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The Islamic and Christian views of Jesus: a comparison The person of Jesus or Isa in Arabic (peace be upon him) is of great significance in both Islam and Christianity. However, there are differences in terms of beliefs about the nature and life occurrences of this noble Messenger. Source of information about Jesus in Islam Most of the Islamic information about Jesus is actually found in the Quran. The Quran was revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and memorized and written down in his lifetime. Today, anyone who calls him or herself a Muslim believes in the complete authenticity of the Quran as the original revealed guidance from God. Source of information about Jesus in Christianity Christians take their information about Jesus from the Bible, which includes the Old and New Testaments. These contain four biblical narratives covering the life and death of Jesus. They have been written, according to tradition, respectively by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are placed at the beginning of the New Testament and comprise close to half of it. Encyclopedia Britannica notes that none of the sources of his life and work can be traced to Jesus himself; he did not leave a single known written word. Also, there are no contemporary accounts written of his life and death. What can be established about the historical Jesus depends almost without exception on Christian traditions, especially on the material used in the composition of the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke, which reflect the outlook of the later church and its faith in Jesus. Below are the views of Islam and Christianity based on primary source texts and core beliefs. ISLAM 1. Do Muslims believe he was a Messenger of One God? YES Belief in all of the Prophets and Messengers of God is a fundamental article of faith in Islam. Thus, believing in Prophets Adam, Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them) is a requirement for anyone who calls him or herself a Muslim. A person claiming to be a Muslim who, for instance, denies the Messengership of Jesus, is not considered a Muslim. The Quran says in reference to the status of Jesus as a Messenger: "The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger before whom many Messengers have passed away; and his mother adhered wholly to truthfulness, and they both ate food (as other mortals do). See how We make Our signs clear to them; and see where they are turning away!" (Quran 5:75). 2. Do Muslims believe he was born of a Virgin Mother? YES Like Christians, Muslims believe Mary, Maria in Spanish, or Maryam as she is called in Arabic, was a chaste, virgin woman, who miraculously gave birth to Jesus. "Relate in the Book the story of Mary, when she withdrew from her family, to a place in the East. She screened herself from them; then We sent to her Our spirit (angel Gabriel) and he appeared before her as a man in all respects. She said: I seek refuge from you in God Most Gracious (come not near) if you do fear God. He said: Nay, I am only a Messenger from your Lord, to announce to you the gift of a pure son. She said: How shall I have a son, when no man has ever touched me, and I am not unchaste? He said: So it will be, your Lord says: That is easy for Me; and We wish to appoint him as a sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': It was a matter so decreed" (Quran 19:16-21). 3. Do Muslims believe Jesus had a miraculous birth? YES The Quran says: "She (Mary) said: O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me.' He (God) said: So (it will be) for God creates what He wills. When He has decreed something, He says to it only: Be!'- and it is" (3:47). It should also be noted about his birth that: "Verily, the likeness of Jesus in God's Sight is the likeness of Adam. He (God) created him from dust, then (He) said to him: Be!'-and he was" (Quran 3:59). 4. Do Muslims believe Jesus spoke in the cradle? YES "Then she (Mary) pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?' He (Jesus) said: Verily! I am a slave of God, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet; " (19:29-30). 5. Do Muslims believe he performed miracles? YES Muslims, like Christians believe Jesus performed miracles. But these were performed by the will and permission of God, Who has power and control over all things. "Then will God say: O Jesus the son of Mary! recount My favor to you and to your mother. Behold! I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit (the angel Gabriel) so that you did speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel. And behold: you make out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and you breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by My leave, and you heal those born blind, and the lepers by My leave. And behold! you bring forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the children of Israel from (violence to you) when you did show them the Clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: This is nothing but evident magic' (5:110). 6. Do Muslims believe in the Trinity? NO Muslims believe in the Absolute Oneness of God, Who is a Supreme Being free of human limitations, needs and wants. He has no partners in His Divinity. He is the Creator of everything and is completely separate from His creation. God says in the Quran regarding the Trinity: "People of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to God nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God, and His command that He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and in His Messengers, and do not say: God is a Trinity.' Give up this assertion; it would be better for you. God is indeed just One God. Far be it from His glory that He should have a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. God is sufficient for a guardian" (Quran 4:171). 7. Do Muslims believe that Jesus was the son of God? NO "Say: "God is Unique! God, the Source [of everything]. He has not fathered anyone nor was He fathered, and there is nothing comparable to Him!" (Quran 112:1-4). The Quran also states: "Such was Jesus, the son of Mary; it is a statement of truth, about which they vainly dispute. It is not befitting to the majesty of God, that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, Be' and it is" (Quran 19:34-35). 8. Do Muslims believe Jesus was killed on the cross then resurrected? NO "They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but they thought they did. (Quran 4:156) God lifted him up to His presence. God is Almighty, All-Wise (Quran 4:157) . CHRISTIANITY 1. Do Christians believe Jesus was a human being and Messenger of God? YES & NO With the exception of Unitarian Christians, who like all the early followers of Jesus, still do not believe in the Trinity, most Christians now believe in the Divinity of Jesus, which is connected to the belief in Trinity. They say he is the second member of the Triune God, the Son of the first part of the Triune God, and at the same time "fully" God in every respect. 2. Do Christians believe he was born of a Virgin Mother? YES A chaste and pious human woman who gave birth to Jesus Christ, the second member of the Trinity, the Son of God, and at the same time "fully" God Almighty in every respect. Christians believe however, that while she was a virgin, she was married to a man named Joseph (Bible: Matthew:1:18). According to Matthew 1:25, Joseph "kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus". 3. Do Christians believe he had a miraculous birth? YES "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit" (Bible: Matthew 1:18) 4. Do Christians believe he performed miracles? YES "And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, while thou stretches out thy hand to heal, and sign and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus (Bible: Acts 4:30). Christians believe that Jesus performed these miracles because he was the Son of God as well as the incarnation of God. 5. Do Christians believe in the Trinity? YES With the exception of the Unitarian Christians, who do not believe in the Divinity of Christ, the Trinity, according to the Catholic encyclopedia, is the term used for the central doctrine of the Christian religion. The belief is that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three Persons or beings are distinct from each another, while being similar in character: uncreated and omnipotent. The First Vatican Council has explained the meaning to be attributed to the term mystery in theology. It lays down that a mystery is a truth which we are not merely incapable of discovering apart from Divine Revelation, but which, even when revealed, remains "hidden by the veil of faith and enveloped, so to speak, by a kind of darkness" (Const., "De fide. cath.", iv). The First Vatican Council further defined that the Christian Faith contains mysteries strictly so called (can. 4). All theologians admit that the doctrine of the Trinity is of the number of these. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that of all revealed truths, this is the most impenetrable to reason. 6. Do Christians believe that Jesus was the son of God? YES "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him (Bible: John 3:16). However, it is interesting to note that the term "son of God" is used in other parts of the Bible to refer to Adam (Bible: Luke 3:38), Israel (Bible: Exodus 4:22) and David (Bible: Psalms 2:7) as well. The creatures of God are usually referred to in the Bible as children of God. The role of Paul of Tarsus in shaping this belief and the belief in Trinity The notion of Jesus as son of God is something that was established under the influence of Paul of Tarsus (originally named Saul), who had been an enemy of Jesus, but later changed course and joined the disciples after the departure of Jesus. Later, however, he initiated a number of changes into early Christian teachings, in contradiction, for instance, to disciples like Barnabas, who believed in the Oneness of God and who had actually lived and met with Jesus. Paul is considered by a number of Christian scholars to be the father of Christianity due to his additions of the following ideas: that Jesus is the son of God, the concept of Atonement, the renunciation of the Law of the Torah. Paul did these things in hopes of winning over the Gentiles (non-Jewish people). His letters are another of the primary sources of information on Jesus according to the Christian tradition. The original followers of Prophet Jesus opposed these blatant misrepresentations of the message of Jesus. They struggled to reject the notion of the Divinity of Jesus for close to 200 years. One person who was an original follower of Jesus was Barnabas. He was a Jew born in Cyrus and a successful preacher of the teachings of Jesus. Because of his closeness to Jesus, he was an important member of the small group of disciples in Jerusalem who had had gathered together following the disappearance of Jesus. The question of Jesus's nature, origin and relationship with God was not raised amongst Barnabas and the small group of disciples. Jesus was considered a man miraculously endowed by God. Nothing in the words of Jesus or the events in his life led them to modify this view. The Gospel of Barnabas was accepted as a Canonical Gospel in the Churches of Alexandria till 325 CE Iranaeus (130-200) wrote in support of pure monotheism and opposed Paul for injecting into Christianity doctrines of the pagan Roman religion and Platonic philosophy. He quoted extensively from the Gospel of Barnabas in support of his views. This indicates that the Gospel of Barnabas was in circulation in the first and second centuries of Christianity. In 325 (CE), a council of Christian leaders met at Nicaea and made Paul's beliefs officially part of Christian doctrine. It also ordered that all original Gospels in Hebrew script which contradicted Paul's beliefs should be destroyed. An edict was issued that anyone in possession of these Gospels would be put to death. The Gospel of Barnabas has miraculously survived though. 7. Do Christians believe he was killed on the cross? YES This is a core Christian belief and it relates to the concept of atonement. According to this belief, Jesus died to save mankind from sin. However, this is not stated explicitly in the four gospels which form the primary source texts of Christianity. It is found, however, in Romans 6:8,9. Christians believe Jesus was spat on, cut, humiliated, kicked, striped and finally hung up on the cross to endure a slow and painful death. According, to Christian belief, the original sin of Adam and Eve of eating from the forbidden tree was so great that God could not forgive it by simply willing it, rather it was necessary to erase it with the *lo** of a sinless, innocent Jesus. Resurrection The four Gospels and the Epistles of St. Paul are the main sources of Christianity which discuss the Resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion. According to St. Matthew, Jesus appeared to the holy women, and again on a mountain in Galilee. Mark's Gospel tells a different story: Jesus was seen by Mary Magdalene, by the two disciples at Emmaus, and the Eleven before his Ascension into heaven. Luke's Gospel says Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus, appeared to Peter and to the assembled disciples in Jerusalem. In John's Gospel, Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, to the ten Apostles on Easter Sunday, to the Eleven a week later, and to seven disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. Another account of the resurrection by St. Paul is found in Bible: Corinthians 15: 3-8. According to Christian belief, Resurrection is a manifestation of God's justice, Who exalted Christ to a life of glory, as Christ had humbled himself unto death (Phil., 2: 8-9). This event also completes the mystery of Christian salvation and redemption. The death of Jesus frees believers from sin, and with his resurrection, he restores to them the most important privileges lost by sin (Bible: Romans 4:25). More importantly, the belief in the resurrection of Jesus indicates Christian acknowledgment of Christ as the immortal God, the cause of believers' own resurrection (Bible: I Corinthians 4: 21; Phil., 3:20-21), as well as the model and the support of a new life of grace (Bible: Romans 4: 4-6; 9-11). MORE ON ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY The other Ansar: Companions of Prophet Jesus John the Baptist: A Prophet of Islam Muslim-Christian Relations, The Good, the Bad For further study of a Muslim view of Jesus and Christianity read the following books: Jesus, Prophet of Islam by Muhammad 'Ata'ur-Rahim For Christ Sake by Ahmad Thomson and Muhammad 'Ata'ur-Rahim For a unique Christian view of the Islamic contribution to the West read the following book: Islam and the Discovery of Freedom by Rose Wilder Lane check out some comments about this http://www.soundvision.com/Info/Jesus/inIslam.asp

