A thought for the Day

[EROS]

"All the sweetness of religion is conveyed to the world by the hands of storytellers and image-makers. Without their fictions the truths of religion would for the multitude be neither intelligible nor even apprehensible; and the prophets would prophesy and the teachers teach in vain."

-- George Bernard Shaw

 

[EROS]

Originally posted by Big Dude
"A seeker once asked God, 'How is it that a loving Creator allows people to be disabled, lonely and poor? Why don't you do anything for them?' And God replied, 'I did. I created you...' "

Of course, GOD does seem to periodically come to the aid of the disabled, lonely, and poor. I suppose that it depends upon his/her "WHIM" for the day ................

 

[Big Dude]

"If there were no God, there would be no atheists."

G.K. Chesterton (1922):

Adam aka Big Dude

 

[EROS]

Originally posted by Big Dude
"If there were no God, there would be no atheists."

When humanity comes to grip with the "revelation" that GOD(S) have ALWAYS been created by mankind to bear the "pain" of MORTALITY, then we'll indeed have no more atheists. However,..................not in OUR lifetimes..........so the "MYTH" is safe for now

Take Care, Brother

 

[Disney Doll]

He who loses money loses much
He who loses a friend loses much more
He who loses faith loses all.

 

[EROS]

Originally posted by Disney Doll

He who loses faith loses all.

WOW, I guess that I should be scared . Oh well, I better "party hearty" until this life is over................because it looks preeeeetttttttttttttty glum for ETERNITY .......................

 

[Dan Murphy]

You are what you think

Everything you are is determined by your thoughts. All the past experiences you have had up to this point in your life exist in your thoughts. Your entire future from this point on exists only in your thoughts. You've probably grown accustomed to thinking of yourself as your body. However, you are more thought than you are physical substance. Your thoughts are what define you, not the molecules and atoms that you happen to carry around with you. Your thoughts are what allow you to relate to the world and to the other people in it. Your thoughts are what control every aspect of your life.
All of your behavior results from the thoughts you think. If you are not satisfied with your behavior or your performance, then all you have to do is change your thoughts and you will change your behavior. This is what many people refer to as visualization.

Here are four basic principles from Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of You'll See It When You Believe It, that will help to put your thoughts to work for you.


Your actions come from your images. If you constantly picture something in your mind, you will naturally move toward that thing. Whatever you see yourself doing, you will do. Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal the kinds of images you have chosen up until now.

Tell yourself that everything you visualize is already here. Think about the concept that there is really no such thing as time. When you visualize something, then it already exists for you. Your job is simply to bring it from the world of thought to the world of form.

Be willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen. Trying hard is not enough. Being determined is not enough. Giving it your "best shot" is not enough. Everything that you can visualize is already waiting for you to be connected to it. Your willingness to do whatever it takes is what will make that connection.

Realize there is no such thing as failure. You only produce results. The concept of failure is based on someone's opinion of how you could have done. You cannot fail. It is not possible -- you always produce results. If they're not the results you desire, then you need to go back and examine your thoughts to see why they are leading you in the wrong direction.

Visualization is so powerful because your thoughts are at the very core of your essence. In fact, you are your thoughts. To change anything in your life, all that's needed is a change in thought and a commitment to do whatever it takes to bring that thought into being.

-- Ralph Marston

 

[stevets]

This haiku was written by the guy who wrote the novel that Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" was based on:

"St. Francis asked the almond tree
to tell him about God.
And the almond tree blossomed."

 

[Dan Murphy]

When the Good Lord was creating mothers He was into His 6th day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And the Lord said, "Have you read the specification on this order?"

"She has to be completely washable but not plastic"

"Have 180 movable parts . . . all replaceable"

"Run on black coffee and leftovers"

"Have a lap the disappears when she stands up"

"A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair"

"And 6 pairs of hands"

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "6 pairs of hands....no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me the problems," said the Lord, "It's the three pairs of eyes that Mothers have to have."

"That's in the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks 'What are you kids doing in there?' when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn't but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front so that she can look at a child when he goofs and say, 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word."

"Lord," said the angel touching his sleeve gently, "come to bed. Tomorrow . . . "

"I can't," said the Lord, "I'm so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one that heals herself when she is sick . . . can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger . . . and can get a 9 yr. old to stand under a shower."

The angel circled the model of a Mother very slowly. "It's too soft," she sighed.

"But tough!" said the Lord excitedly. "You cannot imagine what this Mother can do or endure."

"Can it think?"

"Not only think, but it can reason and compromise," said the Creator.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran a finger across the cheek. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told You You were trying to put too much into this model."

"It's not a leak," said the Lord. "It's a tear."

"What's it for?"

"It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride."

"You are a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there"

---Erma Bombeck, Mother's Day

 

[helenabear]

Dan I must admit that last one really brought a tear to my eye.

 

[EROS]

Interviewer: Did the study of anthropology later color your writings?

Vonnegut: It confirmed my atheism, which was the faith of my fathers anyway. Religions were exhibited and studied as the Rube Goldberg inventions I'd always thought they were.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

 

[helenabear]

"Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."
--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

 

[EROS]

The pioneers and missionaries of religion have been the real cause of more trouble and war than all other classes of mankind.


Edgar Allan Poe

 

[CRB#33]

GRACE

Grace is not sought nor bought nor wrought. It is a free gift of Almight God to needy mankind.
---Billy Graham

All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace.
---Reinhold Niebuhr

 

[CRB#33]

PRIDE

Pride is the ground in which all other sins grow
---William Barkley

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
---Benjamin Whichcote

BTW Dan, that was a terrific passage! I never read that!

 

[EROS]

Of things untold,
I watch in mute amazement
as our love unfolds
into a million
iridescent worlds...

Swirling
Seething
Alluring
Teasing

Plunging into infinity
Just you and me
Just you and me

Plunging into infinity
Oh so rapturously.

Of things untold,
how can I put into words
this love I hold?
A million feelings,
Feelings so bold...

Ecstatic
Mind-Blowing
Elevating
Transforming

Dancing in each other's souls
Just you and me
Just you and me

Dancing in each other's souls
Oh so rejoicedly.

Too many things left untold,
that my words will never express,
nor actions ever hold,
but if I may ever so try,
before I get too old:

I love you
with all of my Being
thru and thru
unto eternity.

 

[helenabear]

"Before us lie two paths - honesty or dishonesty. The ignorant embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For in helping others, you help yourself; in hurting others, you hurt yourself. Those who remain honest know the truth: character overshadows money, trust rises above fame. And honesty is still the best policy."
CHILON

 

[CRB#33]

Hope you don't mind if I add to that Elaine-

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
---Thomas Jefferson

 

[EROS]

When Satan's fury burns in Hell,
And you feel the power swell,
The Darkness flows from within the lake,
All for the cause of Evil's sake.

The time of doom is close at hand,
When Darkness shall rule the land.
Through the Darkness you shall go;
Only where, He shall know.

Although the Darkness has much might,
It must conquer the piercing light!
And when that light has been snuffed out,
You shall hear His demonic shout:

Blessed is he who has My mark,
For he shall live in the land so dark!
Death to he who is spawn of the light,
For he shall feel My furious might!

In this land so dark and cruel,
All is under Satan's rule.
And then, alas, without the light,
All must perish in eternal night.

 

[helenabear]

I don't mind at all that you add to it I rather like a lot of what you are saying tonight