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We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
Originally posted by andy1033
The fact that innocent people are in prison, shows we do not create things. Thats proof enough to dismiss hinduism, before we start and that new age stuff.
[edit on 5/16/2009 by andy1033]
Originally posted by GypsK
Originally posted by andy1033
The fact that innocent people are in prison, shows we do not create things. Thats proof enough to dismiss hinduism, before we start and that new age stuff.
[edit on 5/16/2009 by andy1033]
to state that as a 'fact', you would also need a detailed knowledge of those peoples lives, events they participatedin, their experiences, personal perspectives, etc.. in order to exclude self-creation
but I agree that life doesn't seem fair to many people
Originally posted by ET_MAN
reply to post by eathis
Eathis,
I used to as a child wonder about all the starving of the world and why nobody would help them knowing that we all could if we really wanted to.
I have realized that somewhere there is someone who wants it that way and so it has remained that way.
Everything you have said I believe to be exactly the way it is, they are there for a purpose and reason greater than we know. It seems unfair but we don't see the bigger picture of past, present and future.
I understand now we all have a purpose in life and reason of why we are placed in what circumstances we are in. That does not mean ignore those we can help but we can only do the best we can do we cannot save the world nor is it expected of us.
There are approx 6.8 Billion people in the world and you could take every single person and bring them to the state of Texas and comfortably house them within that state alone. We have the resources and technology to feed the entire world over and over again with more than enough to spare.
Population problems are another illusion people would like to think is a problem. If change was brought for the betterment of mankind and technology that exists shared everyone could live comfortably even off the land. Everyone could be saved, not everyone's mission is to experience a comfortable life and we are all here for a reason. Things happen for a purpose even the little things that we tend to overlook.
Thats a nice way to look at someone who is 2 or something starving to death. Do we really need this hindu talk here. How would you like it if that was you.
Originally posted by andy1033
reply to post by eathis
Thats a nice way to look at someone who is 2 or something starving to death. Do we really need this hindu talk here. How would you like it if that was you.
Concentrating on the bigger picture will only produce more and bigger questions. So to start finding answers, we actually need to look at it in reverse and start concentrating on the ever smaller picture.
Originally posted by liveandlearn
Your husband and friend didn't die but maybe you would have or the baby.
I don't call that coincidence, I call it intuition but I believe it was there for a reason. I am very glad to hear all turned out well.
Originally posted by Estess
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We are the creators of our lives, though most of the time we create our reality subconsciouly; that's when "destiny" kicks in
[edit on 16-5-2009 by Estess]
Originally posted by GypsK
reply to post by andy1033
tough topic.... I realise that what I'm going to write will sound very harsh.
If you lived in a 3rd world country and you have nothing to eat, you lived on the edge of starving for most your live and no one is coming to help you.
Imagine how you would think about it all, how all these people think and perceive their reality.
If you think "this is my sucky life, it will never change... I'm going to starve, etc etc..." then, in the context of creation, indeed nothing will change.
Originally posted by GypsK
What about all the people who blame it on some Hindu God, or rainGod or whatever? Newsflash, there is no God that will save them because they have the power to save themselfs, but first they have to change their thinking.
Originally posted by Estess
Originally posted by GypsK
What about all the people who blame it on some Hindu God, or rainGod or whatever? Newsflash, there is no God that will save them because they have the power to save themselfs, but first they have to change their thinking.
Yes and no. You are right in saying that they have the power to save themselfs by increasing their understanding and knowledge.
However, when you talk about "no God" you tend to disregard the fact that God is within ourselves; we are part of God, thus the change has to come from whithin oneself. People should stop seeing God as some being that is somewhere up there...
By simple reasoning, if God is perfect, all-powerful and all-knowing then it follows that he has to be everything otherwise he couldt'd be perfect, could he?
[edit on 17-5-2009 by Estess]