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Referred to as the oldest religion on earth, Hinduism boasts about a billion followers, mostly on the subcontinent of India. This makes them the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. But is it a religion?

Quite unlike other religions, the Hindu religion does not worship any specific God, it does not claim any specific Prophet, it does not believe in any specific philosophic dogma, it does not follow any specific set of religious rites and does not have any specific founder; in fact, it does not satisfy the traditional definition of a religion in any way. It appears to be a way of life and it was not very surprising to learn that some Hindus are atheists.

It acts like an umbrella, accommodating several religious factions, each with their own god(s), prophets & rituals, binding them in a lose federation. Some of these factions differ from each other as much as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism differ from each other, of course without the animosity we got used to.

It teaches behavior such as honesty, kindness, patience, forbearance, self-restraint, and compassion, among others. As such, it has remarkable similarities with the Abramic religions. I have not met a lot of Hindus but the few I got to know all had one thing in common. They were pacifists who would rather do themselves short before putting another at a disadvantage. They behaved more like Christians than most Christians I know. Maybe we can learn something from the Hindus. It appears that any person can practice his own religion within Hinduism without violating the doctrine of his own religion.

So, I ask again; is it a religion or is it a way of living?

This is not an effort to convert anybody to Hinduism; it is merely my view on the topic and therefore just my opinion. You are welcome to give your take on it providing that it does not start another religious war on the blogs.


May you have a prosperous day.

If CS was a geographical region and not a site in the cyber world then surely it would have been the Holy Land of the Internet.

We have been invaded by wave upon wave of crusaders waving the banners of their religion; some not even understanding the religion that they promote well enough to answer simple questions regarding the specific religion. I wonder if the Pope approved and blessed this crusade? I have lost count of the exact number.

Talking about the pope, what happened to our own pope? I have not seen him since my return.

But these are not the Templar, Hospitaller or Teutonic knights of old who tried to make the Holy Land accessible to all. These crusaders try to promote their own religions as being superior to the rest while other have a (not so well) hidden agendas to promote their warped racial or political views, thus using religion as a vehicle to spread their own views.

Methinks they all wanted to be preachers or politicians (same thing) but probably failed the test and now seek different stages for their plays.

It reminds me of an old man that used to stand on the corner with a bible, a portable amplifier, and a guitar. He never had much of an audience as most people just walked on and the surrounding residents found him a nuisance.

I understand that they have a mission to spread the news about their God, and don't complain about that but why bombard us with their own views and agendas.

There is a time and a place for every thing and a dating site does not strike me as a pulpit. I’m sure there are thousands of religious sites where this sort of writings will be more than welcome.

I seldom read blogs with a religious content and lately that leaves me with very little to read and causes me to yearn back to some other nasty or weird characters who have disappeared over the last year. At least I used to read their blogs.


May all of you have a wonderful day.

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After all, if Heaven's going to be Heaven, we'd certainly have to have some of these Heavenly pleasures that we now enjoy! That's why Jesus was able to eat and drink and walk and talk and look just like He had before! Isn't that cool?--And so will you! Of course, you won't have to eat, but you can if you want to! You won't have to lie down and rest, but you can if you want to! You won't have to have sex any more, but you can if you want to! You won't have to walk around any more, but you can if you want to! And you'll even be able to do a lot of other things that you can't do now! You'll be able to fly, appear, disappear, walk through walls, all kinds of things!--Wonderful!

In fact, I'm convinced that Heaven will be an eternal continuation of what you and I who love Jesus already have right here and now in our hearts. We are already enjoying a little foretaste of Heaven with all of the love and sharing and sweetness and light and joy and praise and song and communion with the Lord and each other that we have right now!

We have a little bit of Heaven already--Heavenly hearts, Heavenly homes, Heavenly loved ones, Heavenly work to do for the Lord, bringing the Heaven of his love to others! God's Word tells us that this is just "the earnest of our inheritance" (Eph.1:14), just a little sample, just a little bit of Heaven with His Love and His Spirit and each other and His wonderful work. So if this is just a sample, think of what the real full Heaven will be like!

Jesus said, "I am come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly!" (Jn.10:10.) He wants His children to be happy and to enjoy life to the fullest, even here and now!--"An hundredfold in this life, and in the World to come life eternal!" (Mk.10:30.)--Heaven on Earth and Heaven hereafter! And through His liberating, life-giving "Law of Love", to love Him with all our hearts and our neighbours as ourselves (Mt.22:37-39), we are free to enjoy total love, life and liberty in the Lord--providing that whatever we do is in love.

