Spiritual Forum

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    Star Flower August 28, 2012 at 6:59pm

    Good point, IM.  I AM relieved that my limited powers of discernment kept me from joining his site.
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  Rhiannon Yellow Star August 24, 2012 at 5:34am

  When it is quiet, I think I hear voices talking but can't make it out.  I know the spirits are around me because I will catch a shadow of them in the room that I hibernate in...lol  I have been seeing ghosts for about a year now.  Before, I could only since their energy.  They like to play tricks on me to and hide little things that doesn't amount to a hill of beans...lol
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  10eel August 23, 2012 at 10:57pm

  Haha u guys r awesome :)
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  Achilles August 23, 2012 at 1:22am

  Personally, I don't believe anyone is legit.
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    0on2lpe8fvmw6 > Achilles August 23, 2012 at 3:40am

    Personally, I think he is "too legit to quit" ...............................homey!
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    evonne. > Achilles August 23, 2012 at 1:36am

    dear Achilles,as one walks there journey of life on Earth,and then if we sit sometime and reflect on it,what do we say to ourselves after going over some of the people we have meet,leasons we have learnt,and not repeating the mistakes we have made,we can say to ourselves,yes indeed,this is what our life is all about,i guess this pic would say it all,love,light,blessings eve.
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      Andy > evonne. August 23, 2012 at 12:52pm

      Here's a quote I read (forgot where). "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience... We are spiritual beings having a human experience".
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      Achilles > evonne. August 23, 2012 at 2:19am

      Thank you, Eve. Perhaps I should have been more explicit...

      It's not trust in people in general that I lack (if anything, I'm far too trusting and idealistic); it's trust in so-called "channelers".

      I don't doubt that a lot "channelers" believe in what they say. I think it is highly likely that a number of them suffer from personality disorders (not necessarily dangerous ones). There may well be a small percentage who enjoy fabricating things with the intention of fooling the gullible thrown into the mix as well.

      As to whether any of them are actually in contact with extra-terrestrial / inter-dimensional beings, I cannot say with certainty that they are or they aren't. And neither can anyone else. People can believe things, but faith and knowledge are very different things.

      As Socrates said (I'm paraphrasing),"the truly wise man knows that he knows nothing. "

      I won't discount channeling as a legitimate possibility, because I don't possess all the data. I can, however, conjecture hypotheses based on what is available. And the fact remains that every single "channeling" I have ever read has failed to live up to its promises.

      Might the world change miraculously over the course of the rest of the year? Perhaps. But I'm not going to spend my time waiting for it to happen. I would rather focus my energies on doing tangible, practical things to make the world a nice place for other people; to lead by example.

      One more thing to bear in mind is Occam's Razor: the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one. So, either there is a monumentally huge conspiracy involving assassinations, UFOs, underground lizard people, psychic warriors, genetic modification, God, Lucifer, the air force, George Bush etc etc ad nauseum...

      OR

      ...there is a relatively small percentage of people with emotional difficulties who have trouble facing the fact that we are all, really, in the dark about pretty much everything, and we will all die exactly the same way.

      Don't get me wrong - I have a spiritual side, and some ideas. But that's all. Just ideas. And I'm growing increasingly frustrated with people hanging on "channelers'" every words; it's like they don't want to take responsibility. It's easier to placate yourself with promise after broken promise of a better tomorrow, because it stops you having to face the grief process once you've opened your eyes to how the world is run. It stops you having to take responsibility.

      People need to stop waiting for someone to appear in the sky and tell them what to do.

      Just my two cents :)

      
      Much love x
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        Star Flower > Achilles August 23, 2012 at 5:38am

        Archilles, your post TOTALLY resonates with me. TOTALLY. 

        However (there's always an however) a series of slightly odd things have been happening to me lately. The ringing in my ears (which I've been calling tinnitus for about 40 years) has transitioned to other types of 'noises' (like radio static, but different) in recent weeks, and several times (5?) I've heard my name called inside my head. A male voice. When the static begins, I feel as if I could hear a voice if I could only tune my ear just right. Also in recent weeks synchronicity seems to have quadrupled or more. Some events have really caught me by surprise and then I ask myself if I've been ignoring an awful lot until now. Ignoring co-incidences. I never thought I would be confessing to these things. And it may well be that I'm going a trifle lala. All I can do for now is wait and see. It will either all go away until it becomes a vague memory, or else I'll become some sort of channeler also, LOL.  God forbid!

        I might write to you all and say, "I heard a voice inside my head today and it said 'so and so'. What do you all make of that?"  I don't think I'll be saying, "I spoke with Lord Such'n'Such today and he said we should be prepared for this and that."  How do these channelers continue to write with so much conviction when they are repeatedly shown to be wrong? That is the part I'm currently trying to understand. So far the only answer I have is that they DO INDEED suffer from personality disorders. 

        I am a poet and fiction writer, and can manufacture unlimited scenarios under the headings of poetry and/or fiction, but I would never want to mislead anyone by claiming that anything I write is more than my own imagination. Maybe some people just have trouble differentiating between fact and fiction? Heck, I have a sister like that. I think it's fairly commonplace. 
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          Achilles > Star Flower August 23, 2012 at 4:10pm

          What a coincidence (or synchronicity?) - I am ALSO a poet / fiction writer!

          I've noticed the ringing in my ears increasing a lot lately, although I can't say I've experienced any other sorts of noises. Tinnitus or not, it's interesting to speculate on :)

          I think beginning with "I heard a voice inside my head today and it said 'so and so'. What do you all make of that?" is a wonderful idea, and one that people should take on board. I think channelers write with such conviction because, perhaps, they are also trying to convince themselves as they go along. That's my theory, at least. When they are shown to be wrong, they have two options:

           

          1. Accept that they were wrong, which means questioning everything that they believe in, resulting in a faith crisis and potential breakdown, or
          2. Make excuses ("earth isn't ready yet", etc) that enable them to maintain their beliefs

          I could easily be wrong, of course. And to anyone offended by reading this, please note that I believe you have the right to believe in whatever you want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. However, I have to draw the line when it comes to giving people false hope and setting them up for repeated disappointment. That's not cool.

          Love to all x