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chaski On about 13 hours ago
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#16New Post! Sep 16, 2020 @ 21:03:02
@dookie Said

...stuff....



@chaski Said


...stuff...



As a side note, a conclusion of sorts, in terms of Christianity:

There are only two necessary prayers from the believer. All other prayers are selfish and self-centered.
> The 1st is the Lord's Prayer
> The 2nd is the Jesus Prayer.
> I suppose one could add, "please help me not be a complete and irredeemable jackass"... but again, that is ultimately selfish.

The only "creed" necessary is "suck it up, tough it out and be the best you can".
dookie On December 16, 2023
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#17New Post! Sep 17, 2020 @ 11:27:28
@chaski Said

As a side note, a conclusion of sorts, in terms of Christianity:

There are only two necessary prayers from the believer. All other prayers are selfish and self-centered.
> The 1st is the Lord's Prayer
> The 2nd is the Jesus Prayer.
> I suppose one could add, "please help me not be a complete and irredeemable jackass"... but again, that is ultimately selfish.

The only "creed" necessary is "suck it up, tough it out and be the best you can".


The Christian mystic Meister Eckhart said that the only prayer necessary was "thank you". This would be "enough". In a non-theistic context, Pure Land Buddhists would agree. I have found, over time, that the Nembutsu morphs into Thank You quite naturally, without calculation. Thought or actually said in all circumstances.

Some question how true thanks can be given without "someone" to thank, but this confuses non-dualism with the idea that "all is one". In the Pure Land tradition there is a wide spectrum of understanding. From Amida, "up there", who will come for us at death to escort us to the Pure Land, to Amida as a personification of Reality-as-is, and the Pure Land is here, now . And all stops inbetween.

I'm not suggesting here that there need be any necessary progression from one understanding to another, and certainly not that one is better than another. Faith is not "sight" or allegiance to any "conclusions". What matters is the unfolding and opening to grace.

For me some of this would relate to the so called "mysteries of the Trinity", spoken of sometimes when it is questioned why Jesus prayed to God, thanked God, asked not to be called good as "only God was good." And yet, according to the "mysteries", He was God. For Pure Landers (at least as it has unfolded for me) the "mystery" is not within the
"relationships" of some transcendent Being beyond us, but comes to be within us and around us. Within and around us all .

I am a Universalist. It is the ground for recognising the hand and touch of Grace in others, of diverse faith, or of no faith at all.

(Even in the Costa guy who has just moved me on from my comfortable seat as it was not a designated area, compelling me to sit outside where the sunlight bothers my eyes...... )
gakINGKONG On October 18, 2022




, Florida
#18New Post! Sep 17, 2020 @ 13:46:12
@mrmhead Said

Which one?




Maybe Twilight can give us some enlightenment.
He's always good for a judgment of movies.


Probably both are fun to watch but this predates that.

Before Thomas Cranmer and Hamlet there was 2 Timmothy 4:1
chaski On about 13 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#19New Post! Sep 17, 2020 @ 14:30:46
@gakINGKONG Said

Probably both are fun to watch but this predates that.

Before Thomas Cranmer and Hamlet there was 2 Timmothy 4:1



That's the Timmothy who was Pauls boyfriend... right?
Darkman666 On March 27, 2024




Saint Louis, Missouri
#20New Post! Sep 17, 2020 @ 15:59:27
you heard the book, " are you, my mother? " by dr. suess. there a sequel to the book never was published due to the title of book.

devil, you said by dr. suess
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