well, you can't blame only one being. that's like saying santa clause COULD deliver all the presents on christman eve. just too much scope for even something as powerful as satan.
at least you have seen through the illusions that they create. [:)] congradulations
~kakkarot
Yes, it's, um, rather interesting the way he's operating within our government, creating the conditions that allow evil and crime in this country to spring up like weeds. Prostitution, drug abuse, murder, rape, injustice. You're only a leader of the people if you go to jail in this country (Martin Luther King, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rosa Parks, etc.). Unfortunately, I have to say that Satan and his minions are doing a pretty effective job. Most americans are just zombified by TV and computers and everything else. not to say that I myself don't spend much of my time on the computer- but at least it's for things like doing research on things that interest me or speaking out against the wrongdoings of the world's leaders and our country's leaders instead of playing games all the time.
I'm not Christian and I don't believe in the devil or satan, but with all due respect I just have to say this.
Religion believes that a greater being (god) cast us out of a haven because we did something bad. I believe humanity screwed itself over, through a thing called evolution. It's just common human nature to be so damn screwed up. No single being could possess that many people. I mean, we are the only race that ever kills its own kind. Also, just so you know, Christianity, Catholicism and Judism came from a religion that used Magic, even though they all say it is against God. They buried and burnt most of the books and hid more valuable ones in some Black Library, hidden from the world for so long it's probably caved in by now.
But yes, I do believe the apocolypse is happening right now. It's not going to happen spontaneously, as a lot of people believe. I believe it will truly end after Generation X (that's my generation people, I ain't no old fart complainin) finishes its time here. We already see humans neglecting the good and loving the bad. Drugs, sex, racism, and murder are just to name a few! Soon there will be nothing but a plague of disease such as AIDS and cancer. Humanity has become a disease itself unto the planet. By definition, disease means an outbreak in population, something that is going out of control. Anybody my age, 14-17, will look around them and notice the sex drives of even an 11 year old. It's not natural. This rise in sex only means 2 things. A rise in sexually transmitted diseases and a hell of a lot more babies.
Also the American Government is making the stupidest mistakes. George Bush may be just a figure, but he is making so many stupid triggerhappy texan farmer mistakes I just wish he was never born. The whole peaceful settlement with Korea is just a buy of time, until eventually the threat for nuclear war will rise to about 2:1. As the good old Nostrodamus predicts, and I quote,"After the two brothers fall the third war shall begin." And he also said something about 1000 years of peace afterwards. Well guess what, it takes about 1000 years for nuclear radiation to dissipate.
A lot of things in the chapter of Revelations in the bible makes sense, but not literal sense. The BEAST is a codename for a computer that keeps track of people's money. All barcodes are marked with 2 at the beginning, 2 at the middle and 2 at the start. Everything we buy is marked with 222, and 666 is the number for mankind in greek. So perhaps we are the beast? Maybe the computer keeps track of us? We are marked? Is that the next step to the end?
But whatever happens, I'm trying to raise my own personal spirituality without religion. I just try to find my own answers. I believe that all spiritual people of the world will find their way to happiness after life, whilst all the rest can just be lost in the afterlife forever.
Peace
-FT
The amount of information required to explain this kind of stuff is quite overwhelming. After all, who are we to demand that the Truth of the cosmos be made easy? Most people want the Truth to come to them passively. Instead, we must go to the Truth. To achieve that one must gather all the WISDOM one can find...and then some.
The "end" is not near. We will be on this planet for at least another 1500 years. We have a few planets to go after that, too.
What you are pointing at is partially true. More precisely, the earth is going through a huge re-structiong. Our current epoch will parallel the situation in Atlantis. This does not mean that you won't be back in any case, so lighten up. Remember: the living God gives life! (The interpretations that surround this great Truth attempt to diminish it.)
The way that sin affects someone when they pass through the gateway of death is: one will recapitulate one's life experiences in reverse order. This process requires 1/3 of a life span. People who sin with no regret will experience the physical and moral pains of their victim(s). One would experience them exactly as others who were involved experienced them. Hence, the advice that Christ gave about casting the first stone which would only create these situations for ourself.
