tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post7575762529568210771..comments2023-04-28T10:53:10.258+01:00Comments on KNITMAN: As It Seems?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14864658805462324550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-91871397149151857732008-05-02T15:35:00.000+01:002008-05-02T15:35:00.000+01:00Colin, thank you for this post. My experiences ha...Colin, thank you for this post. My experiences have been somewhat different from yours - why wouldn't they be? Our lives have been different and similar in various ways, so of course our spiritual and psychological needs would be far different. I can't help but think of that bit of Christian scripture in <BR/>1Corinthians13: 12-13, where it is written (using a modern English translation), "Now we see as in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these thre; and the greatest of these is love." We humans are so limited. We cannot possibly know what amazing things are in store for us. This oft-quoted part of the Christian Bible is one of its most spiritual parts I think, because it comes from the heart. Love is not just butterflies and peace symbols. It can be, as you experienced, a gut wrenching healing process. A simple presence; a witness to our pain and suffering as well as rejoicing in our moments of joy and celebration.<BR/>I had a similar experience to yours, except nothing near as earth shattering. I was close to giving up. I felt a Presence with me, not me, other than me, a warm, gentle presence.<BR/>On another occasion, when I was older, I was brought up short by a far more disturbing Presence. It was also loving, but disturbing because at that point in my spiritual development, I needed to be disturbed. It awoken me from my foolishness and made me realize that the things of the Spirit and the Universe we live in are serious indeed. I'd say I was awestruck in the most elemental meaning of that word.<BR/>And yet your experiences - and mine - and those of others who will no doubt post here (or won't) - are mere glimpses into the keyhole. None of us should be so arrogant to assume that we have the whole picture. That's why they call it FAITH.<BR/>I think whatever one's belief system - whether with or without a God - one can decide to "use" one's beliefs for love, light and growth or one can take them and twist them for evil, darkness and chaos. And if there is judgment, I believe that is what we are judged on. A dear friend of mine talks about "taking a lot of classes in Heaven" for people who have done evil. That is a paradigm that makes sense to me. The soul can chose to grow or not. I also believe that the ones who may seem the sickest on this earth are the ones who may surprise us in Heaven.<BR/>My 2 cents.<BR/>Thanks for the post, Colin!<BR/>JoanFuguesStateKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271842690827237203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-49374344531850539522008-05-01T20:11:00.000+01:002008-05-01T20:11:00.000+01:00In each succeeding era, age, civilisation - call i...In each succeeding era, age, civilisation - call it what you will - man acquires more knowledge. We are the sum total of our pasts, knowing now more than we did then, but still not knowing what we have yet to learn - in existences to come. Maybe not on this planet, in this galaxy, but elsewhere. "God" to me is the sum total of entities I have yet to become, with more knowledge than I have yet (or may ever)gained. Most of the world's deities from time immemorial have the same fundamental beliefs of the goodness and humanity of Man, but just as there is night and day, ying and yang, good and evil,so we need to imagine a good and a judging god. Today we see in society too many godless youths with no moral compass - the good and judging gods have been our moral compasses - it is just a pity that the man made dogma just serves to bog us down in untruths and fears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-32308312935125189242008-05-01T14:22:00.000+01:002008-05-01T14:22:00.000+01:00There is much we don't know, much we can't prove b...There is much we don't know, much we can't prove but do know. And an open mind is always a good thing!<BR/><BR/>Remember, too, that not all gods that were created were fearsome creatures. Some do believe in benevolence. Have a friendly entity "out there" can be a great comfort, and I don't think the idea of energy coalescing is far fetched.LizzieK8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17418678210403829598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-10928281017389561762008-05-01T04:39:00.000+01:002008-05-01T04:39:00.000+01:00It seems to me, a bit, that science is also a reli...It seems to me, a bit, that science is also a religion. There is so often a reluctance to entertain new ideas in a group that claims to be always seeking. I'm amused when I hear "that's not scientifically possible," when so many times that statement has been, oh, so wrong.<BR/><BR/>So, from my perspective, when scientists say life "ends" at death, I have no confidence it's true. That energy, that spark has to mean something, whether it be plant or animal. Whether we whiz around in a mixed "soup" out there somewhere, or we remain a whole spirit throughout, I'm not sure. <BR/><BR/>You would know this better than I. <BR/><BR/>I found both this post and the next to be extremely thought provoking. Thank you for posting them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com