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<title><![CDATA[Fractal Art: 2010 Calendar ]]></title>
<link>http://celestialdreams.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/fractal-art-2010-calendar/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[2010 Calendar includes 13 stunning fractal art images. Visionary, abstract &amp; surreal styled artw]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tuesday 24th November 2009 ~ Waxing Crescent Moon in Aquarius ]]></title>
<link>http://celticawitch.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/tuesday-24th-november-2009-waxing-crescent-moon-in-aquarius/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>celticawitch</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Am feeling quite perky today, not so exhausted. My moontime keeps dragging on though, not really any]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Am feeling quite perky today, not so exhausted. My moontime keeps dragging on though, not really anything but enough if you gals know what I mean. I&#8217;ve been thinking about my reaction to the &#8216;telling off&#8217; my Shaman instructor gave me. Yesterday I drew the Crystal Ally card &#8216;Tourmaline&#8217; and here&#8217;s an interesting part I read in the interpretation/meaning:</p>
<blockquote><p>When you create your experience in the moment, you no longer feel the need to judge yourself or others. We become judgemental by interpreting current situations through our own past energetic and emotional experiences. When one is in a state of Inner Peace, there is no emotion based upon the past or the future; only the present. This freedom from old patterns allows you to accept others for what they truly are in the moment. </p></blockquote>
<p>See, here&#8217;s the thing. I was viewing my instructors response to my drumming experience through a past childhood filter, one in which I always did things wrong and got told off/punished for taking my own initiative. This allowed very low self-esteem to set in and in adulthood I tend to filter things through this same childhood experience, which makes me feel worthless and then I beat myself up.</p>
<p>Ok, the instructor is right &#8211; I do not yet have a Guardian Spirit to accompany me down to the Lower World but I do not need one to traverse the Middle World (the one that kind of runs parallel to mundane reality). And in any case I was being protected by the spirits who barred my way into the Lower World because they knew I was not yet ready for this journey. But the journey I took in the Middle World was still shamanic and still very useful to me. Even though I do not yet have a specific Guardian Spirit, I still have spirit helpers protecting me. I am not going to beat myself up over this and feel as if I&#8217;ve done something terribly wrong. I did the journey and drummed because my inner Self called me to do it. Yes, I was going along with the instructor&#8217;s post on drumming each day (or trying to) and I took her at her word because she did not say &#8216;not yet&#8217; in the post. If she had said that I would have refrained from drumming. But here&#8217;s another thing. Shamans don&#8217;t always drum with a view to journeying into the Lower/Upper Worlds. Sometimes they drum for a song, a poem, a story or to traverse the Middle World for insights and knowledge too. I do suspect (or really know) that part of my desire to drum was from ego reasons &#8211; I &#8216;wanted&#8217; to! But I also &#8216;needed&#8217; to and that came from inside me, an inner desire.</p>
<p>So, the next time I do something and end up beginning to beat myself up over it I&#8217;m asking myself what I&#8217;m filtering the experience through. Most likely past childhood experiences, which cause me to feel less than confident and knock my fragile self-esteem. I think doing this will help me at last begin to live in the present moment.</p>
<p>Along with Tourmaline, as my Crystal Ally this week, I am being strongly called by Bloodstone too. In fact this stone has been calling me for a while now, but lately even stronger. It is telling me to have &#8216;Courage&#8217; and &#8216;Inner Strength&#8217;. I have a large chunk of natural Bloodstone that I keep stroking and touching.</p>
<p><strong>Bloodstone</strong></p>
<p>Bloodstone, also known as Heliotrope, is an opaque variety of Chalcedony. The colour is dark green or grey with deep &#8220;blood-red&#8221; spots or blotch-type markings.</p>
<p>The frequency of Bloodstone connects to the base chakra. It allows one to be fully grounded within one&#8217;s physical body by aiding with physical strength and vitality.</p>
<p>The energy of Bloodstone supports one emotionally by helping one to have courage to do what one &#8220;knows&#8221; is &#8220;right&#8221; and &#8220;true&#8221; and to allow one to stay focused on one&#8217;s correct spiritual path by finding an &#8220;inner strength&#8221;.</p>
<p>Bloodstone helps to purify one&#8217;s energy fields of negativity by bringing balance to one&#8217;s being. As the name implies, Bloodstone is helpful for blood related issues such as anaemia. It also helps to stabilise female hormonal imbalances and the menopause.</p>
<p>I am relating this attraction to my need to stop wimping about and get on with the creative projects I need to do (especially for Lesson 16). I don&#8217;t begin because I&#8217;m afraid of it all turning out wrong and failing. But in actual fact I&#8217;m failing because I&#8217;m too scared to begin. So Bloodstone is telling me &#8216;take courage and BEGIN&#8217;. It&#8217;s still an uncomfortable place for me though. So often in all my years I&#8217;ve been afraid to &#8216;do&#8217; because I&#8217;ve been afraid of messing up, failing or getting a bad reaction from others. This again is a feeling filtered through a past childhood lens.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve just begun reading a super new book called The View Through The Medicine Wheel by Leo Rutherford. It&#8217;s a really interesting book that explains the different &#8216;maps&#8217; the Medicine Wheel presents to us. It&#8217;s written from the Native American viewpoint of course but it is interesting to note that many other indigenous cultures had, and still do have, the wheel or circle as a map. The Celts for one, and of course the Ancient Britons who built the fantastic henges that we all know of in England today (Stonehenge, Avebury etc). The circle is universal!</p>
<p>Blessings<br />
Deep~Glade</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome!  It's Day 15,671 Of A Looney Loon's Dance On Planet Earth:]]></title>
<link>http://blissbait.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/welcome-its-day-15671-of-a-looney-loons-dance-on-planet-earth/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>blissbait</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blissbait.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/welcome-its-day-15671-of-a-looney-loons-dance-on-planet-earth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello! Or perhaps more true to my nature today I should say: GRRRRRRR! Kokot, cover Your eyes for th]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Or perhaps more true to my nature today I should say: GRRRRRRR!  <a href="http://kseverny.wordpress.com" target="_self">Kokot</a>, cover Your eyes for this next line!  I&#8217;m making macaroni and cheese for dinner.  That&#8217;s a perfect description of my mood.  COMFORT FOOD IS NEEDED!  Cause I looked like this all day:</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://blissbait.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/my-heads-exploding3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-623" title="yowza!" src="http://blissbait.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/my-heads-exploding3.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="451" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">But subtract the cute sortof surprised look and insert bitchy face.  Sigh.  Off to eat my mac and cheese and to find my smile. OHHHHH!  WAIT!!!!  I WAS gifted a HHUUUUUGGGGEEE smile about half an hour ago.  I took my angry little self for a LONG walk.  And right smack in the middle of it a guy in a wheelchair came rolling by on the other side of the street.  A mailman shouted a &#8216;Hey there!  How&#8217;s it goin&#8217;?&#8217; to him.  The wheelchair guy was positively beaming and hollered back, &#8216;You know man, I&#8217;m SO GREAT!&#8217;  I smiled for the rest of my walk until I came back to where I&#8217;m staying and remembered I&#8217;m angry.  Lord.  Laughing now!!!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>I hope You had a BEAUTIFUL day!  Thank You for stopping by.  You Are Golden.  Namaste. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Cyborgs and the Cosmic Cloud of Compassion]]></title>
