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Why Does God Allow Suffering

Submitted by lderusha
on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 18:02

Since early civilizations people have been asked, "Why, God, why?" when suffering enters their lives, natural disaster strikes, a death of a child takes place. And for centuries, religions have tried answering the question of how God, who is Love, could allow us to endure these suffering.

This conversation presumes that God is a being that acts like a human and makes judgements and meters out punishments for "sins." With that assumption we can only arrive at confusion or answers that turn God into King and the world a tribe.

Although it would be nice to hear Ernest Holmes founder of Religious Science, address this issue, he almost surely addressed it in his classes.

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Cultivate Compassion in Mind

Submitted by lderusha
on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 00:46

As you cultivate compassion, and inner peace for yourself, you then move to another level of consciousness—compassion at the level of humanity, the planet, and the Cosmos at large. Let go of your conditioned mental and emotional patterns that trap you and limit the flow of your authentic self

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Mind
Compassions
Universal Mind

Breath is life

Submitted by lderusha
on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 04:02

Life is absolutely dependent upon the act of breathing. "Breath isLife."

Differ as they may upon details of theory and terminology, the Oriental and the Occidental agree upon these fundamental principles.

To breathe is to live, and without breath there is no life. Not only are the higher animals dependent upon breath for life and health, but even the lower forms of animal life must breathe to live, and plant life is likewise dependent upon the air for continued existence.

The infant draws in a long, deep breath, retains it for a moment to extract from it its life-giving properties, and

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Practical Mystics

Submitted by lderusha
on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 17:12

Practical Mystics: The New Leaders of Planetary Change

Many people have come to this planet for a special purpose and at a time when everything is shifting and changing. Surely it is no great surprise to anyone who is watching TV or reading blogs, global or local news that the planet is in the midst of deep natural change: Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, coronal mass ejections from the sun, weather extremes and many other types of earth changes are dominating.

Humanity is also in this midst of deep change.

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Mystics
Leaders
planetary change

Quiz of the past

Submitted by lderusha
on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 00:56

Take this opportunity to review your past.  Act as if you only had one year to live and you were reviewing all the important points up till now. Don’t focus on just the negative.  Include positive as well.

1. Write a brief overview of who you believe you are – be very honest because this is only for and about you.

Here are some of the questions you might want to ask yourself to help get started.

Are you honest with others? Do you like to be around people? Are you someone who needs more time alone than your friends? Do you communicate well with your family and friends?

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Quiz

Heaven's Earth

Submitted by lderusha
on Sat, 08/13/2011 - 23:55

Life is about connections-the connection between our conscious life and our inner self, other people, and with the planet. When we are connected we have a sense of well being, we feel as if everything is OK and is going to be ok; when we are disconnected, we feel confused, abandoned, lonely, separate, or lost.

Although we are never really disconnected from the whole it can feel that way when our constant fascination and identification with the outer world hinders our relationship with inner beingness.

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planetary shift
connection
survival
ecology

Crisis? What Crisis?

Submitted by lderusha
on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 19:51

Buckminster Fuller, in 1962, spoke of planetary instability. Carl Sagan in 1977, spoke of the planet in crisis. Today, individuals like Ervin Laszlo, his Holiness the Dali Lama, Peter Russell, Barbara Marx Hubbard and many others are have been giving the message that the current world state is unstable.  Our intent for this blog message is near the end I we share what you can do!

The Current Economic/Financial Crisis
The dominant planetary economic system(s) are in serious crisis. The USA is haggling over possible Default with a debt that is out of control.

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crisis
land
ecology

Developing Intuition by Paramhansa Yogananda

Submitted by lderusha
on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 19:07

An article by Paramhansa Yogananda from the October 1939 Inner Culture Magazine

Intuition is that directly perceiving faculty of the soul which at once knows the truth about anything. Unless you have the power of intuition, you cannot possibly know Truth. It is the knowing power of the soul without the help of the senses or the mind. Intuition can give you knowledge about things which your senses and understanding can never give. Intuition does not depend upon any outside data whatsoever.

Intuition Means Soul-Perception

Intuition means “soul-perception.” It shows the difference between

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Spiritual Paradox

Submitted by lderusha
on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 16:22

 

I feel it is important for all of us in this philosophy called “new thought” to clearly understand paradox!  This whole idea of paradox needs to be understood by everybody, really, because we deal with paradoxes in our daily lives. A paradox is two (or more) seemingly true statements that lead to a contradiction or they seem to defy logic. It is viewpoints that appear to be contradictory to each other but the statements themselves seem true. 
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