a message for all u cry babies out there
Why does God let bad things happen?
Neale Donald Walsch
It is much easier to change what you are doing than to change what another is doing.
You may ask, ‘‘Why does God let bad things happen?’’ Or, ‘‘If there is a God, why do bad things happen?’’
Well, don’t ask a question if you don’t want an answer. Are you sure you want to know? Remember, if you don’t like the answer or don’t like or believe where it comes from, that’s your problem.
There are no victims in the world, and no villains. And neither are you a victim of the choices of others. At some level you have all created that which you say you detest and having created it, you have chosen it.
This is an advanced level of thinking , and it is one which all of you reach sooner or later. For it is only when they can accept responsibility for all of it that they can achieve the power to change part of it.
So long as you entertain the notion that there is something or someone else out there ‘doing it’ to you, you disempower yourself to do anything about it. Only when you say ‘I did this’ can you find the power to change it.
It is much easier to change what you are doing than to change what another is doing.
The first step in changing anything is to know and accept that you have chosen it to be what it is. If you can’t accept this on a personal level, agree to it through your understanding that We are all One.
Seek then to create change not because a thing is wrong, but because it no longer makes an accurate statement of Who You Are.
NOTE: this is the view of Donald
go to http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1093156,curpg-2.cms for more on the subject
Friday, April 29, 2005
Whom the the God's love .....
take heart God loves u
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Let's Learn to Take That Leap of Faith .....
Pranav Khullar
The Way of Sorrows is marked in Jerusalem as the path taken by Jesus as He carried the Cross to Calvary.
The burden of history hung heavy in the morning air as I looked across at the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, Mount Moriah, sacred to all the three great Semitic faiths. For a city so deeply driven by faith and so sharply divided by history, this is a kind of common ground which draws all faithful.
Judaism believes that this is the ground of the ancient Temple of Solomon, and the Rock of Moriah is where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. To this day, prayers are offered at the Western Wall of the complex, popularly known as the Wailing Wall.
For Islam, the rock of Moriah over which stands the Dome, is the place of the Holy Prophet Muhammad's ascension to Heaven, the third most sacred place next only to Mecca and Medina. It is believed that Abraham brought his son Ishmael — from whom Muslims trace their ancestry — to this Rock, and not Isaac. I could see across in the distance another well-known summit, 300 feet higher than the city: The Mount of Olives, so closely associated with Jesus's life, a place where Jesus is said to have gone often for retreat and prayer.
At the foot of this Mount, the guide informed me, is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus spent his last night, spoken of as the hour of His Passion, wherein he prepared Himself through prayer, for suffering: "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me, nevertheless not my will, but thine be done" (Luke 24:42).
It is also where Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, and one is shown eight olive trees, which botanists say are 3,000 years old — actual witnesses to the Passion and Betrayal
of Christ.
The paradox of Jerusalem is that some of the noblest and grandest of visions of the oneness of man and brotherhood, from three ancient faiths, have sprouted from this ground, and it is also the place where more wars have been fought at its gates than in any other city in the world. Kierkegaard said that, "...man has made something of him, but is a stranger to him still..." Maybe what we really require is a giant leap of faith to overcome all conflict and killings.
"Religion helps us deal with what is important to the human spirit: Values, meaning, purpose and quality", wrote Prof Huston Smith while comparing religions. Good Friday and Easter should be seen as opportunities to ponder on the essentials of religion afresh, which bind and bond each person to the other, truths which still reverberate in the inner space of each man, beyond history and dogma.
Jerusalem is not merely a call to history, it is a call to the seminal tenets of monotheism, where not only God is one but all men are alike as well, where each man has that special covenant with God. "An eye for an eye can only end up making the world blind", said Mahatma Gandhi. The Via Dolorosa or The Way of Sorrows which is marked in Jerusalem as the path taken by Jesus as He carried the Cross to Calvary is also the larger metaphor for the path Jerusalem has chalked out for itself in its tryst with destiny. The Buddha said: "Out of great suffering... comes great peace".
As I left Jerusalem, my heart was brimming over for I remembered what TS Eliot said of Jerusalem: "Being the still point of the turning world..." I left reluctantly, nurturing the hope that out of the relics of history, peace might be stirring to life.
got dis from Indiatimes>Spirituality> The Speaking Tree> Faith
The Way of Sorrows is marked in Jerusalem as the path taken by Jesus as He carried the Cross to Calvary.