Things to Ponder

September 15, 2009
Started By GA8 Comments

Last year I saw a patient who had returned from her Christmas vacation complaining of persistent dizziness and fatigue that had not improved for over a year.

Before visiting my office she had consulted three other doctors but no cause for the dizziness was found.

When I questioned her about the vacation, which took place at a Caribbean resort, I discovered that she had experienced a transient episode of diarrhea there and since returning home had been unusually constipated and gassy.

She had never mentioned these intestinal symptoms to a doctor before, because it was dizziness and fatigue that bothered her the most.

I've seen many patients with chronic fatigue caused by intestinal parasites, so I had this woman tested at a specialized laboratory. The test revealed infection with a parasite called Giardia lamblia, a condition called giardiasis.

 

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Computer Vision Syndrome

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Computers have become a necessity for every organization. Today there are more than 500 million computers in use worldwide. Computers have increased the efficiency and productivity of organizations. However, the overuse of computers have given birth to Computer Vision Syndrome.

What is CVS?
Around 60 million people affected from vision related disorders. Most of them are due to CVS. Many employees spend most of the time working on the computer. Computer images are a c****ination of tiny dots and pixels. Therefore, there is no specific image for the eye to focus on. This creates the need for constant focusing on frequently shifting images, hence resulting in stress. When working on the computer, the eye blinking rate reduces by 70%. This increases the stress on the eyes.

The short term effects of the CVS are  dry eyes, blurred vision, headaches, eye fatigue, excessive watering, complementary coloured lines, double vision, and neck/shoulder pain. The long term effects of CVS are reflex photosensitivity(sensitivity to reflective light emitting surfaces like computer screens), photophobia(unusual eye sensitivity to light), slowness in changing near or far focus, *lo** shot eyes, dim vision.

The computer screen is not the only cause for CVS. Poor lighting, reflective screens, incorrect seating postures, and improper monitor placement also contribute to CVS.

Tips to prevent CVS:
 - Keep computer screens 20 - 26 inches away from your eyes.
 - Adjust lighting to minimize glare.
 - Use anti-glare screens.
 - Take a break every 15 minutes and focus on object away from the screen.
 - Keep top of the computer below your eye level.
 - Use eye drops that reduce irritation and dryness of eyes.

Three Things in Life

June 16, 2009
Started By jamwomen5 Comments

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your SUCCESS is found in your DAILY ROUTINE!!!"

 

Three Things In Life That, Once Gone, Never Come Back

1. Time

2. Words

3. Opportunity

Three Things In Life That Can Destroy A Person

1. Anger

2. Pride

3. Unforgiveness

Three Things In Life That You Should Never Lose

1. Hope

2. Peace

3. Honesty

Three Things In Life That Are Most Valuable

1. Love

2. Family

3. Kindness

Three Things In Life That Are Never Certain

1.. Fortune

2..Success

3. Dreams

Three Things That Make A Person

1. Commitment

2. Sincerity

3. Hard Work

Three Things That Are Truly Constant -

Father - Son - Holy Spirit

I Ask The Lord To Bless You, As I Pray For You Today,

To Guide You And Protect You, As You Go Along Your Way.

God's Love Is Always With You, God's Promises Are True.

And When You Give God All Your Cares,

You Know God Will See You Through.

Peace and Love,

Mikel 



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god does not like nor love black ppl

December 10, 2010
Started By jhandsum6 Comments
from di queen of sheba who can only claim solomon as her baby daddy instead of her husband, from slavery to di current aids epidemic decimating the black community...if god loved us so much...why we always gettin di %&%*ty end of di stick??
As These videos get into circulation more the views will go up i recently got this from a friend and decided to show it to ya'll...ENJOY












A Documentary on Jay-Z's connection to the Freemasons, The Satanic plot behind his new album THE BLUEPRINT 3, and his new video "RUN THIS TOWN" with KANYE WEST and RHIANNA, AND MUCH MORE ......THIS IS A MUST SEE!
SOME OF YALL BLIND AS HELL BUYING JAYZ'S ALBUM AND ALL HE GIVES A %&%* ABOUT IS RUINING YOUR MINDS & CONTROLLING YOU LIKE A PUPPET SAME GOES FOR LADY GAGA RIHANNA KANYE AND LOTS MORE STOP BEING BLIND AND IGNORANT!!!.TSK TSK











UFO in South America

September 19, 2010
Started By GA5 Comments
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start at the intro video. poor addi gets thrown into intro. matter of fact they start their huge 50 something show series with "Broad Daylight" and cash money cover with addi and his ring. I don't think about what I believe about any of this. Im just sharing this site for those who are interested.
The following article appeared in the well respected Finland newspaper, Ammenusastia



hell sounds oil well hell sounds oil well "As a communist I dont
believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in
hell," said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such
a discovery. But we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we
are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of HELLl!"



Dr. Viktor Azzakov, director of the project to drill a 9-mile-deep hole
in remote Siberia.Dr. Azzacove continued, ". . .the drill suddenly
began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had reached a large empty
pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in
heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit." notes Dr. Azzakov. "This is 10 times
higher than we expected. It almost seems as if a fiery inferno is
raging within the earth's core



hell sounds oil well "We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the
sounds of plate movements down the shaft. But instead of plate
movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we thought
the sound was coming from our own equipment." But when we made
adjustments our worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams werent
those of a single human, they were the screams of millions of humans!"
Listen to a audio recording of the above article





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A Poem ;The Original

November 13, 2010
Started By culture t0 Comments

srtReligion was born out of Animism. It is Something similiar To Shamanism. Claiming That Everything have a soul deep within. And That's how they invented worshipping. The indigenous people of that time. Worshipped the Sun, just for the way it shines. The psyche of the Ancient aren't that different From Ours. They'll eat from the lands, that they had farmed for hours. Christianity, Islam or Judaism. Even Hinduism and Buddaism. Were not the original thing. For each of them had their start from Animism. With a little cultural modification within each religion. Could be seen wide spreading across every regions. The truth some how and in some way got distorted. Leaving the entire thing very much complicated. The religious leaders must come out and state the facts. And stop fooling the people with all their holy acts. And their stupid Lies and alibies are very well out-dated. We the people of today are lovers of truths. So we go about digging to find the roots. So please rewind and do come again.Don't be our enemies,rather, please be a friend. We'll search for the truth untill the very end. So pass me some papers and do lend me a pen. lets re-write the history books of how it should be. So we can quit the holy wars, and re-establish peace and prosperity. cp                                                         

First hand evidence

If youve ever wondered what the future holds for your health then you need look no further than your hands, and were not talking palm reading here. New reports suggest that you can predict whether youll suffer from cancer or heart disease simply by looking at your fingers and knuckles.

