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From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 3/23/2003
11:33 A.M.
Welcome to the re-designed Sunnyridge Occult Page
The previous logo was actually copywrited so has been replaced with something that should represent the blending of various points of view...an ideal of the 60's.
I have also added some sounds and images
for those who would like to...
turn on
tune in
and drop out.
From: Rita E 3/23/2003
12:59 P.M.
Ted, great job on this page. Thank you.
I do like the meditation center. It's just
what I needed today.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 5/24/2003
1:00 P.M.
Who can hear the Buddha sing
If that dog between your legs is barking?
Who can hear the Buddha sing
If that canine between your
Thighs
Still
Wants to do circus
Tricks?
(a portion from "Daily Poem" for May 25th)
From: A Great Lover 5/25/2003
8:30 A.M.
Then do the circus tricks!
The desire was given to us for a reason, by Him...
When the body and heart are fulfilled, not denied...
Then the mind is free to hear Buddha sing more sweetly!
Where is the rest of this poem??
From: SIG 5/25/2003
7:31 A.M.
Alas, fleshly desires are addictive, and tend to lead to more desire....."Fulfilled" is temporary--or never happens at all....The body just wants more, is stuck on its pleasure/pain loop....To learn to desire what is permanent is the best.....
From: Bub 5/25/2003
4:02 P.M.
SIG,
I believe if we contemplate on the origin of the Universe, when space and time came to be, and duality came to be (good/evil, up/down, hot/cold, pleasure/pain...), we are indeed seeking what is eternal (permanent), that is, we are focusing on the source of our being and all of creation. This takes our mind and spirit above the fleshly desires of the physical realm.
(This is my first posting. It's gonna take me a little effort to loosen up... :-)
What was that movie about a monk(was it Marty Feldman?) who was forced to live in the greater society? Upon being tempted by a beautiful woman he cries out something like: "God! If you so strongly wanted us to avoid temptations of the flesh, why did you make us out of meat?!"
From: SIG 5/25/2003
3:52 P.M.
Bub--Perhaps Marty Feldman playing Brother Ambrose in "In God We Tru$t"....Never saw it (but the 'Net is the best research tool EVER!)....I agree that we must recognize the source (Who I call "God")...As for the flesh--it was not meant to be this way. Before the Fall in the Garden it was not. Alas, it has become corrupted....But take heart; it will eventually be restored!...
From: Bub 5/27/2003
2:02 P.M.
I've read about this symbol of a tree. In the tree are two birds. One bird is contemplating the origin, before the fall, if you will. It understands the relative nature of good and evil and focuses on oneness. The other bird is eating berries because it accepts the reality of doing what it takes stay alive in the world. The point is that we should identify with (be) the tree.
When I was about 18 years old (23 years ago), I was talking to a friend passionately about the relative nature of good and evil, trying to convey my belief that people are generally very narrow-minded. He surprised me by grabbing my throat really hard. I was pissed and I knocked him back. I yelled at him that it didn't mean I wasn't going to live in the real world or didn't see my pain as important or real. Thinking back on that, I realized then that there were two opposing ideas that had to live together in our heads, but that most people could only think in good vs. bad mode and in a rigid way.
To continue my rambling... I was reading this OCCULT thread from the start and Eugene was talking about an experience he longed to revisit where his state of mind had been changed for a few months. He stated that he was in a sort of blissfull state where he saw absolutely everything as beautiful. It sounds like a mythic experience to me. US society tends to treat unusual viewpoints or experiences as problems to be fixed. Eugene's shrink called it "a phychotic breakdown", or something like that. So, why then does Eugene want so badly to return to that state?
Ok. Bye. My mind is empty again... :0)
From: jamis jamis@shaw.ca 5/28/2003
1:48 A.M.
I am passing through.. looking for a poem from the 60's about Jesus. It didn't mention his name I think .. but started with him being born in a stable and rising to the idea of the great influence he had through the centuries .. Does anyone remember this or anything about it?
http://members.shaw.ca/jamis333
From: SIG 5/28/2003
10:16 A.M.
One Solitary Life
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman,
He grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty.
Then for three years he was an itinerant preacher.
He never wrote a book.
He never held an office.
He never had a family or owned a house.
He didn’t go to college.
He never visited a big city.
He never travelled two hundred miles from the place where he was born.
He did none of the things one usually associates with greatness.
He had no credentials but himself.
He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against him.
His friends ran away.
He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.
While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing, the only property he owned on earth.
When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the human race and the leader of mankind’s progress.
All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that ONE SOLITARY LIFE.
From: Joel 6/2/2003
3:34 P.M.
