Bleeding hearts defiled by sin,
The Unified Field can make you clean;
Contrite souls with guilt oppressed,
The Unified Field can give, can give you rest.
>
> Sweet Redeemer from within,
> Borne on the wings,
> the wings of love.
> >
> > You that mourn our follies past,
> > Precious hours and years laid waste,
> > Turn to The Unified Field, om turn and live,
> > Jesus Christ can still, can still forgive.
> > >
> > > Sweet Redeemer from within,
> > > Borne on wings of love.
> > > >
> > > > Fainting souls in peril's hour,
> > > > Yield not to the Tempter's pow'r
> > > > On the rising Field rely,
> > > > Jesus Christ now reigns, now reigns within.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sweet Redeemer from within,
> > > > > Borne on wings of love.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Meditators for Christ! Yup, meditating finding the seer of the
> > > > > > heart, finding in Jesus a spiritual brother who was literally
> > > > > > calling us into our true divinity, which is also our ultimate
> > > > > > humanity.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Buck, if you really do your research, you'll find that members of
> > > > > > > ALL religions have a tendency to dismiss the validity and value
> > > > > > > of other religions. All religions have adherents with different
> > > > > > > levels of understanding the truths about their own religion and
> > > > > > > other religions as well. Greater spiritual awareness raises the
> > > > > > > level of understanding which raises one above the base level of
> > > > > > > the collective.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > From: Buck
> > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:58 PM
> > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: All Meditators are for Christ!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The truth is that many of us have a mixed history with the word
> > > > > > > "Christ". If we've been on a spiritual path for awhile, we might
> > > > > > > have outgrown a more dogmatic vision or dislike the way
> > > > > > > Christianity has treated other religions, or have issues with
> > > > > > > Christian denials of the validity of science.Â
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Good old Hindu triumphalism! Yes if Christianity would just
> > > > > > > > abandon all the theological doctrines that distinguish it from
> > > > > > > > other religious ideas...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > THEN...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > TM fulfill it's goals! How can you tell triumphalism from a
> > > > > > > > sort of broad but simpleminded ecumenicalism that it became
> > > > > > > > popular among religious leaders to give lip-service to in the
> > > > > > > > 1960's?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Just switch the ideas around and see if you accept them. Here
> > > > > > > > we go Buck:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If you accept Jesus as your personal savior, and maintain all
> > > > > > > > the necessary sacraments of the Church, including but not
> > > > > > > > limited to going to confession before receiving holy communion
> > > > > > > > (Jesus tastes just like chicken) you will gain your desired
> > > > > > > > state of Brahman consciousness and life in the eternal limbo of
> > > > > > > > the very poorly defined eternal future promised to you by
> > > > > > > > Maharishi when you die.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Not so appealing is it? Because in your heart of hearts you
> > > > > > > > are dismissing all of the core theology of Christianity
> > > > > > > > (psssst, over here, keep it down, keep it down...it also is
> > > > > > > > dismissing that OTHER one that, you know might kill us for
> > > > > > > > saying this) and proclaiming that YOUR version of imagining how
> > > > > > > > things REALLY are in the universe is the rightest of the right,
> > > > > > > > the bestest of the best, and NOT the penultimate, but the
> > > > > > > > underused but less flashy sounding ULTIMATE itself.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This is why secular people are suspicious of religious ideas.
> > > > > > > > While there is a lot of "all we are saying is that you need to
> > > > > > > > love our brothers and sisters", underneath it is the presumed
> > > > > > > > arrogance of absolute truth. The kind of truth that humans
> > > > > > > > totally suck at, and yet perversely, believe they are really,
> > > > > > > > really good at. (It just gives us an epistemological boner to
> > > > > > > > feel so SURE about something doesn't it?)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > So enjoy you golden mammaries of pure knowledge if that floats
> > > > > > > > your boat. (Still perky after all these years, must have had
> > > > > > > > some work done.) But drop the triumphalist nonsense about
> > > > > > > > other religions. It just makes you sound (like it did
> > > > > > > > Maharishi) like you need to get off the farm a little more and
> > > > > > > > interact with people who have not drunk the same brand of that
> > > > > > > > oversweetened beverage with the equally enthusiastic boundaries
> > > > > > > > violator, red pitcher who looks just a little too happy to have
> > > > > > > > broken down the WALL to pitch HIS product in OUR living room.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > However, there's also a deep, non-religious, radical truth at
> > > > > > > > > the core that we simply have to reclaim, which is that we ALL
> > > > > > > > > have the Christ energy within us as our higher spiritual
> > > > > > > > > potential. Even if we're a Buddhist. Or a Jew. Or a pagan.Â
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Of course linguistically 'Christ' actually comes from the
> > > > > > > > > > root meaning "anointed" and it's the part of us that is
> > > > > > > > > > blessed, suffused, and permeated with divinity.Â
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > We may not call it Christ because of the associations,
> > > > > > > > > > > but it's actually a higher octave of our true nature.Â
> > > > > > > > > > > It's the part of our being that is at one with The Divine
> > > > > > > > > > > The Unified Field of All Nature, that expresses
> > > > > > > > > > > unconditional love for all people and all things, and yes
> > > > > > > > > > > including those who harm us, that is pouring forth more
> > > > > > > > > > > soul into manifest form.Â
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Christ's the dimension of us that is incarnating more
> > > > > > > > > > > > Godliness into this planet, even if we don't believe in
> > > > > > > > > > > > God. It's Physics and it's Reality.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Meditators for Christ!
