On 13 May, 10:45, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate to disappoint you, but no, you sound very much American to me. >
No disappoinment. I am American. Purely due to an accident of birth, i.e., I was born there. I'm sure, if you heard my voice, it would cofirm it even more. Ask Vam, he's heard my voice. > On 12 Mai, 13:49, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 11 May, 23:35, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This apparition is usually called ancestors, Pat. > > > This one referred to himself as Azrael. No ancestor of mine, I assure > > you. Plus, he looked the part. > > > > Have a look into this wonderful children's book. It's called > > > "Grandpa's > > > Angel":http://www.amazon.com/Grandpas-Angel-Jutta-Bauer/dp/B001O0D0LQ/ref=sr... > > > > Maybe the Germanness of the pictures will help you to overstand. > > > Deutschernkeit? I like it. Although it may sound a tad nationalistic > > to some. My mother's mother's mother was born in Sachsen, a few miles > > south of Dresden and less than a kilometer north of the Czech border > > (these days!) in Ebersbach. So I have firm German roots. OK, perhaps > > a tad Bohemian. ;-) > > > > On 11 Mai, 16:52, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 11 May, 14:57, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I believe that Slip is coming from his own 'cosmic' vantage point, so > > > > > to speak.My personal beliefs always come into play when expressing > > > > > myself and, though not always agreed upon by others, they are no less > > > > > relevant to our cosmic co-existance. The fact that I can relate to his > > > > > way of thinking is in no way contrary to my theistic veiws. It is only > > > > > natural to to look to our experiences to help support our beliefs and > > > > > when I look to my own I can see times when there was serious doubt > > > > > about the existance of any God. I may have scraped the whole notion > > > > > had not other thing occured to re-enforce what I already 'knew'. There > > > > > are many 'reasons' not to believe but the reasons to believe far out > > > > > weigh them for me. > > > > > I agree. In fact, if it weren't for one particularly strange > > > > experience, I might still be in doubt. But it's those 'rare' events > > > > that don't happen to most people that, when they DO happen to one of > > > > us, is absolutely convincing. In my own case, I was confronted with > > > > an entity that, for most of us, would remain 'unseen'. But it was > > > > given a visible form and served to protect me against a potential > > > > threat to my life. The individual who posed that threat has been dead > > > > for some 14 years, now; but, I am still here. So, the apparition > > > > worked!! > > > > > > On May 11, 7:34 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 11 May, 09:49, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have seen too many surprise turn-arounds to think money is the > > > > > > > measure of anything and no one knows how they will end their days. > > > > > > > Plus all babies are born pretty much the same, aren't they? Why > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > say your parents were dirt poor or filthy rich or whatever? > > > > > > > I think Slip was saying that his personal wealth was gained through > > > > > > self discovery and that he really wasn't speaking of material > > > > > > wealth. > > > > > > Unless I read his heart incorrectly. > > > > > > > > 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. 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