As good and true as the poem above is, it leaves out one all important point and that is that Christ came back from the dead. No other religious or spiritual leader has ever come back from the grave nor have they claimed to be God. The resurrection of Yeshua from the grave was like an exclamation point at the end of the most incredible human life ever lived It became the proof of everything Jesus said and did before he was put to death. If he was not who he said he was he would have remained dead like every other spiritual leader the world has ever seen.
Christ's resurrection and the historical evidence for it, have been studied by many, including those who set out to disprove it as just a wild theory. To their amazement, some who have set out to disprove Christ's resurrection have actually been convinced otherwise and are now strong believers in Jesus Christ. Once again I challenge you to read one of the many books on the subject. The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel, a former journalist for the Chicago Tribune is one of the better books on this subject.
From: SIG 6/2/2003
5:34 P.M.
Right you are, Joel. I just posted that poem because I guessed it was the one Jamis was looking for...
From: jim 6/3/103
4:02 P.M.
all "great spiritual leaders" still live
From: Joel 6/4/2003
8:35 A.M.
We have all known people and loved ones who have died. Death has a certain finality to it. Those who have died do not suddenly reappear though their spirit certainly lives on not only in our hearts and minds but in the spiritual realm as well. Their ultimate fate is in God's hands.
But that is not the kind of "living" we are talking about. As a human being Jesus shared the same fate we all do - death. Remember the saying; there are only two things in life you can count on taxes and death. He was cruelly put to death and then buried in a grave. Three days later he was alive again with a body that bore the scars from his crucifixion. This is unique in all of human history. No other person including spiritual leaders rose from the dead. Buddha died, Moses died, Mohammed died, Swami Yogananda, Lao Tzu and Confucius all died as did anyone else you can name or think of.
Jesus alone, demonstrated his authority and power over man's worst enemy, death, by rising from the dead. That is because he is the author of life itself. Jesus was not merely a great mortal man. He is the Word (the Logos) and the "Word was made flesh and dwelt among us". His life stands out sharply as the poem above says but his death and resurrection demonstrate that he is not just another leader but God himself. "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning...And the Word became flesh and he made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
Here's the best part: "To all who receive him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, children born not of natural descent, nor of human passion ...but born of God."
From: Ted 6/5/2003
6:32 A.M.
why did Jesus say...don't touch me, because I have not yet ascended?
From: SIG 6/5/2003
7:45 A.M.
Some of David Guzik's commentary on John Chapter 20:
a. Why didn't Jesus want Mary to touch Him? Actually, the Greek construction "means to stop an action already begun rather than to avoid starting it" (Tenney)
i. Mary was holding on to Jesus: His body was different, yet similar, but definitely real and tangible; not a phantom!
b. "Jesus was not protesting that Mary should not touch Him lest He be defiled, but was admonishing her not to detain Him because He would see her and the disciples again" (Tenney)
i. "We need not be detained by that curiosity of exegesis which supposes that he still had to enter the heavenly holy of holies to complete the antitype of the Day of Atonement initiated by his sacrifice on the cross." (Bruce)
c. "He says not 'Our Father': in one sense therefore, He is mine, in another sense He is yours; by nature mine, by grace yours . . . my God, under whom I also am as a man; your God, between whom and you I am a mediator" (Augustine)
i. Jesus is pointing out a difference between His relationship with God and the disciples' relationship with God
From: SIG 6/5/2003
7:53 A.M.
....and some of Coffman's:
Although forbidden to touch the Lord, Mary nevertheless was granted the far more wonderful privilege of telling the good news of his resurrection and of announcing to them the forthcoming ascension.
Touch me not ...
is another "discrepancy" in the eyes of some, for Matthew recorded that "the women came and held him by the feet and worshiped him" (Matthew 28:9). But, like all "discrepancies," this one also disappears in the light of study. The occasion in Matthew was marked by the presence of several women (including Mary Magdalene); in this incident, only Mary seems to have been present. These are therefore two separate epiphanies; and the only thing that may be made of it is that Jesus permitted several women to do something which, in this first appearance to Mary, he had denied. Also, the KIND of touching in the two appearances was different. The worship of Jesus does not seem to have been the purpose of Mary in that first spontaneous greeting. There was no inherent refusal of Jesus to be touched by mortals after the resurrection, because he specifically invited Thomas to do so (John 20:27); and he invited all the apostles to "handle" him (Luke 24:39). There was, therefore, clearly some divine reason for Jesus' prohibition of Mary's intended touching of him in this appearance. But is such a thing a "discrepancy"? Emphatically, No! There is another case of this same type of discrimination a little later in John, where the Lord prophesied the martyrdom of Peter, but denied the specific request to prophesy the future of John (John 21:18-23). If those two events had been related in separate Gospels, the critics would have been baying yet about a "discrepancy" in the Lord's prophesying the future of one apostle and refusing to do so of another. The Lord's permission to touch him, denied in one instance and granted in another, cannot logically be viewed as a "discrepancy." Morgan's words seem to shed some further light on the question, thus:
He did not say, "Touch me not." It is unfortunate how that rendition misses the true meaning. The English Revised Version margin reads, "Take not hold of me."