<link>http://danieldurrant.com/2009/11/25/meme_gene_cosmic_cloud_compassion/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>danieldurrant</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting in the second row of my Intro to Media Studies course at the University of Oregon.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m sitting in the second row of my Intro to Media Studies course at the University of Oregon.  A courageous professor, <a href="http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/faculty-staff/dmerskin">Deb Merksin</a>, is going to teach us about Donna Haraway&#8217;s <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Haraway/CyborgManifesto.html">Cyborg Manifesto</a>.</p>
<p>She opens the class with an uncommon initiative: to lead the class in a body-mind awareness meditation.   She requests us to close our laptops and shut off our cell phones.  We close our eyes and listen to her lead us through a meditation that walks the line between our bodies, minds, and our frequently used communication technologies.</p>
<p>Merskin then starts the class and explains that most of us are already cyborgs.   We wear glasses, we get vaccines, and we have surgeries.    Before class I had been writing about my surgery and how it was a painful time of reflection.  My post was more than just that.  I had been thinking of ideas surrounding something I call,  a &#8220;Meme/Gene Convergence&#8221;.</p>
<p>About &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_convergence">Convergence&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Looking back at what I was writing, and thinking about what was covered in class, compelled me to incorporate Cyborgs.</p>
<p><strong>Language is Technology</strong></p>
<p>Can we transform our bodies?  Can we overcome our genetic limitations?  Do memes (propagating language-games) and Genes (propagating bio-games) connect in some yet conceived morphological cloud?  Why am I asking such absurd questions?  Well, I believe that uncommon questions matter.  Memes and Genes could have near unlimited relationships yet to be fully explored.</p>
<p>A Cyborg should be concerned with such relationships, because our reality is made of memes.  If your familiar with evolutionary philosophy &#38; biology, you know all too well that environment/reality has an impact on a species (on bodies) evolution.  That is to say, one can evolve, with the influence of tangible communications technologies and the technologies of language-games and meme-battles.  Now, I&#8217;ll get personal&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>My Desperation&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>After having 30 inches of clogged and diseased intestine removed from my gut in an emergency surgery, I was resting half awake/asleep on a narcotic called <a href="http://www.drugs.com/pdr/dilaudid.html"><em>Dilaudid</em></a> experiencing a pleasant <em>mental clouding</em> side side-effect.  Within this cloud I was seeing words floating in the brightly lit fog.  These words were mailable in this luminous dimension of mind, so I slung them around into various shapes.  With the words I created structures.  With the words I created lifeforms.  I felt an ominous sensation within my body while laying in the hospital in disrepair.  It occurred to me that, for fun, I could gently guide these floating words blocks into my body, in order to reconstruct myself.   I deeply yearned for this magical convergence.  A year before the surgery I had been told by my doctor that Crohn&#8217;s disease was the result of a genetic weakness.  This idea was crushing and simultaneously compelling.</p>
<p>There are other &#8220;schools of thought&#8221; concerning the disease called Crohn&#8217;s, he admitted, but none were as conclusive as the &#8220;genetic link&#8221;.</p>
<p>At at one time I had a strong spiritual sentiment that did not want to believe this.</p>
<p>Yet, at another time, I had a strong scientific sentiment that believed it completely.</p>
<p><strong>Welcome to my Postmodern hideaway (ie. my mind).</strong></p>
<p>Apparently, at varying points in my life I respond to ideas in different ways.  All of my past and present identities are still in a state of desperation concerning the truth of this matter.  (A reasonable dose of desperation, I believe is good for an evolutionary environment.)</p>
<p>Here are some of the opposing beliefs I&#8217;ve been dancing with:  <em>Words</em> can reshape my DNA, <em>images</em> can mend my mind, <em>medicine</em> can make up for my genetic flaw, <em>prayer</em> can heal me, my <em>genes</em> are fixed, no wait, my <em>genes</em> are fluid, <em>diet and discipline</em> will realign my health, <em>an unnatural environmental </em>did this to me, etc. etc.</p>
<p>As the year comes to the end I&#8217;ve put most of these contradictions behind me.  My wife, who happens to be a professional belief-worker (ThetaHealing) and spiritual healer, helped me hack these belief systems.  I&#8217;m not going to tell you exactly how, but her ideas and some of my own helped me move forward in good health.  In addition, a relationship to my mental activity has helped me shape some fun spiritual/technological (transalchemy, trans-spirit-transhumanist) conceptions of my reality and future.</p>
<p><strong>Converge through Contradiction (Warning: Only read on if this &#8220;sounds interesting&#8221;.)<br />
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<p>What many think are opposites are really quite complementary.  If you can&#8217;t look at your own opposing notions then simply back away.  The only way to find more of yourself, is to lose some of your &#8217;self&#8217;.  As a Cyborg, losing yourself is the practical way of upgrading your body-mind.  As I put on my glasses, I wonder who I would be without them.  My ability to process the world would be disabled.  I would be a lesser-me.  Haraway says in her Cyborg Manifesto,</p>
<p>&#8220;a cyborg world might be about lived social and bodily realities in which people are not afraid of their joint kinship with animals and machines, not afraid of permanently partial identities and contradictory standpoints.&#8221;</p>
<p>Convergence is an equilibrium negotiated by your own creativity.  Only you can balance the scales.  To think of oneself as a Cyborg, empowers you to converge with technology, or in the case of this blog, to delightfully converge with the technology of ones own language-games. It order to see what beliefs and language-games work best for your processing of the world you must first negotiate the existing ideological stances and identities within you. You need an identity to take the opposing stance, you must create an inner doppelganger you can trust.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;re sure that you no longer know the truth of a particular facet of your self/story/ideology you can begin to  interrogate the opposing phantoms within your body.  Let go and feel your existence between them. Like in Merskin&#8217;s meditation mentioned earlier, walk the lines between your body, mind, and your technological spirit.  Tread gently, this is your very existence that you&#8217;re dealing with.  To take a side within yourself, only starts a battle of unhealthy dissonance.  Convergence is an act of creative collaboration, made effective only by the &#8220;Cosmic Cloud of Compassion.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Cosmic Cloud of Compassion?</strong></p>
<p>The best representation of this &#8220;Cosmic Cloud of Compassion&#8221;  is the space between you and others, but it is also the space between your opposing identities within the past, present, and future.  It is your awareness of their presence.  This unseen bond is something of which modern technology, like laptops and cellphones, only scratch the surface. We peer into these windows on our laptops and mobile phones in order to feel what is already there.  We look for ourselves, we look for others.  The Compassion of the Cloud is formed in Communication.</p>
<p>The cloud is best described by the scientific theory of <a href="http://www.sheldrake.org/papers/Morphic/morphic_intro.html">&#8220;Morphic Fields/Resonance&#8221; by Rupert Sheldrake.</a> He says,</p>
<p>&#8220;The morphic fields of social groups connect together members of the group even when they are many miles apart, and provide channels of communication through which organisms can stay in touch at a distance. They help provide an explanation for telepathy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sheldrake&#8217;s Morphic Fields provide an interesting explanation of evolution as well.</p>
<p>&#8220;If we want to stick to the idea of natural laws, we could say that as nature itself evolves, the laws of nature also evolve, just as human laws evolve over time.  But then how would natural laws be remembered or enforced?  The law metaphor is embarrassingly anthropomorphic.  Habits are less human-centered.  Many kinds of organisms have habits,but only humans have laws.  The habits of nature depend on non-local similarity reinforcement.  Through morphic resonance, the patterns of activity in self-organizing systems are influenced by similar patterns in the past, giving each species and each kind of self-organizing system a collective memory.&#8221;</p>