Satan works in conjunction with Ahriman from the 8th sphere. But, why concentrate on them and allow them to keep you lower than the ground? Your soul can never be destroyed and God has more to give (life) that any one of us could comprehend. The only sad part here is the interruption of THIS (particular) life...don't give the devil his due. Karma works within a life and between lives, so use the time that you have to create the impetus for the next life while you hammer out that negative stuff from the past lives!
Be love and give love to each other...and don't worry about a thing.
When I'm deep down and out, with nothing left to say...it's then that I realize that it's only a condition of seeing things THAT way.
Never will our lights shine brighter than in times like this!
Greetings DJM,
Welcome to our forums!
Excellent post! One of main problems is that mankind, being for the most part oblivious to the greater Spiritual truths and realities, are living this life as if it were their only life, and hence treating it like a "land grab" for as many transient material things as they can possibly gather, and often at any cost. These actions lead to greed, avarice, fear, hate and all of the other ugly traits that we witness today, and their consequences, and which are getting worse as the planet becomes more materially "advanced".
This situation can only be turned around when people learn Spiritual truths and realities, and the profound effect this lifetime, and indeed any lifetime has on their individual progressions and its great significance. If only people would realise that not only are they wasting their opportunities to progress, they are rather actually going backwards and outwards by creating Karma for themselves that will have to be equilibrated most likely over future lifetimes. Eventually people will learn of the greater truths and realities, and then regret not proceeding accordingly over previous lifetimes. Needless to say, if people knew these truths and realities today, and the profound importance of them, then the world would be an infinitely better place as mankind serves and loves each other rather than the opposite.
With best regards,
Adrian.
Adrian,
Thanks for your kind words. Everything that happns in the physical world is a reflection of what happens in the Spiritual World. Ergo, what you stated is spot on! This is a Spiritual fact and the underlying premise for Anthroposophy, which counteracts the forces that would not have us approach the Spiritual World.
One of the main problems with our world and humankind today is the IMBALANCE of materialism. Materialism in itself is not evil; it has a divine purpose. Our hearts are screaming for the Spiritual World whilst our heads are tuned to materialism. The result is a materialization of the Spiritual World. THIS IS INCORRECT! We must NOT materialize the Spiritual World. Instead, we must approach it and each other with reverence and wisdom.
Most people don't realize that they are part of the Spiritual World NOW. When they sleep each night, their astral body and I/ego leave their physical/etheric bodies behind and unconsciously get around. It would be an obvious inconsitency to claim that we don't belong in the Spiritual World until death. In consistency is the root of confusion...
We (the Human race) need to become active thinkers and NOT passive thinkers. The key to understanding and enlightenment is being able to trigger in oneself "wonder and amazement." What can possibly evoke these feelings greater than the Truth(s) of the cosmos? After all, we all want to know! It's not about smarts, it's about being interested. If one is interested, one will progress.
The disciplines required for actively pursuing the Spiritual World are analagous to learning a musical instrument. Everyone wants to play, but not everyone wants to follow the path.
We are hunamity. Our purpose is to be love, and give love to one another. However, we must learn what love is and be filled with it, before we can give it away.
Fat Turkey:
I have returned to the path of Christianity by the strategy you have to raise your spirituality. This is how God speaks to me- in the language of Christianity. God speaks to mankind in many different languages and ways. It is more important that you know right from wrong than what diety you believe in. I do not believe that only Christians will be saved by any means, and I think the Catholic church is the work of the devil, though I am legally Catholic myself. I turned my back on my church because my heart knew it was a foolish path for me to take. It works for some, but not for me. Pointing one's finger at others' faults is no way to make spiritual advancement. I take the advice from the author of the qi gong book that I own: "Take kindness and benevolence as the basis, and frankness and friendliness as the bosom. Speak with reason, treat others with courtesy, move others with emotion, and act with result."
As for "President" Bush, yes, he's probably missing a few chromosomes or something because no one in their right mind would make the decisions he and his fellow oil-hungry republicans make. he is a fool and will pay for his mistakes. The trouble with republicans is, they only work together to benefit themselves, and when everyone else abandons him, it's only a matter of time before his fellow republicans turn their backs on him. He wants to get rid of the dividend tax, which would only help those who invest in the stock market (about a quarter of the people in this country, according to Time Magazine)- not the tax that affects most people. His war-mongering is going to get him in trouble and I am going to tell him to bonk off if he wants to reinstate the draft, cause I'm not fighting in a war I don't believe in. This country has failed me in many ways, and therefore it does not deserve to have me as its citizen. I will simply move to a country like Jamaica or maybe Canada. A country that will be overlooked in wwIII. maybe I should go to Brazil or a Latin-Ameican country.
