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22-09-2021, 05:49 AM
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Marianne Williamson's Tears to Triumph, The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlig
So I'm currently reading Tears to Triumph, The Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment by Marianne Williamson and her whole premise strikes me as weird. She talks about God a lot and prayers but then also talks about Enlightenment. Isn't enlightenment a Buddhist concept? She also says that love allows us to be conduits for miracles. I went to Catholic school for most of my childhood and I never learned of miracles in that way. What do you think?
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22-09-2021, 06:46 AM
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When you read Marianne Williamson's writings, you might want to mediate on what she is saying. She has some very powerful ideas/concepts to convey that are worthwhile in listening to.
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22-09-2021, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by BigJohn
When you read Marianne Williamson's writings...hwhile in listening to.
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hey BigJohn, why do you think her writing is important?
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22-09-2021, 07:51 AM
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If you listen to her, what she says makes sense.
When she ran for President of the United States: I was impressed at what she had to say.
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Happiness is the result of an enlightened mind whereas suffering is caused by a distorted mind.
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22-09-2021, 01:00 PM
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Hi, Wondering if you started with that book first or did you read ''Return To Love'', yet.
Many ideas of all sorts cross over into different religions ..or a better way to say it...
concepts, ideas, theories or truths have no religion.
I would say don't get hung up on 'a' word - enlightenment.
If she had said God realization, self-realization or union with God, maybe those would have more relatable to you, I dunno.
And, no, enlightenment, the word itself, is in many cultures and traditions, not just Buddhism.
Awakening is a word with not as many connotations to 'Eastern' ideas, maybe.
Personally, many things are not 'for me'. I would say MW's message is probably not for you, meaning no offense, really.
ACIM in general is not for most people. A Course In Miracles...the bulk of her background.
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Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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22-09-2021, 02:04 PM
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I used to belong to a Church in which at one time, the President of the Church was deeply in to A Course In Miracles (ACIM). Hard for some people to grasp what was being said but if they stuck to it, it finally 'made sense'.
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22-09-2021, 05:49 PM
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Thanks for the replies BigJohn and Miss H :)
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22-09-2021, 05:56 PM
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Hi...If she had said God realization, self-realization or union with God, maybe those would have more relatable to you, I dunno.
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btw, what's God-realization Miss H?
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