Zone1 Pray for the Iranian people, many comparisons right now to the Book of Esther.

[hobelim]

Wow - I don't remember you being so petty. You're the one that is "Bringing the light and deeper meanings of ancient texts to light. Something no one knew until NOW"

Toughen up, cub scout.

As far as egos go - I respect many of your insights - and a lot of what you state as "Deeper thinking" may seem offensive to fragile egos - but when it comes to Ancient Texts/Biblical Texts my heart was turned to stone by the relentless (Dead) insults and brain-dead/spiritually-dead knuckleheads who quote the same 3 verses of of 30,000+ verses as evidence that God or Ancient texts are either false or come from a "Lesser/Evil God".

It's the equivalent of someone telling you they were struck by lighting. You find it hard to believe. You go outside during the next 3 thunder/lightning storms but "somehow" you don't get struck by lightning.

The next time you see that person you tell them that on this day and this day and on that day I went outside during a lighting storm and did not get struck by lightning.

Then, you firmly tell them they were never hit by lightning and that they imagined it like some sort of fairy tale. And since they're "fools for thinking that" you set them straight by telling them that they will never get struck by lightning because you went outside 3 times during a thunderstorm and didn't get struck.

And the entire time you already know the chances of getting struck by lightning are between 10,000 - 1 and 15,000 - 1 - meaning it would have been a "miracle" had they been struck by lightning.

Had they survived it - the true miracle would have been opening their hearts to faith, sprouting the tree of knowledge, awakening their minds - producing the fruit of wisdom, opening their eyes and finally realizing how naked they were when quoting 3 verses out of 30,000 verses.

If you don't get three verses why would I give you more? Thats being said, get the first command right and I'll be happy to discuss the second one with you and so on and so forth.

You will never understand calculus if you don't learn basic math, arithmetic, your A, B, C's.

You know, like 1+1+1= 3

 

[Ace Nova]

If you don't get three verses why would I give you more? Thats being said, get the first command right and I'll be happy to discuss the second one with you and so on and so forth.

You will never understand calculus if you don't learn basic math, arithmetic, your A, B, C's.

You know, like 1+1+1= 3

That's mostly true.

How can you ask me to get the first command right when you lack the cornerstone of faith?

To be clear - I'm not one of the "hippie - wow - I'ts all in the Spirit" types. (I've had those moments and they are amazing)

I think it can and does work for many people - because God can and does give Grace - and I am grateful for the Grace God has given me,

I - because of my nature and paths I've taken - wrestle with what is implied and what is within. Faith - true faith - outside and within - above and below - allows me to do that. Faith is the substance that holds it all together - allows it to communicate through Mind - Body - Spirit - To and from God - The Spirit - The Universe. It is the "fiber optics" in an infinite - quantum level world.

When I come across someone with so much knowledge (a good amount of wisdom) but with no faith - not in the Spiritual sense - I admire the amount of mental fortitude it must take to absorbed Quantum level knowledge - meant for the Mind - Body and Spirit - and to compress it down to basic math arithmetics - so that only your mind understands it.

You are given quantum level knowledge and compress it so that it reads like basic math. That's impressive - not easily done. Painful. Extremely painful. It's like trying to build a house by yourself with just a hammer and nails. Every time you miss a nail and hit your hand - you keep going because you have no choice - because you know it's there and if you keep going, you'll eventually get it done.

The thing is - you've been going through this your entire life - you built the foundation 30 years ago - and as of now you've got several frames done on the first floor. The problem is now the foundation is starting to wither because it's been exposed - so you already know you're going to need go back and deal with that eventually.

So much stress - so much work - so much pain - no wonder you don't want to bother with faith - with some help - I don't blame you.

To deal with it - you go back to the few frames you built - analyze them - see what It takes to make them sturdier. You already know what you built - so it's a coping mechanism - "I'll make sure these frames I built are perfect"

The problem is - nothing else gets done - and the foundation continues to wither away.


I'm sort of in the same boat - but imagine what you're dealing with and magnify 3 fold - MIND - BODY - SPIRIT. I only post on these boards a few times a month because of the amount of energy it takes to do so - it requires a balance that only comes ever so often. If the balance is off - and I've done it - I'll speak through the Mind/Heart - it's straight to the point and if something has been bothering me - I'll let it be known. It comes across in ways it was never intended as coming across as - although it is the truth as I understand it - what good is the truth if no one understands it or believes it because they think you're out of your mind?