I came across a good quote the other day that went something like this:
We may spend a lifetime building the greatest work of our lives, and someone could destroy it in seconds. Build anyway.
You are nice to people and they are rude to you. Be nice anyway.
In the end, it was never between you and them anyway, it was between you and God.
There was more to the quote but i can't remember it. Anyway, the point is, just concentrate on doing what you believe is right, no matter what life may put you through. Life has many trials, and we must endure and pass them.
EnderWiggin-
I was just reading you last response and something caught my eye..."I have returned to the path of Christianity by the strategy you have to raise your spirituality." In addition, I noticed that you were collecting Wisdom from whence it came. Well, my friend, you are now on the right path!
Personally, I hit a period where Christianity didn't make any sense without reincarnation. Reincarnation is a key to understanding it all- extremely important!! Some sects will point at a literal translation and tell me that I'm doomed, etc... That's just because they have their VEIL on (i.e. can't see, ergo, nobody else should be able to). However, I beg to differ- you reap what you sow. The truth that we come back repeatedly to work on the same (I/ego; the "I AM" that God reminds us of) is that one "life" that we get, NOT the bod. The body goes back to the earth; the silver cord (that one sees in the astral is cut). Most people don't realize that disease is casued by unbalance in their current life and/or an unbalance from past lives. For example, the great plagues in Europe were attribuable to the bad karma of those from Atlantis (i.e. The Great Flood).
I wish you great success in your development! May you have wonderful thoughts of to do.
Djm-
Do you see the devil's plan, how he plans to take away our freedom from us- with our permission? The night I had the dream of the Appocolypse, I saw his ENTIRE PLAN! Right down to the most minute little detail. It is so hard to explain it, but when you see it, you know. It is as if God took me by his throne and showed me a strategy map, pointing out different things to me, showing me what did what, and how to counter it. I feel like a solder of God. As I have stated before from the Pan Gu Mystical Qigong book from which I study:
"Take kindness and benevolence as the basis, and frankness and friendliness as the bosom. Speak with reason, treat others with courtesy, move others with emotion, and act with result." -Ou Wen Wei
As long as you do this and ignore all the bad things people do to you, you will never leave the path.
Ender- Yes, I see the plans unravelling before my eyes. There are 2 forces working here, my friend- Satan and Ahriman - they work differently, but together. (I will try to elaborate on this in another post). Although, my focus is more on how to impart valuable knowledge/wisdom to those who are struggling with the "weather of the world." More specifically, I am focussing on the positive. No problems, only solutions.
Unfortunately, the events which are "staged" (and taking place) will take place- period. However, this is not the end- that's misunderstanding.
You're absolutly correct when you mention turning the other cheek, otherwise, we go through the pain that the other person felt...bad trade! One gets good at whatever one practices. If we practice wisdom, it's easy. Besides, who wants to keep making the same mistakes over and oever and over again? In my mind, that's like the hamster on the excercise wheel- yikes!
It's obvious to me that people are finally starting to ask questions. Nobody wanted to hear about these events a few years ago. Typically, people meet Truth-tellers with scorn and admiration.
It is more correct to state that we are nearing the end of this Age (not the earth itself). I will drop a few more posts so that you can see what the Ages are; where we are in the chronology; etc... (I'm working on that now)
One of the greatest achievements we can achieve at this time is not to fear- no matter what! This isn't easy, of course. However, it's much easier when one has the tools (i.e. WISDOM) to succeed. FYI: fear itself is a killer
Death is like getting out of one car and getting into another. In fact, some people don't even know they're dead because they still have their consciousness.
All the best!
Djm
I was reviewing this post and a thought came to me: I know little about Ahriman, would you elaborate on this for me? Who is Ahriman and how does he work? Is he a demon like mammon who happens to be in control of the dark side at this time?
Enderwiggen - personally, I am planning on going to New Zealand when it hits the fan. Think about it - high mountains (protection from tidal waves), large farming community (no famine, although maybe blight and fungi, but where CAN you escape that?), and so far from anywhere that I doubt anyone will notice it. No power in the world, and isolated from much of the rubbish we get here in the west. Perfect! Or maybe mongolia, quite a deserted area.
