Hope Child

THE AGE OF AQUARIUS

The characteristic of the changing of the Ages as people struggle to adapt to the new energies.

You will also have noticed certain major developments - such as science, computers and technology, all of which are now forming the backbone of our society. UFO's, alternative medicine, astrology, vegetarianism and other subjects previously considered weird or cranky are growing rapidly in popularity, and are all subjects associated with the sign of Aquarius. These subjects will become more and more commonplace, and astrology and other 'mystical' methods of self-help and understanding will help people to become more in tune with their spiritual selves in preparation for the New Age.

What are your feelings?

I have never really subscribed to the notion of 'sin'.

A time and place for all 'virtues' and 'sins' in the gamut of human experience is very much my motto.

I've struggled to comprehend them; isn't gluttony the same as greed?

But yesterday I spent all day with a friend who was fighting, in a professional hearing, for her reputation. She had been brought there by what is called in law a 'vexatious litigant'.

This litigant had falsely accused my friend and had set out to destroy her. Why? Who knows? Who can ever understand someone who seeks not to build others up, but to tear others down?

In seeking to understand human motivation I thought about the notion of the seven deadly sins.

Which one one them stirs up the hatred among people?

Which one of them begins wars?

Which one of them is the deadliest?

As ever, I am interested to know what you think.

Envy
Gluttony
Greed
Lust
Pride
Sloth
Wrath

It seems to me that the basic question is the one Pontius Pilate asked - which I guess means it has been around a long time. What is truth? What is the nature of truth? People have talked about 'truth' a lot in this group, but there is no fundamental agreement about what 'truth' is.

Is truth objective or subjective? It seems that a lot of people in the west believe it is subjective, and some of these postings actually say that truth is what means something to the individual concerned, something put together through thinking, experience, instinct and belief. This makes truth subjective.

If truth is subjective then it is private, and not public. It means that my belief is as good as anyone else's.

However, if truth is subjective it means that it is not objective and therefore nobody can point at anything and say 'we should all agree on that because it is true'.

We've sawn off the branch we are sitting on, by believing that your truth is as good as mine.

If there is no objective truth and therefore no 'meta-narrative', nothing that everyone agrees is right or wrong, then we have a society where everyone goes their own way and anything can happen. We can't make rules for behaviour because each person believes something different, and we don't necessarily agree on what is good and bad.

I find I can't subscribe to this concept! What do people think?

What is the over-coming of suffering? Suffering occurs both on the inside of the human being, that is, the suffering of our own emotion and thought patterns – and the direct suffering we may be experiences on the outer level, that is, the circumstances of the life we live in.

Often, as human beings, we experience the two kinds of suffering, as if they were ‘one’, with difficulty distinguishing the differing origination or source of each. An interesting question is this; which type of suffering should we deal with first? Is it possible to alter the mind to accommodate physical pain? And if we experience psychological suffering, is it possible to actually ‘know’ that we are experiencing this kind of suffering?

Buddhism for instance, teaches that all is suffering. Even ordinary life, that we may experience as ‘pleasant’, is viewed as delusionary, as the present moment will change, usually into its opposite. The Buddha says that we suffer by getting what we do not want, and losing what we do want. All is change.

What is the experience of others regarding suffering?

So this is what the aftermath of war feels like?

On a sacred day that is Remembrance Day people ignored my call for peace.

They formed their own coalitions and rehashed the truth to fit their own version of things.

And I sit here among the ashes crying.

So all those who say that war is a good thing and that they are justified in their cause, I say this,war is not a good thing. There is never a justifiable reason to hound and vilify a fellow human being.

You are not right just as other people are not wrong.

Tolerance is the only way forward.

This is a terrible day in the history of Hope Child.

i belive all religious and non religious people should watch nonstampcollector on the net

Look at this video on free will

nonstampcollector writes,"We are always reminded by Christians that God gave us free will. Indeed, the wrongful exercise of free will back in the Garden of Eden was what stuffed up all of creation.
But is it free will if it so closely resembles blackmail?
Is it free will when someone has a gun pointed in your face?"

So what do you think about free will?

Has nonstampcollector got a point?

enjoy and peace to all! with all my heart xXx

Do you have a favourite public building? Is it a town hall or little church? A hotel or intimate restaurant? Is there a place that you have experienced dread when you've walked in there?(don't say the Unemployment Office!)A place where you've felt immediately at home?

Why is this? Is there something in Feng Shui that explains it?
Ley lines? Residual energy? Or could it be something more mundane that explains the connections that we make?

One building that I love going into is The Tate Gallery in London.

One building and its grounds that fills me with dread is The Exploratorium in San Francisco (which has been used in some films). I feel spooked just thinking and writing about that building.

Looking forward to reading your replies

Yes, I know, Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, Ezekiel, Daniel, Malachi, Luke, Paul, John, etc...

My question is who decided to compile and edit this book that changed peoples life forever.

Who had this brilliant idea?

Because I can tell you, this was a brilliant idea, I mean, how many copies of the bible have been sold so far?

There are no specific statistics but the estimate is more than 6 billion.

How can a book be so powerful that people swear to it?

Why is that people don't even question what's written?

Is it the word of God of just a piece of literature?

Okay, I know, sorry guys, too many questions is just that I am very sceptical and I don't believe everything I read.

Don't get me wrong, I am probably one of the few people who actually has read the Bible...just thought it was a good question for this group.

Ok there has been a bit of a 'glitch' on this post....

But I am trying to resurrect it in best it's original form.

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Hi all.....

The way this World is going I despair......

Not often I pass on mail such as I am forwarding...and especially as I am not a Christian as hold Pagan belief.

I feel it is disgusting the way Prayer is being omitted from life.....I know we live in a multi cultural World but GOD to whichever faith, by whatever name is still the Higher (outside ourselves) Being.

The LORD'S PRAYRER.... Our father who is in Heaven.......surely this can be adapted to cover ALL FAITH....like the words are true just change the name?

I had a mail through from a friend in America and she informed me that......

Did you know that the ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed and another suit to end prayer from the military completely? They're making great progress. The Navy Chaplains can no longer mention Jesus' name in prayer thanks to the wretched ACLU and our new administration.

I was told that this is a hoax but it raises important points about religious freedom and observance and other people's rights to avoid it.

So what do you think?

P xxx

Are we primarily sexual beings? If all other things were equal would we spend most of our time pursuing sexual encounters and experimenting with different partners of either sex?