Therefore, contrary to the so-called "holiness" religions which seem to think and teach that it is sinful to enjoy anything and a sin to be happy and that sainthood consists of suffering, pain, self-torture, self-denial and self-crucifixion, we have found that God loves life and created it for us to love and enjoy too! Of course there are times when, for the Love of God and others, we may have to "deny ourselves" and "lay down our lives for the brethren" (Lk.9:23; 1Jn.3:16) proving that we love Him and others more than ourselves.--But this doesn't mean we're not supposed to love and enjoy the life He's given us!

The simple pleasures and joys of life were created by God for us to enjoy! He even tells us that "ALL THINGS are yours" in Christ Jesus (1Co.3:21), "to the pure, ALL things are pure" (Tit.1:15), and "ALL things are lawful" (1Co.6:12) unto those who are motivated by love, "for against such love, there is no law!" (Ga.5:22,23.)

After all, it was God who created the very nerves which feel good and the very senses which feel pleasant, to look upon things which are pleasant to the eye, to taste things which are delicious, to hear beautiful music, to feel pleasurable sensations of touch, and to even smell the lovely fragrance of a flower or of delicious food cooking.

So although we don't know just exactly what it's going to be like in Heaven, we know it's going to be better than it is today, a beautiful Heavenly Heaven-on-Earth without sin, without wickedness, without trouble, without weariness, pain, sickness or problems. We're going to have wonderful new bodies, new models, and will be able to enjoy this World to the full as we never enjoyed it before!--Well, we've enjoyed it quite a bit, but we'll enjoy it even more than ever!



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Recently, I had a shock of my life. I have been working at the same place for more than 30 years. During those 30 years I had never seen nor experienced the presence of the unseen. Heard many stories about the wondering spirits from my colleagues.

Recently , I experienced 2 occasions where I felt their presence and seen one.

Experience 1 : This particular day, I had to enter an abandoned storeroom to check on something. My colleagues told me not to go in alone, asked someone to accompany me. One of my colleagues who has third eye, told me she once saw a woman stood at the storeroom door. Being stubborn, I peeped inside and went in. Out of a sudden I felt my whole body shivering. I remembered what my colleagues told me. Quickly , I came out of the storeroom. Told the whole office about my experience and had an earful.

Experience 2: Happened last week.. Never crossed my mind that the toilet I had been using for more than 30 years has a wondering spirit. There are 3 cubicles. When I came out from the 1st cubicle, out of the corner of my eyes I saw someone walked into the 3rd cubicle. I thought it was my colleague. After washing my hands, I turned to look who it was. All three cubicles were empty.

I still use the same toilet.

A parable says that a man was returning one night from work, walking on a dark street. On his way there was a large stone that he did not see and he kicked and he was quite badly injured. The man continued on his way home, but stopped and pushed the stone into the ditch on the side of the road, thinking that no one else who might pass by would suffer the same. So his deed did good to others even though people who might have suffered the same would never have known of his deed. Like our man, God works daily for us to be well and not to hurt ourselves in countless ways. Even if we do not know and do not realize, the fact that we are ok and nothing bad happens to us does not mean that nothing bad could happen to us. It means that the Lord protects us and does this well. But we do not look up at night to go to bed to give thanks for the Lord's Work. Instead, we look up as soon as something bad happens and ask "why ... why me ... why now ... why so ... why ...? Maybe instead of looking We should look up at the past and ask why ... Maybe at some point our indifference is too great even for God to accept, maybe there are times when even He is tired of being treated with indifference. "His deeds, to be overlooked. An unseen help exists whether it is noticed or not. But we all need appreciation, to offer and to receive. Thank you for your attention."

There are only two ways we humans can posture ourselves. Either we’re bent over like a question mark or we’re straight as an exclamation point. It depends on our view of God. Our lives only have meaning within the context of a Creator. His life, love, holiness, and ultimate ends—these are the things that give us hope and purpose. Reject God, and the answer to “Who am I?” doesn’t even require a single word. A simple question mark will do. Without Him, we feel we’re nothing but momentary sparks that flicker in meaninglessness and die into nothingness. There are no answers, only question marks.


When our view of God is true and biblical, we’re as upright as an exclamation mark. We’re made in God’s image for His purposes, recipients of His peace and perpetual life through Jesus Christ who loved us and died for us. We stand firm with hope and purpose.

We’re only able to understand who we are when we understand the Creator. Our secularized culture yields despair, but how different when we exclaim with Psalm 8: “O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth!”