I had a prophetic dream, have had it twice now, I'll paste it from the file I wrote:
When I took drugs (weed?) I got chased by evil people, basically showed bad times before, with man hating and being violent to man, badly oppressing each other and me. Not pleasant. Was outside talking to someone through a window and a big, big meteor shower happened, unprecedented scale - started as 3 glowing red "suns" then spinning effects around the suns then massive display. Thousand of meteors streaking red through the sky, the whole sky was on fire with them. Slowly a yin/yang (Tao) became perfectly visible in the sky (as one of the "suns"), which then changed into a series of patterns (later learned, from Taoist alphabet), finally disappearing. Afterwards people acted so well to each other, not so much an atmosphere but people turned forgiving, more open, loving and caring. However, people in control did not want to admit to what had happened, authorities calling it simply a "meteor shower" and Dad not happy with me. He had got me kicked off chemistry because I had Nabster on my computer, saying that it had sent some nastiness to the department on the back of an e-mail I had reportedly sent (I knew this was crap, but was intimidated by his attitude - btw I don't even take chemistry...!). He did not want to admit that I was right "I know you have your ideas on this" [the meteor shower] then going no further, maybe even getting cross when I stated that the massive event had been proof for me. Dad was showing signs of denial so the effect on him was more to increase the tensions within, as you would expect.
Turns out there were extra-terrestrial beings involved. We went into space on (govenment?) space ship and found a fleet of them. Showed that the display was orchestrated and not just a natural occurrence. When we first saw the space craft some of our ships tried to attack them (enormous craft, star wars style), and they fired back (missing all the time, perhaps just to scare us into backing off). Then they grabbed our craft and took us onboard to talk about not a lot. Significant in itself, that they did not feel it right to tell us about stuff, we had to work it out. The only one I saw was in the figure of a beautiful women who made small talk.
So, the massive, beautiful display (very red) in the sky signified a beautiful event or general change throughout humanity, resisting the change causes tensions and it was done at least with the help of other non-human beings. Representative of the ascension process I would say, with a single major event (the shower) being a focal point. 2002 or 2003 is said to be a major point, so we shall wait and see!
8 august 2001
Consciousness raising. Void. Fun bouncing. Chris. Knee to head. Symbolism.
Symbolic dream, like the last one. Looking out at UFO's with mum (Yorkshire), later see the massive visual display with 3 big "suns" in the sky. Firstly they looked like footballs, with increasing amounts of black markings around the edges, then other symbols came to the fore and went back (like red and yellow thing....), changing position of 3 objects. Massive amounts of fireworks above. This time I think it was Richard who wanted further evidence, but he wasn't hostile to it, just stand-offish ("do you believe in UFO's now??" "not sure"). Wishing I could remember the symbols to write down! Suddenly everyone was going to the site, I realised this was a bad idea and tried to turn back but then we were walking over massively colourful, almost fluorescent rocks. "excrement" thinks me, noting I had not controlled myself suddenly. A chopper appears and picks us up, flight over river, see other chopper.
At some point, like earlier in dream, I was petting two work dogs and there was a really, really weird wolf creature with matted hair outside....
Many many lucid dreams tonight!
.....(had about 6-7 lucid dreams after the prophetic one above, totally unusual, never had that before)
...
Key points: Emotional – in 1st, bad before nice after, except by those whose saw something their belief systems would no want to see, or if they lost something if there were real "changes".
Massive aerial display – meteors in 1st, fireworks in 2nd. 3 large celestial objects, both with loads of esoteric symbols on/around them. In both these were cause by (in 1st benevolent) extra-terrestrial.
Family member denies – in 1st Dad, with hard emotional conflicts. In 2nd Richard, with a standoffish sceptical viewpoint.
In 2nd, what feels very important is how we all lost control of consciousness and went running into a strange wondrously colourful land (symbolic of fake "wondrous" mind state not connected to true reality, but overlaid on top of it). I felt we shouldn't go, and the control was effected through the 3rd eye – ie you have to be able to SEE if you don't want to find yourself taken over! And the physical mechanism of mind control might work through third eye chakra centre, perhaps the outlook in certain ways?. After running around were picked up by government – similar to bloke on forum saying people being led into space craft, maybe we were being flown there next?
adios!