When you think of hands youre more likely to be worrying about dry skin and the state of your nails than analysing the bumps on them, but what if these unexplained lumps held the truth about your wellbeing?

Experts have been looking into the connection between health and hands for many years, with the results being published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, among other places.

It is thought that hands provide a map to the body, much like feet in reflexology, so when your body contracts an illness it can manifest in your extremities.

Handy to know

A recent example of this hand diagnosis method in action is that of a 74-year-old woman who complained of painful lumps that had developed on her palms. She sought medical advice but doctors were baffled as she appeared otherwise healthy.

Luckily the team at the Royal Free Hospital in London had read about paraneoplastic syndrome, where a disease or symptom signifies a presence of cancer in the body, in this case, the thickened skin on the womans hands. She was later successfully treated for ovarian cancer.

Having read this youre probably sat there examining every nook and cranny on your fingers and palms, so here are a few things to be on the lookout for.

Palms

Reddened palms can set alarm bells ringing as they are often related to liver problems, according to Dr Graham Archard of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

This is known as palmar erythema and occurs when hormone levels in the body become unbalanced as a result of liver disease. Watch out for red patches beneath the little finger and thumb.

Sweaty palms often occur in moments of anxiety or stress, but if youre experiencing constant sweatiness then it could be a sign of an overactive thyroid. Responsible for how quickly the body burns energy, the thyroid can sometimes go into overdrive causing your metabolism to speed up.

Nails

You may be one of many people who have those little white flecks on your finger nails, but contrary to popular opinion, these are unlikely to be caused by a lack of calcium or zinc in the body and will disappear with time.

What you do need to lookout for are things such as red splintering or haemorrhages in the nails which can indicate an infection in the heart or *lo**.

Clubbed nails are also one to watch. This is where your nails bend inwards at the top and could be due to a lack of oxygen in the *lo** caused by heart or lung disease.

Nails which are thin or dipped in the centre can also be the first sign of anaemia, which is caused by a lack of iron in the body and results in weakened nails.

Knuckles

Rheumatoid arthritis could be one cause of knobbly knuckles, particularly if the ones on the lower finger are lumpy.

High cholesterol can be hard to detect without a test, but fattened knuckles might provide a first warning sign. Fatty deposits known as tendon xanthoma can collect around the knuckles causing hard, yellow bumps.
The Church is Anti Christ At this point I would like to question the churchs interpretation of the bible. If Christs Father did create the human race as it proclaims, why did He found a societal system of Bondage that includes dependence and knowledge deprivation then place His creation within it? Are these not evil traits? And how does the "LORD Gods" behavior coincide with the modern day global elite and what their policies have done to you as they trickle down through the hierarchy of society? Revelation 12:9; And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. The book of Revelation tells us that Satan and his demons were cast out of Heaven unto the earth. The bible also tells us they control the planet. II Corinthians 4:4; In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. The act of blinding someone is bestowing lies upon them making them live and teach those lies to future generations. This means it is Satan that is being referenced to in II Corinthians 4:4. How do I know? John 8:44; Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. The bible also says Satan is THE DESTROYER. Exodus 12:13; For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the *lo** upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Earlier I proved that a paycheck does not return Freedom because Freedoms origin is knowledge. Yet, the masses have been led to believe through various mind control tactics that if they have a job they are independent in supporting themselves. You can now see how the global elite use the societal system to lie to the masses. Do you see how this relates to biblical scripture? How does Exodus 12:13 coincide with the results of your marble test, Hosea 4:4, II Corinthians 4:4 and Revelation 12:9? The facts prove that today we all live in Bondage, enslaved to the global elite. They lie to us either directly in the speeches they give and indirectly through the societal system. Proof that Satans demons are in control of earth and have had control of earth all through history just as the bible says. The churchs interpretation of the bible is wrong. Pastors in Churchs across the land are teaching the lies they were taught. Christs Father would never found a societal system that deprives His creation of knowledge keeping them in Bondage. This ought to be enough to make one wonder if Church believing Christians even read their bibles! The bible even warns them that Satans demons take on the image of God which is exactly what they did in Eden, how else would they gain control of earth?: II Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. It is frightening to wake up to the fact that you live within a control system that lies to you, deprives you of knowledge and controls your destiny. Many do not want to believe because it is so horrifying. They have no choice in the matter. Think of how many people who are still unaware. Whats going to happen to them? The government approved a system called, "Veri-Chip"/"Digital Angel" that allows them to track those who are implanted with it anywhere on the planet. It should be comforting to military personnel to know they have been receiving their orders all through their lives from the same government. I often wonder what the individuals behind the New World Order want. They have had control of earth all through history. They control the money, they control the minds of the unaware. Control is the recurring agenda here. All the evidence c****ined concludes that they want total control of the collective mind, which is what God is. These times are very trying. The world is in turmoil and it is all by design, Entropy does not happen unless someone has been degraded. And it all started in Eden. It is dangerous to sail the seas rudderless because you are forced to go where ever the wind blows you.

-- Edited by Klanz Man at 00:17, 2009-01-06


-- Edited by MZJ on Thursday 16th of September 2010 12:12:19 PM
DID U KNOW THAT   FROM SUNDAY  - SATURDAY
 THE MEANING OF TEH DAYS OF THE WEEK ARE FROM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
 YES PEOPLE SCIENCE

The Naming of the Days

The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.


Sunday -- Sun's day

Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
Old English sunnandæg "day of the sun"
Germanic sunnon-dagaz "day of the sun"
Latin dies solis "day of the sun"
Ancient Greek hemera heli(o)u, "day of the sun"

Monday -- Moon's day

Middle English monday or mone(n)day
Old English mon(an)dæg "day of the moon"
Latin dies lunae "day of the moon"
Ancient Greek hemera selenes "day of the moon"

Tuesday -- Tiu's day

Middle English tiwesday or tewesday
Old English tiwesdæg "Tiw's (Tiu's) day"
Latin dies Martis "day of Mars"
Ancient Greek hemera Areos "day of Ares"

Tiu (Twia) is the English/Germanic god of war and the sky. He is identified with the Norse god TyR.

Mars is the Roman god of war.

AreS is the Greek god of war.

Wednesday -- Woden's day

Middle English wodnesday, wednesday, or wednesdai
Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day"
Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury"
Ancient Greek hemera Hermu "day of Hermes"

Woden is the chief Anglo-Saxon/Teutonic god. Woden is the leader of the Wild Hunt. Woden is from wod "violently insane" + -en "headship". He is identified with the Norse Odin.

Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, travel, theivery, eloquence and science. He is the messenger of the other gods.

Hermes is the Greek god of commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. He is the messenger and herald of the other gods. He serves as patron of travelers and rogues, and as the conductor of the dead to Hades. Middle English thur(e)sday
Old English thursdæg
Old Norse thorsdagr "Thor's day"
Old English thunresdæg "thunder's day"
Latin dies Jovis "day of Jupiter"
Ancient Greek hemera Dios "day of Zeus".

Thursday -- Thor's day

 

Thor is the Norse god of thunder. He is represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Miölnir. He is the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.

Jupiter (Jove) is the supreme Roman god and patron of the Roman state. He is noted for creating thunder and lightning.

Zeus is Greek god of the heavens and the supreme Greek god. Middle English fridai
Old English frigedæg "Freya's day"
composed of Frige (genetive singular of Freo) + dæg "day" (most likely)
or composed of Frig "Frigg" + dæg "day" (least likely)
Germanic frije-dagaz "Freya's (or Frigg's) day"
Latin dies Veneris "Venus's day"
Ancient Greek hemera Aphrodites "day of Aphrodite"

Friday -- Freya's day

 

Freo is identical with freo, meaning free. It is from the Germanic frijaz meaning "beloved, belonging to the loved ones, not in bondage, free".

Freya (Fria) is the Teutonic goddess of love, beauty, and fecundity (prolific procreation). She is identified with the Norse god Freya. She is leader of the Valkyries and one of the Vanir. She is confused in Germany with Frigg.

