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posted August 09, 2006 11:58 PM         

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Mirandee
I have been doing some things separate from LL. But yes, I have been asking for another epiphany!
I felt as though I was lifted off the floor for those moments and things got strangely rainbowlike, like being in a prism.
I suspect more is coming!
You know, God has a sense of humour! Each time when such things happen to me, it is always followed by laughter of the soulmind freeing kind.

Ahhh yes!
The picture.....
That IS Zala!

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posted August 10, 2006 12:16 AM         

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Edited

To all Scorpios...

You may want to check out the Astrology forum... Scorpio and Aries!

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posted August 10, 2006 12:50 AM         

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QUOTE:
To all Scorpios...
You may want to check out the Astrology forum... Scorpio and Aries!

>>>
I could not find it.
Search is not working there.

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posted August 10, 2006 12:52 AM         

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Double post!

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posted August 10, 2006 12:53 AM         

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Fayte Best Wishes and YOU will be OK, I admire you
Lia I feel the same about you... I always have since I've been here in LL, your love and wisdom will always carry with you

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posted August 10, 2006 12:54 AM         

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Mannu your tranquility amazes me and you are a good soul... even if you think you are "TOO PRIVATE" hehe...LOL
HSC you are awesome and you should write a book or novel
Mirandee I don't know you much, but you are one of the most logical person's here in LL
Lotus I like you even when you tell me to go within--- you weirdo...hehe...live with it!
Zala I am sure you are a good person...

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posted August 10, 2006 12:56 AM         

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Fayte...

Topic
Aries and a Scorpio What the.....?

By: Crazy Aries...

Hehe... they think they know us!

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posted August 10, 2006 01:02 AM         

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Ok....now I am even more confused.
What do all those quotes have to do with:
Aries and a Scorpio What the http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001899.html http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001899-2.html

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posted August 10, 2006 01:02 AM         

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In the Astrology Forum, of course. Am I the only one having problems posting... I wanted to edit... so I had to break it up in order to go through!... anyhow...

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posted August 10, 2006 01:05 AM         

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Ok...still confused.
Ok....now I am even more confused.
What do all those quotes have to do with:
Aries and a Scorpio What the http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001899.html http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001899-2.html

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posted August 10, 2006 01:07 AM         

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Nothing in common, Fayte... Sorry! What I meant was check out the Astrology forum seperate from my comments (if that is what you mean by quotes) My comments to you all had nothing to do with the Astrology forum... Sorry! I seemed like a Gemini there, changing subjects rapidly... hehe

Check it out: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001899.html
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001899-2.html
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posted August 10, 2006 01:09 AM         

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Mirandee, I wasn't talking to anyone specifically, just trying to give a gentle reminder of the pain any of us would feel in reading a thread that seemed to be "against" us in any way.

"Imagine every grievance you now have completely washed away. Imagine "gliding" through your day, with no impingement from outside sources. Imagine freedom from conflict, of any kind. Imagine knowing you are without sin and released of guilt. Imagine finding the innocence you thought was surely lost. Imagine everyone you meet as a brother you dearly love. Such a life comes from the peace of mind you will have once forgiveness has become perfected within you."

(From teachings on A Course In Miracles)

I'm not as personally invested in this topic as many who are posting, so I was just trying to offer gentle reminders of the underlying philosophy I think we all share. I was trying to do it in a humble spirit of "been there, done that". Just trying to be a friend and considerate of All.

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posted August 10, 2006 01:11 AM         

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Fayte... I see how you got confused! I edited to not get anyone else confused...

SORRY again!

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posted August 10, 2006 01:13 AM         

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How Fayte and Mirandee can both be "right" about reincarnation:

"Q #24: A Course in Miracles seems to allude to reincarnation. If we truly don’t die but instead just "lay this body" down, do we return in another or continue our lessons on another level?

A: Yes, in the Course, Jesus does seem to allude to reincarnation. But to understand what he is saying, and to address your question, we need to remember that in the Course, he is always speaking to us on the level of the mind, which is the only level where any true learning takes place. And specifically, he’s talking to that part of our mind which has to choose between the ego and the Holy Spirit, between hate and love, between death and life.

"But remember that understanding is of the mind, and only of the mind" (T.15.VI.7:5).

He tells us in the Course that this "life" is a dream, that the world is an illusion, that the body doesn’t die because the body doesn’t live (T.19.IV.C.5:2,3,4,5), and that our experience of time is simply a part of that illusion. Our "dream" always and only reflects the choice that we have made for either the ego’s purpose to reinforce our guilt and belief in separation, or the Holy Spirit’s purpose of forgiveness and undoing the belief in separation. Therefore, the form of the dream never matters, and when that form changes, the learning, or choosing, continues in the mind.