Rob
Wow those are some wild dreams you had. I haven't had many prophetic dreams in my life. The only prophetic dream i ever had was about who I would be going to my high school prom with. It came true, and happened exactly the way it happened in my dream. I almost fainted when it happened. My face got bright red and then I went white as a sheet.
Anyway, New Zealand is a good idea. I just need to save up the dough to buy a house there and move there. I hope that after this war that people will be peaceful again. I know that we're at the end of one age and the beginning of another; I can sense it because I can't visualize anything ten years from now. This probably means I'll die or that I cannot possibly imagine what is coming next because I've never seen anything like it. I hope that people come to understanding and love for one another. When I was younger I always thought that the world would come together and every country would be made up of every "race" of people. I envisioned a time of peace and happiness; and we were environmentally friendly. No more drilling for oil or cutting down the rainforest. I've actually plotted building a starship, but the problem with that is that we are spiritually bound to this planet. I think it's important not to overlook that. I might still try to build one anyway, even if I am not alive to see it launch and/or go with it to distant stars, because I want us to survive because I do have some faith in the human race. It's only a matter of time before we get it right. The reason things are the way they are right now is because the conditions that allow them to be this way are present. If we can find a way to change the conditions, then we can change the world for the better.
At one point I thought about going to Iceland, but their military is just US soldiers because they don't have a military of their own. At first it seemed like a good idea because they would be overlooked. But since we are their military, it wouldn't be a good idea after all. Maybe some small island in the Pacific would be more ideal. There are so many and I would just pick one at random so no one would find me.
Greetings Enderwiggin!
quote:
Originally posted by EnderWiggin
At one point I thought about going to Iceland, but their military is just US soldiers because they don't have a military of their own.
Iceland has to be the most amazing place I have ever visited in this life without doubt. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone.
The sheer power and closeness of all of that geothermal energy has to be seen to be believed. Smoke and steam rising from the sides of the roads. In some places there is fiery lava on the surface, and there numerous features such as geysers, warm water lagoons etc. There are also fantastic waterfalls and salmon rivers as well as a rift valley near which the Vikings held their open air parliament - Thingvellir. As an aside, here in the Isle of Man we have the oldest parliamentary system in the world derived from the same Viking name "Tynwald".
Now what was the topic again? [:)]
With best regards,
Adrian.
I respect Canada greatly for holding their ground against the US. It's nice to see countries out there that aren't all about money and economics like the US is. I wish more countries stood their ground that way.
I was born to wander the earth, even as a young toddler I would pace the house at night, not wanting to sleep. Eventually I ended up by my mother's bed though. Later on, I wandered out of my class room a couple times as a young child. Now I take walks at night, especially in the later hours because I don't have to be as careful with cars. It is very safe where I live, so I have this luxury. Sometimes I will walk for hours, and other times only for ten minutes. It is my dream to either take a road trip across the country or to travel abroad to many nations. From what you've told me about Iceland, it sounds like the kind of place I want to go visit.
It's nice to know that the world isn't going to end in my lifetime. It makes the fact that I spent most of my life in school seem a lot less wasteful. I wonder when it will end. I won't be around but I wonder what times will be like then, right before it ends.
Reading this, I see that the sign you were given was that your daugter would be alright and would survive. I am glad to hear it. I am 22 years old (as of yesterday), and I am working with images in my mind. The only prophetic vision/dream I had was of my prom date, and it was an exact duplication of what took place. Most of these images I can make from my imagination, images of things I know I have never seen before or anything similar to them. I had a dream last year where I was in a childlike state of mind. I had a lot of energy, and I was able to look beyond the physical aspect of things and see things the way a child might see them. It's really hard to describe but if, for instance, I were staring at a wooden floor and saw one of those small holes in one of the planks, I would probably imagine it led to a whole other world, then start imagining the world. When I was very young, about 1 or 2 years old, I remember looking at a smoke detector, and seeing the tiny little holes in it that were in a pattern similar to a speaker. When I saw it, I used to think streams of colors would come out of the holes, just pure colors. And I went on to imagine what the colors would feel like if I touched them, and stuff like that. This probably sounds like a drug-induced experience, but I assure you, it was not. Everything was so vibrant and the sunlight and the sky made gave the walls a subtle heavenly blue tint. When I look back on it, I realize that I would not see anything like that again.