It should not be overlooked that to Mary came the unique honor of being first told of the ascension to the Father. She also conveyed the glorious message of his resurrection, not merely of an empty grave, but of the living Saviour!
From: Martin Luther 6/6/2003
8:02 A.M.
The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing, who would ever have been spared?
From: jim 6/6/103
4:14 P.M.
the philosophy and religion at sunnyridge.......An investigation into our being..at...sunnyridge...in...humanity..on...the planet..in..the cosmos...in time.......
From: J. B. Phillips 6/12/2003
5:51 A.M.
Jesus, like all other religious leaders, taught men to pray, that is, He taught them to look away from the world of ordinary sense impressions and to open the heart and spirit to God; yet He is always insistent that religion must be related to life. It is only by contact with God that a better quality of living can be achieved -- and Jesus Himself, as the records show, spent many hours in communion with God -- yet that new quality of life has to be both demonstrated and tested in the ordinary rough-and-tumble of plain living. It is in ordinary human relationships that the validity of a man's communion with God is to be proved.
From: SIG 6/24/2003
5:53 A.M.
Lyrics of "Your Love Broke Through," by the late Keith Green:
Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why
Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes
Well I`ve been blind all these wasted years and I though I was so wise
But then you took me by surprise
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I`ve been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love broke through
All my life I`ve been searching for that crazy missing part
And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart
And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you in
And I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch again
It`s like the power of the wind
Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I`ve been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me
Until your love, until your love, broke through
From: Rita E 6/24/2003
10:38 A.M.
So you got yourself a woman, Sig.
From: Ted 6/24/2003
7:30 P.M.
a woman
a man
a lover
a friend
we all are dying for it
From: Your Loss 6/24/2003
11:31 P.M.
You don't have to die for it.
You are lucky enough to have it.
You just don't have the guts to take it.
From: A. W. Tozer 7/2/2003
5:33 A.M.
We might well pray for God to invade and conquer us, for until He does, we remain in peril from a thousand foes. We bear within us the seeds of our own disintegration... The strength of our flesh is an ever present danger to our souls. Deliverance can come to us only by the defeat of our old life. Safety and peace come only after we have been forced to our knees... So He conquers us and by that benign conquest saves us for Himself.
From: A.W.TOZER 7/2/103
12:48 P.M.
for himself ?........god has ego ?...... to save ?....for what ?....
From: A. W. Tozer 7/3/2003
5:39 A.M.
A loving Personality dominates the Bible, walking among the trees of the garden and breathing fragrance over every scene. Always a living Person is present, speaking, pleading, loving, working, and manifesting himself whenever and wherever his people have the receptivity necessary to receive the manifestation.
From: A. W. Tozer 7/3/2003
5:47 A.M.
The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As along as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace?
From: A.W.TOZER 7/3/103
1:43 P.M.
are you there ? i am here in the garden
From: A.W.TOZER 7/3/103
1:47 P.M.
save for what, for whom ?
From: Tozer's friend 7/3/2003
8:10 P.M.
It's not so much FOR what as FROM what. Saves FROM spiritual death as a result of sin. But also saves FOR fellowship with Him.
From: A. W. Tozer 7/3/2003
8:26 P.M.
God formed us for His pleasure, and so formed us that we as well as He can in divine communion enjoy the sweet and mysterious mingling of kindred personalities. He meant us to see Him and live with Him and draw our life from His smile.
From: rezoT .W .A 7/6/103
1:39 P.M.
It's how one looks at it.....
From: S.J.K. 7/9/103
6:17 A.M.
Waiting for the next quote
From: Hank Sunnyridge 7/9/2003
9:26 A.M.
Of the Amercian Revolution, Benjamin Franklin said:
The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth; that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?
From: Tozer's friend 7/9/2003
7:01 A.M.
SJK--The Tozer quotes, except for the first one, were in response to questions. If I see another question, I'll ask Tozer for another quote.
From: Ted 7/12/2003
5:23 A.M.
MasterPath is the ancient wine in a new wineskin
MasterPath is the path etched upon soul at the beginning of time and reflected in the beauty and design of the human body
MasterPath deals with the individual and Mastery over one's own world, one's unique point of view
MasterPath deals with "sound" rather than "light", with consciousness and soul rather than knowledge and mind
MasterPath is for that individual who is tired of trying to figure it out all alone and with open hands turns to the archtype Master within
MasterPath is the path of all the great masters throught history and pre-history
MasterPath is what Jesus taught his disciples
MasterPath is for those who have been searching for love in all the wrong places and too many faces
MasterPath is just a word and a name
You are the MasterPath
From: SIG 7/12/2003
6:25 A.M.
