Not, I'm not saying that at all. Love for someone can be free from the burden of of attachment, much as appreciation for an object or possession can be experience without attachment. If we say, "I need you to make me happy, " that's attachment. If we say, "I want to make you happy, " that's love. It's a subtle difference on the surface, but in reality, they are polar opposites.
Indeed, but you have to listen with interest before you can truly involve yourself in the matter. Many people just don't listen to others points of view and remain rigid and closed off in their views and opinions. Listen carefully with an open mind and a good heart, people respond positively to that.
The health benefits of laughter are far reaching, much more then you may first imagine. I went along to a laughter yoga weekend a couple of years ago, my stomach muscles were aching for days afterwards. On the second day we had a long study into the medical benefits of laughter. I was truly amazed how our body responds in so many positive ways to the simple act of laughter. Also, I was surprised to find out recently that the body does not discriminate between forced or false laughter, but will gain the same benefits whether the laughter be false or authentic.
It's ok Kaybee, I don't take the comments personally, in fact I look on snooks as a great friend and I'm endebted to her for giving me the opportunity to practice patience, tolerance and understanding.
I remember a great Eastern yogi saying to us some time ago, " to find God, you have to go beyond religion and observe." Religion is really like a finger or signpost directing us along the way. For some it's just not necessary.
There are good explanations for your questions if you search in the right places. Not that I'm a believer in the god of the bible. I search in many places to try and find the truth. I find my long stays at various buddhist centres give me many answers.
"When we take the gods as facts, rather than metaphors, then we get lost in debating the merits of the facts rather than apprehending their meaning. The fundamentalist ties his or her beliefs to the facts and narrows the spiritual vitality by fighting rear-guard actions against disputation. On the other hand, the atheist disputes the evidence, gets confused by the institutional forms to which he or she has been exposed, and misses the possible deepening which occurs whenever one confronts the meaning of divinity."
James Hollis, Mythologems; Incarnations of the Invisible World.
Unfortunately nothing escapes the universal law of impermanence, not even diamonds. But they do stick around for longer than our minds can comprehend unlike us mere mortals. Here today, maybe gone tomorrow.
The word God, for many people, presents a barrier to the very thing it's supposed to be guiding us towards, the realisation of divinity and the higher power within us all.
There's a few tents with homeless people by the banks of the River Mersey that runs through Chorlton. Maybe the odd yurt in someone's back garden also....all human life can be found there. Although I do use the term "human" loosely with some of them.
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RE: Don't let ur emotions run away with U.....
Indeed, it can sometimes be dangerous to come out of the spiritual closet.