The burden of history hung heavy in the morning air as I looked across at the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, Mount Moriah, sacred to all the three great Semitic faiths. For a city so deeply driven by faith and so sharply divided by history, this is a kind of common ground which draws all faithful.
Judaism believes that this is the ground of the ancient Temple of Solomon, and the Rock of Moriah is where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. To this day, prayers are offered at the Western Wall of the complex, popularly known as the Wailing Wall.
For Islam, the rock of Moriah over which stands the Dome, is the place of the Holy Prophet Muhammad's ascension to Heaven, the third most sacred place next only to Mecca and Medina. It is believed that Abraham brought his son Ishmael — from whom Muslims trace their ancestry — to this Rock, and not Isaac. I could see across in the distance another well-known summit, 300 feet higher than the city: The Mount of Olives, so closely associated with Jesus's life, a place where Jesus is said to have gone often for retreat and prayer.
At the foot of this Mount, the guide informed me, is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus spent his last night, spoken of as the hour of His Passion, wherein he prepared Himself through prayer, for suffering: "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me, nevertheless not my will, but thine be done" (Luke 24:42).
It is also where Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, and one is shown eight olive trees, which botanists say are 3,000 years old — actual witnesses to the Passion and Betrayal
of Christ.
The paradox of Jerusalem is that some of the noblest and grandest of visions of the oneness of man and brotherhood, from three ancient faiths, have sprouted from this ground, and it is also the place where more wars have been fought at its gates than in any other city in the world. Kierkegaard said that, "...man has made something of him, but is a stranger to him still..." Maybe what we really require is a giant leap of faith to overcome all conflict and killings.
"Religion helps us deal with what is important to the human spirit: Values, meaning, purpose and quality", wrote Prof Huston Smith while comparing religions. Good Friday and Easter should be seen as opportunities to ponder on the essentials of religion afresh, which bind and bond each person to the other, truths which still reverberate in the inner space of each man, beyond history and dogma.
Jerusalem is not merely a call to history, it is a call to the seminal tenets of monotheism, where not only God is one but all men are alike as well, where each man has that special covenant with God. "An eye for an eye can only end up making the world blind", said Mahatma Gandhi. The Via Dolorosa or The Way of Sorrows which is marked in Jerusalem as the path taken by Jesus as He carried the Cross to Calvary is also the larger metaphor for the path Jerusalem has chalked out for itself in its tryst with destiny. The Buddha said: "Out of great suffering... comes great peace".
As I left Jerusalem, my heart was brimming over for I remembered what TS Eliot said of Jerusalem: "Being the still point of the turning world..." I left reluctantly, nurturing the hope that out of the relics of history, peace might be stirring to life.
got dis from Indiatimes>Spirituality> The Speaking Tree> Faith
Lucky Ali on religion and spirituality ...
interviewed by POOJA BEDI, daughter of Kabir Bedi
'Religion leads to spirituality'
-Lucky (Mansoor) Ali
'How important is rituals ?'
-Pooja Bedi to Lucky
Mansoor Ali : 'I say Namaz 5 times a day
it helps'
enters Milind Soman, model tirned Actor
'i am an atheist' says he.
Actually he means agnostic
He dont no for sure
'Do u fear death?
- Pooja to milind
Milind: 'i envy believers
who have a reason not to fear death
but me, i dont fear death the unknown
but i fear the transition phase, pain and suffering'
'Religion leads to spirituality'
-Lucky (Mansoor) Ali
'How important is rituals ?'
-Pooja Bedi to Lucky
Mansoor Ali : 'I say Namaz 5 times a day
it helps'
enters Milind Soman, model tirned Actor
'i am an atheist' says he.
Actually he means agnostic
He dont no for sure
'Do u fear death?
- Pooja to milind
Milind: 'i envy believers
who have a reason not to fear death
but me, i dont fear death the unknown
but i fear the transition phase, pain and suffering'
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
tell us about your religion ......
Please post here
requesting Firaa and Bhaalu and CYNO to post too
and Ashes can post about his religion... atheism ..
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