Frigg (Frigga) is the Teutonic goddess of clouds, the sky, and conjugal (married) love. She is identified with Frigg, the Norse goddess of love and the heavens and the wife of Odin. She is one of the Aesir. She is confused in Germany with Freya.

Venus is the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Aphrodite (Cytherea) is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Middle English saterday
Old English sæter(nes)dæg "Saturn's day"
Latin dies Saturni "day of Saturn"
Ancient Greek hemera Khronu "day of Cronus"

Saturday -- Saturn's day

 

Saturn is the Roman and Italic god of agriculture and the consort of Ops. He is believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue.

Cronus (Kronos, Cronos) is the Greek god (Titan) who ruled the universe until dethroned by his son Zeus.

The Impossible Bridge

August 13, 2009
Started By steppz12 Comments

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Many of the best-informed scientists agree that we have left it too late to prevent anthropogenic climate change from bringing on a global catastrophe. Whether this results in actual extinction or merely the ruin of civilization is a matter they are still debating.

Fundies entertain no such doubts. Preacher Tim LaHaye and his potboiler copilot Jerry Jenkins have made a vast fortune describing the gory biblical end they gleefully anticipate. Their Left Behind novels have been bestsellers, but don't get the idea they think this is mere fiction. In a recent Fox News interview with Governor (and former Republican presidential candidate) Mike Huckabee, LaHaye says the End Times are due to start, and that President Obama's "socialism" is speeding the day:

 

 

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July 17, 2010
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Most of us live our life in delusions.Either we live our life in guilt or worry,those two twisted mind set has cost us to live a life of unfulfillment, and a deep sense of emptiness.Guilt and worry, are things that the mind created to rendered you from living your life freely and you lack peace,joy,love and happiness in your life.The problem can be solved, by simply shifting or transformed your thinking.At first it might be difficult and seem a bit of a waste of time and energy.Simply focusing on the NOW will gradually decrease your entire erroneous pre-condition mind set.The reason why the now can solve these madness is elementary;(1)The NOW is the only moment that we have control of.(2)lIVING IN THE NOW IS INESCAPABLE,we can't live no other way(3)yet worry belongs to tomorrow and guilt belongs to yesterday and we some what stuck there in those illusions for decades, while life is unfolding right before our eyes .Be active,be present, be in the now always and, guilt and worry will be either eliminated or surpressed.Live in the Moment,Live in The NOW-peace!!!

15 Man-Made Marvels

July 3, 2010
Started By jubalson0 Comments

Man-Made Marvels

Our world is full of wonders great and small, ancient and contemporary, natural and man-made. Here are 15 modern marvels that fill us with awe through the sheer scale, beauty, backbreaking effort and inspiration that brought them into creation.

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Man-Made Marvels: Henderson Waves

At 12 stories high, Henderson Waves is Singapore's tallest pedestrian bridge. It snakes across Henderson Road, connecting Mount Faber Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park. The bridge, which opened in 2008, is made of seven undulating curved steel ribs that alternately rise over and under its deck. The curved ribs form alcoves that function as shelters with seats within.


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Man-Made Marvels: The Ledge at Willis Tower

Not afraid of heights? Check out the view from the Ledge at Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, in Chicago. The five-sided balconies, which opened in 2009, are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out 4 feet from the building's 103rd floor Skydeck. They're actually more like boxes than balconies, with transparent walls, floor and ceiling. Visitors can see unobstructed views of Chicago from the building's west side, and a heart-stopping vista of the street and Chicago River below if they're brave enough to look straight down.




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Man-Made Marvels: Palm Jumeirah

Palm Jumeirah is an artificial island, the first and smallest of the three Palm Islands created off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The palm-tree shaped island is so large that it can be seen from the International Space Station. It is currently home to luxury homes and the megaresort Atlantis, The Palm, and will eventually tout many other deluxe hotels. In the years since construction began in 2001, this island effectively has doubled the length of Dubais coastline.



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Man-Made Marvels: Grand Canyon Skywalk

The Hualapai tribe of Arizona commissioned this horseshoe-shaped, glass walkway that opened above the Grand Canyon in 2007. The Skywalk juts off the rim of a side canyon 4,000 feet above the Colorado River. Despite the vertigo-inducing views, the glass bridge reportedly is very sturdy it can support more than 71,000 pounds and can withstand gusts of wind over 100 mph.





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Man-Made Marvels: Channel Tunnel

The Chunnel, as the 31.35-mile tunnel under the English Channel is known, opened in 1994, connecting Calais, France, with Folkestone, England. It is the second-longest tunnel in the world (behind Japans Seikan railway tunnel), and has the longest underwater section of any tunnel. The Eurotunnel Shuttle is a special vehicle transport train that has the largest rail cars in the world.





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Man-Made Marvels: Three Gorges Dam

Located in Chinas Hubei Province, this largest hydroelectric power station in the world contains a 375-mile-long reservoir within its impressive 7,661-foot concrete bulk. The scale of the controversial project is so huge that it has displaced millions of people, submerged hundreds of cultural sites in the Three Gorges area and precipitated an untold amount of damage on the regional environment. Construction began in 1994, but the dam is not expected to become fully operational until 2011.






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Man-Made Marvels: Panama Canal

One of the most difficult engineering endeavors ever attempted, the Panama Canal is a 50.72-mile-long passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that was begun by France in 1880 but completed by the U.S. in 1914. It drastically reduced shipping distances between New York and San Francisco, from 14,000 miles around Cape Horn to 6,000 when passing through the canal. During the American construction phase, 211 million cubic yards of dirt and rock were scraped away over 10 years to finish the canal.






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Man-Made Marvels: Akashi-Kaiky Bridge

Also known as the Pearl Bridge, this structure spans the strait between the islands of Honshu and Awaji in Japan. Upon its opening in 1998, the Pearl Bridge became the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a center span measuring 6,532 feet in length making it a full quarter-mile longer than the previous record-holder. The entire three-span bridge is more than 12,000 feet long.







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QUOTES OF SACRIFICE

May 24, 2010
Started By BOOOOOOOOOM2 Comments

Arabian Proverb: Quotes on Sacrifice
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.

Kahlil Gibran: Quotes on Sacrifice
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

Henry Ward Beecher: Quotes on Sacrifice
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Quotes on Sacrifice
Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

Helen Keller: Quotes on Sacrifice
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Erich Fromm: Quotes on Sacrifice
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

Albert Einstein: Quotes on Sacrifice
Only a life lived for others is worth living.

Mother Teresa: Quotes on Sacrifice
Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.

Sir Winston Churchill: Quotes on Sacrifice
I have nothing to offer but *lo**, toil, tears, and sweat.

Nathan Hale: Quotes on Sacrifice
I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

Abraham Lincoln: Quotes: Sacrifice
To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Quotes: Sacrifice
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Helen Keller: Quotes: Sacrifice
True happiness is not attained through self gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Edwin Arlington Robinson: Quotes: Sacrifice
Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

Eleanor Roosevelt: Quotes: Sacrifice
We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

Albert Pine: Quotes: Sacrifice
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Jim Rohn: Quotes: Sacrifice
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

John Wooden: Quotes: Sacrifice
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Unknown Author: Quotes: Sacrifice
You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

Andrew Jackson: Quotes: Sacrifice
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Leo Buscaglia: Sacrifice Quotes
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

Dalai Lama: Sacrifice Quotes
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Norman Vincent Peale: Sacrifice Quotes
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Charles O. Finley: Sacrifice Quotes
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

William James: Sacrifice Quotes
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Charles Du Bos: Sacrifice Quotes
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

Duguet: Sacrifice Quotes
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.

Nelson Henderson: Sacrifice Quotes
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

The Dalai Lama: Sacrifice Quotes
The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.

Woodrow Wilson: Sacrifice Quotes
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

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June 18, 2010
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In truth everything is a dream/programmed illusion/virtual reality experience created by a consciousness source of light which set up layers/dimensions/grids/matrixes through which souls experience simultaneously. These programs follow patterns called Sacred Geometry and repeat in loops, creating the illusion of linear time.

In the slower frequency movement of third dimension, one experiences linear time. As one moves their conscious awareness into dreamtime, released from the physical body, grid of experience, physical body, one experiences with time, and is able to move from grid program to grid program, in what often appears as 'flying'.

The soul is able to consciously able to view one or more grid programs at the same time, splitting the consciousness, moving in hyperspace, quantum physics, with a greater understanding of the dynamics of its total experiences.

While in a physical body, it takes most of your conscious effect to focus on events around you, as they are guided by emotions, the duality of the physical experience, which is bi-polar. This mirrors swings in emotions and constant changes in environment as all grids are in flux. In the physical, the goal is always to create balance. Many dreams are laced with emotions masking their true meaning.

A dream can warn us of potential danger.

