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SalixIncendium

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
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You have the word "being" in your custom title, and I've been curious about it since I noticed it. What does "being" mean to you?
 
idav

idav

Being
Premium Member
SalixIncendium said:
You have the word "being" in your custom title, and I've been curious about it since I noticed it. What does "being" mean to you?
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I really like the word because it is both a noun and a verb. It manages to be a bit more descriptive on how something can exists in an action sort of sense. Reminds me of the term Wu Wei, not to be confused with the member @Wu Wei.
 
Tmac

Tmac

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idav said:
I wish to be a positive force in the world, I tend to stick with optimism and see people as generally well intentioned. I would like this positive influence to rub off on my kids if possible. Other than that I'd like to leave something behind whether it's a song I write or some stories. My oldest is becoming quite the musician himself and he seems to be way better than me at making songs his own style.
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Interesting, I don't see you as a force, more a positive energy and you've already left something behind, your children and your words as long as the internet survives.
I remember when I read the words, I have come so that you may have a more abundant life and I wondered what that could possibly mean, more wealth or a better way of understanding it. I wasn't interested in the heaven aspect but actual here and now life, as Flip Wilson use to say, I belong to the church of what's happening now.
 
idav

idav

Being
Premium Member
Tmac said:
Interesting, I don't see you as a force, more a positive energy and you've already left something behind, your children and your words as long as the internet survives.
I remember when I read the words, I have come so that you may have a more abundant life and I wondered what that could possibly mean, more wealth or a better way of understanding it. I wasn't interested in the heaven aspect but actual here and now life, as Flip Wilson use to say, I belong to the church of what's happening now.
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I'm always looking for better ways of understanding and communicating and the internet is a great way of sharing with more people.
 
Tmac

Tmac

Active Member
idav said:
I'm always looking for better ways of understanding and communicating and the internet is a great way of sharing with more people.
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Ever since I became aware of the concept of perfection, I've been chasing it. I look for it in my life, I look for it in myself, I even look for it in movement, sound, smell, taste and I look for it in others. At first it was hard to see as my understanding and awareness was inadequate but I'm experienced now.
 
DennisTate

DennisTate

Active Member
idav said:
I have never done one of these "ask me" threads but I see us learning about our members. So here it is, ask away. What would you like to know about me or my beliefs?
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As a Pantheist... do you believe you have an Over Soul?

Does that soul exist before you were born and after you die?

What do you think of near death experiencer Christian Andreasons vision of what appears to be an over soul.... that was in him?


Spirituality

The Man on the Throne

There was a moment during my experience where I saw myself approaching what looked to be a gigantic, magnificent man, sitting on a alabaster throne. Thru a kind of veil that was partially covering him, I was able to detect that he had very stunning chiseled features. In fact, he was so perfect looking, he almost looked statuesque.

The man was wearing what appeared to be a gleaming white robe and I saw that he had the most fantastic muscular body. It was not large and gross, but truly beautiful and symmetrical. The man's arm was resting on a flat smooth surface that was part of the throne, and when he would move his hand (even the slightest amount) a musical, sparkling rainbow colored essence would fall out and away from within his robe, eventually creating a pool of Light around his feet on the floor.

Initially, the thought that came into my mind that I was seeing God! But then, as soon as I thought this, very quickly, it was revealed to me that this thought was only partially true.

It was immediately made known to me that the physical form I was observing was actually an astral version of "me" in Spirit form, as God saw me existing as already!

I heard inside my mind, "This is your Higher Self." As I looked deeply into this beings eyes, I saw my own reflection and realized that the "inner voice" I had been hearing my whole life (as the voice of my own conscience) had actually been guidance coming for this personage−−who still resides in Heaven in a greater degree of wholeness and Light than I do here on Earth. In fact, I realized that I had only taken a very small portion of my Higher Self's Light with me for my journey here this go round. By doing this I would be encouraged to dig deeper and develop my faith and intuition; and secondly, I do not see how my human brain really could have tolerated too much more Light, as I believe now it would caused my body and mind to short circuit." (Christian Andreason, chapter 2)
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