I have done a lot of meditating and considering spiritually. I am totally convinced that G-D is not either vengeful or wrathful. I believe that we have total freedom to either preserve or destroy what we have been given. When the earth dies, it will be because of what we have done to it and not an act of wrath by G-D. I believe that the force or power that we call G-D is gentle, kindly, and understanding. I believe that the Universe does offer help when we ask, but i don't believe there is any smiting going on. I like my G-D. I'm not sure that i like those to which some pray.

I think I agree with that. Of course that God has seen many billions of human deaths and great human suffering so it may not actually see our individual or group pain with as much sympathy as we short-lived creatures would like

I understand what you are saying, but i really believe that our suffering is made more severe by the fact that we have forgotten who we really are. When we experience that realization, we see everything through different eyes. We are here for such a short time, not even the blink of an eye, and then we go home...we reunite with G-D...ALL of us go back to the source. We lay down the roles we took up when we came here and reunite with the Universal Self, Consciousness, however you would like to call the Everlasting Self. This is little more than a play. The more deeply we identify with our character, the more deeply we feel the pain and the contraction of our lives.

Hi Charolotte,

Welcome. I think he is wondering if you got "roped" into coming here. It really doesn't matter.

Before you know it, people will start spouting bible verses at you & explaining the wonderful world of "smiting." (This is me being sarcastic or disillusioned or whatever but don't you worry 'bout a thing!) I noticed you don't like the "smiting" bit - I don't either - & if you notice, the gentlemen or knights in shining armour always "let the women & children" go first in the area of smiting or human sacrifice. (This is me being sarcastic again.)

Before all that loveliness starts, let me say again, Welcome. This is from the Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu:

Okay...
First, Namaste. These views are not from a specific denomination. They are the accumulation of years of meditation and consideration. They formed from many of the best feelings of many religions and they have been refined by the Everlasting Goodness. Just think about it. If my child did something terribly wrong, i would not either smite her or condemn her to everlasting hell. Am i better than G-D? I think not. If i am able to love the unlovable and see what has created them, how much more so can the Eternal? There is nothing that i, in all my years, can possibly understand, love, or forgive that the Supreme One cannot do better. Do you see where i am going? Once i understood that, i began to understand the true nature of the Universe. There is no smiting, no "I shall condemn thee is you step one foot out of line!" You see, my G-D is better than i am! That is the first step to truly understanding the nature of the Almighty.

Well, Charolotte, you are saying a lot of nice things, however it feels as though there is no substance, no feeling to them. It almost sounds like a Forced Political Correctness and not something you really believe. I feel no soul, no passion in them.

You reference some recently posted themes - smiting, a vengeful or wrathful God, suffering, pain, condemn to everlasting hell, " 'I shall condemn thee is you step one foot out of line!' " - which has me wondering if you are a speed reader given the short time you have been around here!

You've used some unique terminology as well.

• Universal Self
• Everlasting Goodness
• Supreme One
• G-D {Which parrots the very recent thought of another poster}

  BigFelix wrote:

  My -oD (why is it the G that's always capitalized and the o dashed out?)!

Charolotte,

Welcome aboard.

May I ask about the nature of your meditations? It seem to me that you don't assign any authority to your entity(s) while assigning all power to it/them. You haven't written much but what you have written appears to be a mishmash of ideas. For instance, you refer to "the Almighty" a markedly Christian assignment in my experience, but also refer to the " Everlasting Goodness" and"G-D", which could be taken as Buddhist, Zen or even Islamic belief.

Do your meditations give you an answer to the question of how the processes you believe in originated?

How they are controlled?

Who controls them?

Do you consider the results of your meditations to be a revelation from "G-D", the "almighty", "the everlasting goodness", "the Eternal", the "Supreme One"?

Do you consider these to be separate entities or different names for one entity?

If you do consider this a revelation, is it the only way you believe this entity(s) communicates with mankind?

If you do not consider this a revelation, what authority do you see in your message, if any?

What claim does this entity(s) have upon the earth and mankind?

Please elaborate.

ZZ

Namaste:
No question has been asked of me regarding how i found CastleCops. I am not a speed reader. I have not read ANY posts prior to my own first. My use of G-D is a respectful usage as i am not in the act of praying.

AND...as for there being no substance or feeling to my beliefs, is it possible that you do not recognize gentleness or kindness? Is it possible that one has to shout or rage for you to feel they mean what they say?

As to political correctness, do you know what that term means? Political correctness would dictate that i take a more accepted stand. The feelings which i express are my own, feelings which have evolved over more than 50 years of my life.

I parrot no other post. You take quotes from my post and intimate that i have taken the words from other posts. Find those posts and reference them exactly so that we may all look them up to satisfy our questions about your veracity!

At some point in the future, you may again ask me about a psychic phenomenon, but i have no intention of being sidetracked at this moment. I won't reply to an effort to "muddy" the waters.

I am sorry Namaste, i do see the question about how i found this site, now. The answer to that is that downloaded a program called "Hijack This" which showed a number of anomolies after its initial scan. Their site suggested that i go to one of a number of other sites where i might find some information about the anomolies. The first site shown was CastleCops. That is how i got to this site.

And, now, JoAnn,

Thank you for your post. And thank you so much for the wonderful quote from the Tao. I believe that peace, love, respect and understanding are the most important values that human beings can have. Within those values, one finds out how to live on this planet, how to live with others, and how to commune with the Universe.

You are a wise young woman and i am pleased to make your acquaintance.

My dear Zippy Zingo,

First of all, i am smiling very warmly at you! And, i love your avatar! Now to your questions.

The nature of my meditations is really more of becoming fully open and allowing my mind and spirit to receive more than i think i know. I realize that sounds strange, but that is really the only way that i can explain it. If i use my mind to think, i can only come up with what i know. I may be able to extrapolate to some conclusions, but they will only be based on what i already know. If i become fully open, emptying myself of all of my own limited knowledge, i believe that the information of the universe becomes more available to me. That is when realization comes. At least, that is the way it works for me.

Now, about your reference to my assigning power to my entities, please elaborate. I don't think i really understand what you are asking.

I use the various terms, i suppose, because they are terms that people find comfortable. I feel great joy when i merge into the Universal Self in my meditations, and often use terms which express my joy, which laud and praise that Being. They all refer to the same Universal Self. I just sometimes "wax poetic."

As to the origination of my beliefs, i think i basically explained where they come from. They are not controlled, they are just there, available to all who are open to receive them. If i have not made that clear enough, please feel free to restate your question.

You know, along with being open to the information within the universe, it is also important to weigh it to see if it is truth. One of the ways I do that, is by letting it sit inside of me. If it rests comfortably, if it fits and there is nothing nagging in the back of my mind, it becomes a part of my "Truth."

You see, this whole thing is a process. It does not come full blown and complete. It is a building...one truth on top of another...until you come to "realization."

I consider this process to be a product of many small realizations and believe they come from the Universal Consciousness. I suppose you could call them revelations but i would not call them "A Revelation."

No, dear, i do not believe that my way is the only way. For me it is, but i would not presume to make any pronouncement regarding any other way. The information is available to all. How it comes to each individual is not mine to judge, thank G-D.

The authority of the information which has come to me, which has formed my spiritual beliefs, i believe to be that of the Universal Self. If i did not believe/know that to be true, i would still be questioning.

The claim that this "entity" has upon this earth and mankind, i believe, is that of the Creator of all things.

Please post again and ask all the questions you wish, ZZ. I enjoyed your message.