1. The document is a story that describes the journey of the soul from its origin in God to its experiences in different lifetimes on Earth and eventual return to God.
2. In the beginning, all souls existed as drops of light in the ocean of God. God created the world as a play for souls to act out lifetimes in different forms.
3. During human lifetimes, souls can find a living master who helps them use meditation to follow a hidden path back to God. By following the master, souls can eventually reunite with God in the ocean of light.
When I give a Relflections On Life Workshop, I design the second Slide Show for a specific group. This version is designed for Inter Faith groups but I adapt it and use slides from it as the \'framework\' for all the workshops. This version is quite \'serious.\' It includes images and quotations not just from the six major religions but also from Bah\'ai, Jain, Rastafarian and Native American sources. I would love to get some feedback and suggestions of other inspiring quotations which I could include.
Many people like watching the original Reflections on Life slide show to de-stress, almost as a meditation. I like to use this version in the same way. It never ceases to inspire me and restore my focus and perspective, especially if things have been getting me down. Life is beautiful. It is mysterious. There is meaning in every incident. We are here to learn and every experience is an opportunity to learn something important and deepen our relationship not just with each other but also with the One from whom we all came and (so I believe) to Whom we will return.
Do send me some feedback, to info@bluelotus.coand invite me to come and give your group or community one of my fantastic workshops.
030a - The man and his-her life in God, its destiny is never the Hell, but it...OrdineGesu
The man and his-her life in God, its destiny is never the Hell, but it is always the Communion of the beings in God, an outline of the Life after Death
A reflective slide-show - the latest version of my Interfaith slide show - which combines images and texts to encourage understadning and appreciation of difference and harmony between peoples of all religions and cultures - a oneness world. This is a dream found at the heart of all the great world religions.
When I give a Relflections On Life Workshop, I design the second Slide Show for a specific group. This version is designed for Inter Faith groups but I adapt it and use slides from it as the \'framework\' for all the workshops. This version is quite \'serious.\' It includes images and quotations not just from the six major religions but also from Bah\'ai, Jain, Rastafarian and Native American sources. I would love to get some feedback and suggestions of other inspiring quotations which I could include.
Many people like watching the original Reflections on Life slide show to de-stress, almost as a meditation. I like to use this version in the same way. It never ceases to inspire me and restore my focus and perspective, especially if things have been getting me down. Life is beautiful. It is mysterious. There is meaning in every incident. We are here to learn and every experience is an opportunity to learn something important and deepen our relationship not just with each other but also with the One from whom we all came and (so I believe) to Whom we will return.
Do send me some feedback, to info@bluelotus.coand invite me to come and give your group or community one of my fantastic workshops.
030a - The man and his-her life in God, its destiny is never the Hell, but it...OrdineGesu
The man and his-her life in God, its destiny is never the Hell, but it is always the Communion of the beings in God, an outline of the Life after Death
A reflective slide-show - the latest version of my Interfaith slide show - which combines images and texts to encourage understadning and appreciation of difference and harmony between peoples of all religions and cultures - a oneness world. This is a dream found at the heart of all the great world religions.
Where do I come from? Who am I? and Where am I going? Those are fundamental questions that everyone should ask themselves, and honestly try to answer in order to live a plentiful life devoid of fear and doubt. The Urantia Book teachings give us abundant information to answer those questions, presenting us a complete frame of reference extending from the material to the spiritual, in order to get a clear direction going inward toward the Creator or all things and beings, our Heavenly Father. This knowledge of truth guided by wisdom can immensely help us in order to avoid the missteps of evolutionary experience.
I An Eye for the Beautiful .
II Christ the Norm of Beauty .
III Transfigurations . .
IV The Principles of Beauty .
V Beauty Released .
VI Spiritual Beauty Triumphant ,
This is a slide-show which features inspiring quotations from a wide range of mainly religious sources. It is designed to encourage thought and reflection, appreciation of difference and positive relationships between communities.
The Know God, Know Good booklets have been beautifully designed and carefully written to share the names and attributes of God in a way that engages the reader, taking them on a spiritual journey of discovery. Through reading this booklet, we hope that when people understand and internalise the names and attributes of God, it should create a desire to lovingly connect and worship Him. For those who wish to explore more, www.iera.org/god has been created to help them continue their journey.