What worries me is that we are going into world war 3. I don't know what to hope for, because I don't really like this country at all, and I don't want any part of materialism. Someone has to turn the crowd away from it. I hope that people will realize what our society has become. Materialism is what has hurt us from the start. Death is a pile of money under a tree right next to a crowd of people.
"He who kills a man shall be regarded as having killed the entire human race. He who saves a man shall be regarded as having saved the entire human race"
-The Koran
"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."
I've been thinking this over, and I realize that the only thing I can do is protest and speak out. I am not a one-man army who can stop the war by myself. Bush is determined to have this war, protests or no protests. The only thing that I can do is make myself a better person. Last night when I went to bed I made it a point to relax, meditate, and push all worries from my mind. And when I caught myself worrying I would push the thought out of my head and continue to meditate, as if the world was perfect in every way. I almost floated out of my body and had an OBE but something made me paranoid, I am not sure what. I felt like it was waiting for me. I decided to take the opportunity to learn how to defend myself, and not be afraid. I'm getting better already. I could have used more sleep this morning, I am really tired. I'll probably take a nap after I post this reply.
Yesterday in kung fu I came to a realization as I was practicing my front flips. The key to everything is confidence and belief. I realized that simply by believing that I could do a flip, I would do them. I an energy flow through me. I've tapped into the energy source that I believe holds my own unique energy. Everyone has their own unique energy, I believe. That's why we have soulmates. Your energy and your soulmate's energy will resonate in a certain way that will make the combined energies even stronger than each alone. I try to make it a point to look for my soulmate on the astral plane, or at least keep an eye out and be able to recognize them. It's not easy. I think I am almost invisible on the Plane, but I'm not sure. What do spirits detect? your thoughts? Emotions? I do not feel like I come in contact with spirits often, if ever. What are the signs I should be looking for? I don't want to be rude and ignore them or make them think that I am ignoring them, but I don't know if I am able to detect them or not. I've lived in a haunted house before and have never seen a ghost in my life. I've felt presences though. Last semester two students at my college died in a car accident and the night they died I felt a presence in my room. I did not know the students, nor did I know that night that they had died. But I definitely felt a presence. It was sort of scary. I am not sure why it was scary, it just gave me the creeps. I doubt it was the students that came to my room, but I don't know. I didn't see anyone there, I just felt like someone else was in the room, watching me. It felt like their attention was on me.
Half the time, when I think I sense a spirit, I'm not sure if it's my mind playing tricks on me or if it really is a spirit. If it is a spirit, I can't communicate with it because I don't know how. It's really frustrating.
Timeless,
your advice is most appreciated. I will not worry about it any more. I know eventually that I will develop second sight, because of my kung fu training. My teacher has told me a little bit about it, and said it was hard to describe. Kung fu is very hard work (and in fact translates literally to "hard work"), and tonight I was pushed to the limits and beyond because of several reasons- First, I had three hours of sleep last night, and no nap all day. Second, I was wearing ankle-weights to increase the speed of my kicks. And third, the class was much tougher than usual because we had a couple new people show up, and I'm guessing he wanted to weed out the people who did not want to work hard. Afterwards, however, I was able to complete an assignment in three hours when it probably should have taken me at least a week. My mind was so sharp afterwards that I was able to analyze, take notes, and type 5 pages of an assignment that was supposed to be 2 pages, and I did it all without stopping for a break. I also managed to do my laundry during that time. Before I go to bed tonight, I will practice qigong, to ensure I get a better night of rest. I might even do a double-session, as it only takes 10 minutes to do at most. Last night I meditated, which opened my chakras, and there must have been a neg present because when I woke up today I felt like someone was sucking the energy out of my head with a giant vacuum cleaner. I have never gotten this feeling from qigong, so I will stop meditation and continue qigong until I can figure out what went wrong and how to prevent it in the future. I probably should've asked my guardians to protect me during meditation. I even imagined myself bathed in white light the whole time. Oh well, qigong it is. I have rarely felt as productive as I have tonight.
