Re: Freedom From Purpose

Posted on Oct 29th, 2009 by Ian Gardner in Fully Engaged

Hi Nicole and mikeS, To add to my comment. Notice that I said, "The ultimate purpose . . . . ." This refers to the spiritual, and main, purpose. There is also the Earthly purpose... More »

Re: Full Moon & All Hallow's Eve & Samhain Oct 31-Nov 7

Posted on Oct 28th, 2009 by Meenakshi in The Power of Light

Moonscopes.com Weekly Forecast http://www.moonscopes.com For the week of October 25 to October 31 Sunday: the Moon is in Capricorn Two categories that fall under the rulership of (are associated with) the astrological sign Capricorn are... More »

Re: Messages from Matthew

Posted on Oct 28th, 2009 by Opening in Starseed Sanctuary

I can't edit the above to add this, so I have to put in another post.  I shouldn't have said that I don't follow the newsletters as it occured to me that the emails I... More »

Re: Hello

Posted on Oct 26th, 2009 by SherryJ in Gaia Lounge

Welcome, echo31.  I also am a new member & found that going into Settings and having emailed to me any new activity in groups I have posted is very helpful in keeping up.  There is so much... More »

Re: Kingdom Come: Postmetaphysical Inclusivism?

Posted on Oct 25th, 2009 by Joseph in Integral Post-metaphysical Spirituality

Sorry, this link didn't activate the first time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaOGmyV0EYg&feature=related

Re: Kundalini Yoga, Chakras and Chakra Meditation

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2009 by sanmugan in One Light Many Windows

As far as I know , Tibetan Buddhist priests are also experts in this. Normally in Buddhism, they used to start with 'AAna Paana', which is concentrating on the  breath. Some people suggest to concentrate... More »

Re: Zen Koan

Posted on Aug 12th, 2009 by ~KES in Now I Can See the Moon

Whales & Dolphins showing us the spirit of play... The highest activity is playing a game.

Re: Friends' Activity Notifications

Posted on Aug 11th, 2009 by ~Matthew in Gaia Support

This should be fixed now :)

Re: New Members not showing on group activity tab

Posted on Aug 11th, 2009 by ~Matthew in Gaia Support

OK, this should be fixed now...

Re: Activity on Diving Deeper grinding to a halt?

Posted on Jul 19th, 2009 by Sandra in DIVING DEEPER: A Writing Workshop

I worry that my endings are only in the places where I become too scared to dive deeper. Did you have a look at the thread on endings in the Craft room, Azyh? I think... More »

Single Women Ought to Move to Boulder ;-)

Posted on Oct 25th, 2009 by ~Matthew

From Top 10 Hottest Guy Cities: Colorado Snags Three Spots On The List Colorado, and more specifically Colorado men, have something to brag about. TotalBeauty.com just ranked three Colorado cities, Boulder, Fort Collins and Denver... More »

Love song to boredom

Posted on Oct 24th, 2009 by Centria

What do you do when you're bored?  asks Siona on the daily questions. Oh this is a juicy question!  It's the juiciest question of the week.  So many people wrote:  I never get bored.  There's too... More »

What do you do when you're bored?

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2009 by debbychico

I am not normally bored I do not have the time. But if I were bored I would go to the garden or go watch the chickens. Chickens are amazing and weird at the same... More »

Warning: Rant to Follow

Posted on Aug 12th, 2009 by Willow

I look at what's wrong with this world; self importance, greed, fear, lack of trust, anger, and I try to stay positive, I try to believe that I make a difference. It's starting to take... More »

Autumn turns the tide.

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by ch3shyr3_cat

Hmm.. I really haven't written a blog in a long time. I haven't actually participated in much online activity in a while. (when you have to go outside to you use your internet connection in... More »

Forecast for Tuesday 11 August 2009

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by Hugh

Tuesday 11 August 2009 *Attempts Not Worthless* The time is Prime until the moon in Aries goes void of course after its sextile with Neptune at 1:04p PT | 4:04p ET | 8:04p UT, when... More »

God & me

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by beatrix

More years than I can count, I have been on a God Quest. Sometimes I shake my head in confusion, wondering why me! For years I was a comfortable soul, content with my life, my... More »

What new ideas are bubbling in you these days?

Posted on Jun 9th, 2009 by Ted

Not many new ideas, mostly very old ones: Individual rights; Personal Power; Democracy; Love; Active tolerance; Peace; Joy; Diversity; Abundance; And perhaps a few that are not very common in history: That there is no... More »

What secrets do you hide even from yourself?

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Matthew

I am a runner.  When things get tough, I pull away. Not always, but when I am really vunerable, or feel a loss coming, I run.  This has not served me well in a couple... More »

The World is about YOU!

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Marky Mark

And that this little bluish-white ball displays and reflects your entire spectrum of beliefs, convictions, attitudes, expectations, feelings, all artfully displayed through all of the wonderful, creative activities, that all of these activities -- some... More »

His faith is no longer of any use to him. In fact his faith is only useful so long as he is veiled and has not obtained direct vision and evidence. . . . When that which was hidden becomes evident, when that of which he was merely informed is directly seen, the soul no longer derives any profit from that which it believes but only from that which it contemplates and sees. The states, the intentions, the goals which he had during the phase of faith are transformed. This transformation should be understood as purely inner. As to the exterior of this being, it is not modified even an iota. He continues to behave in a way which is acceptable to the sacred Law and commendable according to customs and natural law, engaging in the activities which conform to his situation and his rank among his fellow men.

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.

Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

It is in the plan that man should die. The rich, the poor; the bond, the free; the great, the lowly-all must die. Death comes to everyone. Death * a necessary step to our eterrzal progression. But death is not the end, it is only a transitional state whereby we move from one stage of action to another. The spirit continues to live, move, think, learn, and to engage in all those activities associated with existence in our next estate. The physical body is placed in the grave, there to remain until the time of our resurrection. The change called death is ordained of God awl is a blessing to man. It would be tragic if men could never be released from mortality that they might put on immortality. Death releases man from his mortal existence and makes possible his onward progress toward eterrzal life and exaltation.

CURIOSITY, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole".

MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than to finish it.

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