<p>Taking the idea of a &#8220;self-organizing system&#8221; as a &#8220;collective memory&#8221;, we can begin to imagine the possibility of a dimension where memes are mutating and connecting in novel ways.  Innovative ideas are said at times to arise on opposite ends of the planet, as if by chance. While it is easy to remain confused about our current state of existence, it is also reassuring to know that we can imagine a &#8220;Cosmic Cloud of Compassion&#8221; that has our best interests at heart and that has a creative self-organizing power that we ourselves are not yet capable of emulating.  Yet, we try, as cyborgs to converge our technological memes with the evolutionary self-organizing morphegentic field.</p>
<p>In a  twinkling of an eye, we ascend into this cloud as cyborgs.  Our beliefs matter only in so far as they&#8217;ve helped prepare us to organize our minds to sync up with the cloud.  Populated social networks and dynamic digital identities and communities are just the beginning.  What years ago was considered as a magic of a spiritual dimension will appear to us as a compassionate egalitarian technological space where the lines of identity will be blurred to such an extent that we will be compelled to explore the greater depths of being within networks.</p>
<p>Now, that is my idea of a Singularity.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kabbalah]]></title>
<link>http://onepostdaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/kabbalah/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Smeeta</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onepostdaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/kabbalah/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah">Kabbalah</a> is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that is meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator with the finite and mortal universe of His creation. In solving this paradox, Kabbalah seeks to define the nature of the universe and the human being, the nature and purpose of existence, and various other ontological questions. Kabbalah originally developed entirely within the realm of Jewish thought and constantly uses classical Jewish sources to explain and demonstrate its esoteric teachings.</p>
<p>According to the traditional understanding, Kabbalah dates from Eden. It came down from a remote past as a revelation to elect Tzadikim (righteous people), and, for the most part, was preserved only by a privileged few. Talmudic Judaism records its view of the proper protocol for teaching this wisdom, as well as many of its concepts, in the Talmud, Tractate Hagigah, Ch.2.</p>
<p>The Sefirot are the ten emanations and attributes of God with which He continually substains the universe in existence. The Sephirot are considered revelations of the Creator&#8217;s will (ratzon), and they should not be understood as ten different &#8220;gods&#8221; but as ten different ways the one God reveals his will through the Emanations.</p>
<p>Altogether 11 sephirot are named. However Keter and Daat are unconscious and conscious dimensions of one principle, conserving 10 forces. The names of the Sephirot in descending order are:</p>
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<li>Keter (supernal crown, representing above-conscious will)</li>
<li>Chochmah (intellect of wisdom)</li>
<li>Binah (intellect of understanding)</li>
<li>Daat (intellect of knowledge)</li>
<li>Chesed (sometimes referred to as Gedolah-greatness) (emotion of lovingkindness)</li>
<li>Gevurah (sometimes referred to as Din-justice or Pachad-fear) (emotion of severity/strength)</li>
<li>Tiferet (emotional balance of harmony/beauty-Representing compassion)</li>
<li>Netzach (emotion of victory/eternity)</li>
<li>Hod (emotion of glory/splendour)</li>
<li>Yesod (emotion of foundation)</li>
<li>Malkuth (emotion of kingship)</li>
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<title><![CDATA[GENESIS PART 6]]></title>
<link>http://surfacereflections.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/genesis-part-6-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Frank Surface</dc:creator>
<guid>http://surfacereflections.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/genesis-part-6-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ishmael: Definition: 1. outcast in Bible: in the Bible, the son of Abraham, expelled into the desert]]></description>
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<link>http://bobbruton.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/354/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robert  Bruton</dc:creator>
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<link>http://bobbruton.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/353/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robert  Bruton</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Check out this Amazon deal: &#8216;Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days&#8217; by Jeff Kinney (Hardcover ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Celestial Music Of Your Soul]]></title>
<link>http://bolstablog.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/celestial/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Phil Bolsta</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bolstablog.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/celestial/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As soon as you accept that you are bathed in God’s loving consciousness in every moment, you open yo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Trail on the Precipice]]></title>
<link>http://dlennis.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-trail-on-the-precipice/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>D L Ennis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dlennis.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-trail-on-the-precipice/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The trail on the precipice when all beyond the edge is obscured by dense fog. © 2009 D L Ennis, All ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>While laying awake in bed last night listening to my hubby snore, he has been sick a few days and so we have been home for a few days, I was tortured in my thoughts as I lay there. Being in Chronic pain and my ability to be mobile becoming less and less a fact of life, I laid in bed with worry and fret over what lays ahead in the future for me, it wasn&#8217;t comforting to say the least. I feared how I was going to make it, what if my hubby died before me? what was I to do then, how was I going to be able to live in my home when I am not able to do the things as I use to, in fact my hubby has been taking up the slack,because I am almost unable to do alot of what I use to do, so what then? I laid there thinking I had no hope for a good outcome. I even thought of taking my life if that fear came to pass. Then I thought about God and how within Christianity, only a few will make it into God&#8217;s paradise the rest would either live on in eternal torment or God will cast them in to the fire after Judgement never to be remembered again. I thought about how it would be at that time with this theology. God raises from the dead all the mass of humanity who were either non believers or never have heard of Christ, so God will wake them up only to judge them and then either kill them or torture them. How in God&#8217;s name can anyone justify that ? I am thinking to self, why even wake them up if God is only to kill them again? How stupid and cruel is that ? Listen for a moment, why bother to even wake the unbelievers up in the first place, if they all don&#8217;t make it then let them be dead and gone and over with it, what is the cruel purpose to raise the condemned in the first place if there is no hope for them in doing so? Is this a cruel joke being played out, if so I don&#8217;t want this cruel beast of a god. If they are condemned and with no hope then for God&#8217;s sakes leave them be!!!But they are raised and for what other purpose? But yet the Christians who believe in annihilation believe that is exactly what God will do. Or God awakens them only to judge them guilty and then throw them into the fire and the Second Death only so they will be consciously alive and be tortured through out all time for what they did or did not do in their extremely short life time compared with the final verdict of torture for all time. Can any one see the mercy, justice and love of God in that picture? Not me.</p>
<p>Some different thoughts came to my mind as I was fretting over this theology of eternal death or eternal torture ,that the many in Christianity believe and teach. Who was right? who are wrong? Can I ever know?What is the truth here?<br />