Things that trouble us often crystalize in a dream.

Everyone who sleeps, dreams, including animals.

When you take a nap, you are ten times more likely to remember your dreams. For example you dream about meeting a partner. When you 'wake-up' that dream can continue. When you meet that person in the physical you get a deja vu feeling or say, "I dreamed about you, and it was all so real (surreal)!"

When you wake from a dreams, your consciousness can remain part of that experience.

On average, we sleep for a third of each day. Take your age and divide it by 1/3 and you will know how many years you have been asleep, on the other side, in this lifetime. For example, if you are 30 years old, you have slept for 10 years.

Many dreams bring messages, some part of your soul's evolution. Dreamtime is often a place of transformation for the soul where it awakens afterward enlightened about the next step on its journey into awareness. This is a time where the soul and mind process the path of the questor who returns in higher frequency of thought and personal mission.

If you can perceive of your dreams as projected illusions in which you are experiencing and learning, then so too shall you look upon your experiences in the physical, and unlock the mysteries of humanity and your purpose for being here. From the point of view of dreamtime and other realms of conscious awareness, our reality is but a projected illusion in linear time.

 


 

Dream Categories


Projections
Dreams are projections, just as we are projected thought experiencing in physical reality. Dreams can be comprised of still images where you may see a face and telepathically receive information from that person or they can be animations wherein you view animated scenes.

Anxiety Dreams, Nightmares
These dreams often are fear-based and result in waking up with sweats and heart palpitations. There is generally a situation going on in the person's physical life that results in such dreams. Heed their warning and create change.

Creative Dreams
Within your dream you are shown something you are to create, perhaps something affecting the destiny of humanity. Famous inventors, writers, artists, and musicians were inspired by their dreams.

Color vs. Black and White Dreams
Some people feel that as a dream manifests into third dimension it moves from black and white to color definition. Other believe that black and white dreams are dreamtime but dreams in color are parallel experiences. Further, dreams in black and white indicate an event in the far future, then same scene later manifesting as a dream in color meaning it is getting closer to physical reality.

Episodic or Sequence Dreams
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Your dream is like a movie, involving a story that goes on and on in sequential order.
Ellie's Sequence Dream of Creation, September 2004

Flying Dreams
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These dreams are common. You fly free, escapism, ascension to source, time travel or move through grid realities.

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Lucid Dreams
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As consciousness is evolving to higher frequency of light and sound, so too are our dreams. With this comes the lucid dream in which you can control and alter the events in your dreamtime by realizing that you are dreaming. If you become a lucid dreamer, this does not mean that all of your dreams are of this type. Dreams vary as with all things your consciousness experiences.

There are many methods to use to create lucid dreaming. Here are just a few. Before going to sleep, tell yourself think: "I am going to have a lucid dream." This phrase will remain in your physical consciousness. When you dream, it will activate and you will know you are dreaming. Next you must find a symbol that when seen in dreamtime allows you to recognize that you are dreaming. Let's say your symbol is the 'sun'. Whenever you see that symbol in a dream, your mind will realize that you are dreaming and begin to interact freely.

For example ... you are dreaming that you are walking on the beach on a nice sunny day. You look up and see the sun! Your mind relays the message to you, this is all a dream. You now can stop alter the events of this scene, projection, or move to another. The important things is expanding your conscious awareness to the point that you perceive the dream as a dreamtime experience. This takes practice, but can be done. It will help you realize what is occurring on the other side when you sleep and the nature of dreams as projected illusion.

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Precognitive or Prophetic Dreams
You dream about events that manifest in the future usually within 3 weeks if not immediately. These can be personal or universal messages. You may also see your future partner, your children, a place you will live, or future events for the planet.

Repetitive or Recurring Dreams
You have the same dream over and over as if a message is being sent from the other side, which you have to understand. Very often it is you sending yourself a message, often a warning.

Sexual Dreams
Sex plays a major part in our dream world for many of us. This depends of its importance in our everyday lives. It's a powerful driving force, like hunger and ambition. While we're awake, sex is ruled by social restrictions and conventions, but in our dreams, even the most timid of us can have explicit and excitingly sexy dreams once our repressed selves are asleep. Sexual dreams are very coming during puberty.

Shared Dreams
You remember the events in your dream, that involve another person. At the same time, another person in your dream remembers the same events

Spirit Dreams
Messages are given by those who have crossed over or a religious icon. These are often the soul of someone you knew, guiding your journey or telling you that they are okay on the other side.

Teaching Dreams
Dreams can have layers that unfold over many days. In that time, Spirit can teach you through symbols of light or other means that raise your level of awareness. Shamanic dreams often teach lessons.

Tunnel Dreams
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You experience yourself moving through a tunnel into a white light or returning from the light. This may be accompanied by the sound of whooshing water. You may meet someone, or meet yourself, at the end of the tunnel, much like a Near Death Experience. While moving through the tunnel, you may move alone or see others. You can fly quickly or slowly. You can experience emotions with this dream journey, which often brings transformational messages.

Universal Dreams
These dreams are related to information you receive from the collective unconscious, the grids of our experience, akashic records, hall of records, that which creates the reality in which we live. Whenever a dream presents symbols of a cosmic nature, in all probability it is a representation of a Universal dream. Such dreams are reflective of religious experiences, and denote changes that are to occur at some future time.

 


 

External and Internal Factors That Affect Dreams

Just about anything external or internal can be incorporated in your dreams and influence the events. Sometimes the influences are positive while other times they create fear and anxiety as they are warnings.

- Crystals can enhance dream state in many ways, depending on the type of crystal and how it is used. It can be placed near your, under the pillow, or worn.

- Books ­ Photos,

- Audio tapes or other recordings playing while you sleep

- Music

- Sound Machine that creates a soothing noise, water, white noise, other

- Astrological Influences, Moon, Depends on your chart

- Scents, Herbs

- Health issues

- Diet

- Chemicals in the Body

- Emotional Issues

- External stimuli while you are sleeping, Ex. It is raining heavily outside, so water could be incorporated in your dream. The soul can take information from anything it is experiencing and incorporating it into your dream.

- Events occurring prior to going to sleep: Media (TV, Radio, Video), something you have read, a conversation, or other physical activities can impact on your dreams

 


 

Before and After Dreamtime

As reality is programmed illusion, you can preset your programming for dreamtime, before you go to sleep.

The power of suggestion often works when it comes to dreams.

If you want to remember at least one dream, tell yourself that before going to sleep.

If you do not want to have scary dreams, before you go to sleep, mentally state that, "I do not want to have scary dreams." This is good to do when your life is in turmoil.

If someone is attacking you in dreamtime, tell your spirit guides to protect you, and never allow that person near you. Example: An old lover who wants to contact with you in dreams.

It is often helpful to review the events of your day before going to sleep, as if watching a movie. This is helpful if you wish to work out issues during dreamtime.

After you wake up, it is best to remain still and focus on your dreams experiences.

 


 

Remembering and Interpreting Dreams

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We dream in a higher frequency of thought and light than our physical experience. Therefore when we slow down our frequency as we return to our conscious awareness to the physical mind and body, we often do not have the means to understand what occurred in dreamtime.

Once consciousness enters, the physical mind, we return to the 'realms of forgetfulness' about who we are and the nature of a soul's experiences. Our thought processes move too slowly. Many view the physical as the dreamtime, as a result, as we are no longer aware. they see reality as a dream.

Some people remember their dreams while others have little or no recognition.

Dreams help you work out issues. Emotions can distort memory. We often do not remember dreams because we do not wish to deal with the issues addressed.

Most people remember what I call 'wake-up dreams.' As your consciousness returns to the physical mind, it slows down to a frequency where it become aware of something that is occurring on the other side that it wishes to remember. You wake up and you remember, if only for few minutes as your consciousness slowly returns to physical frequency. It is then you must record your dream information before the events are lost in time.

Dream Journal, It often useful to keep a dated journal of your dreams. Keep it by your bed. Write the notes in the journal as soon as you 'wake up.' You may not understand their content until later. using a tape recorder is also advisable.

Interpreting Dreams, Interpretation of dreams often vary. One must know about the dreamer and what is going on around them if this is a personal dream. If it is a universal dream, it may be more easily understood. For example, a friend of mine dreamed about the Twin Towers in Manhattan being engulfed in water and collapsing. He dreamed this over and over again but did not understand its full meaning until the events of 9/11 occurred several weeks later. He is a fireman. He saw the water from the hoses. He lost many friends on 9/11.

Some dreams are exact in content while others are metaphoric. Most dreams have symbols.

Your mind can only process the events in the dream based on symbols it understands. If you experience a dream that is not within the vocabulary of your mind, you will not be able to process and remember it. The physical mind has to be able to make sense of a dream, for you to remember it. It's like a young child being taught calculus. It has no way of understanding, and therefore processing or interpreting what it is being shown, so it forgets what it sees.

