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Anonymous Coward User ID: 46115972 Spain 09/06/2013 04:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I make a point to never dismiss what I think is a sign Quoting: wildhoney Signs are special gifts..when the Divine world takes the time and bother to reach through into this mess and touch you gently showing you the way.. Gracias de nada go with the flow op..it might be a sign it might not use discernment.. I think it could mean God is winking your way and saying..remember me? how about we spend some more time together getting to know eachother better? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 45405354 United States 09/06/2013 04:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You were graced by the gift of words and wisdom but unfortunately much like most men, you abandoned this gift and have forsaken the words. When you go back the bible will not be there yet there is hope as Jesus tells us to seek him and you will not be forsaken. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 14481125 United States 09/06/2013 06:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I could not go to bed and just came from that bench I left the bible in, I brought it home. Thank you all for the encouragement. If it wasnt for the early replies the bible would still be there where I left it. It's so bizarre for me to have actually found this--I am very confused about many aspects of religion and what god is and represents. I was born into a conservative roman catholic family but confused by my aunt who converted into a jehovah witness. Her religion beliefs some of which I agree with has really confused me. What I really think about god and who he is... I see him as the universe, I see him as that because there is no beginning or end. It's a beautiful thing which is a host of billions of stars, planets, galaxies but most importantly LIVES like yours and mines. When I pray I'm confused as to what to call him.. Jehovah or universe and it's really painful and foggy for me. I personally dont believe the bible was written by god or inspired by him..etc but I do want to read it and see what I can reflect on. Again thank you. Your words today helped with something. Please, I would love to hear your comments or reflections on this.and what this bible might be all about. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 46115972 Spain 09/06/2013 09:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is just my opinión..I was reflecting today ..the world man has created..as in concrete jungle..burocrazy.-..bills..having to achieve strive etc....with some entertainment thrown in ..is in my view absolutely bizarre to think that we are expected to live like this seems to me ridiculous but nature..Gods Creation..the Life God created for us..is so so fulfilling in my view I could go on we are prisoners of our needs and wants..basically of our ego that has traded our freedom in nature for captivity in concrete..and all this for things and paper..its insane in my view so when the Divine World manifests through unusual beautiful circumstances its so wonderful..because it so reassuring..we are not alone isnt it wonderful:) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 46115972 Spain 09/06/2013 09:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is just my opinión..I was reflecting today ..the world man has created..as in concrete jungle..burocrazy.-..bills..having to achieve strive etc....with some entertainment thrown in ..is in my view absolutely bizarre Quoting: wildhoney to think that we are expected to live like this seems to me ridiculous but nature..Gods Creation..the Life God created for us..is so so fulfilling in my view I could go on we are prisoners of our needs and wants..basically of our ego that has traded our freedom in nature for captivity in concrete..and all this for things and paper..its insane in my view so when the Divine World manifests through unusual beautifulo circumstances its so wonderful..because it so reassuring..we are not alone isnt it wonderful:) and then at the top of the food chain you have a bunch of people who want to blow the whole place up with wars? man..couldnt make this up if you tried make your own wine..stock up and live in nature.. the beautiful silence of the sound of nature..to meditate and pray and pray..without having to run around doing stuff... as if we are immortal..how ridiculous |
Nicolemare User ID: 25066813 United States 09/06/2013 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One last thing there is a bookmark on the bible on the book of Romans between chapters 7 and 8 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14481125 Please if you could post what is written? thank you.. it could be important.. I'm curious as to what is on those pages too! I feel there is something important there for you. I am happy you went back to get the bible OP. Following your gut takes practice! lol Also OP like you, I am not "religious" and for many years had the same questions as you do until I actually had a near death experience when I was 25 where I flat lined and was given the choice to not terminate my physical body as of then, thus returning to this plane of existence. Before I came back a lot of my own questions for myself were answered. As far as what to call god and who or what he is??? I believe god is actually an energy, or life force pretty much similar to what you think is the universe... I call him "The Creator" or "Source"... If I was in your shoes, I would keep the bible even though I am not "religious" per say, and do what someone else suggested and randomly open it up to different pages every once in a while out of the blue, and reflect on what it says! Good luck to you OP! Cheers ~"For the total development of the human being, solitude as a means of cultivating sensitivity becomes a necessity. One has to know what it means to be alone, what it is to meditate, what it is to die; and the implications of solitude, of meditation, of death, can be known only by seeking them out. These implications cannot be taught, they must be learned." - Krishnamurti ~ |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 46415204 United States 09/06/2013 02:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Romans 6:13-18 King James Version (KJV) 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What does this mean? |
