Maybe it only feels like a cage because you have forgotten the why. What if you did choose your parameters - before you were born on earth? What if you laid out a perfect plan with God and your angle helpers and all those who are on this earth t...
I find that I am in frequent conflict between my logical mind and my spiritual beliefs. One could say that my logical mind are the bars of my cage. Logically, I could argue and likely defeat my spiritual beliefs, but I do not as I also recognize that they are ...
Greetings oboyWe could not operate in 3D without logic and reason, you are quite right they have there place, we must value them, however without Spirit's input there would be no Creativity.You seem to be well balanced between them. albiet alternately. The...
I so appreciate this beautiful exchange of intellect. However what thought this question inspires in me is to take a look at where we are in life and ask, "did I choose this or is this what God has chosen for me?" Namaste
Mark, I once went to see Rabbi Lawrence Kushner (who has written a great many wonderful books of Jewish mysticism). He said this of free will: sometimes human beings are under the impression that their choices are very broad (here, I think he set as an example being...
DEAR LAURENThanks for those insights, your thoughts are comforting,It is very apt that you mention Reverence, it has bothered me somewhat recently, that the Reverence I once felt, ( for the Divine), I no longer seem to,.Whereas, as I stated in my last reply to Vision...
Mark, I think you are right about surrendering vs exercising free will. My moment of grace came to me during my darkest despair. When I had lost all hope that I could find a "solution" to my problem and that I would be "saved" by some...
The idea of restrained freedom is interesting, if not an oxymoron. I’ve heard the term ‘freedom within a framework’ used in my profession. The nearest I can come on this is ‘yes’. To both. Although not a bird cage, we do operate w...
DEAR VisionCasting. and SimplerreligeonI ask the question not from academic curiosity, but from a personal need.Unfortunately I fear that I am most often unable to clearly express my meaning, for I am often misunderstood, so please bear with me.I long since acce...
Everyone tends to discount the human mind for figuring out the answers to life's questions. I don't underestimate the mind at all. It is a powerful idea to think for yourself the quite ironic notion. 'Do I have control of myself?' Intere...