Beliefs - open discussion

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Originally Posted by NightSpirit

Ahh...so be it! sound

:) yes it be so nightspirit

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Originally Posted by xxheatherxx

No Im not at all sorry I asked lol....it was lovely to read.
In what youve written is many opportunities to look a little deeper at those fears and desires so that you might reach and come to understand that compassion that lies beneath them.

Yes and that is precisely what occurred for me heather ... I don't harbor too many fears these days other than dying of loneliness ... in saying that I have also realized that fear itself can be quite 'scary' territory to explore ... my little ahaaaaa moments tend to occur during very intense awake periods ... and ensuing meditation seems to quell the storms which threaten to brew as a result in that sense the med seems to be an action of sorts which I 'believe' is what it is all about. As an aside I have decided that as long as I manage to mention the word beleive at least once in each post I make I am on topic much peace and gratitude to you

[Xan]

Not answering for Gem but... Focus means keeping one's attention in one place.

Since the universe of forms and energies is always changing, keeping one's focus in silent unchanging beingness - our inner or higher self - is the only possible enduring focus.


Xan

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Originally Posted by Neville

To me theres no way round it, because in believing in nothing you are in fact believing in something.. it's the Mother of all oxymorons. You require a belief to exist, preferably based on personal experience. It is my belief that were I not to swim in water that I would sink and drown. It is my belief that the plants in my garden thrive and grow moreso in the summer than they do the winter.

Your beliefs help to difine you and there is no escaping the formulation of a belief based upon your experiences.

So in answer to kate, I would have to say it's all "Sand paper magic". You cannot go through this life without a belief of one description or another, even if that is the belief you don't believe in anything.

I don't advise anyone to test my belief that a flame will burn incidentally.

Nice post Neville :) You know I had forgotten all about that thread (SPM)... maybe I will revisit it and try to utilize it ... the question is what? In the past, when I have tried to 'fill' it I draw a blank. Is that because I believe I will or because my mind is so incredibly devoid of anything useful to 'share'? anyway a Happy New Year to you!