In dreamtime you generally receive messages in symbols or archetypes whose meaning you must later discover. This is not unlike messages received in meditations or other states of altered consciousness.

Here is an example, You dream about 'keys.' Keys open locks, doorways. Something new will be shown. You must then look at the number of keys given, the metal of which they were made, and anything else given in your dream related to these keys, such as ... who gave them to you.

Death in a dream does not necessarily mean a physical death in as much as a transformation, old giving way to something new and better.

A Dream Dictionary is often helpful in deciphering symbols as well as searching the internet for the symbolic meaning of that which has been shown to you.

Asking for Guidance: What I have discovered about myself is that when I am uncertain about an issue I go to sleep and ask for guidance.

Sometimes I am shown events in a dream that I remember and help me focus. Other times, I don't remember the dream when I wake up, but I know I have processed the information and know what the solution is. I often wake up with feelings of closure about issues. My soul has made the decision that is best for me in third dimension.

 


 

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Dream Wizard or Oracle or Spirit Guide

Reality is consciousness therefore people experience simultaneously on many levels of awareness, some considered dreams and some physical.

As far back as memory serves, humans have always dreamed and in some way were aware of their dreams, if not able to understand them. In pre-historic times, dreams were recorded on cave walls where one might find a prone body with an image above it and wavy lines connecting the 2 images.

Most dreams were linked with the 'supernatural', messages sent from gods or ways to heal the person dreaming as reality has always been about healing and the journey of humanity back to its creational source.

Every ancient civilization developed some manner in which to record dreams, often recorded as oral tradition to be kept by the Record Keepers, Elders, Shaman, of that culture. If a message came from god, it was prophecy, holy and would one day determine to journey of the people.

 

Atlantis

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Atlanteans used dreams temples and crystals arranged in a specific matrix to enhance their dreams thus receiving messages from those of our realms.

Today, many people dream of a place called Atlantis, merging this reality with their experiences there. They often view themselves in the final days of Atlantis, before it allegedly sank into the 'sea of creation' as it is a parallel running grid.

Our dreamtime is spent in parallel grids of experience.

The fall of Atlantis mirrors our current experience in which we are shown through dreams, and meditations, the ending of this reality and the beginning of a Golden Age, the Alchemy of Consciousness through time and illusion, dreams and projected reality.

Many people see themselves as priests or priestesses storing or hiding information in crystals as Atlantis fell.

This information would be found in our 'current' [as in electromagnetic energies] time line, in computer technology, communication devices using crystals, crystal grids, gemstones and more.

 

To Dream of Atlantis ... or any lost or alien civilization

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is to remember one's destiny and the geometry of creation.

 


 

Australian Dreamtime

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The Time Before Time, The Place of Creation

The 'Aboriginal Dreamtime' is that part of aboriginal culture which explains the origins and culture of the land and its people.

Aborigines have the longest continuous cultural history of any group of people on Earth, dating back, by some estimates, 65,000 years. Dreamtime is Aboriginal Religion and Culture.

The Dreamtime contains many parts: It is the story of things that have happened, how the universe came to be, how human beings were created and how the Creator intended for humans to function within the cosmos.

As with all other cultures, it speaks of Earth's Creation by Gods and Goddesses, some of whom were kind hearted, while others were cruel.

The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a seed power deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land, its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and waterholes , and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the metaphysical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin.

The Aborigines called this potency the "Dreaming" of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming of the Earth.

 

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Wandjina, More About Dreamtime

 


 

Celtic

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Another famous dream shrine was located in Lough Derg in Donegal, Ireland. It was a cave known as St. Patrick's Purgatory. People would entomb themselves in tiny cells for up to nine days waiting for a vision of what was waiting for them in hell. When a person was sick, a Priest would interpret the dream and then give advice on healing.

 


 

China

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Chinese considered the dreamer's soul to be the guiding factor of dream production.

The hun, or spiritual soul, was thought to leave the body and communicate with the land of the dead.

They also practiced incubation in dream temples.

These temples served a political purpose through the 16th century.

Any high official visiting a city reported to a temple the first night to receive dream guidance for his mission.

Judges and government officials were also required to visit dream temples for insight and wisdom.

 


 

Egypt

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Originally dreams were thought to be part of the supernatural world.

Ancient Egyptians had great temples which they used for initiations and as dream shrines

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as they believed that the Gods showed themselves in dreams.

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The King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid was one such place.

The Egyptians believed dreams were based on real events.

The recording of dreams in Egypt may be traced back to 2000 B.C. were the Egyptians wrote these dreams on papyrus with dreams symbols. Egyptians were among the early civilizations to attempt interpretation of their dreams. Egypt was where the process of "dream incubation" began. When a person was having troubles in their life and wanted help from their god, they would sleep in a temple, when they would wake the next morning a priest, which was then called a 'Master of the Secret Things', would be consulted for the interpretations of that night's dreams.

They believed there were three main types of dreams.

- Those that happened as a result of ritual.

- Dreams that contained warnings.

- Dreams where the Gods were demanding some type of action.

 

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Egyptian Dream Scrying




Greece

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The earliest Greek view of dreams was that the gods physically visited dreamers, entering through a keyhole, and exiting the same way after the divine message was delivered.

The fifth century BC marks the first known Greek book on dreams, written by Antiphon, an Athenian statesman.

During this century, the Greeks developed the belief (through contact with other cultures) that souls left the sleeping body.

Hippocrates (469-399 BC), the father of medicine and Socrates' contemporary, wrote On Dreams. His theory was simple: during the day, the soul receives images; during the night, it produces images. Therefore, we dream.

Aristotle (384-322 BC) thought that dreams could be indicators of conditions within the body. He did not believe they were divinely inspired. He hypothesized that external stimuli are absent during sleep, so dreams are manifestations of a profound awareness of internal sensations which are expressed as dream imagery.

Galen, a Greek physician born in 129 AD, emphasized the need to observe dreams carefully for clues to healing. He was so trusting of dream messages that he carried out operations on the basis of his dream interpretations.

Artemidorus, his contemporary, wrote on The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica). describes this as the "best source we have for the dream interpretation practices of antiquity." His theory is extensive, but within the five books he wrote, he describes two classes of dreams: somnium, which forecasts the future; and insomnium, which deal with contemporary matters and are affected by the state of the body and mind. He stated that the dream interpreter should have information about the dreamer including:

1. Images that are natural, lawful and customary for the dreamer

2. Circumstances at the time of the dream

3. Dreamers occupation and personality

Healing, Incubation

The practice of dream incubation was at least as important to the Greeks as it was among Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Chinese.

Dreams also aided in their practice of medicine, sending sick people to particular temples in those places where the "gods of the body" had their shrines. The ailing Greeks would visit these temples, perform various religious rites, sleep, and hope to have a dream that assured a return to good health. Night after night they would sleep and sometimes this would go on for weeks or even months until they had the "right" dream. The most famous for dream pilgrimage was the Aesculapius at Epidaurus.

Aesculapius was a Greek healer who was believed to be the son of Apollo. He was linked with cults that began the practice of dream incubation. Aesculapius visited sleepers, miraculously curing them.

A shrine to Aesculapius was established at Epidaurus in the fifth century BC. It may still be visited today.

There are thought to be around 410 Aesculapian sanctuaries near Athens, generally being active from the sixth century BC until the third century BC.

Prophecies would also be given through dreams to those who slept in dream temples or shrines.

Almost like initiations of the ancient mystery school teachings, certain would go to the temple, where they would purify themselves first by making an offering to the Gods. Sometimes there was an animal sacrifice such as a ram, its fleece removed and then used as a sleeping mat inside the temple.

The magistrates of the city also used the temple to receive answers to difficult questions.

 


 

Hebrews

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Ancient Hebrews believed dreams were connections with God. However bad dreams were the work of Demons.

The biblical figures Solomon, Jacob, Nebuchadnezzar and Joseph were all visited in their dreams by God or prophets, who helped guide their decisions.

It was recognized and accepted that the dreams of kings could influence whole nations and the futures of their peoples.

The Talmud, which was written between 200 and 500 AD, includes over two hundred references to dreams. It states that "dreams which are not understood are like letters which are not opened."

The Hebrews incubated dreams in order to receive divine revelation.

 


 

India

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God spoke to the dreamer.

The time when a prophetic dream occurred indicated when the event will take place.

The Sacred Books of Wisdom, or Vedas, were written in India between 1500 and 1000 BC.

In the Vedas, dreams of violence were thought to lead to success and happiness if the aggression was pro actively handled in the dream, even if the dreamer gets hurt in the process.

If the dreamer remains passive and becomes hurt by his own passivity, however, it was considered a bad omen.