What awaits on the other side
After death takes one's breath away
Billions have taken that last ride
Yet what awaits no one can say

A belief is just a belief
It may provide some with solace
And give a measure of relief
But it's not a proof in this case

All persons will know the answer
When death comes knocking on their door
That's all that can be said thus far
And how it may be evermore

Death is inevitable (according to the Bible).

Many fear it.

Some people fight against it fiercely, whilst others embrace it willingly.

Vocabulary used to describe it includes such words as ‘foreboding’, ‘uncertain’, ‘mysterious’ and ‘final’. Imagery used to depict it is ugly, scary, and dark.

Is it really death that we fear, or is it what happens after? Or perhaps we fear what may sometimes happen before; such as pain and suffering from grave illness/sin?

The Bible often refers to death as ‘sleep’ or ‘rest’. Neither of these terms conjures images of dread for which we ought to fear. In fact, both describe a respite from work, an opportunity to relax and rejuvenate. So why, then, should I fear death?

Among other deaths, I have been a witness to my own mom’s passing, which has left me with many unpleasant memories. And whilst I believe that ‘theoretically’ we shouldn’t have any fears, the sad truth is that if our pain and suffering from something debilitating could end with either uncertain medical treatment or certain death, we may most likely choose the former, even though certain death would give us ‘rest’. What an enigma!

Is it that we are pre-conditioned to fear death and fight against it at all costs? Is it a part of our DNA so there’s no avoiding the fear?

Often, I feel that I may not ever be ready to die because pain and illness are sometimes horribly unbearable. But, if I had a choice in the matter, I would want to die quickly and painlessly. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), when it comes to my deciding how, when and where I die, the choice is not really mine.

"s*xual energy is a wastage if it only remains confined to sex, but it becomes a great blessing if it starts transforming its quality: sex not for sex’ sake — use sex as a communion of love. Use sex as a meeting of two souls, not only of two bodies. Use sex as a meditative dance of two persons’ energies. And the dance is far richer whe...n man and woman are dancing together — and sex is the ultimate in dance: two energies meeting, merging, dancing, rejoicing.

But use it as a stepping-stone, as a jumping-board. And when you reach the climax of your sex o*gasm, become aware of what is happening, and you will be surprised — time has disappeared, mind has disappeared, ego has disappeared. For a moment there is utter silence. This silence is the real thing!"

osho

What say you?

Now I have got your attention, why are we continually reminded of the terrible things that the Germans did, even film and documentaries about them, even we have to be politically correct and no be anti Semitic.

Victims of Soviet genocide Mass murder of a type never before seen in human history was carried out in Russia by the Soviet government from 1917 until roughly 1953. That was the world's first modern holocaust, i.e. the systematic murder of millions of people by a government. The Soviet holocaust began years before the Nazis committed their holocaust.

Most of the murders committed during the Soviet holocaust were committed by people who were racially/ethnically Jewish [in fact, Jews, via their political activism, built the Soviet Union]. Granted, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was not a Jew, and his predecessor Vladimir Lenin was only part-Jewish [however both were married to Jews]. But most of the top people who served in the Soviet government under both Stalin and Lenin were Jewish, and their names are well-known to many historians - for example Leon Trotsky, Lazar Kaganovich, Lev Kamenev, Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov ...YES JEWS !

Victims of Soviet genocide Interestingly, apart from the Soviet government, Jews also dominated many Eastern European communist governments , and as such they oversaw what might be referred to as micro-holocausts, i.e. the murder, torture and jailing of scores of other innocent citizens, most of them gentiles as well.

The Soviet holocaust is rarely mentioned in the West today. And when it is mentioned, it isn't referred to as a holocaust. The reason for that is because public mention of that holocaust - and calling it a holocaust - would cause the Nazi-committed holocaust to be significantly overshadowed. Such overshadowing would have major political, racial and financial consequences, not just for the Jews but for other people as well.


At least twenty million Russian citizens were murdered in the Soviet holocaust, and many more than that were imprisoned and/or tortured in some way. Many of the people who were murdered or oppressed were politically conservative or moderate Russians who simply opposed Soviet communism. But some of the people who were killed by the Soviets were political leftists who, for certain reasons, opposed the Soviet government, or, were seen as a political threat to the government.

Some Jews might make excuses for the Soviet holocaust. They might say that the Jews in Russia were only responding to anti-Semitism when they carried it out. But that's a weak excuse. Murdering 20 million people and enslaving millions more for decades is not an appropriate response to a social feature that was caused by Jewish behavior in the first place. Other Jews might say that the Soviet holocaust was not a 'real' holocaust. But of course it was: certain people were methodically murdered over a long period of time.