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mystic
this has happened to me more than once. i'll post something, then i'll look and two or three others have similar ideas. that's neat.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 29, 2005 at 12:40 AM
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calebs
i've told myself that many times. thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 29, 2005 at 12:40 AM
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jomei
very well said. thank you.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 29, 2005 at 12:39 AM
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avant
Oh my goodness, we must be in the same space in some parallel place. Just posted the same thing really
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on September 28, 2005 at 9:27 PM
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As the joke goes
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger
posted by
calebs_blogger
on September 28, 2005 at 6:44 PM
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obstacles are gifts
that can take us higher - thanks for another affirmation of this truth. I think what we perceive as problems sometimes is more like a case of not seeing clearly. For example, I think I want a pet wolf, so I go searching in the woods until I find one, and I start treating this creature as if it was the image of my desire (my ideal) but it just wont howl or do any wolf things. So I get angry and see it as an obstacle in my life, a problem. After much pain at this situation that 'doesn't fit', one day I realize that its a coyote and I'd just been trying to make it conform to my idea of a wolf. Seeing things and people as they really are and not as we want them to be can serve to remove many apparent problems and setbacks. Yet the process is important, it sharpens our vision of what is Truth.
posted by
Jomei
on September 28, 2005 at 3:57 PM
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isa
my mother in law gave me fits when my wife and i first started seeing each other. she was over-attached and i developed a hatred for her. i held a grudge for a long time, until i got serious about forgiveness. my health was declining. i had three surgeries in two years. when i came to a place where love was in my heart, i felt young again. i haven't been sick in ages. i hope this is good to hear for you. we are very similar.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:53 PM
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forgiveness...
that's my weak point i guess...i barely forget about sb who has done wrong to me...kinda difficult to forgive...but in fact i do realize that you are right...i have been betrayed by 2 ppl from my hometown in 2003, but i realize that their betrayal helped me to grow and to do some creative things that i might not have done if this stupid episode did not happen in my life...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on September 28, 2005 at 1:47 PM
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metta
thank you. i was hoping to hear from you. i knew this was right up your alley. great comment.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:07 PM
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aria4
self-realization is the name of the game. thank you.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:06 PM
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ravencat
thank you. and isn't it funny if we don't figure it out with one, another soon follows. endless opportunities exist for this purpose.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:06 PM
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sannhet
learning to be grateful instead of resentful is why i'm here, i believe.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:05 PM
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poetic spoken
thanks. good to hear from you. i'll have to check out your poetry.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:04 PM
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isa
thanks. this realization has helped me forgive. it's so much easier when you can see the purpose of what is going on.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:03 PM
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jeremy
you've got it. when we forgive, we are actually releasing ourselves for the mistake and the judgment that follows. thank you.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 28, 2005 at 1:03 PM
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cool
I just posted a poem about flowering - and then read this!
great post...
a thought - only in losing the petals and bursting wide does the flower become fruit that can feed all... it isn't always pain free to become what we need to become to become the seed of the Infinite... many times, immersed in the pain of growth, the flower forgets that it is becoming the fruit - but it needs this growth to become...
posted by
Metta
on September 28, 2005 at 11:05 AM
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Avant-great imagery. I like the thought : "All of your experiences serve a unique purpose: they are the breeding grounds through which you may become self-realized." Thanks for sharing this message
posted by
Aria4
on September 28, 2005 at 10:19 AM
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Avant-garde
Love the image of a garden...we all push thru the dirt (that life throws at us), and develop into a beautiful flower (whether we realize it or not). I agree with you - we can't know what we want until we know what we don't want. I've learned to view the people & events in my life as being here, teaching me what lessons I need to learn. Great post.
posted by
ravencat18
on September 28, 2005 at 8:17 AM
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Avant -
When you see all events in your life as gifts, it's amazing how your perception of the world changes. Good post.
posted by
sannhet
on September 28, 2005 at 8:14 AM
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Avant,
Great post. I agree with you.
posted by
poeticspoken
on September 28, 2005 at 8:09 AM
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great post...
i fully enjoyed it and i agree with the views you expressed:)
posted by
Marshallengraved
on September 28, 2005 at 8:02 AM
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Avant
this post is a great reminder.I can remember someone stepping forward to help, And I was so defensive I gave them back attacks, but that has changed and I think the person did not percieve it so, and so really it was not an attack. like forgiveness it is hardest to release yourself or forgive yourself than another,as I think.
thanks
posted by
appleworks7
on September 28, 2005 at 5:53 AM
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