The second collection of R.K. Singh's poetry self-published in 1990 and first included in the collection MY SILENCE AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS published by Prakash Book Depot, Bareilly in 1996
Where do I come from? Who am I? and Where am I going? Those are fundamental questions that everyone should ask themselves, and honestly try to answer in order to live a plentiful life devoid of fear and doubt. The Urantia Book teachings give us abundant information to answer those questions, presenting us a complete frame of reference extending from the material to the spiritual, in order to get a clear direction going inward toward the Creator or all things and beings, our Heavenly Father. This knowledge of truth guided by wisdom can immensely help us in order to avoid the missteps of evolutionary experience.
I An Eye for the Beautiful .
II Christ the Norm of Beauty .
III Transfigurations . .
IV The Principles of Beauty .
V Beauty Released .
VI Spiritual Beauty Triumphant ,
This is a slide-show which features inspiring quotations from a wide range of mainly religious sources. It is designed to encourage thought and reflection, appreciation of difference and positive relationships between communities.
The Know God, Know Good booklets have been beautifully designed and carefully written to share the names and attributes of God in a way that engages the reader, taking them on a spiritual journey of discovery. Through reading this booklet, we hope that when people understand and internalise the names and attributes of God, it should create a desire to lovingly connect and worship Him. For those who wish to explore more, www.iera.org/god has been created to help them continue their journey.
The second collection of R.K. Singh's poetry self-published in 1990 and first included in the collection MY SILENCE AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS published by Prakash Book Depot, Bareilly in 1996
The most beautiful bronze statue in the worldJuan De Flandes
This presentation is about the butterfly girl, the exclusive bronze sculpture designed by Eddy Adriaens and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful bronze statues in the world.
The Book by Alex Listengort contains Poetry in different languages that is aimed to
reveal for a reader the divininy of a human being, an eternity and genuine of its soul
and the magnificient beauty of energy presented in our world.
Today in our hands we all keep a totally blessed possibility to get the needed truth,
to open a stream that does fill up and gives us new power to go further: with a good
will, conscioused goal, bright mind and an awakened soul. Many people that have known
Alex’s creativity do mark a special energy of his poems, that truly gifts them
peacefulness, joy, bliss, energy and a new knowledge.
In this edition are presented the works by Alex Listengort, written in a period of time from autumn-2008 to may 2013. Here the reader may see a circulation of different topics, of questions and answers, embodied in Poems. These Pieces of Arts do Bless and Fill Up with a Special Energy that is familiar to every living creature, and that brings peace, eternity, divine presence and Miracle of life in all its forms. Searches for a meaning of life and its integrating into the life itself, eternal existencional questions, for which the author dares to give an answer in his poems. Themes of love and beguines, motherland, nature, time and something they call the God: all that finds its reflections in authors’ poems, but the main here are the questions of enlightenment, spiritual awakening of a human being, gaining happiness, abundance and awareness: of everything, that each of us insists to find on the line, of everything, that, as author says, no one had ever really lost, and what Is just temporarily hidden under a tricky veil, that is a part of a global plan, that is a special condition of this Game. Today in our hands we all keep a totally blessed possibility to get the needed truth, to open a stream that does fill up and gives us new power to go further: with a good will, conscioused goal, bright mind and an awakened soul.
The Author itself sincerely looks forward for his works to complete their mission by revealing in a right way to the people beautiful secrets of all the world around and will bring happiness, peace and awakening into this world.
Besides this edition are published «Okean Bozhestvennosty» - a complete book with Alex Listengorts’ poems, notes and prosaic miniatures, and also – «A New Stage of Awakening», a book, where reader finds a new way of looking on humans spiritual awakening and on the esoteric knowledge that leads to such revelations. In prospect there Is a novel “The Return”.
DISCOVER A NEW (WELL FORGOTTEN) WORLD: A WORLD OF YOURSELF.
AN ENERGY, LIVING IN EVERYTHING.
A DIVINE CHARGE, OF WHICH YOU ARE AN ETERNAL GUIDE
"Chapter 1: The World" of Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy's textbook The Law of God. Excellent resource for Christian educators, Sunday school teachers, science teachers, catechumen classes, etc. Made by Orthodox Christians parents, with much love, for their children.