Sorry, Ted--Have been reading Gary Olsen's teaching; and have also been studying Jesus' teaching for 20 years--and MasterPath is NOT what Jesus taught His disciples.
From: Ted 7/12/2003
8:40 P.M.
yes it is
From: SIG 7/13/2003
6:16 P.M.
Questions: Is there any connection between MasterPath and the Great White Brotherhood? Who decides who the "great masters" are? Or aren't?
From: Ted 7/14/2003
6:26 A.M.
Oh Stewart, you disappointed me. I thought you would say "no it isn't" and we would,like little children, banter awhile in fun between, "yes it is", "no it isn't".
However, your questions are quite appropriate and I WILL answer them...but I have to go to work right now.
So Stewart, you do NOT disappoint me.
We are in the same ballpark, and the game is truth.
The fans are inconsequential
The winnings profound
May we both be blessed
May we both gain humility and the love everyone secretly yearns for.
From: SIG 7/14/2003
7:24 A.M.
I agree--we are in the same ballpark---perhaps with most of the stands empty.....
After some more reading, let me revise my question: What is the connection, if any, between MasterPath and Radhasoami, Sant Mat, and Eckankar? Who decides exactly who qualifies as a master?
The "No it isn't" reply occurred to me; it could only have been posted as a joke, and reminded me of the SR kids' singsong "Uh-uh-uh," Uh-huh-uh,' Uh-uh-uh" (repeat 17 times).
Actually, your answer disappointed ME, as it was no answer at all. I feared it was a refusal to examine or discuss the teaching you are being given, but perhaps, seemingly, hopefully, it was not.
From: Ted 7/15/2003
6:09 A.M.
Who decides exactly who qualifies as a master?
Matthew 16
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
The White Brotherhood is an astral plane phenomenon. Radhasoami, Sant Mat, and Eckankar are "Light and Sound" teachings but devoid of a True Master.
I had much more to say, but I am inadequate. I don't really trust the mind that much. Neither do I trust the heart. Grace is above these.
From: SIG 7/18/2003
6:30 P.M.
Yes--Peter said that He was THE Christ (Messiah). There was only one Messiah prophesied all through the Old Testament, and there was, and is, only one Messiah. There are no other "masters" in that category.
From: Ted 8/16/2003
8:37 P.M.
The Lord's Prayer translated from Aramaic
A Translation of "Our Father" directly from the Aramaic into English
(rather than from Aramaic to Greek to Latin to English)
O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration!
Soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us
where your Presence can abide.
Fill us with your creativity so that we may be empowered to
bear the fruit of your mission.
Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with our desire.
Endow us with the wisdom to produce and share what each being needs
to grow and flourish.
Untie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us, as we release others
from the entanglement of past mistakes. Do not let us be seduced by
that which would divert us from our true purpose, but illuminate the
opportunities of the present moment.
For you are the ground and the fruitful vision, the birthpower and
fulfillment, as all is gathered and made whole once again.
From: SIG 8/17/2003
7:19 A.M.
Ted--Please cite the source for your direct translation....I am unaware of any ancient Gospel manuscripts or fragments written in Aramaic; all are in Koine Greek, I believe....At first glance this looks like a spurious New Age translation trying to distort the original.....
From: SIG 8/17/2003
7:59 A.M.
Ted--Take a careful look at this:
co-intelligence.org/y2k_lordsprayer.html (webmaster note: link provided)
From: jim 8/17/103
11:04 A.M.
a direct translation of the old and new testaments , from ancient
greek......apostolicbible.com/apbib.htm (webmaster note: corrected link)
anyway, thats is the url of a cite with bible translations direct fom the
ancient greek.....
From: a reader 8/17/2003
8:44 P.M.
Amen
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 8/18/2003
6:19 A.M.
SIG, I tend to agree with you. The above translation seems a little new-age. I like the plain old Lord's Prayer...it is all encompassing and creates a good attitude...if one can overcome the distorted attitudes developed from society' christian-bashing. Yet, I am sure even the plain old version is not entirely accurate. There have been so many translations. Mankind tries real hard to understand but I think basically the Mind cannot possibly grasp that which comes from above it self...just as our bodies cannot understand emotional and mental messages that animate it. I was emailed this translation and thought it would be a good controversial topic of discussion. Actually I like the 23rd psalm better. And even better yet...the sound in the silence.
From: jim 8/18/103
7:55 A.M.
just testing
From: jim 8/18/103
7:59 A.M.
thank you ted
From: jim 8/18/103
8:03 A.M.
.... same ball park....all this ancient and not ancient knowledge guiding
us...is preparing us to become.....it is not a matter of accuracy or who is
right....it is a mind soul devinity exercise....different games, positions,
uniforms, scores.....definitly the same ball park...i have spoken, keep on
discovering....same
From: SIG 8/18/2003
6:40 A.M.