Best wishes.
hehe my kung fu teacher is such a nice guy. He wants to take us out again to dinner or a movie. I'll owe him my life by the time I graduate. Well, technically the students are supposed to protect the teacher in case anyone messes with the teacher hehe. Oh well. I'm just happy that the world isn't going to end so I can continue my kung fu training and also become a great composer of the 21st century. So much fun it will be. I was thinking of opening up a holistic healing center or something like that where people could come for meditation, qigong, accupuncture, and massages. And it would have an art gallery attached to it. I have to learn how to sculpt.
Hey Ender, that sounds nice. When you have it all setup, be sure to send me an invitation to visit! Hehe [;)][:D]
Last night I was writing an email and almost completely and utterly figured out the meaning of life. I know because I got this really, really terrifying sensation that ran from my entire head down my spine, and I felt it in my chest as well. I knew something was telling me to stop. When it happened, I thought I was going to die. But obviously if I can still type, I am still here. I was thinking about spiritual development and all the stuff that was going on in the world. Then I came to a realization that either the meaning of life is spiritual advancement or it is something similar to this thought. Or it is something at the end of this train of thought. It was too scary for me to realize at the time. I think a neg is trying to stop me from figuring something out[;)].
I think the meaning of life is to learn, enjoy, and love, with the overall goal of becoming more spiritual. I think it's part of the human race evolution. It's almost scary to think that WE might be the next step in evolution. I think eventually Man will become aware of his/her energy bodies and that astral travel might be a daily occurance in the generations to come. That would be nice to know, wouldn't it? [^]
Wow, what I woudn't give to be able to astral travel. I've been trying to do it for two years now, without even one successful attempt. I think I know why though. When I meditated, I was doing it wrong, so I lost a lot of energy. My kung fu teacher has helped me with that though. I think in time I will be able to travel, as I spiritually advance. I think I will also develop second sight. I think that all of these things are just side effects of spiritual advancement. I always thought that if mankind evolved we would become giant balls of energy and be able to fly around. I wonder if we could shapeshift as well. That would be fun.
enderwiggin, it isn't a neg that is stopping you. perhaps you should really reflect on why you want to know the meaning of life before you continue trying to know it. ask yourself if you really are ready to know.
~kakkarot
I strongly believe I am ready to know the meaning of life, because I feel I've reached a stage now where I've realized that when I get out of college, I am going to have to find a job, maybe even two or three, in order to support myself, and I have no idea what it is that I want to do. Though I am studying music right now, I wake up every day and ask myself it that is really what I want to do with my life. And often I say no. But I also say yes a lot. It is not an easy decision for me to make. I've come this far with my training, eight or nine years of studying, and to blow it all away in my third year of college would be stupid and foolish. It is a skill that is worth keeping, but I don't know if I really want to have a job doing it. But what else can I do after college? With a bachelor's degree in music, what can I do other than music? What good is a bachelor's in music if I decide I want to do art? That is why it's important for me to know the meaning of life. I want to know why I am going through what I am going through, all this suffering (as well as every other human emotion), and what I'm learning from it. I believe that knowing the meaning of life would increase my ability to think about my actions more and see farther down the road what consequences will result from them. I think my martial arts training is the only thing I would really like to practice. I know that I can benefit all around from it, unlike music. We are expected to practice six hours a day. That's a lot of time spent in a closet with a piano in it (the practice rooms). I don't think I have that kind of dedication. I think after school I will do something else. I could switch to a liberal arts major, I suppose, but again, what is that good for? I want to be successful, but I want to do something I love, and I don't think I have found it yet.
I feel that I am ready to know the meaning of life, because I know it will answer so many of my questions. Spiritual development is my number one priority.
Greetings Enderwiggin!
I really do understand your situation, believe me [:)] I spent seven years doing an extended degree course in physical and organic chemistry, only to start my own computer business, and which is more or less what I have been doing ever since, and more latterly the Internet. Basically, it was while studying chemistry that the very first "micro" computers appeared - this was about 25 years ago - and I instantly knew that was for me - and so I setup my first business. Needless to say I haven't used any of my scientific knowledge.
The point is - you will know when something feels right, and the best thing to do is to keep an open mind, and not set yourself on music to the exclusion of everything else, but of course you should not finish music either. We know what we will do before we incarnate, and it is just a matter of following your intuition, and walking through the right doors when they open for you. For now though, it seems to me that until other doors open (music might be your lifes work this time around) just continue in your current direction.