Consider this story/parable: You have a wealthy man that has all the money and power in the world and then you have all the rest of us who do not . All of us in time ,owe this man many thousands of dollars , we are indebted to this wealthy man to the extreme. Then one day this wealthy man&#8217;s son comes along and pays off all of our debts. No one now owes this man&#8217;s wealthy father anything whatsoever. But only a few find out that this was done, they find out they no longer are indebted to the wealthy man and are now able to live life without fear of slavery or prison or death because they can not pay or can ever get out of this indebtedness to the Wealthy man. So now after being told the good news that their debt has been paid in full by the Wealthy man&#8217;s son, they are now able to live the rest of their lives full of gratitude , thanksgiving and love towards this wealthy man&#8217;s son for all he did for them, he literally saved their lives. Now the rest of the people which are many never hear the good news of their debt being paid in full, their lives continue as it has been, full of fear, and worry, and hatred towards the wealthy man&#8217;s power over them and their indebtedness to him. They live their lives and die without ever hearing the good news that their indebtedness has been paid in full. My question to you is this, even though they have no clue that their debt is paid in full, do they still owe the wealthy man ?Are they still in debt to this Wealthy man even though the Wealthy man&#8217;s son paid it off? So in like thought, Christ paid the debt and died for our sins and the death that it produced in us , for ALL of humankind from Adam to whomever at the very last day He died for All, God is no longer attributing sin to us, we do not owe the sin debt any longer, that debt has been paid in full, the good news is that the Son has cleared us from all sin and the eternal death it produced!<br />
The truth is this that &#8220;God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.&#8221;(2 Corinthians 5:18-19) We Christians have been given the ministry of reconciliation. The whole world is God&#8217;s. And it is entrusted to us to tell others this Good News so that they can in this life live it with out fear or shame or guilt! So that they can be truly thankful and full of gratitude and joy towards God.</p>
<p>The modern Christian concept of hell is not only unbiblical, but the fact of the matter is that it is straight from the devil himself and blasphemes the marvelous sacrifice Christ made on the cross of cavalry. The bible defines hell as separation from God. If you don&#8217;t know God, or have a personal walk with Him, my brother and sister, you are in hell, and can ir not get any darker in darkness than that. You walk in darkness no matter how you may look by the world&#8217;s standards. This is truth,if you don&#8217;t have a personal relationship/communion with your creator, you are in hell, and are the walking dead. The bible describes the situation of people that don&#8217;t know God this way.</p>
<p>&#8221; &#8230; ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:&#8221;(Eph 2:12) You have no hope and are without God in the world. That&#8217;s hell, and your end is death.<br />
But that is not the end of the story!</p>
<p>So as I laid there in bed last night God revealed to me in my spirit that He is in charge, and has been from the beginning, I need not fear, and that I have been given the GOOD NEWS in that God is NO LONGER IMPUTING SIN TO ME it has be taken care of by the work of Jesus Christ in his life and death and resurrection, it is a DONE DEAL, and I have been given this news so that I no longer must fear life here in hell,the darkness within me has been overcome by His true LIGHT !!!!!<br />
&#8220;The truth hurts.&#8221;, the truth kills. It kills the lies, it kills death. Understanding and truth will be used by God to destroy utterly darkness and lies. Love will be used to destroy hatred.</p>
<p>&#8220;This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.&#8221;(1 John 1:5) If you are darkness, and have lies, deception, murder, greed, jealousy, envy and hatred in you, you will be consumed by the light of God and have all truth revealed to you. The way to preserve your soul is to ask God to show you His truth in this life, because only then do you get rid of the garbage in you and get it replaced with truth. Then, with the truth, you have eternal life because only pure truth can stand before God and not be destroyed. Only when you have truth do you begin to be alive. People with no knowledge of God don&#8217;t have eternal life because life itself begins with the knowledge of God. If you don&#8217;t have God, you don&#8217;t have any life at all according to the bible. When the man asked Jesus if he could first go back and bury his father before following Him, Jesus replied,<br />
&#8221; Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. &#8220;(Matt 8:22), meaning that those who are Spiritually dead are the same to God as those physically dead. The definition of eternal life is preserving your soul from this existence into the existence to come. If you have no life in this existence, you have no life to carry over into the next. The soul full of darkness will be destroyed, or the soul that sins shall surely die, by being filled with God&#8217;s light.</p>
<p>The bible declares in Isaiah 45:22 &#8211; 24</p>
<p>&#8221; Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.&#8221; The end of all the earth is to see Jesus and bow their knees and confess that He is Lord, to the Glory of God. There will not be a forced show of worship here by some big angel pushing them down to their knees . They will bow and worship God because they will have the truth revealed to them.<br />
Listen the only reason Christians are in the earth today is to show the world what their future is. We are the first-fruits. Not just the early church but all of us as Christians are just one church, always has been and always will be. The church of Jesus Christ. We Christians today are just as much part of the church as the apostles were at the beginning of all this. The church is the first fruits along with Jesus for the church is His body. First is never used unless there is a second. We are in the earth to be an example. James 1:18 says,<br />
&#8221; Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.&#8221;</p>
<p>All the earth belongs to God and everything in it. The Good News we are to bring to this world is that God has sent His Son to be the sacrifice for the world. God has reconciled the world to Himself and your end is determined. You will go stand before God. Wait, you say. What about the verses which say those that have done evil will be cast into the lake of fire? Well I will leave that for next time. I just want to make it clear that most of us are all ready in Hell, here on the 3rd rock from the sun, many of us are tortured by our thoughts and our fears and our worries, already. The fear of a future Hell is nothing compared to the Hell most of us face or see each day, most of us with out Christ are already dead,dead, dead, and there is no life in us. Don&#8217;t threaten me with a future hell, I have experienced that already, but praise God I have seen a great light in Jesus Christ and now I am saved from this life of death in this hell here in this life. I was dead and now I am alive for it was not Christ alone who died on that Cross, but I and every person did too, but the joy is that I know I was buried with him already and I am raised with him already and the life I now live I live by the power of His life in me , amen and halleluyah!</p>
<p>shalom in Christ.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Extra Oil Update 34: News of False Teachers, False Prophets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Earth IS staggering badly: News, Nature, Wars, Economy, H1N1, Recalls, Hate Crimes, Pope, Evang. Lin]]></description>
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<p><strong>Prophecy&#8217;s Extra Oil Update 34: News of False Teachers, False Prophets</strong></p>
<p><em>©copyright 2009 Bonita M Quesinberry</em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">News 11/21-11/24</span></strong></em><em>: 3.5 days in &#8220;terrors of these end days;&#8221;<br />