(sigh)....Think about it: If Jesus was, as He clamed to be, God Himself incarnate, and if He was speaking God's Word for His generation and future generations, would He really allow the translations His followers were to use to be inaccurate or incorrect? Would He not be able to preserve His Word intact?...In the same vein--Would Satan not try to alter the meaning?....There is a spiritual battle ongoing between truth and lies. Pray for the wisdom to discern the difference...
From: SIG 8/18/2003
6:46 A.M.
"...I think basically the Mind cannot possibly grasp that which comes from above itself..."
If God is God, He is fully able to give us, on our level, all we need in order to understand His desires and purposes for us.
From: Ted 8/18/2003
7:30 P.M.
same (link repaired)
From: Ted 8/18/2003
7:37 P.M.
O Teddy,
These thoughts have such power over you.
From nothing you become sad,
From nothing you become happy.
You are burning in the flames
But I will not let you out
until you are fully baked,
fully wise,
and fully yourself.
Rumi
From: me...what's left of me 8/18/2003
7:46 P.M.
Where were you two years ago today?
Sad...happy...burning in the flames.
From: jim 8/18/103
8:04 P.M.
ted thanks for the repair
From: Irenaeus (1150202 AD) 9/2/2003
11:33 A.M.
Keep your knoweledge in its proper place. Do not be ignorant of the things that are really good or seek to rise above God Himself, for He cannot be surpassed. Neither seek after anyone above the Creator for you will not discover anyone greter than God becuase your Maker cannot be contained within limits. Although you may try to measure the universe, pass through all His creation and consider it in all its depth and height and length, you still wouldn't be able to think of anyone above the Father Himself. For you wouldn't be able to outthink Him, but, by trying to think beyond you capacity, you would prove your foolishness. And if you continued to follow such a course, you would fall into utter madness while considering yourself superior to your Creator, and imagining that you can overcome His supreme authority.
From: Irenaeus (115 - 202 AD) 9/2/2003
11:39 A.M.
In sending this several lines were lost - it should read:
Keep your knowledge in its proper place. Do not be ignorant of the things that are really good or seek to rise above God Himself, for He cannot be surpassed. Neither seek after anyone above the Creator, for you will not discover anyone greater than God because your Maker cannot be contained within limits. Although you may try to measure the universe, pass through all His creation and consider it in all its depth and height and length, you still wouldn't be able to think of anyone above the Father himself. For you wouldn't be able to outthink Him, but, by trying to think beyond your capacity, you would prove your foolishness. And if you continued to follow such a course, you would fall into utter mdness while considering yourself superior to your Creator and imagining that you can overcome His supreme authority.
From: Ted 9/8/2003
6:51 A.M.
Zen Judaism...
Take only what is given. Own nothing but your robes and an alms bowl.
Unless, of course, you have the closet space.
Let your mind be as a floating cloud. Let your stillness be as the wooded
glen.
And sit up straight. You'll never meet the Buddha with posture like that.
There is no escaping karma.
In a previous life, you never called, you never wrote, you never visited.
And whose fault was that?
Wherever you go, there you are.
Your luggage is another story.
Do not let children play contact sports like football. These only lead to
injuries and instill a violent, war-like nature.
Encourage your child to play peaceful games, like "sports doctor."
To practice Zen and the art of Jewish motorcycle maintenance, do the
following:
get rid of the motorcycle. What were you thinking?
Learn of the pine from the pine. Learn of the bamboo from the bamboo.
Learn of the kugel from the kugel.
Be aware of your body. Be aware of your perceptions.
Keep in mind that not every physical sensation is a symptom of a terminal
illness.
If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?
Those who know do not kibbitz. Those who kibbitz do not know.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
Forget this and attaining Enlightenment will be the least of your
problems.
Do not kvetch. Be a kvetch. Become one with your whining.
The Tao has no expectations. The Tao demands nothing of others. The Tao
does not speak. The Tao does not blame. The Tao does not take sides. The
Tao is not Jewish.
Whenever you feel anger, you should say, "May I be free of this anger!"
This rarely works, but talking to yourself in public will encourage others
to leave you alone.
Drink tea and nourish life. With the first sip, joy.
With the second, satisfaction.
With the third, Danish.
The Buddha taught that one should practice loving kindness to all sentient
beings.
Still, would it kill you to find a nice sentient being who happens to be
Jewish?
Enter into your inner self and behold the eye of the soul. Gaze upon your
original face before you were even born. Shocked? Remember, this was before
the nose job.
Be patient and achieve all things.
Be impatient and achieve all things faster.
To Find the Buddha, look within. Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers.
Each flower blossoms ten thousand times.
Each blossom has ten thousand petals.