Van de Castle (1994) states that these dreams might be more indicative of the dreamer's character than prophecy, since "those who take an active role in their dreams are likely to be more active, and therefore, more successful, in their daily lives"

The Upanishads, written between 900 and 500 BC, articulates two perspectives on dreams. The first maintains that dreams are merely expressions of inner desires. The second closely resembles the Chinese belief of the soul leaving the body and being guided until awakened. It was also thought that if the sleeper was awakened abruptly, the soul might not return to the body quickly enough and the sleeper could die.

 


 

Japan

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The Emperor's palace contained a dream hall with an incubation bed.

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Japanese Emperors also incubated their dreams at a Shinto Temple at Usa on the southern island of Kyusha.

 


 

Muslims

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In Mohammed's sacred book a distinction is made between true dreams from God and false dreams. Rituals were used to create good dreams. Later on dream interpretation became associated with astrology.

 


 

Native Americans

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Dream Catchers


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Spider Woman

Many Native American tribes believed that dreams revealed the hidden wishes of the soul or the messages from the Spirits above.

Dream Catchers help us to remember and work with our dreams. It is a very serious tool that is much more than a decorative ornament. The opening in the center determines the volume that you are asking to receive and parallels the changes that will occur in your life.

 


 

Rome

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The Romans had strong views on dreams. They believed dreams were messages from the Gods. Emperor Augustus ruled that anyone who had a dream about the state must proclaim it in the market place. Every Roman Legion had a soothsayer to try and make sense of 'nocturnal visions'. Priests consulted oracles and shrines for guidance to try and make sense of dreams.

 


 

Sumer

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The earliest recorded dreams are derived from materials dating back approximately 5000 years, in Mesopotamia.

The Sumerians, the first cultural group to reside in Mesopotamia, left dream records dating back to 3100 BC.

According to these early writings, deities and royals, such as the 7th century BC scholar-king Assurbanipal, gave careful attention to dreams.

Within Assurbanipal's archive of clay tablets, portions of the story of the legendary king Gilgamesh were found. In this epic poem, one of the earliest known classical stories, Gilgamesh reported his recurring dreams to his goddess-mother Ninsun, who made the first recorded dream interpretation.

His dreams were taken as prophecy and used to guide actions in the waking world. These attitudes recorded in the Gilgamesh epic provide a valuable source of information about ancient dream beliefs.


Assyria - The Assyrians believed in dreams as omens. For example, if a person fled in their dreams it indicated all would be lost.


Babylon - The Babylonians divided dreams into two categories, good dreams were sent by the Gods and Bad dreams sent by Demons. Mamu

 

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Sumerian Gods Create a Biogenetic Experiment

 


 

The Western Post-Classical View

During the European Middle Ages, dreams were often studied in the context of their relationship to God. Questions typical of the period were "Are dreams sent by God to a person of superior virtue? Or are they sent by demons to a person who has fallen from grace?"

Beginning with the dawn of the Christian era until the time of Sigmund Freud, dreams were not regarded as important. As society became more "structured," dreams fell into disrepute. Churches had little appreciation for the use of dream interpretation.

 


 

Modern Times: Dreams in the 20th Century

Sigmund Freud gave new life to the lost art of studying dreams in his major work, Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams), written in 1899.

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung was interested in Freud's ideas that he visited him in Vienna in 1907. After 330 letters were exchanged, their correspondence was terminated due to differences in their beliefs. Freud (1949) believed that dreams were "delusions and illusions of a psychosis" and contained mostly hidden wish fulfillment.

Jung came to believe that dream contents present us with revelations that uncover and help to resolve emotional issues, problems, religious issues and fears. Jung believed that recurring dreams are proof that dream-manifested issues neglected in a conscious mode will show up repeatedly in dreams to demand attention. Many of the symbols or images from these dreams will return with each dream. "Man never perceives anything fully or comprehends anything completely". He concluded that symbolic terms are used to represent concepts that we cannot grasp.

There is a conscious use of symbols, as seen in religious symbolism; there is an unconscious use of symbols, such as spontaneous dream symbols. Both are to help us comprehend the world around us, whether sleeping or awake. Jung believed that the deeper layer of unconscious, which he calls the collective unconscious, is an inborn and universal part of the unconscious identical in all people. Jung thought that dreams could help us grow and heal through use of archetypal symbols.

These symbols, Jung proposed, are mental images from the collective unconscious which help us to recognize and integrate the parts of ourselves that we have disowned or are apprehensive about. Various archetypes are represented within myths, fairy tales, and religions, as well as dreams.

Among the numerous archetypes he documented are those of birth, rebirth, death, power, magic, the hero, the child, the trickster, God, the demon, the wise old man, the Earth mother, and many natural objects such as sun, moon, stars, rivers, fires, and animals.

In his quest to discover the role of dreaming, Jung also concluded that dreams are not only relevant to the dreamer's life, but that they are all parts of "one great web of psychological factors." Such things as events, movies and people seen the previous day also play a role in dreaming. Sometimes referred to as day residue, these memories leave impressions for the unconscious to deal with when the ego is at rest. The unconscious "reenacts" these glimpses of the past, in the form of a dream.

Jung estimated that he interpreted over 80,000 dreams by the time he retired in his 80s. Through these, he surmised that dreams and their universal imagery seemed to follow a pattern among all individuals with whom he worked over time. By learning to observe the patterns within one¹s dreams and learning to consciously interpret symbolic content, the process of individuation ­ gaining a higher state of consciousness through a broadened state of awareness ­ can occur. This enables one to overcome many personal problems, fears and anxieties while realizing full potential.

Gestalt therapy, developed by Frederick (Fritz) Perls, is interested in immediate emotional dream work.

Rather than interpreting and linking the dreams with past history, Perls has the dreamer act out all aspects of the dream. Someone dreaming of a glass house, for example, might find it useful to be the house and describe himself as such. He might then act out being the house. For instance, the dreamer might surround another member of the group as walls of a house would, thus becoming aware of how it feels to be a warm, inviting structure for another. In this case of a glass house, the dreamer might describe himself as transparent, fragile or easily shattered.

Much dialogue (between dreamer and dream object) is used in gestalt dream work, as it becomes a mental-block breaker, and another method of self-discovery. It is helpful for the dreamer to experience this process with each part of the dream in order to learn about and reassimilate the disowned parts of self.

Other 20th century dream theorists ­ including Adler, Erikson, Maslow, Boss, Buhler, Greene, Heidegger, Garfield, Horney, Hartmann and Piotrowski studied dreams. A common thread among most is that dreams provide opportunities for intrapersonal and interpersonal growth.

The broad range of current dream-related research includes:

- learning during sleep,

- gender differences in dream content,

- drugs and effects on dreaming,

- sleep deprivation and effects on dreaming,

- the healing properties of dreams,

- depression and effects on REM,

- emotions and effect on dreaming

- non-REM dreaming.

- lucidity during dreams

A NEW CONCEPT OF GOD

May 19, 2010
Started By culture t2 Comments
lcWhen I was a child in Sunday School classes, I was taught to view God as someone very personal. We were given an image of a human-like God who personally watched over each and every one of us. That was long before I realized that the Hubble Space Telescope had shown us how huge the universe is.Years after I came to know and my appreciation of the size of the universe has increased enormously. Likewise, my view of the sie of God has increased enormously. Today, I realize that God, as an omnipresent being, must be at least the size of entire universe. By current estimates, the universe contains over a hundred billion galaxies, each one containing an estimated two hundred billion suns. That means that there are countless trillions of planets, each one filled with the all-pervasive presence of that which created them. This brings us to today's prevalent spiritual dilemma. With God's presence being so far-reaching, how can there be any semblance of the personal attention that we were taught to expect from a father-like God image? Today, you are left wondering whether God is, (a) personal, or (b) so large in scale as to be infinitely imperonal. Surely, one idea would exclude the other. Or would it? A paradox is something that contains opposite statements and yet both are true. The secret to solving paradoxes is to start using the word 'and' instead of 'or'. The question is not whether God is infinitely large or personal.The question becomes, how can God be infinite in size and personal as well? The answer lies within the Paradox of Infinite Being. The term Infinite Being is used here as the ultimate concept of God. The word Infinite, as in omnipresent. The word Being, as in omniscient awareness. Infinite Being is the perfect, unchanging consciousness behind all of Creation. Because Infinite Being is consciousness, and nothing but consciousness, it is appropriate to note here that nothing in Creation is anything but consciousness in one form or another. Energy is simply a compressed form of consciousness set in motion. Matter is energy. Therefore matter is a form of consciousness. It can't be any other way, because consciousness is the only tool with which Infinite Being has to work. We are a dream within the mind of the Creator. The universe ws created within the consciousness of Infinite Being.To be continued.srtcp
Q: After experimenting with vegetarian eating for a while, I'm ready to go full-time. What's the best way?