<strong>England</strong>, &#8220;many&#8221; missing in &#8220;worst storm floods ever recorded&#8221; ancient stone bridges collapse, 1000s homes flooded; UK opens investigation of soldier abuses at Abul Grae prison similar to US abuses; <strong>China</strong>, mine blast kills &#8220;scores&#8221; (104); <strong>India</strong>, train derail kills &#8220;at least&#8221; 29; <strong>Saudi Arabia</strong>, 4 pilgrims die H1N1; <strong>Indonesia</strong>, ferry sinks, &#8220;at least&#8221; 26 dead; <strong>Turkey</strong> floods, 4 dead; <strong>Pakistan</strong>, 20 Taliban killed; <strong>Philippines</strong>, kidnappers kill 21; Politically motivated massacre, 46 dead; <strong>Italy</strong>, plane crash kills 5; <strong>Afghan</strong>, Nov: US soldiers-15 killed;<strong> Iran</strong>, alliance talks with Russia/So. America;<strong> Canada</strong>, Stork Craft recalls 2.1-mil baby cribs due to deaths;<strong></strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>US</strong></em><em>, religion/sexual orientation hate crimes rising rapidly, &#8220;economy not as strong as believed,&#8221; people in deadly panic mode, 29 States&#8217; job loss rates climbing, Senate debates <strong>Health</strong> bill; <strong>WA</strong> 5th storm, rivers flood, 3-ft snow, 7-in more due even lowlands, hail, wind damages, &#8220;at least&#8221; 11-k no power; <strong>OR</strong> bad weather, road rage shooting kills 1, wounds others/shooter kills self; <strong>Las Vegas</strong>, officer killed in his home by robber, military brother flies in from Iraq; <strong>FaceBook</strong> led to 12yo beating, Woman informed &#8220;stripped of Canadian disability due to F/B photos of her at Chippendale strip show&#8221;; (Uncle Sam also is watching and listening in on its people); </em></p>
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<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mother and Daughters</span></em><em>: <strong>POPE</strong> to meet Anglican leaders amidst rising tensions; Hal<strong> LINDSEY</strong> recently viewed, noticed distinct agitation in evangelist as he defined points of prophecy, albeit invalid, on his TBN show: formerly confident, the nervous fidgeting revealed his recognition of lies in God&#8217;s name. Hal Lindsey is not alone; many like him, i.e. Hagee, speak for harlot daughters despite knowing Truth; </em></p>
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<p><em><strong>TBN </strong></em><em>Sun 11/22, Rev. John <strong>HAGEE</strong>, fronting a poster labeled &#8220;Counterfeit Christianity,&#8221; urged Sunday attendance then robs audience of Truth by accusing all who obey God&#8217;s Doctrine as legalist cults, &#8220;counterfeits.&#8221; By sight/sound Hagee trains his goats to blame Christ&#8217;s sheep for causing global devastation— Revelation shows Apostle John shocked by a scene of what appeared to be Christ&#8217;s church persecuting Christ&#8217;s church. </em></p>
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<p><em>Hagee&#8217;s sermon cited God&#8217;s wrath on US—economic crisis— then said &#8220;pray to return god to America and its demise can be stopped:&#8221; it is not the god whom Christ&#8217;s sheep follow, as Hagee later implied. It is too late to turn the tide, so he leads his flock to certain destruction: God said, &#8220;Satan slays his own.&#8221; Hagee&#8217;s end comments about the true sheep were to prepare his goats&#8217; minds to fault the Elect: unbeknownst to them God views these acts as cursing God (Rev.). It is the same brainwashing methods used to create terrorists, some of whom will kill anyone they believe the Bible or Quran call &#8220;infidels,&#8221; unbelievers— God noted, &#8220;They think to do it for God.&#8221; NOT!</em></p>
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<p><em>Sound like Muslim extremists? Hagee and others are urgently preparing their goats for exactly the same extreme behaviour as that of Islamic terrorists. Mark this word: their rage and indignation against Truth Speakers has been occurring for some time but only in verbal or written trickles; now their emotions are about to erupt in deadly rage. More frequently and more heatedly than any time in history, we are hearing these accusations from harlot daughters&#8217; myriad denominational pulpits and televised evangelists: earth&#8217;s hourglass about to run out of sand. Increasing twists of God&#8217;s Word then heavily laced with lies and pointing fingers at the Elect, while speaking in angry tones, reveal Satan&#8217;s last effort to take down with him as many people who will allow his nasty power of them. </em></p>
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<p><em>Be well-armoured, beloved sheep, that you may stand without fear of whatever attack they might bring against you; if it be verbal, say nothing or calmly respond as the Spirit leads, with a statement not for debate; or, if it be threat of a first death, face it as Jesus spoke of it— a blessing from God sparing you the worst to come: Christ <span style="text-decoration:underline;">will</span> raise us up to join Him in the clouds. According to God, a &#8220;few&#8221; brethren must die as a sign of Christ&#8217;s quick return: those few join Christ&#8217;s martyrs killed long ago and who are crying out from beneath the altar, &#8220;Lord, when will you avenge us.&#8221; Do not expect mass slayings of Christ&#8217;s true sheep: rather, look for many to be beaten and/or falsely imprisoned with just a few deaths of God&#8217;s few 7th seal messengers known worldwide. </em></p>
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<p><em>The sheep know the world is collapsing and will not recover, per God&#8217;s Holy Word; thus, a break from daily travesties is called for and prompts no indepth news for a while. We do suggest watching local news and CNN at least in the evening; be sure to notice CNN&#8217;s ticker tape at the bottom screen, which provides even more news in bits and bites. </em></p>
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<p><em>TSaS will focus on recalls of vital Bible studies, respond to member questions, post prayer requests and comments members might have, or post summaries of documentaries answering to horrors we are witnessing around the globe during the most exciting time in man&#8217;s history. Pray— pray unceasing for the world and its leaders, for all who believe a lie and will die twice for their misguided ways. </em></p>
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<p><em>Please <strong>WELCOME</strong> new member <strong>Jennie</strong> of Wisconsin! To all members, keep in mind that TSaS Post Archives and Files contain a wealth of God&#8217;s knowledge and wisdom: peruse them freely, print them out if you choose; most of all, share them with everyone you know, whether saved or not. You never know when you might &#8220;literally snatch one from God&#8217;s fiery wrath.&#8221; It only takes one for you to be &#8220;called great in heaven.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Sister Debbie on Extra Oil Update 33</strong></em><em>— &#8220;</em>I have watched a few of those survivalist programs. They are the in-thing lately. It truly saddens me how foolish and lost these people are. There will be no place to hide when Christ returns. All will know who has come and why. His saints will be leaving and the rest will find their shelters are not to be. All we can do is pray they come to Christ and soon. Time as we know it now will cease to exist . . . in just a twinkling of His eye.&#8221;  <em></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Identifying False Teachers and Prophets</strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Truth Gathering</strong></em><em>, ©copyright 1998-2003 annotations by Bonita M Quesinberry, the world&#8217;s only AKJV exhaustive Topical Bible, excerpts chapters 2 and 12: Many moons ago, TSaS member Albert asked, </em>&#8220;How can we discern false preachers, pastors, prophets, theologians, and brethren from God&#8217;s true disciples?&#8221; See post archives for original post that includes member responses. Update ©copyright 2009—<em></em></p>
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<p><em>There are two AKJV Bible passages that, in God&#8217;s considered opinion, clearly define God&#8217;s true from Satan&#8217;s false: Isaiah and Daniel&#8217;s description of false teachers and prophets who would appear on the scene after Jesus ascended to heaven, the same of which Paul warned the true sheep. The following are paraphrased for clarity:</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Isaiah 8:16,20</strong></em><em>— Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. They speak God&#8217;s Law and His testimony, for there is light in them. If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. </em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Daniel 7:25</strong></em><em>— [False teachers and prophets] speak great words that are against the most High&#8217;s [Words], wearing out the saints of the most High, and they changed God&#8217;s times and Laws, [teaching their own for God's]. {recall Jesus chastising, &#8220;You teach man&#8217;s commandments for God.&#8221;}</em></p>
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<p><em>See also <strong>Romans 1:1-6; Galatians 1:6-10</strong>. Jesus lived and taught the Doctrine of God; and, His Apostles preached the gospel of Christ, which was God&#8217;s. What was said in the New Testament was first said in the Old. There is nothing new, nothing changed; save and except the fact Jesus became the ultimate sacrificial lamb in place of a literal lamb of the temporary sacrificial ordinances. </em></p>
