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 Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:38 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis Ayame-Yuura Southern_cross_nemesis Ayame-Yuura Southern_cross_nemesis So the person who kills someone, because the person killed was labeled some kind of monster. It is in good intentions, the person believed he was doing the world a favor. The german citizen that bought into Hitler's speeches and turned on there Jewish neighbors. Done in good intentions, cause someone in power said do it. Satan has a way of making bad intentions seem good. Then what about Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Joan of Arc... Everyone who stood up for what they believed in, all also done with good intentions? It's a two-faced coin... But when do you become sure that it's God talking to you and not the devil? What would those ^above^ people have done if they came to a point of thinking it's the devil who told them what they must do and not God~? then we are ultimately back to the original questions razz Ahahaha! IKR? Then I doubt anyone can answer this question. Not even a priest knows it all, you know~ wink But isn't this what we are always taught in religion class --> Do what you think is right. ...Unless you're a deranged lunatic that likes twisting the 10 Commandments, of course xp 12 ... there are 12 commandments in the bible. The 10 spoken of in the story of Moss, and Christ added two. Love the lord our god and love thy neighbor as you love your self. Thanks, bud. I only follow one commandment in general that could be misunderstood by others. 1.) Love all. Come to think of it, if everyone loved everyone back, we wouldn't need the commandments
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:44 pm
Ayame-Yuura Thanks, bud. I only follow one commandment in general that could be misunderstood by others. 1.) Love all. Come to think of it, if everyone loved everyone back, we wouldn't need the commandments kind of the reason Christ said it, when asked what are the most important commandments. smile rmcdra Trial and error and observation for the most part. The desert of the real is vast but there is an oasis. Look at the one's who have found the living water and see what they did to find it. Remember it takes confidence and trust starting out. .... I really don't like those two words
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:47 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis Ayame-Yuura Thanks, bud. I only follow one commandment in general that could be misunderstood by others. 1.) Love all. Come to think of it, if everyone loved everyone back, we wouldn't need the commandments kind of the reason Christ said it, when asked what are the most important commandments. smile rmcdra Trial and error and observation for the most part. The desert of the real is vast but there is an oasis. Look at the one's who have found the living water and see what they did to find it. Remember it takes confidence and trust starting out. .... I really don't like those two words It's kind of what starts it all. Oh! And I doubt anyone will be able to provide a decent answer to your question in this lifetime. xp
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:10 pm
Ayame-Yuura Southern_cross_nemesis Ayame-Yuura Thanks, bud. I only follow one commandment in general that could be misunderstood by others. 1.) Love all. Come to think of it, if everyone loved everyone back, we wouldn't need the commandments kind of the reason Christ said it, when asked what are the most important commandments. smile rmcdra Trial and error and observation for the most part. The desert of the real is vast but there is an oasis. Look at the one's who have found the living water and see what they did to find it. Remember it takes confidence and trust starting out. .... I really don't like those two words It's kind of what starts it all. Oh! And I doubt anyone will be able to provide a decent answer to your question in this lifetime. xp Yeah this. You'll have to look inside yourself to find it. No one here can tell you what it is, all we can do is help provide tools and advice to find it for yourself.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:46 pm
rmcdra Yeah this. You'll have to look inside yourself to find it. No one here can tell you what it is, all we can do is help provide tools and advice to find it for yourself. In that case, any one have an MRI unit or an Xray machine?
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:47 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis rmcdra Yeah this. You'll have to look inside yourself to find it. No one here can tell you what it is, all we can do is help provide tools and advice to find it for yourself. In that case, any one have an MRI unit or an Xray machine? 
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:58 pm
rmcdra Southern_cross_nemesis rmcdra Yeah this. You'll have to look inside yourself to find it. No one here can tell you what it is, all we can do is help provide tools and advice to find it for yourself. In that case, any one have an MRI unit or an Xray machine? I do trust ya, sometimes... just not with that stethoscope...
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:02 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis rmcdra Southern_cross_nemesis rmcdra Yeah this. You'll have to look inside yourself to find it. No one here can tell you what it is, all we can do is help provide tools and advice to find it for yourself. In that case, any one have an MRI unit or an Xray machine? I do trust ya, sometimes... just not with that stethoscope...