You might want to see a specialist.
Be here now. Be someplace else later.
Is that so complicated?
From: Ted 9/27/2003
7:23 P.M.
a few "christian" poems for the next few days...
From: SIG 9/28/2003
7:16 P.M.
Did a "Harmonic Concordance" search on Google, and what a hoot! Read through some of the sites and see if you don't agree...
From: SIG 12/16/2003
7:34 A.M.
But lo' the snare is broke, the captive's freed,
By faith on all the hostile powers we tread,
And crush through Jesus' strength the Serpent's head.
Jesus hath cast the cursed Accuser down,
Hath rooted up the tares by Satan sown:
All nature bows to His benign command,
And two are one in His almighty hand.
One in His hand, O may we still remain,
Fast bound with love's indissoluble chain;
(That adamant which time and death defies,
That golden chain which draws us to the skies!)
His love the tie that binds us to His throne,
His love the bond that perfects us in one,
His only love constrains our hearts t' agree,
And gives the rivet of Eternity.
... Charles Wesley
From: SIG 12/19/2003
7:13 A.M.
Invite Him in this Christmas,
This Savior from above;
The gift He seeks you need not wrap—
He only wants your love.
—Berg
From: SIG 12/23/2003
7:29 A.M.
Given, not lent,
And not withdrawn, once sent,
This Infant of mankind, this One,
Is still the little welcome Son.
New every year,
New-born and newly dear,
He comes with tidings and a song,
The ages long, the ages long.
Even as the cold
Keen winter grows not old,
As childhood is so fresh, foreseen,
And spring in the familiar green.
Sudden as sweet
Come the expected feet.
All joy is young, and new all art,
And He, too, whom we have by heart.
... Alice Meynell
From: SIG 12/27/2003
9:49 A.M.
Father eternal, ruler of creation,
Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made
Through the thick darkness covering every nation
Light to man's blindness, O be Thou our aid.
Races and peoples, lo, we stand divided,
And, sharing not our griefs, no joy can share;
By wars and tumults love is mocked, derided
His conquering cross no kingdom wills to bear.
Envious of heart, blind-eyed, with tongues confounded,
Nation by nation still goes unforgiven,
In wrath and fear, by jealousies surrounded,
Building proud towers which shall not reach to heaven.
Lust of possession worketh desolations;
There is no meekness in the sons of earth;
Led by no star, the rulers of the nations
Still fail to bring us to the blissful birth:
How shall we love Thee, holy hidden Being,
If we love not the world which Thou hast made?
O give us brother-love for better seeing
Thy Word made flesh, and in a manger laid.
... Laurence Housman
From: henry omobolaji ayinde kinghenryx2004@yahoo.com 12/28/2003
7:05 P.M.
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From: SIG 12/29/2003
5:48 P.M.
For the New Year:
Saint Patrick's Breastplate
I bind myself to-day
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
I bind this day to me for ever
By pow'r of faith, Christ's Incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan river;
His death on Cross for my salvation;
His bursting from the spicčd tomb;
His riding up the heav'nly way;
His coming at the day of doom;
I bind unto myself today.
I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the star-lit heaven,
The glorious sun's life-giving ray,
The whiteness of the moon at even,
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling wind's tempestous shocks,
The stable earth, the deep salt sea,
Around the old eternal rocks.
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity;
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One, and One in Three.
Of Whom all nature hath creation:
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
From: Ted 12/31/2003
5:55 A.M.
An Urgent Message from Heartland Security:
Symptoms of Inner Peace...
Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of pain and conflict in the world. There is no known government vaccine available.
Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in judging self.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in conflict and negativity.
A loss of the ability to constantly worry. (This is a very serious symptom.)
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation and gratitude.
Contented feeling of contentment and connectedness with others and nature.
Frequent attacks of smiling and laughing.
A tingling feeling at the top of your head extending into your heart.
An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as a joyous urge to extend it.
WARNING:
If you have some or all of the above symptoms, please be advised that your condition of inner peace may be so far advanced as to not be curable. The examples listed are only a few of the reported symptoms, but may be very similar in nature. If you are exposed to anyone exhibiting any of these symptoms, remain exposed only at your own risk.
Written by Saskia Davis, edited by Christopher Donnelly
From: Ted 1/31/2004
6:45 A.M.
My Child,
You may not know me, but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-30
For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written
in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live. Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love. I John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. I John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. I John 3:7
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect Father. Matthew 5:48
Every good gift you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand
on the seashore. Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4
And I will take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son...
John 17:23
He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again.
Romans 8:38-29
Come home ....
Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is....Will you be my child? John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32
Love, your Father, Almighty God
From: ted 1/31/2004
6:46 A.M.
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From: SIG 1/31/2004
6:38 A.M.
