondDesign]
Originally posted by NewlyAwakened
Response to OP and some of the comments on the first two pages (I have not yet read the entire thread):
I'm sorry, but physical slavery is the human condition. If you don't eat, you die. But where does the food come from? People work to produce it. Human population figures are far, far beyond the point where everybody can just live off the land like it's some kind of Garden of Eden.
This whole "why should I have to work just to live" mantra throughout this thread makes me think of a spoiled child out of touch with reality.
A wonderful and inspiring article related to this is here: www.harrybrowne.org... (though I do not condone Browne's cop out of getting her an actual present :-) )
I do sympathize with the struggle against psychological slavery. Almost everything we are told is a lie, and the thing is self-perpetuating because the deceived teach the deceived; the blind are leading the blind.
Spiritual enlightenment may indeed come from removing these chains. But if it also means removing the chains of physical slavery, then it means death. Cause and effect. Still, it may very well be worth it. Who knows what's after this life?
[edit on 27-5-2010 by NewlyAwakened]
Originally posted by jGunner
reply to post by Visitor2012
Wow great message and you truly are being freed from years of dependance and slavery. You see my friend we are all being bought to full consciousness with the help of benevolent ET'S, angels, spirt guides ascended masters and many more beings of the christ lighted consciousness. BTW I hear there are many souls on earth today from the continent of Atlantis and also Lemuria. You are definetly on the right track and god bless you as you continue on your journey. You are so right as 2012 has been happening for years now but most peoplee dont understand this.
Originally posted by FraternitasSaturni
76 flags? seriously?
Wow... whats happening to ATS? Has it become a preacher's corner? I mean... I'm happy for ya all but 76 flags for... this?
Originally posted by wolfwood290
Um, what is going on? So the OP says he became enlightened. That's great, but how will that save the world? I mean, like, knowing that you have been a slave all your life doesn't exactly prevent the PTB from sending you off to a concentration camp. The wars, disasters, etc. are still going to happen and this doesn't really help except maybe to offer you a little comfort into accepting your death. I thought he actually had some interesting revelations from being an "Atlantis incarnate", but it's just a bunch of sensationalist "wake up people" propaganda. Pretty much everyone here on ATS is already awakened. That's why they're posting on this site, right?
Originally posted by EvolvedMinistry
A person who is "awake" will not come to a thread of an "enlightened other," simply to downgrade them in order to boost one's own ego, or criticize them because they feel the need to share their point of view.
Keep that in mind.
Much love to all...
Originally posted by QuetzalcoatlAlien
So you are in contact with the spirit of Pegasus and you are a descendant of Atlantis? Haha.
I love heartfelt amazing epiphanies but this is just psycho talk.
Originally posted by EvolvedMinistry
reply to post by Visitor2012
Don't listen to the voices of weakness, they still need their bondage to define who they are, and with it, they need for you to fit that definition as well. (misery loves company)
Enlightenment is the hardest work a human can do, which is the precise reason why only a tiny select few even try. You're there. This message will only resonate with those who are attempting ascension.
Much love to you my friend.
Much love to all...
Originally posted by itchyonions
To be completely free is to no longer posess the ego that allows us to tell others that we are. We are all on our own unique journies, where many need the materialistic life they work hard for so as to learn who they are, and that is their path. Sometimes lessons are learnt, and sometimes they are not, to then forever be repeated.
Your new found awakening my friend would never have occurred if it wernt for the many that chose not to. What may seem as negative in this world, is really what has helped us all to evolve.