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Topic: A Message for Our Times by Spiritualist Marianne Williamson
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Mirandee Knowflake Posts: 4805 From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 22, 2006 12:45 AM
I don't know if you all are familiar with Marianne Williamson but she is a spiritual writer and lecturist who wrote, "A Course in Miracles and " The Return to Love." Awesomely inspiring books. An E-mail from Marianne Williamson > >PRAYING FOR PEACE by Marianne Williamson Like many people, I'm both glued >to the news and horrified by it. My thoughts and feelings have been thrown >out of order, into some kind of disarray that at times surprises me. We're >all being challenged by world events to see just how deeply our convictions >lie, and how and where we're ready to apply them to the realities of the >world. > For myself, if I'm sure of anything I am sure of this: the mortal mind, >as it is currently and commonly configured within human consciousness, is >inadequate to the demands of the times in which we live. As Gandhi said, >"The problem with humanity is that it's not in its right mind." We are >being asked by history, by evolution, by God, to evolve beyond all thoughts >of separation to see the unity of all children of God. Ultimately we will >leave behind as quaint such notions as "national sovereignty." We will >realize that all of us are one. Or else... No one has a monopoly on human >suffering, and no child is more precious to God than any other. Only when >we have learned to love as God loves will the world be uplifted to where it >naturally belongs. It's one thing to say that, or to even believe it. But >how do we apply it to such a moment of world crisis as confronts us now? > A Course in Miracles says that God does not give us victory in battle; >rather, He lifts us above the battlefield. Our greatest spiritual >contribution to this moment is to remember, in the words of the Course, >that "beyond this world is a world I want." Beyond this three dimensional >reality where the horrors of war are raging, there is another field of >possibility alive in the Mind of God. Our work as individuals is to claim >that world beyond this one, with passion and conviction; it is a world in >which Jews and Arabs and Christians -- and everyone else as well -- are >united not through the body but through the spirit. Close your eyes and see >with your Inner Eye what the newspapers cannot show you. See the light >withinn every Israeli, the light within every Palestinian and Lebanese, the >light within every human heart, emerge from the center of their souls and >then merge into One. See this, hold onto the vision, pray that it become a >reality on the face of the earth, and > then surrender it into the hands of God. > What the world needs now is a miracle, and it is miracles to which we >are all entitled. For miracles occur naturally as expressions of love; they >are in fact the natural order of the world when the mind is in its natural >state. Our task, quite simply, is to love in a way that we have never loved >before. Let us love even those with whom we do not agree, perhaps even >those whom we might think we hate. Let us love them not personally, of >course, but impersonally. Let us reach for the Love of God within us, that >we might reach the Love of God within them. Let us all awaken to a higher >truth, that we might be subconscious awakeners. > Neither Israel nor Lebanon need any of us to fall into this nightmare >with them. What they need is for us to remain spiritually awake -- to the >truth of their Oneness in the Mind of God. Because all minds are joined, >our being awake will help them all to awaken. Their souls are making an >ultimate sacrifice for each of us, showing what lies ahead for the world >should we not remember who we truly are. > God bless Lebanon. God bless Israel. God bless every child of God. And >God, please help us to live in peace. We need a miracle. And we need it >now. > Amen. > > > > >--------------------------------- > Please check Marianne's website at Marianne.com > >Also for a complete listing of upcoming Lectures and Events click here. > > >Copyright © 2006 Marianne Williamson. All Rights Reserved.
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silverstone Moderator Posts: 2403 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted October 22, 2006 01:27 AM
------------------ The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ~Robert Frost IP: Logged |
Kat Knowflake Posts: 942 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Jan 2003
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posted October 22, 2006 04:14 PM
Yes I've heard Marianne Williamson speak. I enjoy the poem she wrote that is often misquoted as being written by Nelson Mandella. By the way, she was not the writer of a Course in Miracles (2 shrinks - Helen S. can't remember her name and that other guy channeled the work) Anyway good stuff.IP: Logged |
sue g Knowflake Posts: 8591 From: former land of the leprechaun Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 22, 2006 04:50 PM
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MysticMelody Moderator Posts: 3273 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted October 23, 2006 02:23 AM
http://www.facimoutreach.org/qa/indextoquestions.htm
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sue g Knowflake Posts: 8591 From: former land of the leprechaun Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 23, 2006 04:20 AM
Thanks Mystic... xx IP: Logged |
sue g Knowflake Posts: 8591 From: former land of the leprechaun Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 23, 2006 04:21 AM
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ListensToTrees Moderator Posts: 3212 From: Infinity Registered: Jul 2005
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