The self-made person is a myth- that's my opinion. First of all, it's a physical impossibility. Beyond that, you are an historical entity, etc.//I got better at praying to God after I dearly loved a dog and could truthfully confide in him (the dog- Hobbes- named after the philosopher, not the cartoon.) Hobbes was such a great listener- plucking a word out of a paragraph- gazing into my eyes with such tender understanding, etc. Anyway, I began to think of God the same way though we still do battle and then I have to apologize. Another thought was that poem- "The Hound of Heaven"by Francis Thompson- and I could see that God had been chasing after me all along.
On May 10, 8:41 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Really dude, stop whatever you are doing, get a grip, we don't have > any "Need" to be "Supreme" and there is no drive to become anything > more than what we are except by people like you that constantly push > this idea on the world. > The universe is just there, accept it. > You want a God because of all your own personal inadequacies which you > want to attribute to something "out there". > There is nothing out there except other planets, stars and other > theories of strings and things. > Take control of yourself and your world because that is all you have, > from birth to death. > Stop trying to comprehend the "HIM" when there is no him. > There is only you and the 24 hour period of time you have to spend > your day. > Stop wasting your days worrying about anything beyond your own > personal space. > I was born in abject poverty and the day I discovered "ME", was the > day I realized my richness. There is nothing out there that is more > than what is within "YOU". > I am happy to say that I am wealthy today because I put stock into my > person and not into some fantasy deity who is all knowing and a > vindictive control freak, and of course to whom I was supposed to give > 10% of my earnings to which actually goes to the purveyors of such > dead meat. > Keep falling for the bullshit and that is what you are going to wind > up in. > > On May 7, 9:53 am, RP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > God is the mind which concieves the universe , He is the mind which > > runs it, and He is the mind which destroys it. He does not see in the > > manner in which we see each other and He does not act in the manner in > > which we act. His awareness and action is transcendental in nature. In > > our vanity we may pretend to comprehend Him, but we do not see or > > accept the fact that our intelligence is not infinite but only a few > > grades above that of animals. We have to just look at animals to > > realise that , after all our understanding also is finite. We are > > learning and growing day by day , but we are far from being Supreme.- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
