Tag: spirituality
group name: theopenjournal
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February 28, 2007 07:46 PM EST --
Raised a devout atheist, it was engrained in me that God was a myth; religion the root of all evil. I still believe fundamentalist thinking is manipulated for political and monetary gain and has . . . more
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May 11, 2007 11:35 PM EDT --
In the Old Testament, He presents as a loud, Warrior King Who has chosen a nation for His own.
In the New Testament, except for a very few instances, He is the peaceful Lily Poet Who chooses individuals . . . more
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January 18, 2007 03:41 PM EST --
Reading opinions on the, what is generally agreed here, debacle in Iraq. Both confuses and saddens me.
People tend to be, in the words of George, for or agin. That clear. And there's the problem. . . . more
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September 15, 2006 07:22 PM EDT --
Ten years have passed now since that night's events unfolded, yet they are burned in my mind like they happened yesterday.
It was a normal Thursday evening; I had just finished getting my . . . more
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September 18, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
Why does music have such an impact on people's lives? Be it nostalgia, elation, or tears, songs have a major effect on our moods.
ME: My favorite musician is Mozart. He's unpredictable and a paradox . . . more
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May 09, 2007 10:44 AM EDT --
I’m currently struggling with temporal trials where I feel like a weeping willow amongst a throng of oaks.
I must reacquaint myself with the forces of spirituality and acquiesce to God’s . . . more
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July 12, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
This past week I have been making runs to my sister's cranberry bogs on the other side of Carver for aged manure. Anne and her husband own acres and acres of cranberry bogs and in one of the . . . more
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September 21, 2006 08:19 PM EDT --
This was sent to me by my mother!
Mean Moms
Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will
tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you
enough . . . . . more
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April 11, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
The cab driver knew exactly how to find it. He said everyone in San Juan knew about the tree man.
“But, señora, how did you know about him?” he asked . . . more
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November 16, 2006 11:28 PM EST --
One of my favorite pasttimes on the internet since I first started using it regularly in the early 90's is trolling. Its a practice despised by many but beloved by me. It involves finding a message . . . more
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October 26, 2006 05:26 AM EDT --
Today, Oct. 26, is the one year anniversary of my cat coming home, after having been gone for six years. He is close to eleven years old now and other than a few specks of gray in his beautiful . . . more
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October 02, 2007 08:34 PM EDT --
All inventions and creations yet to be "discovered" actually exist in the spiritual realm--before they ever manifest in the physical. Have you ever been sitting on the couch late at night . . . more
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October 20, 2007 08:30 PM EDT --
Last night a rumbling, grumbling northeasterner came thundering into town raining raccoons and opossums this side of the pond. The wind was screeching and Papa's windchimes, all four of them, . . . more
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September 24, 2006 05:24 PM EDT --
This was emailed to me by my aunt Marlene.
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?"
"Because I'm a woman," she told him. . . . more
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April 13, 2007 01:19 PM EDT --
I believe in God as the creator of all things. I believe God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Therefore, I think that God does not exist in time as we experience it. In other words, . . . more
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July 06, 2008 06:18 AM EDT --
People usually mix Religion and Faith ,
But these are two very different concepts.
Religion is created by humans, Faith comes straight from God.
Religion is about the outer, Faith is about . . . more
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September 01, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
September 1
Daily Wisdom: From the
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
"In kindling a fire, three things are needed: a good piece of steel, a good flint, and good tinder. The . . . more
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June 07, 2008 01:03 PM EDT --
Today I am long grass
wearing the wind.
Today I am river
flowing the golden sunpoints of time.
Today I am hunger
rising from the river to the sun
catching the wind in my heart
aspiring . . . more
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July 31, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
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April 02, 2008 07:48 AM EDT --
Sometimes....
Sometimes we search
For something Without
Wandering afar seeking
That which will complete
The yearning in our soul
Only to discover it was
Within . . . more
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