daughter in NYC User ID: 46018885 United States 09/06/2013 03:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Romans 6:13-18 King James Version (KJV) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46415204 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What does this mean? Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you become a NEW CREATION Spiritually. The old ways are dead and the new ways are now being led by the Holy Spirit. Because you choose to believe in Christ you are now righteousness in God's eyes. The Grace of God is your covering. Sin will not condemn you anymore. Faith is the means of remaining in His grace daughter in NYC |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1561325 United States 09/06/2013 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Romans 6:13-18 King James Version (KJV) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46415204 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What does this mean? Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you become a NEW CREATION Spiritually. The old ways are dead and the new ways are now being led by the Holy Spirit. Because you choose to believe in Christ you are now righteousness in God's eyes. The Grace of God is your covering. Sin will not condemn you anymore. Faith is the means of remaining in His grace A numerological significator of the number 8 is new creation as well. I looked right past OP's mention of what book the mark was between and merely focused on the fact it was found on the cusp between 7 and 8. 7 = Mercury, Libra, The Chariot. 8 = Saturn, Scorpio, Strength. The mark could be a time significator of the sign as something new coming into OP's life around the third week of October. The cusp between chapters 7 and 8 of Paul's letter to the Romans just so happens to be the point from which Paul moves from speaking of man's bindings to the laws of man into the difference between living for the desires of the flesh and that of spirit. OP, you've obviously gotten past the point of viewing one doctrine over another as an absolute to hold above all else as law or truth. Now it's a matter of figuring out how to follow what it is that is in your spiritual nature to do. I very much doubt that would be to turn back to traditional teachings and confine your growth, but that doesn't mean those same teachings cannot be more aptly looked at for better understanding from a new found perspective. |
daughter in NYC User ID: 46018885 United States 09/06/2013 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Romans 6:13-18 King James Version (KJV) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46415204 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What does this mean? Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you become a NEW CREATION Spiritually. The old ways are dead and the new ways are now being led by the Holy Spirit. Because you choose to believe in Christ you are now righteousness in God's eyes. The Grace of God is your covering. Sin will not condemn you anymore. Faith is the means of remaining in His grace A numerological significator of the number 8 is new creation as well. I looked right past OP's mention of what book the mark was between and merely focused on the fact it was found on the cusp between 7 and 8. 7 = Mercury, Libra, The Chariot. 8 = Saturn, Scorpio, Strength. The mark could be a time significator of the sign as something new coming into OP's life around the third week of October. The cusp between chapters 7 and 8 of Paul's letter to the Romans just so happens to be the point from which Paul moves from speaking of man's bindings to the laws of man into the difference between living for the desires of the flesh and that of spirit. OP, you've obviously gotten past the point of viewing one doctrine over another as an absolute to hold above all else as law or truth. Now it's a matter of figuring out how to follow what it is that is in your spiritual nature to do. I very much doubt that would be to turn back to traditional teachings and confine your growth, but that doesn't mean those same teachings cannot be more aptly looked at for better understanding from a new found perspective. The Lord Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our Faith. The Holy Spirit will reveal all truth and bring to mind appropriate Scriptures. daughter in NYC |
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Dr. Acula Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 285665 United States 09/06/2013 05:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | its not like you broke into someones house and beat the fuck outta them or something... if it was a bar of gold or something... i can see the weary stance towards taking it... But come on dude... the Gideons give out thousands upon thousands of bibles a day... So its fair game... and on second thought... naw... i wouldnt think twice about taking a bar of gold that was placed there on a park bench... It would get cold and lonely... so i would have to take it home and keep it dry and warm... It would be my duty... as a person... to ensure that the gold bar would not be alone Go get that bible OP... its a spiritual gold bar... Last Edited by Dr. Acula on 09/06/2013 05:12 PM _______________________ |
Rara Avis User ID: 45077834 United States 09/06/2013 05:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was strolling through a park one evening coming from a small gather of friends at a restaurant and I saw only beautiful flowers and trees all through the path. They were the most unusual looking trees with just a pure glow to each one. I saw a bench facing the lake that was in this park, little ducks, turtles, and some blue jays were just walking near the water, almost in a line. As I approached the bench I found this book it had "The Universe" printed upon the cover. It was a leather type of book, with some Arial font. I turned it over and there was nothing printed on the back. As I opened the cover a paragraph explaining the contents of this book and that it would provide to me everything I needed to know or do to live a spiritually, successful, comfortable, relaxing, energy driven fulfilling life. The answers to each question I had mulling in my head since the beginning. The stuff written in the pages was so enlightening I no longer have to think of the basic questions we are all asking ourselves. I feel the pages speak to me everyday of my life since I read it. It took me near 5 years to read and was keeping it with my 24/7. It never left my side the entire 5 years I kept it. I remember every word of the book and love every section dearly. I never have to live my life by judgement and never have to fear anything. The world and universe is the most beautiful thing we will ever see or be a part of. When you find something so great you are destined to pass it on to others, I left the book on a table in a restaurant once I felt the message was clear and told to me. I never have to worry about the book but only my next adventurous experience. Live life with love, wisdom, optimistic thinking, and always read someones body language and facial movements when talking to them and you can read their exact emotions and common thoughts. Last Edited by Rara Avis on 09/06/2013 05:28 PM H W S A X R E P O D L A |
2012Portal 2012Portal - Mayan Beyond 2012 User ID: 15022013 Netherlands 09/06/2013 05:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One last thing there is a bookmark on the bible on the book of Romans between chapters 7 and 8 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14481125 Interesting. Read and pray about this. Salvation through faith alone, as a gentile. Very powerful verses. Those who believe in God the Father and that Jesus Christ , his son, came here, died and raised again will be saved. Each will get a reward. From the love of power to the power of Love - My camera and video gear: [link to graphicstart.com] --- --- --- "Jesus Christ, the Son of God our Savior" |