Long story Loki, loooong story. And I was referring to Grace.
Do you Loki and HectorOfTroy believe in or in other words belong to the “Once Saved – Always Saved” camp?
You don’t think that when...
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Long story Loki, loooong story. And I was referring to Grace.
Do you Loki and HectorOfTroy believe in or in other words belong to the “Once Saved – Always Saved” camp?
You don’t think that when...
?
You've totally lost me …
How do you imagine receiving anything with a cup upside down?
An empty cup points to openness, receptivity and surrender ….
In practice ...
Dreams …. Well, my 2 cents ….
I vision, that we start our spiritual life seeking something Greater than ourselves (our ego identities).
From there it develops into a relationship when ‘Grace’...
In this Orthodox video:
https://vimeo.com/498184186
From 55:00 –
I love the Fr. Nilos Nellis speech and his presence.
56:20 > “In your spiritual life, there is this indispensable stage of the...
Every day.
I know it is a cliché, but my ‘Church’ is still the Forest.
But aren’t we back into the mental concepts here again …. & who is and who isn't conceptually ‘right’?
The Protestants being ‘right’ are assured to go to Heaven because of their Faith & belief in...
Ah, that was a joke, be it a sarcastic one …
I don’t have a problem with Christianity as such, only that beliefs in mental concepts are not enough, personal experiences are necessary to know...
Apocalypto Loki?!
Where do you get your cues for Reality from? – Hollywood films!?
There is a Buddhist saying that - words are only fingers pointing at the Moon but not the Moon itself.
Can you...
Well … what’s the use of the right religion, if you cannot exalt yourself to Heavens and condemn others to Hell for Eternity ….
Mind is the interpreter of reality – not Reality itself.
Mind is...
I do not know homosexuality from within, therefore I cannot understand their unique challenges nor judge it.
Shamans were said to be “Third Gender” – not because they were homosexuals or...
This is a bit off topic, but thank you Finnish Swede for the additional info.
If anybody is really interested in learning about Kalevala here is a link to some lectures:...
You mean Kalevala?
Since it looks like I am related to many old Viena Karelian families, it was also a pleasant discovery to find out that the descendants of quite a few Kalevala rune singers are...
I am not passionate about the Old Norse Myths and besides, it is not my ‘place’ nor my culture to tell them either or even have an opinion of them (since I have no personal experience or learning...
Coming from a Shamanic background – I only know “Oneness in Spirit” and that is no “sorcery”.
Witchcraft is a belief in duality.
The core of Shamanism is nonduality.
Do you understand the difference ... why witchcraft would backfire?
Why do you equate Shamanism with witchcraft?
I come from a Shamanic background which in practice is applied animism i.e. seeing that everything that exists has Spirit.
How does that translate to...
With the “I am right and everything else is lava” – who or what gets validated exactly?
...
It is obvious he has studied other belief systems or religions, assimilated these into his practice and integrated elements of those into his speeches.
I do not know about Freemasons nor Jews, but...
Did you listen to his talk?
What points are you for?
Which points are you against?
And why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD7B3wr3xeY&ab_channel=CenterforActionandContemplation
Through participation in this thread, I discovered another favorite priest.
It becomes rather obvious, he has studied Buddhism and done Buddhist meditational practices when you listen to him. In...
I don’t believe in beliefs Loki.
Obsessive-compulsive mental fixation is not about the Word of God, Buddhism or whatever …. it is the mind trying to become it or possess it (or whatever it is, I...
No. That was not a made-up story Loki.
I did become concerned, when she – at work, during the lunch break told me that she had not slept all night (a few nights?), because she had been reading...
Haven’t seen a Buddhist go into psychosis like that, but I did have a workmate, who wanting to have a union with God started to feverously read the Bible 24/7 and thus stopped sleeping.
Went to...
Well, well, well … Here I would have to agree with Victor.
To add another sketch into the mix … which according to the artist embodies unity, interconnectedness & spiritual enlightenment....
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