So when reading a passage that seems to imply reincarnation we could understand it not only on the level of our experience within the dream, but also as the idea of revisiting unforgivenesses. Perhaps it would be helpful to think of "simultaneous" dreams, or to use the model of a hologram where the whole is found in every part. When the mind "revisits" dreams or aspects of the hologram, this could be seen as experiencing different "lifetimes."

Jesus tells us in the manual that a belief in the concept of reincarnation is not a requirement for his Course. In fact, he says that it is only valuable to the extent to which it is "helpful" or of comfort to his students.

"In the ultimate sense, reincarnation is impossible. There is no past or future, and the idea of birth into a body has no meaning either once or many times. Reincarnation cannot, then, be true in any real sense" (M.24.1:1,2,3).

"Reincarnation would not, under any circumstances, be the problem to be dealt with now. It is certain, however, that the way to salvation can be found by those who believe in reincarnation and by those who do not. The idea cannot, therefore, be regarded as essential to the curriculum. There is always some risk in seeing the present in terms of the past. There is always some good in any thought which strengthens the idea that life and the body are not the same" (M.24.2:1,5,6,7,8).

When we can accept the fact that time is not linear, the concept of reincarnation becomes meaningless. But, as long as we believe we are separate individuals, the lessons continue in whatever form we can accept and understand until we truly learn that our reality is spirit and we have always been "...at home in God, [only] dreaming of exile" (T.10.I.2:1). In that acceptance of the Atonement for ourselves, all dreaming ends."

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posted August 10, 2006 01:14 AM         

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Ok Silverstone......
So you are saying those things!
I was trying to find those "quotes" on the Scorpio Aries thread and wondered WTF...
I think I need sleep!
Later!

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~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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posted August 10, 2006 01:22 AM         

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Yeah... I was saying those things
Sorry for the confusion...LMAO
Yeah, I need to go to bed too!

Good night

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posted August 10, 2006 01:26 AM         

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MysticMelody
I tend to theorize that being born again of the "living" waters means the amniotic fluid surrounding the foetus.
To come to God as a little child, born again to get another life/body to learn in.
How else can we understand all our fellow humans if we have only lived one life as a male or female? And of only one race in only one place? For me that just seems illogical.
I do not think living waters meant baptism. Those are two totally different things and someone confused them in translatings.
So living waters to me equates to amniotic fluid and therefore reincarnation.....
and death is only a casting off one body form to start again at birth....renewed. And with each new incarnation to continue to learn.
With the breaking of the "life sustaining" waters of the womb, we are indeed born of the living waters. And Jesus did say born AGAIN of the "living" waters.

Well anyhow...just my THEORITICAL opinion.
Nite nite.

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~I intend to continue learning forever~Enigma
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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posted August 10, 2006 01:35 AM         

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silverstone THANK YOU!

Nite nite!

And You all!

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~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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posted August 10, 2006 01:40 AM         

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I think your perspective is just fine, Fayte. I never had an opinion on that specific issue, but as you presented it, my opinion formed. I thought: I would take "living waters" to mean emotional/astral, rather than mental. So we are "born again" to suffer/enjoy the realm of emotions. "Born Again" in our thoughts, seems meaningful and accurate so far in my learning. I can't wait to learn more and more.

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posted August 10, 2006 02:15 AM         

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Hey, Mannu-- What's Mona Lisa's representation here on this thread?
Reminds me of me earlier making a referance to a thread while simultaneously sending you all comments

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posted August 10, 2006 02:20 AM         

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Ok- Good night everyone!

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posted August 10, 2006 06:54 AM         

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Silverstone
Mona Lisa??????

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~I intend to continue learning forever~Enigma
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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Age is a State of Mind. Change Your Mind!
~I intend to continue learning forever~Enigma
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.~Enigma
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.~NEXUS
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.~Enigma
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
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posted August 10, 2006 09:10 AM         

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Mirandee ~

Thank you for the lovely Celtic Faery!! I love butterflies – both symbolically and literally And I like the Queen of Swords as a significator in my tarot deck (sometime I’ll scan and post her), and I am somewhat of a redhead

I put up some pics for you over here -->
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/004975-19.html
Did I get close to the mark?!?

At work now, I want to get back to this discussion tonite if I can…..

{{love & hugs}}
Zala

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