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<p><em>All who truly believe must obey as a Jew, else be not grafted into the Jewish Tree of Life; and, all Jews who did not obey were cut from the Tree of Life. Paul admonished, &#8220;You heathens are grafted in but God can easily cut you out for the same reasons He cut out two of the tribes. Do not set their same examples of unbelief.&#8221; The two tribes cut out had turned deeply into pagan practices and rituals, just as Papal Rome and myriad Christian denominations did and continue to do today: which is to teach lies in God&#8217;s name. </em></p>
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<p><em>Sadly, the vast majority of people foolishly believe their denomination of choice teaches all 12 of God&#8217;s Commandments, &#8220;as given in the beginning,&#8221; which Paul stated. &#8220;In the beginning&#8221; refers us back to Moses and the stone tablets, cited in both <strong>Exodus c.20</strong> and <strong>Deuteronomy c.5</strong>: other Old Testament books state the two royal laws of love long before Jesus came reciting those same two &#8220;upon which depend the Ten.&#8221; The harlots teach that we really can&#8217;t obey all the Law— we are human after all— so we are not to worry about it: Jesus will forgive us each time we knowingly sin, thousands of times.</em></p>
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<p><em>NOT TRUE! Once having repented of all known sins, and never repeating them again, Christ will forgive sins of which we are not aware or do not yet fully understand— UNTIL we understand. For instance, many today do not know they are violating all the Commandments by not obeying the fourth. When they have been given the truth of this matter, then continue to disobey that Law, they will not be forgiven nor bear the Seal of the One True Living God; effectively condemning themselves to eternal death.</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Leviticus 19:18, Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12-13, 11:1,13, 13:3-5, Joshua 22:5 and Nehemiah 1:5,9</strong></em><em> clearly cite God saying, &#8220;Love the Lord thy God with all your heart and soul and with all your might; and, love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221; Deuteronomy 13:5 added, &#8220;IF YOU DO LOVE GOD, YOU WILL OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS.&#8221; Then, of course, the Apostles said, &#8220;We know we love God because we obey His Commandments.&#8221; Does everyone understand that God&#8217;s Twelve Precepts ARE His Holy Doctrine, the same Jesus magnified by living it, the same Jesus made honorable by teaching others to obey? </em></p>
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<p><em>Jesus came speaking no new commandments, albeit false teachers say He did give two new precepts; rather, He cited the same two royal laws God had given and added that upon them hang all the law and the prophets. To &#8220;hang upon&#8221; means to &#8220;depend upon.&#8221; Therefore, Christ was saying the same as what God had said: one cannot hope or even be motivated to obey the Ten Precepts unless they truly love God in order to obey the first four precepts, and truly love their neighbor thus obeying the last six laws. Jesus included the ancient prophets in His statement simply because they truly loved God thus both obeyed and spoke God&#8217;s testimony and Law just as Christ did. True love for God and neighbor compels a desire to obey God&#8217;s Law: written on the fleshy table of our heart.</em></p>
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<p><em>Following Jesus&#8217; ministry, the Apostles then taught the same message of obedience through faith: faith that obeying those Laws are in one&#8217;s own best interest and in the interest of those around them, and in faith that in doing so will prompt God to fulfill His promise of everlasting life. When Israel obeyed, it was because they feared God&#8217;s wrath instead of obeying His Law because they loved and trusted that God required it in their best interest; therefore acknowledging that God knows and understands more than they did or that we do. </em></p>
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<p><em>This is exactly why God&#8217;s Ten Precepts also have alternate Biblical titles: Statutes of Life, Law of Righteousness, Law of Blessings, and Law of Liberty; for in our obedience by faith and love, we will be blessed many times over AND spared a second death: provided, of course, we also truly believe Jesus is God&#8217;s Son. The harlots teach that we are set free of THE Law; when, in fact, we are set free of only the condemnation in the Law: which condemnation comes into play only when Law is violated: i.e. man&#8217;s law says stealing is a crime punishable by imprisonment. If you do not steal, then you are not condemned to prison; thus, to avoid condemnation you must obey that law. See how we are &#8220;set free&#8221; of only condemnation within God&#8217;s Law? If Christ set us free of the whole Law, then why will that same Law &#8220;stand forever, even in the new earth and heavens?&#8221;  </em></p>
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<p><em>In reality, false disciples teach almost exclusively the two royal laws— citing them as new commandments issued by Christ to replace the Ten, and the only ones that count in the end— &#8220;Love is Love and Love Is All That Matters.&#8221; Ironically, they do, from time to time, mention 12 precepts yet reduce one to third position to read simply, &#8220;Keep thou the Sabbath holy&#8221; while persuading their goats to be in church every Sunday. It would be difficult for them to urge Sunday attendance if they quoted the true fourth Precept: unless people have no concept of which are the first and last days in a week. Read the whole:</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Exodus 20:8-11</strong></em><em>— Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger [heathen] that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it [made it holy].</em></p>
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<p><em>Jesus then came adamantly stating, &#8220;I also am Lord of the Sabbath!&#8221; This should lend a hint of something quite special about this seventh day. If nothing else, it identifies God and His Christ as the ones whom true believers serve. And, by their observance of God&#8217;s Sabbath, in the manner He prescribed in <strong>Isaiah 58:6-8,10,13-14</strong>, they are identified as both God&#8217;s and Christ&#8217;s servants, sheep, the elect. </em></p>
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<p><em>Additional scriptures state, &#8220;Blessed is the person who obeys God&#8217;s Sabbath, Jew or heathen, and cursed are those who do not.&#8221; To observe any other day as God&#8217;s Sabbath reveals a different god and identifies that god&#8217;s followers as goats, putting them in danger of being judged twice dead.</em></p>
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<p><em>Therefore, the seventh day Sabbath is both God&#8217;s and Christ&#8217;s seal of authority to enforce God&#8217;s Laws over those who observe and keep holy the day as well as God&#8217;s remaining Statutes of Life. After all, within <strong>Exodus 20:8-11</strong> appear all four criteria required for a valid seal of authority, whether corporeal or spiritual; and, in <strong>Ezekiel 20:12,20</strong> God clearly tells us that the seventh day Sabbath is His SEAL— sign, seal, mark, and token being synonymous words— indicating that all who bear God&#8217;s seal have been sanctified by Him or by His Christ. Christ&#8217;s claim to the same seal makes perfect sense: He is the Son of God, thus He expects the same obedience to the day He shares with His Father. After all, Jesus said, &#8220;Do my Father&#8217;s Will, obey my Father&#8217;s Doctrine.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>It is an historical fact that the seventh day of the week is Saturday; always has been and always will be. Look to the Jewish faith for confirmation; of which Christianity is supposed to be a mere extension. Nonetheless, over the last 6000 years, calendars have undergone a number of changes: both the Jewish as well as those of pagans, changes which affected only the number of days in a year or in a month as well as the number of months in a year or which month would represent the first month of the year: Jewish and pagan finally settling on 12 months of 360-365 days in a year. </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>There have been several attempts to change the line up of week days— specifically to get people to accept Monday as the first day and Sunday as the seventh, making a blasphemous day appear to be God&#8217;s true Sabbath— but, each time it was met with strong opposition thus never accepted. This is no surprise, for our Lord stated, &#8220;I preserve My Truths.&#8221; Ironically, the United States federal government and its armed forces do use calendars showing Monday as the first day and Sunday as the last weekday. Sunday always has been the first day and Saturday the seventh. But, what about &#8220;times?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Genesis shows God establishing a day as extending from evening to evening: because the world began in darkness; thus night came first, then He created light for the daytime hours. For example, Sabbath begins at sundown Friday and ends at sundown Saturday, the next day beginning at sundown and so forth. False speakers changed a day to begin at midnight, which comes straight out of paganism. </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>In the last decade or more, some denominations have begun holding services on Saturday evenings, due to some members&#8217; concerns regarding God&#8217;s fourth Statute, erroneously leading people to believe they are observing God&#8217;s true Sabbath by attending church on Saturday nights; in fact, it&#8217;s already Sunday by God&#8217;s time standard. Obviously, these same people have no idea what God calls a day, short of reading Genesis for themselves. </em></p>