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:44 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:47 pm
rmcdra Southern_cross_nemesis rmcdra Southern_cross_nemesis rmcdra Yeah this. You'll have to look inside yourself to find it. No one here can tell you what it is, all we can do is help provide tools and advice to find it for yourself. In that case, any one have an MRI unit or an Xray machine? I do trust ya, sometimes... just not with that stethoscope... Can I please, shoot myself? Not suicidally, but with something that would hurt... a lot? Like salt in an open wound... I feel really really crapy right now. I realized something. It kind of ties in to what Lady Sadachbia said... and might be a reason i still hold to the spirit of fear, as she put it. I have been trying a five day boost thingy, only to reach day five's video... and discover something. The video told us to think of something we love about ourselves. It called it an, Manta... or something like that. The question has come up before, and each time I go brain dead... There isn't a thing, I even remotely like about myself.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:00 pm
Southern_cross_nemesis Can I please, shoot myself? Not suicidally, but with something that would hurt... a lot? Like salt in an open wound... I feel really really crapy right now. I realized something. It kind of ties in to what Lady Sadachbia said... and might be a reason i still hold to the spirit of fear, as she put it. I have been trying a five day boost thingy, only to reach day five's video... and discover something. The video told us to think of something we love about ourselves. It called it an, Manta... or something like that. The question has come up before, and each time I go brain dead... There isn't a thing, I even remotely like about myself. That's not good. That's actually a problem. Well I like how you've been a good friend to me and were willing to help me when I was feeling mopy. I enjoy conversing with you even if we do disagree on certain points. I hope you can find something you like about yourself. I really do.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:05 am
Southern_cross_nemesis I have a question ...Those are becoming my new most used words... how does one find out what God's plan for s/he is? I would be fine with just what is the next step in his plan. And how does one know if he is following it It has came up in another posting, and it has been kind of weighing on my mind since.
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There isn't just one way to know God's plan and purpose for your life... Your life is more complicated than just having a single purpose...
For each person you meet, there is a reason you meet them...
For each problem you see, there is a reason you saw it...
For each place that you go, there is a reason you went there...
For everything that happens to you, there is a reason...
Sometimes you can't see the reason, or purpose...
Sometimes, something that seems senseless requires action on our parts for its purpose to actually serve...
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I would say that the first step to learning your purpose is to realize this... and since you already know that good intentions don't mean anything unless action is put to them.... I'll give you the key to the next step...
The second step to learning your purpose is to learn to live love, not just love... What I mean by living love, is basically, not just loving people you know, but loving everyone.
Loving everyone is not watching the news and getting depressed by all the people suffering, and it is not pity for those who live with/in situations you don't have to live with/in.
Loving everyone is opening your eyes and noticing everyone you meet. Smile at those who don't need anything from you, and offer your hand when you see someone who could use it. Do what you can, for who you can, and if you have nothing else to offer someone who is hurting, lend them what spiritual support you can, through words or silence... When you start thinking about others' hurts more than your own, you will get a certain sense of what is required...
... And once you learn to open your eyes, you will find your hearing seems to get better to. You'll start taking notice of what others are saying about situations they know of... and you might hear of something that you are specifically equipped to deal with, and that is another way that Providence seems to direct us.
...And when you learn to live love, you will find that your spirit will start to strengthen... The problems you have will heal quicker... and when they are especially hard, you will have more support to get you through them... Your good days will be especially good, and your bad days won't seem so long. You might not become an optimist, but you'll have a more optimistic perspective of life than you ever had. When you live love, you become more open to recognizing it when it's returned to you.
When you cultivate an atmosphere of love in your personal bubble, the the Embodiment of Love finds a more suitable temple to reside in... You will become used to the quiet whispers and the subtle nudges of the Spirit, and you will find that all that you have felt the conviction to do has been leading you all along to your greater purpose, and it will gradually become clear to you, until one day you have an epiphany.
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We all have those quiet whispers and nudges, but we let the cacophony of everyday life, our own selfish concerns, and the concerns that the world around us shoves in our face to drown them out...
