Im familiar with Buddhism because of the martial arts.
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GodsGrace
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Jason,
This thread is not about Jesus vs. anybody.
It's about the Kingdom of God.
Jesus wasn't born yet when Buddah was around.
J
This is going to be my last post on Buddha.
This thread is NOT ABOUT HIM!
He lived about 400 yrs before Jesus was even born.
This is from Wikipedia:
He is recognized by Buddhists as an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood, and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering.
Sigh,and the torah was before him.if you read the rabbis on thar and what moses taught it had a lot to say about human suffering.
Isreal the northern kingdom.was judged over the failure to follow the jubilee year.
Egypt had a concept of horus,like jesus.
See where this goes?
GodsGrace
CF Ambassador
JASON!!!
Start your own thread on the above subject matter.
Tell me this:
Do you believe Jesus taught the Kingdom of God?
What do you think He wanted us to know about it?
Only from the bible,if I posted jehovah witnesses stuff in this thread about the millenial reign of Jesus would that be accepted, no its from a known cult. You can't equate Buddhism to what the kingdom is. If the heart of the matter isn't from God then ,or pointing to God ,then it's not from God.
I can recall my days as a jw and post their older doctrines and many of post nearly the same.all religions have some truth but not The Truth and path to God.
That's my concern.
Who taught this?
If thou see thine enemies ass gone astray thou shall not fail to return it to him.
Thou shall not harvest thy corners of the field ,so that the poor,the fatherless may glean the fruits.that came with a judgment. You muss the point thar in the tanach the spiritual realm on the earth existed with and operated in the natural realm and shown the world isreal had a God whose Name was The Heshem
Is this a Jehovah's Witness thread?
Or a Jewish thread?
Or a Jewish thread?
GodsGrace
CF Ambassador
It's a CHRISTIAN thread!!!
Papa Zoom
CF Ambassador
One thing for all to remember (he said with his moderator's voice) is that in this forum, we don't do debates which means we can't challenge what's being shared (because a challenge is a debate thing). We're just sharing. Don't get too caught up with the Buddha reference. Go with the flow.
AND I am not admonishing anyone. It's difficult to avoid the flavor of debate but here we must try. This forum is "dedicated to spiritual growth and inspiration." So in that spirit, share what you find of value in another's post (keeping the OP fully in mind) and add something dedicated to the OP's intent. ;)
AND I am not admonishing anyone. It's difficult to avoid the flavor of debate but here we must try. This forum is "dedicated to spiritual growth and inspiration." So in that spirit, share what you find of value in another's post (keeping the OP fully in mind) and add something dedicated to the OP's intent. ;)
Then why is someone talking about jehovah's witnesses?
And being Jewish?
What's going on?
Got to go
I'll be back
I'll be back
God's Kingdom, Reality, contains the universe and everything visible in it. The invisible is also in the visible, but the visible cannot contain all that is invisible.Outside of the universe, as we know it, is not visible, yet it is still God's Kingdom.
The brick is altered reality, a deception of its truth (its true nature as a rock). Our worldly reality of physical things, as well as thoughts and emotions are mostly conditioned to suit our self (ego-self, false-self) and not our unconditional Self (spirit-self, true-self, Being). Our Self is based on the invisible Greater Reality of Truth (God's Kingdom), and our self is based on the visible reality (worldly self-fabricated kingdom).
In this regard the brick, in comparison to the Greater Reality, is a delusion and an illusion for the mind. In the end, all that is worldly will perish, and the Truth will reveal itself from it. What a shocker for those not in Christ.
Spot on. The truth is, we are not here for the self, but for the One that sent the Self to be expressed through our body as a means of showing the visible reality that God exists in our Truth (expressed as unconditional Love). Sin is about not believing in Truth/God. Hence our worldly self-fabricated realm is not True. The Self is waiting for self to becalmed (humble) so it can unconditionally take its place in us and become Being in the visible Reality as God intended us to be. But because "we don't know what we are doing", God sent his only Son Jesus Christ to awaken us up to the Truth. He willfully sacrificed himself on the cross, as a final demonstration, among other things, that we are not the body, though we have one, and we are not here for the self, but for God.
Angel Water
Member
WITHIN me. And you. Luke 17.
GodsGrace
CF Ambassador
Hi AW
Pretty Funny!
But yes, Jesus DID mean Donald Trump!
Even Hillary!
Oh no...He meant everybody!
Easy to love those we like, but can we love those we don't like?
With God everything is possible.
I could not like what a person stands for or would like to do, even politically,l but still pray for that person as a human being.
What do you think it meant when Jesus said to turn the other cheek?
P.S. Welcome to the Forum. I just noticed that you're new here.
Nice to have you.
Angel Water
Member
Thank you for the welcome.
Yes, I agree with you about Jesus and our love for everyone. I posted that comic in a thread that was casting aspersions upon Trump. As a reminder .
Edward
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The way I understand it, this is exactly right. The invisible is more real than the visible in that, (I'll use a rock for example since it was given). A rock (any matter) is more emptiness than solid. Down on the sub atomic level, the particles which make up the atoms...if scaled, the neutrons (?) are centered and have electrons like, oribiting around it...if put to scale, they are so far apart that if scaled up the distances involved would make the statement true that there is more of an emptiness there than solidity, hence it's more not there than there.
Does that make sense? You can tap it on your head and say whoa that's solid. But if someone else said, it's not solid, they are actually more right than you would be. What makes it feel solid to us is our mind. Scripture talks about this (if a man even looks at a woman in lust...) we'll be judged upon our very thoughts. It's all in our head. This is why belief is so hard, because we believe what we see and have a harder time with the unseen.
Kapish?
2Eastern mysticism says God is in everyone.
Revelation 3:20 says he knocks at the door of our being to gain entrance.
A seemingly solid rock is not understood until it is broken and examined.
Jesus Christ was not really understood till he was broken for us.
Our stony heart has to be broken. The heart of flesh we are given is part of the Kingdom.
eddif
Revelation 3:20 says he knocks at the door of our being to gain entrance.
A seemingly solid rock is not understood until it is broken and examined.
Jesus Christ was not really understood till he was broken for us.
Our stony heart has to be broken. The heart of flesh we are given is part of the Kingdom.
eddif
The interesting thing about this list (to me) is if you place one word in the parenthesis you still ask the other items questions about that word, or comment.
(Why) - who? Or Who - (why)?
(Why) - what. Or What - (why).
Etc.
Multiply divide comes next. (Major influences)
Add subtract (minor influences)
All: left to right.
This way PEMDAS happens in the discussion.
Maybe rednecks sit on the porch and talk too much in the hot summer afternoons.
There are physical kingdoms.
There is a spiritual kingdom.
eddif
Angel Water
Member
I'm not into eastern mysticism however, when God is omni-present and the source for everything that is, how can he not be in those whom he created in the beginning from his own spirit, that gave us our soul, and in his image?
GodsGrace
CF Ambassador
I'm afraid to ask:
What does PEMDAS mean?
Please / Parenthesis
Excuse / Exponent
My / Multiply
Dear / Divide
Aunt / Add
Sally / Subtract
Multiply Divide are together
Add Subtract are together
All done left to right.
Since English and Math are similar:
Very, Very is a number squared (4x4=16)
Predicate nominative equals total etc.
Metaphysics has:
the physical
And
the spiritual, beyond the physical (in our discussion)
If a hunting dog starts circling a tree, you can be pretty sure an animal is up the tree. This may be a parenthesis in hunting lingo.
Now on to Angel Water.
I am totally sure rednecks are a someatol strange bunch.
eddif