A: There's never been a better time to switch to a totally meatless diet. Grocery stores and restaurants have more meatless products and more types of fruits and veggies than ever. And once you've started, you'll almost certainly feel better, shed unwanted pounds and improve your health. But if simply taking the first step seems daunting, here's a way to make it easy.

  1. Think of three dishes you already eat regularly that happen to be vegetarianperhaps spaghetti marinara, vegetable stir-fry, bean burritos, lentil soup, vegetable stew, hummus with pita bread.
  2. Think of three meals you like that could easily be made meatless. A meat-filled lasagna transforms into a spinach lasagna. Beef fajitas effortlessly become vegetable fajitas filled with sauted peppers, onions, beans, rice and guacamole. Chicken curry readily converts to a hearty vegetarian curry.
  3. Select a few new vegetarian dishes you'd like to try. Browse the recipes at vegetariantimes.com, and experiment. Try stuffed winter squash, black bean enchiladas, eggplant manicotti, pan-grilled portobellos, avocado sushi, grilled polenta with asparagus smothered in spicy tomato sauceyou name it. Once you've found three new main dishes you like, you're set. You now have nine meals that you enjoy and that happen to be vegetarian and healthful. That's more than enough to keep you going for a while.
Q: Is it better to go cold turkey or ease into it? Will my body react to the change in my diet? Will it even "rebel" by craving meat?

A: Some people prefer to change their diets gradually. However, just as jumping into a swimming pool lets you get used to the water faster than easing in inch by inch, jumping into a new diet helps your taste buds adjust faster. If you have ever switched from whole milk to nonfat, you know that the lighter variety tastes odd at first. But within a week or two, you totally adaptand wouldn't go back.

The same is true when you lighten your whole diet. If meat cravings hitwhich happens to about one in 10 peopleit helps to have a ready supply of meat substitutes on hand, such as soy "sausages" and veggie "cold cuts."

If you get a little gassy from the extra beans that are part of most vegetarians' diets, just reduce the amount for a while. Try different kinds, toosmaller beans such as lentils or black beans are easier to digest. Then work your way up to the larger beans, such as pintos and great Northern beans. Also, be sure beans are well-cooked. Ditto for cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage or Brussels sprouts. Like beans, they can give you a little intestinal challenge at first, particularly if they're lightly cooked or raw.

Q: When will I see the health benefits of a vegetarian diet?

A: Making a complete switch also makes the health rewards come faster. Specifically:

  • You should begin to see a little weight loss within the first week or so. Even without counting calories, it's common to lose about one pound per week until you approach your ideal weight and reach a plateau. To help things along, keep oily foodsfrench fries, peanut butter, salad dressingsto a minimum.
  • Cholesterol levels usually improve over eight to 10 weeks. Many people on cholesterol-lowering drugs will be able to reduce their doses or even eliminate their medicine within that time, but let your doctor guide you. Be sure to include foods in your diet that are high in cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber, such as oatmeal at breakfast, beans at lunch and barley at dinner.
  • High *lo** pressure improves gradually, with significant results apparent in about six weeks. The effects (which are partly due to the potassium in vegetables and fruits) can really add up: Even back in 1984, three-quarters of people taking high *lo** pressure medications in a Scandinavian study were able to discontinue their drugs within one year of adopting a vegetarian diet.

And there are other benefits. People who are bothered by constipation usually see it clear up within a day or two. People with type 2 diabetes watch their *lo** sugar levels improve dramatically. And almost everyone reports feeling lighter and healthier overall. There's nothing to lose.

First I will say that I believe that every person on the planet has a right to believe in any religion, no matter how stupid it is. I also believe that every person has a right to free speech and right to talk about stupid religion and why they are stupid, even if " people of faith " get offended. Just because I respect your right to practice your stupid religion doesn't mean that I have any respect for it, not do I have to pretend your religion isn't stupid and/or isn't a dangerous and destructive cult. If you are offended by frank discussions, so be it. I find Christians particularly offensive. Everyone is going to burn Hell except them. They have no respect for any other religion.In fact, most Christians hate most other Christians. The Pentecostals think the Catrholics are all going to Hell. It's a very dishonest and has a holier than thou culture where they believe they are better than everyone else. They like to pose as persecuted, but more often than they are the persecutors. They tend to lie steal a lot because they are " forgiven " and therefore can indulge in sin. The religion is theoretically based on the Bible which is, quite frankly , a stupid book , and certainly not written by God.But Christians hardly follow their own teachings and are more likely to cheat and steal than your average person on the street . The core of Christian belief on the idea that everyone has sinned, and because you have done anything wrong that God will punish you by burning you with fire, or otherwise torturing you forever. If a 5 year old tells a lie and then dies, God will burn that child in hell forever. Out here in the real world , if someone behaved like God supposedly does, that person would be severely mentally deranged. We put people who behave like God in jail or mental institutions. In fact, many people are locked up every year for imitating the " Wrath of God ".TO BE CONTINUEDsrt
is religion really relivant in the world we living in today please state why to the answer u give

About Life And Death

May 4, 2010
Started By culture t0 Comments
hatsoffWhen you walk through a forest that has not been tamed and interfered with by man,you will see not only abundant of life around you,but you will also encounter fallen trees and decaying trunks,rotting leaves and decomposing matter at every step.Wherever you look,you will find death as well as life.Upon closer scrutiny,however,you will discover that the decomposing tree trunk and rotting leaves not only give birth to new life,but are full of life themselves.Micro-organisms are at work.Molecules are rearranging themselves.So death isn't to be found anywhere.There is only metamorphosis of life forms.What can you learn from this?Death is not the opposite of life.Life as no opposite.The opposite of death is birth.Life is eternal.Sages and poets throughout the ages have recognized the dream-like quality of human existence--seemingly so solid and real and yet so fleeting that it could dissolve at any moment.At the hour of your death,the story  of your life may,indeed,appear to you like a dream that is coming to an end.Yet even in a dream there must be an essence that is real.There must be a consciousness in which the dream happens;otherwise,it would not be.That consciousness,does the body create it or does consciousness create the dream of body,the dream of somebody?Why have most of those who went through a near-death experience lost their fear of death?Reflect upon this.srtcp

Spiritual Awakening

May 4, 2010
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srtMost people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts.They never go beyond a narrow,mind-made,personalized sense of self that is condition by the past.How easy it is for people to become trapped in their conceptual prisons.The human mind,in its desire to know,understand,and control,mistakes its opinions and viewpoints for the truth.It says:this is how it is.You have to be larger than thought to realize that however you interpret "your life" or someone else's life or behaviour,however you judge any situation,it is no more than a viewpoint,one of many possible perspectives.It is no more than a bundle of thoughts.But reality is one unified whole,in which all things are interwoven,where nothing exists in and by itself.Thinking fragments reality,it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.Dogmas(religious,political,scientific)arise out of the erroneous belief that thought can encapsulate reality or the truth.Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons.And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and false sense of "I know".Nohing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.It is true that every dogma crumbles sooner or later,because reality will eventually disclose its falseness especially RELIGION;however,unless the basic delusion of it is seen for what it is,it will be replaced by others.What is this basic delusion? It is the identificatin with thought.Spiritual awakening is awakening from the dream of thought.The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp.When you no longer believe everyrthing you think,you step out of thought and see clearly that the thinker is not who you are.Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thikning mind,It means you don't see the other human being anymore ,but only your own concept of that human being.To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a conceptcis already a form of violence.By knowing yourself as the awareness in which phenomenal existence happens,you become free of dependency(on religion) and free of self seeking in situations,places,and conditions.In other words,what happens or doesn't happen is not that important anymore.Things lose their heaviness,their seriousness.A playfulness comes into your life.You recognize this world as a cosmic dance,the dance of form.No more and no less my religious friends, peace.lolcp

Fact: The waters around St. Kitts and Nevis are the final resting place for more than 390 ships sunk between 1492 and 1825, yet only a dozen wreck sites have been identified. The remainder is believed to be the largest concentration of unexplored wrecks in the Caribbean.
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Fascinating Facts About Belize #2

April 21, 2010
Started By steppz0 Comments
Some of the exotic names for Belize's natural wonders include the Owl-Eye Butterfly, the Blue Morpho Butterfly, the Swallow Tail Cattle Heart Butterfly, the Peanut-Head Lantern Bug, the Red-footed Booby Bird, the Lady-of-the-Night Orchid and the False Vampire Bat?

Owl-Eye Butterfly

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Blue Morpho Butterfly
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Swallow Tail Cattle Heart Butterfly
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Peanut-Head Lantern Bug
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Red-footed Booby Bird
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Lady-of-the-Night Orchid
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False Vampire Bat
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