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<p><em>The above move also is an effort to bring Sabbath keepers into their deadly synagogues: which is to walk right back into that which God said to &#8220;come out of.&#8221; Even daylight savings practices cannot affect God&#8217;s true Sabbath: the sun will rise and the sun will set according to His timing, regardless of mankind&#8217;s mechanical clock settings.</em></p>
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<p><em>Further, false speakers interpret God&#8217;s prophecies to suit the desires of the world as well as altering timelines of each prophecy they&#8217;ve discerned by the world— as opposed to spiritually— therefore grossly leading their people astray and leaving them totally unprepared for Christ&#8217;s quick return. To be unprepared is to be left behind very &#8220;dead from one end of earth to the other end and the eagles are called to feast upon them,&#8221; while Christ&#8217;s sheep are &#8220;escorted to the sure, safe haven of heaven for 1000 years.&#8221; </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>False speakers teach some prophecies having been fulfilled in part, with the remainder to be fulfilled thousands of years later: setting God and His Word wholly out of character. This maliciously directs people to seek signs today that were long ago fulfilled— in essence, causing them to believe Christ won&#8217;t come until they see those signs. There are numerous ways in which false prophets have misinterpreted God&#8217;s prophecies, while at the same time earning billions of dollars through the promotion of their lies by the use of various medias: books, television and movies. Lies are about money, tons of it.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>God, Christ, Holy Spirit, and the Apostles made it clear that even &#8220;one falsehood amidst God&#8217;s truth renders the whole a deception.&#8221; So let us suppose the only lie being taught among various denominations is that of God&#8217;s Sabbath: Sunday exchanged for Saturday. This being the case, how can anyone believe anything else they teach? If they will promote even one lie— let alone the greatest lie ever perpetuated— there is absolutely NO assurance people are getting any of God&#8217;s Truth! Besides which, this particular falsity renders the one who believes the lie without God&#8217;s Seal upon his or her forehead: instead, twice dead by Satan&#8217;s Mark.</em></p>
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<p><em>The fact is, and for any number of reasons, there is not one denomination coming even close to fitting the Biblical description of Christ&#8217;s church; which clarifies exactly why Jesus said, &#8220;Where two or three are gathered in my name, so shall I be.&#8221; This also accounts for the description of His flocks as being &#8220;small&#8221; in number.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Our Saviour condemned all false preachers, pastors, theologians, and prophets of His time as well as in the generations to come; saying instead that those who are NOT schooled in man&#8217;s Bible seminaries— babes, as it were— would perfect praise and teach Truth. Despite His declaration, the vast majority of people continue to believe and blindly follow only ordained ministers and their trumped up prophets: the very ones &#8220;who slay their own people for lack of truth.&#8221; They reign by way of persuasive power strengthened by certificates of ordination from man&#8217;s schools of theology and, in exchange for your loyalty and money, they promise wealth, peace, and happiness now and in paradise they cannot guarantee.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Last, there are people who will believe only those preachers, pastors, theologians and prophets who are related to them: mother, father, brother, sister, uncle and so forth. Just because someone is a family member who just happens to be in a ministry does not guarantee he or she speaks God&#8217;s Truth. Nor can one be assured they are not false ministers and prophets. Else Christ would not have warned that those who will turn against His sheep are those of his or her own household, family as it were. Further, Paul revealed the deceit of Satan&#8217;s synagogues: &#8220;Why are you surprised Satan can manifest himself as an angel of light and that his ministers can do the same?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>God&#8217;s consistent complaint with Israel, as noted in <strong>Isaiah 30:8-9</strong>, was their habitual return to disobedience of His Commandments; <strong>Ecclesiastes 12:13-14</strong> further advising us that the whole duty of mankind is to obey God&#8217;s Statutes. Then, in <strong>Romans 2:12-13,15,18</strong>, Paul states clearly that &#8220;those who sin without God&#8217;s Law will PERISH without His Law; and, those who sin aware of God&#8217;s Law shall be JUDGED by that law: therefore, the hearers of God&#8217;s Law are not justified; but, the DOERS OF GOD&#8217;S LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED. How much plainer must God&#8217;s requirements be stated in order that people turn to His total Law instead of mankind&#8217;s altered form of it? <strong>Revelation</strong> even confirms this same obligation three times— <strong>12:17, 14:12, 22:14</strong>.</em></p>
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<p><em>Yet, religious leaders say we are dead to the Law? The only aspect of God&#8217;s Law to which only the obedient are exempt is the condemnation built into the Law; this is to say, the penalty for violating God&#8217;s Law, which penalty is to be rendered twice dead. There is no scripture in existence saying we are dead to obeying His Precepts. After all, scripture tells us that to commit sin IS to violate the Law.</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Isaiah 8, verses 16 and 20</strong></em><em>, make it abundantly clear who are false teachers versus who are Spirit anointed speakers: the latter speak the loving testimony of God and His Christ as well as teach only God&#8217;s Law, His Doctrine, because there is light in them. There was light in God&#8217;s various chosen ancient prophets, there was light in Jesus, there was light in His Apostles, save and except Judas, and there is light in the few truly anointed today: sadly, they go unheeded amidst the roaring flood of false teachers and prophets. </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>After all, false leaders can shout louder and have ample financial resources you&#8217;ve provided to surround the globe with their lies, masking truth speakers by their sheer strength and volume, accessibility to civil powers, as well as their exceeding numbers of supporting followers: these latter of whom are to be considered false brethren. False leaders and brethren alike are quick to denounce truth speakers as &#8220;legalists, blasphemers and doers of Satan&#8217;s work.&#8221; Their formal ordination causes people to believe them thus quickly denouncing truth speakers. As in Christ&#8217;s day, so it is today: only getting worse.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Do you still believe you are directed by God&#8217;s true disciples: the ones who lead your choice  of denomination? Or, has this article cast shadows on what you&#8217;ve believed, doubt of your leaders and those denominations Biblically known as Satan&#8217;s synagogues? There is much more light to be shed, for they know absolutely no boundaries for lies.</em></p>
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<p>Therefore, the end-of-days&#8217; instruction to Christ&#8217;s sheep is to be fully dressed in God&#8217;s Armor and keep your eyes on the clouds; for Jesus is even at the door and earth has been  &#8220;reeling to and fro like a drunkard&#8221; for almost 19 years now (<strong>Isaiah 24:19-22</strong>). Time is short; so, let this serve as a heads up to every professed Christian whom God deems cold or lukewarm (<strong>Revelation 3:14-22</strong>). Repent— repent— repent quickly, totally and today.</p>