From "Our Daily Bread" Thought of the Day for:
January 31, 2004
Time Flies
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. —Psalm 90:12
Many metaphors are used in literature to describe life's brevity. It is a dream, a swift runner, a mist, a puff of smoke, a shadow, a gesture in the air, a sentence written in the sand, a bird flying in one window of a house and out another. Another symbolic description was suggested by a friend of mine who said that the short dash between the dates of birth and death on tombstones represents the brief span of one's life.
When we were children, time loitered. But as we get closer to the end of our lives, time moves with increasing swiftness, like water swirling down a drain. In childhood we measured our age in small increments. "I'm 6 1/2," we would say, for it seemed to take so long to get older. Now we have no time for such childishness. Who claims to be 60 1/2?
It's good to ponder the brevity of life now and then. Life is too short to treat it carelessly. In Psalm 90, after describing the shortness of life, Moses prayed, "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom" (v.12).
To make the most of our earthly existence, we must lose ourselves in the will of God (1 Peter 4:2). This we can do even when time is running out. It's never too late to give ourselves totally to God. —David Roper
Lord, help us to redeem the time
You give us every day—
To take each opportunity
To follow and obey. —Sper
Don't just count your days, make your days count.
From: willie 1/31/2004
5:13 P.M.
i was a highwayman along the coach roads i did ride with sword & pistol by my side-many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade, many a soldier lost his lifeblood on my blade--the masters hung me in the spring of '25. but i am still alive. i was a sailer i was born upon the tide with the sea i did abide; i sailed a schooner 'round the horn of mexico,i went aloft unfurled the mainsail set to blow, and when the yards' broke off they say that i got killed. but i am livin' still. i was a damn builder, across the river deep & wide, where steel and water did collide, a place called boulder over the wild colorado, i slipped and fell into the wet concrete below; they buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound,...but i am still around. i'll always be around, and around. i'll fly a starship across the universe divide, and when i reach the other side i'll find a place to rest my spirit if i can, perhaps i may become a highwayman again, or i may simply be a single drop of rain...but i will remain, and i'll be back again and again. and again.....and again.....
From: Hilary janis_joplin_2@yahoo.com 3/31/2004
12:24 A.M.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you everybody else; means to fight the hardest battle any humanbeing can fight, and never stop fighting. e.e.cummings
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Breath me in deep for I might be the last breath you ever take.
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If I could come back as anything I wished it would be as one of your tears. For how could a man want anything more than to be concieved in your heart, born in your eyes, to have lived on your cheeks and die on your lips.
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I'm a spy, in the house of love, I know the dreams that you're dreaming of, I know the words that you long to hear, I know you're deepest secret fear. The Doors
I am the lizard King I can do anything! Jim
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This is my favorite part of Mr. Tambourine Man...
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow. Bob!
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From: shane jensen shaneiggymom@aol.com 1/30/2004
11:07 A.M.
Our awsome delightful children are a gift from God on loan for a little while.
Lets return them to their heavenly father in excellent condition. Love the young, old and unlovely. Treasure time...as it can NEVER be reclaimed.
peace
From: Hilary janis_joplin_2@yahoo.com 4/10/2004
6:17 P.M.
And they gave eachother a smaile with a future in it.
Dream A Little Dream
From: Hilary janis_joplin_2@yahoo.com 4/16/2004
5:52 P.M.
I know these are a little obscure but I like them so bear with me...they're wonkaisms I guess. From Willy Wonka.
"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams." "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." "A thing of beauty is aq joy for everyone." "Where is fancy bread in the heart or in the head." "Oh you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about." "So shines a good deed in a weary world."
From: Bashir muaddib86@hotmail.com 5/3/2004
11:46 P.M.
I know you're wise beyond your years but do you ever get the feel that your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?
-Postal Sevice
From: Bashir muaddib86@hotmail.com 5/3/2004
11:50 P.M.
Why does she do this? i thought. she speaks of love and she uses the word and i wonder if she knows love. i wonder if she knows it when she says it. when she writes it. when she thinks it. oh yes. you wonder right now. you wonder if i know when i say-speak-think-talk-type-write. I do. but i won't defend that to you. She. Her. Does she? Would she defend that to me? and for the prosecution?
Who would judge? the jury, my peers, would surely side with me. the judge, some god, some book or dictionary. Some invalid knowledge source. and do we--any of us-- know love? do any of us use it in it's context, in it's environment, in it's entirety?
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ironic that the concept of Big Brother disgusts and infuriates us while the concept of Holy Father brings forth some feeling of safety and security. i'd rather have the Brother to suggest to me things that he has seen and that i understand. to walk with me and discuss with me. to understand and empathize with me--than have the Father to constrain and discipline, to control and command, to impress upon me his will and intentions.
George Bush is God. why don't we bow down and smile? God is Caesar! The one who would be King. why do we not kill him?