Now I know you didn't just slay a bunch of false prophets or anything, but I would like you to check out 1 Kings 19... You can start at verse 3 where Elijah is afraid, and begins running from his fear... and then read to about 15ish or so... You can finish the story if you want to, but to get through up to 15 is enough for my point.
1 Kings 19 is the story of the events leading up to Elijah's retirement. There are a couple similarities to you and him, SCN, or at least I see them.
The story starts off that Elijah did some pretty bad a** hardcore s**t for God. In doing so, he pissed off the most biggest b***h ever written about in the Bible, and he got scared of her.
...And yes the cussing is called for IMO, there are any 'nice' words to describe the ordeal efficiently...
Now we have established you didn't go all ninja on a gang of false prophets or anything, but you have tried to live for God, and so that is your parallel to the story...
Anyway, Elijah runs until he decides there's no use... His fears ate away at him until he felt it didn't matter anymore... He made it to that state of depression that life didn't matter anymore, and he was just tired of it all. He even asks God to end it... (In which God ,in a way, gives him what he asks for after he finally finishes what he is meant to do)
In doing all his bad a** s**t, even though it was for God, he lost the purpose of what he was supposed to be doing next. He allowed fear into his heart, and it took over, until he didn't want to care anymore...
Yet, even that low state he had made it to served a purpose... Even though it was because he was depressed, he was stopped long enough to hear God's voice again. In hearing God's voice he was able to get his next direction...
In following that direction, he learned better about how God communicated... God showed him that He isn't heard in the tumult of life, but when you are still and listen for it...
... and I would like to add some input about the wind, earthquake, and fire thing... I am pretty sure they didn't happen in rapid succession... I think there was probably some time between each, because he is instructed to go out because the Lord is supposed to pass by, but in the end, when he finally hears God, he had to go out of the cave... which to me says, God was there all along, but Elijah was missing his voice because of the other goings on so he had returned to the cave...
Elijah had to stop living in his own fears, and stop concentrating on his own problems. When he was able to do that, he was able to hear what his next directions were... and when he was able to discern God's directions, he was able to again find the resolve to do what he was supposed to...
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If you are unclear about how to hear God, then I suggest starting with the instruction of Love that is laid out for us, and working your way back from there. As Christians we seem to be taught to use our physical eyes and ears to read the Bible and listen to our pastors, even though it is usually our spiritual senses that lead us to the Bible and pastors in the first place.
Understanding that this has happened allows you to take measures to correct it, but just like getting our physical bodies back into shape, it also takes some time to get our spiritual bodies back up to par as well.
Exercise your spiritual, by keeping your physical in subjugation to it... Like I said at the beginning... Open your eyes, open your ears, and offer your hand... It doesn't require fasting and kneeling, but walking and doing.
Once you get your spiritual into control, it will become easier to know what you need to be doing, and when you aren't sure of the future, you will still have peace despite the knowledge.
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Again, I am sorry if this is overload... I just want to see you happy SCN, and I know how hard not understanding God's plan for yourself can be...
Even now, the uncertainty of what I should be doing in the future wears at me sometimes, but knowing and understanding that I am going out to fulfill the plans God has for me today brings me peace and satisfaction.
Knowing how to hear and feel God's direction gives me confidence to do what I need to... And knowing that I can continue in my purpose when I can't hear God by obeying the purpose He has given to all Christians through the Law of Love allows me to continue living a life of action instead of falling into a state of confusion...
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:43 am
Amen Elta, Amen. I have nothing to add. I think you hit the nail on the head and I think all of us can benefit from this.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:33 am
Southern_cross_nemesis I have been trying a five day boost thingy, only to reach day five's video... and discover something. The video told us to think of something we love about ourselves. It called it an, Manta... or something like that. The question has come up before, and each time I go brain dead... There isn't a thing, I even remotely like about myself.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:58 am
deadmanjay Southern_cross_nemesis I have been trying a five day boost thingy, only to reach day five's video... and discover something. The video told us to think of something we love about ourselves. It called it an, Manta... or something like that. The question has come up before, and each time I go brain dead... There isn't a thing, I even remotely like about myself. I am not good enough... I may get A's on my classwork and test, but not smart enough.... I don't even know why people like me...
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