What is the Distant Healing about ? When you know that God exists, you also know that distance does not exist. And when you know that distance does not exist, your own breath gets the nourishment, to be (to live) in Divine Breath.
Lord's work through Jakob Lorber containing a collection of impressive narrations referring to the conditions of death and existence in the beyond of a few representative persons: a famous man, a rich man, a scholar, a young mundane woman, a general, a pope, a ministry, a poor man etc.
A humble presentation - a spontaneous result of awe and inspiration on my reading - THE SUFI PATH OF LOVE
The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi by William C. Chittick
2 Peter 3: Because some scriptures are hard to understand and some will force them to say things God never intended, Peter warns us to take care.
https://youtu.be/nV4kGHFsEHw
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
Hanuman Stories: Timeless Teachings for Today’s World" delves into the inspiring tales of Hanuman, highlighting lessons of devotion, strength, and selfless service that resonate in modern life. These stories illustrate how Hanuman's unwavering faith and courage can guide us through challenges and foster resilience. Through these timeless narratives, readers can find profound wisdom to apply in their daily lives.
Why is this So? ~ Do Seek to KNOW (English & Chinese).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma teaching of Kamma-Vipaka (Intentional Actions-Ripening Effects).
A Presentation for developing morality, concentration and wisdom and to spur us to practice the Dhamma diligently.
The texts are in English and Chinese.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
4. In the heart of every child is the seed of love and the innocent longing to know about God. May this story take you on a journey of exploration; a discovery of truth in all its simple wonder and delight.
5. For Children everywhere who wonder about God and his creation. Here is the eternal,universal story that tells of the love expressed in every faith.
6. May every child, of every race and faith, find inspiration in these slides- an insight into our origins, the long journey of life, and the wonderful possibility of finding our way back to our common home.
7. ong long ago in the very beginning, before even time began………… there was God and nothing but God. There were no skies or planets, sun, moons or stars. There were no people or Animals or birds or trees. There was absolutely nothing but God……
8. God was a wondrous Ocean of Light called Love. In this Great Ocean of God there were millions and millions of drops of Light that were all fast asleep.
9. And because they were asleep they had no idea how magnificent and shining God was. Each and every drop was a tiny part of the Great Ocean of God. Each little drop of Light was called a soul. One of these little drops is You!
10. After a while God willed the creation. He sent forth a wondrous luminous wave of Sound and Light. From his own Being and made the entire creation from it.
11. He made skies, planets, suns, moons and stars. He made mountains,valleys and deserts , oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. The creation was majestic and beautiful… but there were no living things in it to enjoy it.
12. So God decided to put on a play, using his souls as actors, and his new creation as the theatre! God was the Director, and He named his play , ” Life”.
13. Almost all of the souls wanted to be in his show, so God told them they could leave their Home in the Ocean of Light and journey down to be performers in the theatre of creation.
14. But there were a very few of the little souls that did not want to go at all. They wanted to stay home with their Lord. But He told even these to go and enjoy being in his play, too. Then he put a mark on each one of the souls that wanted to stay with Him, and promised them that one day He would send for them and have them brought back to their Real Home with Him.
15. He told all the other souls that if they ever decided they wanted to come back Home again, He would mark them too. One day, through God’s boundless Grace, He would help them come Home, too.
16. And so it was! According to the wishes of the Great Lord, all the little souls left their Real Home and drifted down through many splendid and magical lands until at last they were here, standing on the stage of this world we live in right now. The show was ready to begin!
17. The Great Lord gave every soul a costume to wear so that each little drop of Light would be dressed to play its part in “Life.” The soul’s costume is called a body. Every soul on earth has a body to wear. The length of time that a soul wears a certain body and plays that part in “ Life”, is called a “Lifetime”.
18. Some souls were given the bodies of plants. Some were given the bodies of insects and reptiles. The Great Lord gave some souls the bodies of fish and birds. Some souls were given animal bodies……
19. And some souls were given the most wonderful body of all-the human body. With their body costumes on, all the soul drops look different. But underneath their bodies they are still the same little drops of Light and Love.
20. We all belong to the same family because we all have the same One Father, God, the Great Lord. We should always be kind, gentle and loving to every living being because a soul lives inside each one.
21. All the living things that we see in the world can be divided into five groups. Humans are on the top step because we are able to understand that we are soul drops, not just actors. And because of a wonderful secret you’ll soon discover….