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Get out from under them.
resist, unlearn, defy,
get out from under precipice and see the sky!
-incubus
From: Bashir - A final word Muaddib86@hotmail.com 5/4/2004
12:08 A.M.
"We must teach ourselves how to live. I capitalized ‘Reader’ in the beginning of this text because the Reader is the only god in this scripture. Nay, I will not tell you how to think. I will not tell you what to do with your life. And I will not tell you that you can think and do what you want because the simple fact is that you can not. They would have you believe that you can do what you want, but they will give you a list of punishments and rewards for doing what they would have you do. I will give you nothing. I will withhold from you nothing. The world is yours and I cannot give or take it away."
intrigued? offended? i hope so.
if you are open-minded, if you are just and clean of heart and mind then you see here the seeds of sense and knowledge. What holds you back? Read the world as it is written and not as they've read it to you. speak the words as they're meant and see things as they are. listen not to me or them. Speak for yourself, Listen for yourself, Learn for yourself, and i hope that is the only advice of mine that you'll ever heed. though i hope that you'll agree.
From: SIG 5/6/2004
12:09 A.M.
If the Holy Father is benevolent, you would do well to be constrained and disciplined. And if you want a Big Brother to walk with you, try Jesus.
From: Ted webmaster@sunnyridge.net 5/24/2004
6:20 A.M.
A beautiful view of our universe with a great soundtrack.
Takes about 5 to 10 minutes to load on 56 modem.
Macromedia Flash recorder needed.
The Best of Hubble (The Telescope)
From: Ted 6/6/2004
5:15 A.M.
Stewart posted this website about the 2004 transit of Venus between the earth and the sun:
sun earth day
From: T 8/16/2004
9:14 P.M.
Haha. I've written a bit of the same, though I was not so subtle.
I still believe in the sailboat though.
From: Ted ted@pilger.com 10/30/2004 7:35 P.M.
Since the eigth century Christians have celebrated All Saints' Day on November 1 to celebrate the known and unknown Christian Saints. Saints are not just those whom the Church has canonized, but all members of that "cloud of witnesses" who proclaim Jesus as Lord - including you and me!
Almost as old as the celebration of All Saints' Day is the tradition associated with All Hallow's Eve. ("Hallows" mean "saints," both mean "holy ones." As in "Hallowed be thy name.") So, Halloween means "the evening before All Holy Ones' Day." Today we call that festival Halloween and we have many secular ways of recognizing it. However, it's important to remember that its celebration has a long, positive history in the Church.
What sort of history is that? Like many of our liturgical festivals (Christmas and Easter included), All Saints' Day and All Hallow's Eve have some connection to pagan festivals. People of many races and cultures have remembered their dead and have had superstitions about death itself. Christians remembered death itself on All Hallow's Eve and celebrated Christ's victory over death. During the Middle Ages, Christians would gather in Churches for worship and they would remember the saints' victories over evil. Likewise they would put on little displays showing Jesus' victory of Satan, often using unusual masks and costumes to act out the story.
Thus, the festivities on All Hallow's Eve was the Christian's way of laughing at death and evil, something we can do in certain hope of Christ's victory over the powers of darkness. The Church for centuries, however, has seen All Hallow's Eve not as a glorification of evil, but as a chance to affirm eternal life in the face of the death of our mortal bodies.
From: Ted ted@pilger.com 5/27/2005
6:31 A.M.
If you are interested in graduating from 12th grade, and getting into the "real world",
There is going to be a video presentation about "MasterPath" at
AccessPhoenix.org, a public access web site.
Masterpath will show its introductory lecture by Sri Gary Olsen, possibly the first "Perfect Master" Western Culture has been blessed with, on...
Sunday 5PM (Phoenix time)
The streaming video works fine on dial-up and all you have to do is click the big icon at the top of the page ("Live WebCast") to see what is currently on.
Click "schedule" to see each day's agenda.
From: Richard 6/30/2005
12:51 A.M.
The Gary Olsen of Masterpath is a scam artist. I went to school with him growing up and he was in trouble all the time. He was in jail for stealig cars when he was in high school and he has a terrible temper. He was on the front of our local paper in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota paper for some really big trouble with a girl friend's son who he was abusing. Not sexually but by not letting him sleep in his own house. The school bus driver reported this poor kid always getting out of an old car when he was picked up in the morning and when it was investigated, Gary was in big trouble. He always said he would get on TV and make a lot of money. Now he is taking your money ted and you are a real fool. Gary is now a millionaire like he always wanted to be. He found his gimick, you who fall for his crap.
From: Ted ted@pilger.com 6/30/2005
6:27 A.M.
You miss the whole point...
everyone's shit stinks.
everyone is the Master.
everyone needs to take a shower in order to see both.
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