Re: Why is there still poverty on the planet?

Posted on Oct 25th, 2009 by confabulations in Questions & Reflections: The Group

Greed, increased laziness as a generality in the human race, loss of insight(although it is coming back!), power-hungry and controlling people.

Re: Hell is Other People. But Then, So Is Heaven

Posted on Aug 12th, 2009 by Nicole in Fully Engaged

I don't think it's possible to know for many reasons, and one of them is body limits.

Re: What makes your heart SING ?

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by Leelovesyouall in Questions & Reflections: The Group

I love to see other peoples hearts singing...ROCK ON!!!

Re: Why is there still poverty on the planet?

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by kevin in Questions & Reflections: The Group

I think there is still poverty because of 2 reasons. One is that we will never all be equal and some people will will always have less than others and if there are 6 billion... More »

Re: Why I love Oak Trees

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by Peter in DIVING DEEPER: A Writing Workshop

Wow, the chills, I had no idea that my writing was capable of evoking that kind of feeling in people.     Thank you,    Peter 

Re: Chakras, auras, and subtle bodies.

Posted on Jun 9th, 2009 by MJoyS in Questions & Reflections: The Group

 I agree with Eli- Auras really exist because some people have the ability to see  them. I believe that most people feel "auras" or  energetic emanation  and they simply call it "Vibes".

Re: Introduction :)

Posted on Jun 9th, 2009 by Natalie in Gaia Lounge

Hi Suni, I am looking forward to meeting people and making friends. Thank you for making me feel welcome! Natalie

Re: My Next Album, What Should It Be?

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Silent Temple in Dreams of Artists™

Hey G, You be the dog. I am a moron when it comes to business, marketing, sales, etc. So, if you want to make money, run away from me. Spiritually, I always tell people to... More »

Re: Death

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Silent Temple in Now I Can See the Moon

Jenny, you do wonderful things for people. ST

Re: Earth and Nature

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by ingebrita in One Light Many Windows

"When the people call Earth 'Mother,' they take with love and with love give back so that all may live." ~ Marilou Awiakta ( Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom )

What is easy for you?

Posted on Oct 26th, 2009 by roamer

Thinking about the next person,considering another person's feelings ,treating people like how I would like to be treated,these are spontaneous to me 

What is easy for you?

Posted on Oct 26th, 2009 by Laurie

Listening comes easily to me.  I pay very close attention to what people say.  I also listen "between the lines" and hear what is not spoken aloud. I listen with my heart.

How do you define power?

Posted on Oct 24th, 2009 by ohmsmom

I think of power as energy.  Mother Teresa, first came to my mind when thinking of powerful people, but then my  second thought was every person has their own power......

What would you like to see more of?

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2009 by HoshikoKagami5

I would like to see more of people speaking correctly. It is so annoying when people use incorrect grammar!

...Declaraion of Human Sovereignty...

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by Will

http://www.humansovereignty.org/ Declaration of Human Sovereignty Regarding Extraterrestil Nations and Forces We, the People of Earth,extend greetings to all races in the Greater Community of the Universe. We acknowledge our common heritage before the Creator of... More »

Do you think of yourself as a curious person?

Posted on Aug 8th, 2009 by ayukho

sometimes yes .. but i dunno what people's thinking about me ..

Why is trust easy or difficult for you?

Posted on Aug 8th, 2009 by blewbird

I trust people to do what they think is in their best interest.

Who would you really like to get to know?

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2009 by d3wi

My Idols, great people & my self of course.

What secrets do you hide even from yourself?

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by EmilyAlice

I never tell secrets! And if I write the secrets that I keep from myself here, then I'll be telling them. That's one thing I do like about myself, people say I'm trustworthy. I always... More »

What secrets do you hide even from yourself?