22. Plants are down at the bottom. They are the lowest form of life. They cannot think and are rooted to one place. Animals are on the fourth step. They are lower than humans because they are not able to realize that they are soul drops. Birds are on the third step. though they are free to fly, they are less clever than animals. Fish, Reptiles, Insects and Worm are on the second step. they are less clever than birds.
23. The soul is what makes the body alive, and able to jump and run and swim and fly! When the soul’s part in the play is finished,the soul leaves the body costume.Then the body dies, and no longer lives,breathes or moves. But the soul never dies ! Your soul is a radiant drop of God, So the real you lives forever
24. Do you know what happens to the soul after it leaves the body costume ? It begins a new lifetime in a new body It is given a new costume and another part to play on the stage of creation ! This is called birth.
25. A soul can be born as any living being. One lifetime you may play the part of an apple tree. In another lifetime you might wear the costume of a tiger or a swordfish. Or you might play the role of an Indian boy…. Or an American girl. It pleases the Great Lord to see each being cheerfully accept whichever role He has given it to play in “Life”.
26. The play of “Life” is like a great circle. The soul actors journey round and round, from Body to body, costume to costume, playing different roles, for millions and millions of lifetimes. God has made his play seem very real, So his soul completely forget that they are just actors playing parts. Sometimes they worry about what was happened and what will happen in “Life”. But God never worries about what happens because He is the Director, and He knows that “Life” is just a play.
27. God is happy to see his play beautifully performed by his soul. So enjoy his show ! Be happy and grateful for everything that happens to you in his play. And whenever a scene is sad or hard, remember you are only playing a part. The real you is your soul , a perfect luminous drop of God Himself, so his love, power and greatness are all within you !
28. Talk to God. Feel Him shining inside you, Loving you and giving you all the strength you need to play the part He gave you, courageously and well. This is called faith in God. If you will always remember Him and have faith in Him, you will be happy inside yourself, no matter what happens in his play of “Life”.
29. When the Lord wants one of his souls to come back Home, He makes that person Feel lonely deep inside, like something is missing. This is the Great Lord’s special way of reminding the soul that its Real Home is not in this world, But back in the Ocean of Light.
30. The reason the human body is so special is that it is the only body costume in which a soul can leave God’s play forever and return Home again. God has placed an invisible secret door In every human being! This secret door opens onto a hidden path that leads the soul back through the magical lands to the resplendent ocean of God.
31. And just as He promised He would In the every beginning, God sends his own Great Power, Mercy and Love down into our world to find the marked soul drops and bring them back Home.
32. This Great Power is called a True Living master and lives inside a human body That looks like yours and mine. But actually the Living Master is a wondrous Wave of God’s Being, who comes into the world only to gather souls from the show of “Life” and take them back Home. These souls are attracted to Him like bees of honey.
33. When a person really wants to return to the Great Ocean of Light, the Master teaches him how to do so. He makes a faithful promise to take the soul back home. He touches that soul with his Own Soul, and an everlasting bond of love forms between them.
34. He shows that person how to close his eyes, sit very still, and lovingly remember the Great Lord. This makes him forget all about his part in the play for a while. His mind becomes so peaceful and quiet that he is able to hear the wondrous waves of Sound and see the shining Light of the Stream that flows all the way back to the Ocean of the Lord.
35. One day the secret door opens, Revealing the hidden path, within! Thrilled, the soul steps across the threshold, into the starry sky of an amazing new world! Each day, the soul follows the Ringing radiant Stream of Sound and Light Further and further up the hidden path. And then, in this refulgent realm, Something wonderful happens! The soul beholds a stunning and magnificent sight!
36. The Master’s dazzling form, Made of nothing… but the Stream of Sound and Light! Dancing with joy, the soul dives in and is carried toward its Home in the powerful swift current of the Master’s Love.
37. The hidden path leads the Master and the soul through many marvelous and magical lands, until at last, They round the final bend and look up to see….
38. Off in the distance…. The welcoming lights of home! Overflowing with love and longing for God, The soul rushes on, until it arrives on the Very doorstep of God, Himself. And then…..
39. In a flash of Light the door opens! And the Master lifts the soul drop back up into the Ocean of Light, Where it lives in the happiness, peace and bliss of the Great Lord God. Forever and ever…...