It is marvellous that you have placed your Spiritual path first - that is exactly as it should be, and will be your guiding light through life. If you follow and practice Spiritual truths and realities every minute of every day, live this life as a valuable opportunity to learn the lessons and equilibrate the Karma you are here for, and avoid materialism, creed and dogma - you will do just fine [:)] Healing would be a wonderful thing to do as well, among many other such positive Spiritual services to mankind.
With best regards,
Adrian.
Timeless-
Thanks for the links. I'm sure I will find them useful.
i am going into my final semester (in two weeks) of a four year program (that was crunched into three) for my Bachelor of Computer Science, or something.
during my time here at school, i started focusing completely on my schoolwork. i got it all done, even though i stressed over it so greatly. my entire life began focusing around my schoolwork, nothing else mattered. it became my obsession because i thought it was important.
then i got a wake up call. God reminded me that i was forgetting about Him, about what i had chosen to do with my life. He reminded me of all the spiritual things that i had forgotten, and reminded me of how insignificant the world really is. so i stopped caring about my schoolwork... so much.
i'm still here, but i'm just doing it as a side thing until i'm done. instead i am now focusing once again on my real life, on my future, and most importantly on God. i used to think that my time here in calgary was a living hell (cause it was), but i have realizing all of the important lessons that i have learned that i couldn't have learned back home.
back home i never would have gotten so caught up in something so trivial, so i couldn't have been shown how to keep myself from deviating from the path set before me. i never would have had so little energy that i would have to fight for existence. i never would have had the opportunity to train with small amounts of energy so that when i begin using large amounts of energy again it would be even better for me. and there are so many more.
but i guess i'm getting off topic here. so enderwiggin, meditate a while longer and let yourself know that you would like to know, if you still do.
~kakkarot
Hello, everyone
Today has shown me that though I may not be a professional musician, I will still always write music and keep it in my life. I listened to what I have written of a piece that I'm working on, and I am pleased with what I wrote. My teacher likes it as well, which always helps. I think music is going to play a key part in what I do someday, but I don't think it'll be the main part. Most of my classes I am not even going to use, but nevertheless, I am taking them. I am learning a lot of valuable information about writing music and about the limitations and advantages of different instruments. It's good to know. I think I should stop worrying about my status in society. I don't want to be a bum on the street with no job, but then again, I don't need to live in a mansion. Even if I did get rich, mansions are creepy and way too big. I'd want to get a small, really cool house. But aside from that, I'd put my money into building that healing center. I could hire people to work for me, teaching meditatin, chi kung, reiki, yoga, psychic self-defense, kung fu, accupuncture, massage, music therapy, you name it. I have a feeling somewhere down inside me that I will make the right choices and I will succeed, simply because I want to. I have the drive. I haven't quite figured out the meaning of life yet, but I'm getting there. I'll have to do it when I have more free time.
Many people believe the "end" is near. I had a dream last night that the Appocolypse was taking place. My dream was rather vivid. I saw mountains turn blood red from the light of the moon (which also was red), water boiling as it would on my stove, and people panicking, some trying to "go out happy" and others trying to advance spiritually as much as possible. The earth chasmed and there was a great sense of loss. In a nutshell, it sucked. I saw people too blinded by their vain lives to be convinced to do the right thing and repent for their sins. They decided to party hard instead of trying to come to an understanding with their spirituality. I ran from them so I wouldn't get sucked in to a way of sin. There were a few who chose the same path I did. Not many. I wanted to have fun too, but I knew it was more important to treat others with respect, courtesy, benevolence, and help people who were in danger. The appocolypse happened slowly in my dream, one area at a time, over the course of a week. In my dream I had a thought: what if nuclear weapons were capable of this kind of destruction?
My dream may have been induced by the conversation I had last night with my friends about the conspiracies going on in the U.S. I made a connection that showed me how the devil was working, and what he is doing to prevent us from entering eternal peace, and how subtle it is. Mere thoughts in our heads make it hard for us to see right from wrong, placed there by the devil, and they are so subtle you don't realize they are his thoughts until you see the consequences of the actions. Sadly, many of us are unable to see the consequences. All I know is, the Appocolypse needs to happen before we are suckered into following his empty promises. If you look around you enough, you will see how his operations are being carried out.