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Wendy

How easily hurt I can be.   I have some of the most complex walls of protection from fellow human beings, that most people view me as a tough, strong woman.  Some are even intimidated... More »

Unless the secret of inward peace is also the secret of escape from fear, it does not meet a need I believe is almost the central need of mankind. If it be asked, "Why are so many people in the modern world anxious, worried, nervous, irritable, depressed, bad sleepers, and not quite well?" the answer in most cases is that they are frightened. . . . What, then, is the way to escape from the power of this ever-present enemy? I know none except learning that we are in the keeping of a God who will never desert us. . . . There is no fear where love is, and the love of God is always present. . . . Till we have faced that fact, we are not ready to understand what God does actually for those who trust in Him. But when we have learnt that truth, we may go on to say, "Come what may, we know that He will be with us and therefore need not fear." We may have to suffer in the body, but His sustaining grace will never leave us. We may lose our dear ones and so be wounded in our very hearts, but His grace will give us strength to carry even that cross. We may have to face poverty; but if so, He will do for us what He has done for thousands and teach us how to be poor and yet content. We may have to face hunger of the heart, and no one who knows what that means will ever think lightly of it; but even through that fiery trial, His love will sustain those who turn to Him.

Some people think that all the world should share their misfortunes, though they do not share in the sufferings of any one else.

There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a BILLION people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.

. . . Whoever adores Allah through the fears of the fires of hell or in order to gain Paradise, whoever invokes Him in order that his share in the goods of the world be enlarged, or so that people should turn their faces toward him in order that he be glorified, or to avoid the evil which an oppressor afflicts upon him; or further, if he has heard a hadith* of the Prophet according to which he who accomplishes a certain pious work, or recites a certain invocation, will receive from God some recompense - whoever does this, his adoration is tainted, and it will not be acceptable to God except by virtue of His grace and of His generosity. . . . God said, "Whoever hopes to encounter his Lord, let him do pious works and, in the adoration of his Lord, not associate any being with Him." (Koran 18:110) The things which I have mentioned are the "beings" which are associated with God. Now, God is, of all those that are associated in adoration, the One who absolutely transcends all association. That is why He prescribed to all His servants that they adore Him with a perfectly pure faith which implies the desire for no other recompense than His face. . . . *hadith: A saying of the Prophet transmitted outside the Qur'an through a chain of known intermediaries. There are two kinds of hadith: hadith qudsi (sacred sentence), a direct revelation, in which God speaks in the first person by the mouth of the Prophet, and hadith nabawi (prophetic sentence), an indirect revelation in which the Prophet speaks as himself. (Introduction to Sufism, p. 117)

"O my people, I disavow all that you associate [with God]. I orient my face with an exclusive orientation towards Him, who created the heavens and the earth and I am not one of the associators." (Koran 6:78-79)

Oh, you who believe! Fear Allah, and seek a means of access to Him, and struggle on His way; perhaps you will succeed! (Koran 5:35) Commentary: . . . God commands believers to practice the fear of Him. This corresponds to what is called . . . the "station of repentance" which is the basis of all progress on the Way and the key which permits one to arrive at the "station of realization". . . . After that God says to us: "And seek a means of access to Him" . . . There is absolute unanimity among the People of Allah on the fact that, in the Way toward Gnosis, a "means of access", that is to say, a master, is indispensable. However, at the beginning of the Way he can be satisfied with books which deal with pious behavior and with spiritual combat in its most general sense. "And struggle on His Way": this is an order to do battle after having found a master. It is a matter of a special holy war (jihad), which is carried out under the command of the master and according to the rules which he prescribes. One cannot have confidence in a spiritual combat carried on in the absence of the master, except in very exceptional cases. . . . The dispositions of beings are varied, their temperaments are very different one from another and something which is profitable for one can be harmful for another.

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we should pause for a moment and hear what some people in the third world countries would like to make them happier. 1. Having enough to eat so when you go to sleep at night your stomach doesn't ach. 2. Having shoes on your feet and any kind of clothing to keep the cold out. 3. Having a roof over your head. 4. Having the hope that you'll be lucky enough to get some kind of an education. 5. Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.

No matter what the form of the government, the liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have themselves made.

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