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What you said is actually true...positive thoughts will bring positive experiences...that's why i do my best to control my mind...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on July 17, 2005 at 7:41 AM
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Justsouno
thanks for stopping by.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 17, 2005 at 2:49 AM
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Raine
thanks, and have a great day.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 17, 2005 at 2:48 AM
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sincerityanna
thanks. have a great weekend.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 17, 2005 at 2:48 AM
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You are a very good writer but this is a house of mirrors, complicating the
simplistic. But it is yours not mine so it is good for you.
posted by
Justi
on July 16, 2005 at 5:48 PM
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Its Raine saying thank you for stopping by .....
Thank you for commenting on my recent post. I have enjoyed your work especially this piece. Unconditional love is so very difficult in the midst of profound evil. Living and teaching others to love by our interactions is a challenge for all. Keep up the good work! 
Raine
posted by
ItsRaine
on July 16, 2005 at 5:17 PM
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Avant,
Great post...I really like it !!! So true...
posted by
SincerityAnna
on July 16, 2005 at 4:33 PM
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appleworks
hope you get to feeling better soon.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 2:48 PM
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avant-garde
I am still home reading your posts daily.I have some appointments at hospital that I feel I should take.health,
thanks
posted by
appleworks7
on July 16, 2005 at 2:43 PM
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mystic
you're right. i wanted understanding more than i wanted anything else in life. i sacrificed making lots of money, and really pursuing other worldly goals. but, it has been worth it. thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 1:45 PM
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krisles
it's not naive if you've been through what doesn't work and no longer choose it. thanks a lot for the insightful comment.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 1:43 PM
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Avant
yes, i think we can, but it takes either many years of self work, or a sudden momentary piercing with the blade of truth, that forever alters our vision of ourselves and our world.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on July 16, 2005 at 1:39 PM
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avante
I genuinely always expect things to work out for the best, and people to treat me right; and by that, I mean with love - both these things generally happen. I strive to just
be, and to conduct my interactions with other people so that they, also, can just
be. I don't really find life to be that complicated if we do not try to make it so. I don't think I am naive but, actually, extremely pragmatic - it is what it is and we just need to work with it rather than against it.......that probably doesn't make sense; feeling rather right brained today.
posted by
Krisles
on July 16, 2005 at 1:39 PM
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marshallengraved
monitoring thought is essential, isa. what we dwell upon is what we create. positive thoughts create positive experiences. good luck on your journey.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 1:29 PM
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frankk
sometimes it is hard to see those projections, which is why we need to self-reflect and disconnect from the world. to balance the inner and the outer.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 1:27 PM
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hemlocker
yes, that is the traditional view of karma, but i've looked at it without the element of time. just as the mystical christian view of heaven is a state of mind free of individual hell, nirvana can be thought of as liberation of the false self, who is bound by karma. thanks for such a thoughtful comment.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 1:26 PM
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a positive vision of things...
no matter what we experience will always help us to go forward...Permanent Positive Thinking is the best thing we can do for ourselves, it offers us a peace of mind and i am trying to apply to this as much as possible...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on July 16, 2005 at 9:21 AM
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I agree all struggle is really with ourselves, and that we're constantly projecting
onto others and the outside world the parts of ourselves we're not ready to
own.
posted by
frankk
on July 16, 2005 at 9:12 AM
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avante
I read your thoughts with some appreciation, though I think good counterpoint appears in some of the other comments. You may have misinterpreted karma, which is a religious doctrine based in the belief in reincarnation. Each re-birth in the cycle of lives is based on the sum of merit accumulated by an individual during previous lives. The doctrine of reincarnation is inimical to most Christians, especially the fundamentalists. A person who had to have misunderstood karma once told me that people with serious disabilities are being made to suffer for bad things done in a previous life. At that point I was ready to flush karma down the ideological toilet--until I did some research and realized this woman had totally misrepresented it. Thanks. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 16, 2005 at 9:02 AM
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that's great, anthony
and that's exactly how it works. i have found the religious zealots to be some of the most most uncaring, ungiving people. i believe it has to do with their obsession to be perfect, and the constant judgment that goes along with it. have a great day, my friend.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 7:56 AM
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Avant
"Can we interact in the world without expectations? Can we give instead of looking to receive? Can we demonstrate the law of love as we have discovered it to be? "
I am beginning to think a name change to "savant" would be more appropriate my friend. You keep my mind rattled. lol
Yes, this was a good point. I tried to do that, "Give instead of looking to receive. I turned Chalices from wood and simply sent them out to others, helter skelter. The interesting phenomenon for me was that at the time I started doing that, I was in a self destructive mode of grief caused by the death of my love, my wife Joyce.
That simple act, the thinking of it, which you and I both know came from elsewhere~ outside of me~made me arrive at this place of peace and now bursts of contentment and happiness result.
I did that 38 times, and in all of that there was only one person, and he a theology student studying for the ministry, who never had the courtesy to say a simple "thank you". Strange what?
You are one great blogger my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 16, 2005 at 7:50 AM
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you are right
in that choosing not to choose is a choice, but it is a choice to own and not project. It is a choice to see things as they are, instead of how i need them to be. when i'm angry, for instance, i cannot see that i am frustrated in getting what i want from another. i try to get them to own the blame and feel guilty for denying me, but no amount of doing that will free me. only when i make the choice to watch it does it reveal itself. it's good to hear from you jeremy. how was your journey?
posted by
avant-garde
on July 16, 2005 at 7:35 AM
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Hi Avant-garde
to suspend judgement,this is also a judgement or choice made by a person.To say defenselessness or not choosing is devine by being unconditional acceptance, to me this means you accept that which you feel and that is feelings of all sorts. fear or love.If I try to see this simply,as based from love or fear than unconditional acceptance is a shade or unacceptance of many emotions.This is difficult for me to accept because I see this.
thank you
posted by
appleworks7
on July 16, 2005 at 7:30 AM
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