> > > > > > > > > > > > By Christ!
> > > > > > > > > > > > Come to Meditation,
> > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, "Jason"
> > > > > > > > > > > > <jedi_spock@> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hey salyavin, according to the Catholic Church of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my youth, once a person is baptised they have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what is called, an indelible mark on the soul
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > showing that. If I remember correctly, the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > other sacraments that leave indelible marks are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Confirmation and Holy Orders. So in this sense
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > one is never really even an ex Catholic. I *
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > left the Church * when I was 17. In the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > beginning I thought of myself as an ex or lapsed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Catholic. But that label has dropped from my
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thinking as time goes by. And sometimes for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > family events, I still attend Mass and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Communion. I admit this probably horrifies me
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > half sister who has been a devout Catholic.Â
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OTOH she did ask me to be godmother for her
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > youngest so maybe not (-:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting. That's quite a load to put on someone
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > methinks. I wasn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > even christened and so have no deep early
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > programming to make me feel
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > part of any church but an indelible mark, that's
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > heavy!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I hate it when I hear people say they were born
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jewish or Muslim or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > whatever because they weren't. We are all born
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > scientists, curious
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and open minded but the adult world seems to be in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > a race to beat
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that out of us and as soon as we are set in our
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ways the poison gets
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > passed on. My parents were really cool about things
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > like that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and it took me a long time to notice. I Should
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > thank them for being
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > so irreligious but still very moral.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I really don't like the word seeker and humanist
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sounds a little dry.ÃÂ I've read books etc. in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which people use the phrase spiritual but not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > religious.ÃÂ But even the word spiritual
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't sound encompassing enough to me now.ÃÂ
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does that make any sense?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't like anything that sounds new-agey like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > seeker either,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > because I'm not really. I used to be a determined
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > "finder" as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I refered to having discovered TM but I'm a bit
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > more agnostic now.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Same with spiritual as it it sounds like being
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > involved in something
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that isn't actually real in the sense that there is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > some sort of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > extra realm to be discovered, when it seems to me
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that all I'm
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > doing is refining how I see this one. And even then
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't see how
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > we ever see anything other than what our head
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > machinery can cope
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > with in a mechanical sense and we've got evolution
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to thank for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that. I'm the most materialist meditator I ever
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > met...
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > You are not a materialist. You are a dialectical
> > > > > > > > > > > > > rationalist and an eclectical scientist.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Some religionists are also highly materialistic.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Some
> > > > > > > > > > > > > atheists are also highly spiritual. The two are not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mutually exclusive.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How about devoted Earthling?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Like it. Sounds like an acceptance of reality with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > an intention
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to make the most of what we've got.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodlewix@>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 1:12 PM
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Getting Groovy at
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Godless Church.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Buck" wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That is interesting. Lot like the primitive
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quaker meeting. Like the Sunday Quaker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meeting we have in Fairfield. Very high
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > spiritual group gathering but not religious
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in the sense of iron age mythology. Very
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > contemporary.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting how something fills a need that we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > all have, whether it's
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > religious or not doesn't seem to matter. When
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they start reading
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard Dawkins lectures and saying 'all praise
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to DNA' at the end is when I'll start to think
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it's odd...
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Polling shows that ex-Catholics are the third
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > largest religious group in the United States.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do they call themselves now then?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-24/national/38776675_1_communion-body-and-blood-catholic-church
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