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<p>——Watch the clouds between mid-October to mid-November henceforth until no later than 2011. The book of Hebrews says Jesus will not be late. If not fully converted now, time is your enemy; total conversion must be instant, this day, TODAY: do not delay. Pray unceasing! Be watchful; stand fast even to death. WE HAVE GOD&#8217;S POWER. KEEP WALKING and TALKING, even when it seems useless: you might snatch one lost, lukewarm sheep from the flames and give the warmth of God&#8217;s Truth to a cold waiting for it. Saith the Lord, &#8220;Ye lukewarm await consuming fire.&#8221;</p>
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<p>——TSaS post archives open to public; members access Bible Lesson FILES. TSaS ministry neither needs nor asks for money and never will: God provides our basic needs. We ask only for prayer and that you share God&#8217;s Truth with all who will hear/read and obey in &#8220;the instant.&#8221; Be good stewards of God&#8217;s Word: share Extra Oils, lead everyone to God&#8217;s Biblical Truth at — <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/truthseekersandspeakers</a></p>
<p>Much Love in Christ, Sister BonnieQ</p>
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<p>Also, remember God&#8217;s words about these times, &#8220;My people shall walk among them and be not touched.&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>“Mi se pare mai interesant să faci ceva într-o ţară în care toată lumea spune că nu se poate face nimic“</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Întrebare frecventă: „De ce nu plecaţi?“</strong></p>
<p>De ce n-a plecat să se realizeze în ţări mai civilizate? „M-a întrebat asta un ziarist pe vremea lui Ceauşescu. I-am zis «Eu să plec? Să plece ei (comuniştii, n.n.). Păi ce, eu am stricat atmosfera în ţara asta? Aici este o ţară formidabilă – nu se poate da faliment pentru că tot sistemul e falimentar. Şi pe urmă, dacă mă duc cu o sticlă de coniac la ITB, iau un tramvai. În Germania nu poţi să faci treaba asta, cade guvernul». După revoluţie au venit alţii să mă întrebe «De ce nu plecaţi?». Păi ce, să mănânc lebede la Viena? Şi pe urmă, mi se pare mai interesant să faci ceva într-o ţară în care toată lumea spune că nu se poate face nimic. Am fost invitat să rămân în Italia, America, Germania, Canada&#8230; Credeţi că umblă pe undeva câinii cu covrigi în coadă? Ne uităm la salariile din Occident. Păi cel mai bine plătit om pentru munca depusă e în România&#8230;“</p>
<p><strong>Nu există inginer adevărat fără cultură</strong></p>
<p>Acum, Justin Capră are 75 de ani, dar nici vorba, nici mişcarea nu-i arată vârsta. El pune „tinereţea“ pe seama familiei. „Tata a murit la 90 de ani pentru că l-a lovit o maşină când era pe bicicletă. Bunicii, mătuşile – la 102, 107, 110&#8230; „Lucrează la al 73-lea prototip de autoturism şi şi-ar dori ca cineva să-i continue munca, să cerceteze şi să pună în aplicare efectele pe care le-a descoperit.</p>
<p>Nu este însă uşor să ajungi ucenicul lui Capră. „Un inginer, dacă nu are cultură, nu poate lega fenomenele. De fapt nu cultură, ci un simţ al sintezei. Kant zice «eu sunt propriul meu stăpân». Ei, cum dracu’ poţi să fii propriul tău stăpân într-o lume conjuncturală, înlănţuită? Şi spune că morala poate fi în afara moralei creştine, ceea ce iar este o greşeală. (&#8230;) Newton zice «Ce este gravitaţia? Eu pot să vă spun că este direct proporţională cu masa şi invers proporţională cu pătratul distanţei, e o formulă matematică exactă, dar esenţa n-o ştie nimeni». Pentru că nu există esenţe în materie. Noi, oamenii, ne deplasăm asimptotic spre cunoaştere pe care nu o s-o întâlnim pentru că curba asimptotă întâlneşte verticala cunoaşterii undeva la infinit.“</p>
<p><strong>EMIGRAREA </strong></p>
<p>Am avut naivitatea, mi-am închipuit că învăţând voi fi mai liber şi mai fericit. Doamne, ce deziluzie am avut atunci când mi-am dat seama că prin învăţătură ne mărim aria întrebărilor, ne mărim exponenţial aria de necunoaştere. Şi, în fond, ce să cunoaştem, de vreme ce definiţiile nu ne apropie de esenţe, de vreme ce adevăr egal subiectiv?</p>
<p>Academicul ne îndepărtează de natură, acesta este diferenţial, centrifug, nu dă răspunsul la întrebări. Pretinsele sale răspunsuri nu rezolvă problema cunoaşterii. Simt un gol sprijinindu-mă pe adevărul ştiinţific oficial. Nu mai vreau clasicul în abordarea căilor de studiu. Vreau altceva! N-am întâlnit adevărul absolut, n-am întâlnit decât raportabilităţi, conjuncturi, relativitate.</p>
<p>Adevărul în care cred este unul singur: adevărul Divin.</p>
<p>Spiritul, în schimb, nu intră în crize, spiritualistul nu disecă multidimensionalitatea Divină, o ia ca postulat, ştiinţa spirituală este de aceea interferenţială, centripetă şi nu dă reacţii secundare.</p>
<p>Există totuşi o cale şi anume: evoluţie în plan spiritual, în plan creştin, pentru că iubirea, stima, toleranţa rezolvă toate problemele.</p>
<p>Să zicem că fericirea este, la urma urmei, un fel de nesimţire, este un alt fel de a vedea lucrurile. Eu, de exemplu, sunt fericit atunci când sunt obosit fizic şi când văd rezultatul muncii mele.</p>
<p>Sunt un hobist, un tip dificil, o dualitate psihică, sunt ăla care vede alfel. Pentru acest motiv am fost persiflat, invectivat şi chiar agresat fizic, şi de ce? Pentru că merg pe alt drum, nu pe cel obişnuit. Deranjez nişte somnolenţe, nişte tipare. Lumea nu are nevoie de oameni care nu cred în definiţii, care nu cred în academii şi nici în premianţi oficiali.</p>
<p>Când ţin o conferinţă sau un curs văd discipolii mei plecând mai îngânduraţi. Am acest defect, această particularitate, pun lumea pe gânduri. Mulţumesc lui Dumnezeu că am ajuns la vârsta la care îmi dau seama că nu trebuie să critic, înţeleg faptul că există o programare din afara noastră, în alt raport spaţiu – timp. (Care spaţiu, care timp? alte relativităţi?)</p>
<p>Nu-mi permit să critic istoria, de vreme ce aceasta este conjuncturală. Mai întâi că nu cunosc noţiunea de bine şi de rău. Dar nici nu îl înţeleg pe filosoful Kant atunci când afirmă că dânsul îşi este propriul lui stăpân! Cum poate un om fi stăpân pe el într-o lume înlănţuită?</p>
<p>Prefer înţelepciunea vârstei, observ că geneticul poate fi optimizat, cromozomii având permeabilitate spirituală.</p>
<p>Eu nu sunt în măsură să ofer soluţii, nu mă pricep, soluţii vă poate da natura, în măsura înţelegerii noastre. Eu nu cred în politicieni, vorbăreţi, colesterolizaţi, cu ţinută opulentă şi ostentativă.</p>
<p>Nu mai cred în imagini, nu cred în virtual. Eu cred în pădure, în apă, în aer, în filosofia ţăranului bătrân, pardon, nu în ţăranul de lângă metropolă.</p>
<p>Cred în adevărul Divin, în legătura Divinului cu omul prin intermediul monarhului şi al sacerdotului. Nici pe filosoful Platon nu-l înţeleg atunci când şi-a declarat repubica ce-i poartă numele, de vreme ce l-a şcolit pe Aristotel în spirit monarhic. Cred într-un reprezentant de tip confucian, într-o verticalitate, într-un caracter.</p>
<p>Calea pe care am ales-o este emigrarea în pădure, unde nu aud expresii vulgare, unde nu aud manele şi nu văd imagini de reclamă şi nici telenovele.Vreau să înlocuiesc radioul cu muzica sa agresivă, cu muzica ciripitului păsărelelor, cu sunetul apei şi foşnetul frunzelor.</p>
<p>Refuz artificialul, nu mai vreau beţivi şi fumători, vreau oameni adevăraţi sau fără oameni.</p>
<p>Vreau să fiu mic pentru a mă bucura de adevărul Divin.</p>
<p><strong>Justin CAPRĂ</strong></p>
<p>http://www.gandul.info/reportaj/justin-capra-inventator-maturator-filozof-si-pustnic-2380119</p>
<p>articol de Caterina Nicolae, 14 februarie 2008</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Are you satisfied with the world the way it is?  Do you think it is a world of peace, justice, harmony, and co-operation?  If not, would you like to see a better world?  Who do you think would make that happen?</p>
<p>Human nature is what it is.  And what it is has created the world we live in today.  To change it, we must rise above human nature and think and act from our spiritual nature.  That is what the New Age movement is about.</p>
<p>If we all sit back and wait for someone else to do it for us, there will be no change.  We are the world, and only we can change it.  It is up to each one of us to do our part to raise our own consciousness, and to reach out and help raise the consciousness of the world.</p>
<p>What kind of world do you want to pass on to future generations &#8211; to your children, to your grandchildren?  Would it be worth putting some time and attention to helping to change it?</p>
<p>Please consider joining in and helping create a better world for us all.  Never underestimate the effect you can have &#8211; the part each one of us plays is important.  And the more of us there are who join in, the faster we can make the vision of the New Age on Earth a reality.</p>
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