There are old arguments about that Gabby (Spinoza etc). Religion is historically linked with politics.
On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 1:52:05 PM UTC, Gabby wrote: > > It might be worth looking into your rejecting seeing God and politics in a > non-dual view. > > Am Samstag, 28. Februar 2015 schrieb Molly : > > My idea of god has nothing to do with politics. I do think spirit speaks > to us, leading us, presenting us with symbols and circumstance to lead us > toward transcendence of duality, where good will, will to good and divine > will are a trinity of what is manifest. Words fail us eventually because we > continue to speak in terms that connote separation from each other and god > when trying to convey the unity there. > > When I find something coming into my experience repeatedly and obviously > it gets my attention, and I start looking for the deeper meaning. I've > found that if I catch on sooner, the later crash or catastrophe to get my > attention is averted. One way or another, we are led by spirit. Some say > fate or destiny or archetypal symbolism or unconscious to conscious > movement. Whatever the model, there is a rich history of humans pondering > how God speaks to us. > > On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 7:35:17 AM UTC-5, Molly wrote: > > It is an interesting notion to ponder, how does God speak to us? My friend > and mentor recently spoke about it to all of his visitors before passing > away last summer. I told him that if the measure of whether or not a person > can hear God speaking is all of the good they have done in the world, then > he had done some life long listening. He taught us all how to collaborate > and build consensus, create systems and institutions that work for people, > organize communities and make them good places to raise our families. Quite > a lifetime achievement. > > On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 10:27:21 PM UTC-5, archytas wrote: > > Does the timetable show when the next train is coming Facil? > > On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 2:27:14 AM UTC, facilitator wrote: > > First you say God is a spirit then you want me to give you times when God > came down. Which? > > On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 6:57:45 PM UTC-5, RP Singh wrote: > > Jesus, Mohammad were prophets, so tell us when God came down. > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:56 PM, 'facilitator' via "Minds Eye" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > God comes "down" all the time. In fact, that would have to be an > attribute of an omnipotent. We are the ones limited by time and space. > Giving God an image of our viewpoint is called an "Idol". > > On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 12:25:29 PM UTC-5, RP Singh wrote: > > I don't think God has ever come down to talk to man, so as a necessity we > have to give him an image according to our viewpoint. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > ... > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/minds-eye/TplDVV1N_zw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > ... -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
