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Quote: We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life. -C. G. Jung
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Quote: we only appropriate [there is a good old theological term,eh ] greater and fuller recognition/remembrance as Abba's Spirit permits.
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Quote: in AD 533, reincarnation was declared a heresy by the Council of Constantinople.The reason reincarnation was repudiated was because of the eschatological teachings of death and judgment which were established as orthodox Christian doctrine. In simplicity this doctrine states man has just one life in which to merit his eternal reward or damnation. Such a doctrine also strengthened the Church. However, many Christians still believe in reincarnation because they think it was taught by Christ.In an interview the author Jess Stern asked a lady who had previously seen the late American mystic Edgar Cayce "Why do you now find it so important to believe in reincarnation -- wouldn't just being a good Christian, believing in the message of God through Christ be sufficient to get you into Heaven?"She answered plainly, "Don't you know that Christianity embraced reincarnation for three hundred years, until the Roman influence expunged it after the Enmperor Constantine recognized the Church? What do you think the early Christians were thinking when they asked Christ whether he was Elijah, who had come before? They were think reincarnation, that's what."She continued, "If you thought of reincarnation as rebirth, I think you could understand it better. Just as the earth has a constant rebirth, so does the spirit. Don't you remember Christ saying, 'Unless man is reborn, he cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven?'"Stern told her he thought the was a reference to baptism. She replied, "Christ was not interested in show, but substance, that was at the heart of everything he said or did."Most occultists and witches would certainly agree with their Christian friend. Reincarnation is rebirth. Just as the earth is renewed so is the spirit or soul which knows no death. To many reincarnation is taught by nature herself. Some would say by the Mother Goddess. In the spring the trees give birth to new leaves, flowers bloom, new foliage springs up. In summer and fall the crops are harvested. In winter the earth rests, everything is dormant. This is the earth's life-cycle which many believe symbolizes the spirit's.The Christian lady speaking with Stern referred to reincarnation as a learning experience. Each reincarnation not only purifies the soul more, but this purification comes through opportunities to learn more in life if the soul is willing. Here is a division of thought concerning reincarnation. Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism teach each reincarnation may be different, that is, man may return as a lower life form such as a plant, tree, or animal.Certain sects of Gnosticism held this belief too. The rationale of such a belief is that the soul has to experience all aspects of life. Western thought of reincarnation is that man just reincarnates to higher spiritual levels of life, but never returns as a lower life form. In Western philosophy it is also held if man does not reach a higher spiritual level he must repeat the cycle until he does.Most occultists and witches believe reincarnation is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. As to the exact cyclical process there are divergent views. Some hold a view similar to the Buddhists the individual personality disintegrates at death with its characteristics forming in a pool with other traits which come together in new reincarnations. Others believe reincarnations only occur within a tribe, race, or family. This is Odinism. Another view is that there is a resting period between reincarnations, where the soul rests in a state of bliss in the astral plane called Summerland before it passes into the next reincarnation.Many occultists have attempted to retrace their past lives or reincarnations by dream analysis, meditation, or occasionally hypnotic regression. The witch Sybil Leek thought she had been Madame Helena P. Blavatsky, the co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Aleister Crowley believed he traced his reincarnations from Pope Alexander VI, renowned for his love of physical pleasures; to Edward Kelly, the assistant of the Elizabethan occultist and magician John Dee; to Cagliostro; to Eliphas Levi who died on the same day as Crowley was born. Continuing back further Crowley believed he had been Ankh-fn-Khonsu, an Egyptian priest of the XXVIth dynasty. A.G.H.
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Quote: I have seen an agent punch through a concrete wall; men have emptied entire clips of bullets on us and have hit nothing but air. Yet their strength and their speed are still based on rules. Because of that they will never be as strong or as fast as you can be.'
Quote: You are a slave Neo. like everyone else you were born into bondage. Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch...a prison for your mind. Unfortunately no body can be told what the Matrix is.........you have to see it for yourself.........I'm trying to free your mind Neo. but I can only show you the door. you are the only one that has to walk through it.
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Quote:Yes, some very interesting INKLINGS of a well-rumored GLORY,Stephen, but my respectful and humble question is HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?Are you relying on a collected sharable wisdom ....externally received at first and then corroborated spiritually within your vessel of being? Revelation, of course. I would appreciate your understanding on how you are able to know this and confident enough to pass it along, perhaps even know yourself to be part of a chain of prophetic LIFE.Listen, my friend, I really do appreciate you.... so I trust you are not feel your being 'stoned' by any aggressively cynical rocks.... Also I wonder if such confidence in the eternal validity of your perspective can have other variations of perspective yet still be reflective of THE CENTRAL TRUTH?
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