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Spiritual awakening, what is it? (Part One) The BBC

D ans leurs préfaces au Livre des sagesses ; l'aventure spirituelle de l'humanité (Bayard 2005), Frédéric Lenoir-Ysé Tardan Masquelier say that the history of mankind bears the trace of a man perennial and women belonging to different cultural backgrounds, who claim to have made a radical experience of the absolute. Whatever the name given to this absolute, it is perceived as personal or impersonal, all show a unique experience that gave meaning to their lives.

In Buddhist tradition, Zen, Hindu, Sufi, and some Western spiritual traditions, spiritual awakening is the pinnacle of human achievement. In the spiritual worldview, there is nothing more important for humans to understand the awakening to his true nature''''is the reason he is on earth. Sages often compare this awakening in morning awakening, consciousness emerges as when sleep after a night of bad dreams.

Spiritual awakening or enlightenment is perceived differently depending on what spiritual tradition or what current new age we have. Some of these currents are awakening as something grand, like Bodhi higher in Mahayana Buddhism, for example. ''This is made of multiple knowledge is a true omniscience, which mingle magic powers and a multitude of wonderful features. The bodhisattva is a being so endowed qualities most extraordinary .''* Have also found that vision with the followers of Siddha yoga and bhakti yoga in India.

But in recent decades, especially in the West,''ordinary''awake multiply, their promises are more timid, they project a more simple and are a little more realistic. Realistic is perhaps a strong word, but at least we no longer speak of magic power. For

Adyashanti enlightenment is simply not see through the ego. It does not see life or anything: self, others, your dog, your cat, your livelihood ... It does not see the world through the eyes of this distortion is called: state of consciousness of the ego .... That's why it was compared to its natural state, natural meaning that it is not distorted by a lens ... is a perception without lens, without distortion, in the end is what enlightenment: a perception without distortion. Living In

released Eckhart Tolle suggests that there is a dimension free of problems, suffering and conflict.

Bernard (Two Oceans, 2003), said that be free is free from person permanently and say that watching the film of the life of this individual he believed to be like it was a dream, nothing more.

Eric Baret him, suggests that arousal is humility is to stop pretending to be this or that, stop pretending to be an author, stop pretending to direct his life, realizing that the aware of the things is there and give without wanting to direct current.

When asked Daniel Odier to speak of the great masters, he replied: Simple, light, relaxed, unpretentious, not technical, do not take anything for special, authentic. They reproduce knowledge to all people whom it was stolen by the power hungry.

Once awake, what happens?

Francis Lucille says: Following this awakening, we are free from fear and desire, free from fear, because, having returned to our immortal self, the specter of death is leaving us forever, and free because of the desire, knowing the absolute fullness of being, the attraction exercised on us obsolete objects ceases spontaneously.

Nisargadatta, the sage of Mumbai, said ; For me, the desires are merely among other things, mere clouds in the sky of the mind, and I do not feel compelled to act on them.

Jean Klein himself, said that the first thing you notice is how much richer and deeper are your perceptions. Communication becomes even more varied. In general, we are set in patterns of communication, but when we live in the open, high sensitivity arose, a sensibility that we never dreamed of.

Betty, a Quebecer says awake; I saw without emotion, desire and fear left me permanently, nothing is discussed, decided in advance, I live every moment fully. The mechanism that made me ask questions no longer exists, Life Is every moment, everything is perfect, everything is intelligent, I have the momentum of "what to do" all the time. Whether it's for my job, my relationships, my friends, my cat, get bread to eat, sleep, take care of my body, everything is complete without a stop and everything is seen in a complete and perfect. The little person who was convinced that everything had to analyze, compare, control no longer exists.

Jack Kornfield reported the words of a master with whom he studied: I am not this body, so I am never born and I shall never die. I am nothing and I am everything.
Finally, Swami Prajnanpad adds that the sage sees this as this is .

Nobody can deny that it looks good awakening.

I'll stop here and wait for the reviews, comments if there a. I want to make sure to leave with a definition that satisfies the majority. You notice I used the definition that we offer those who say they have experienced this awakening ... matter of making the exercise a bit more credible, especially about not distort the concept of arousal.



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* Dict. Buddhism (Albin Michel, 1999)

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Sunday, December 5 took place on unveiling of our new facility for the holidays. With hard work and a good dose of imagination that girls Kao have transformed the space into a light ramplisant places and place of joy for this festive season. New productions are worth betting and visitors can admire each corner light provided by lamps, lanterns, candlesticks and other bright objects. This Sunday was another beautiful day we had the chance to meet people, enjoy some candy while admiring each other's work. It's not over, because the magic light will continue again for all the holidays of Christmas and the New Year. We also invite you to visit us at the Salon des Metiers d'Art de Sainte Agathe 10,11,12 and December, the Park Chalet Lagny.

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Meet the artists of the day December 5, 2010 from 14.00h to 17.00h .

We look forward to seeing you there to present our new work.

We will be open throughout the month of December, 10.00am to 17.00pm except Tuesday and Wednesday. Closed December 25.

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Apocalypse 7: celestial visions

1. A pause:

As was the case in Chapter 4 and 5, after the Lord has directed the apostle John to go to the seven churches and before he starts open the first six seals of Judgement, Chapter 7 opens a pause during which we leave the earth to find ourselves transported into heavenly visions that are relevant to the people of God.

Impressed by the description of the scourges that afflict the world as a trial, we can soon leave us to think that it occupies the main theme and purpose of Revelation. This is another reality in mind, the latter much more positive than the first! For if the trial is necessary, as a process to bring the kingdom of God, the ultimate goal in the revelation que donne l’Apocalypse n’est pas le jugement, mais la rédemption, non la destruction du premier ciel et de la première terre contaminés par le péché, mais l’établissement final du tabernacle de Dieu au milieu de Son peuple : Apoc 21,1 à 4 .

Deux lignes parallèles courent simultanément tout au long de la révélation jusqu’à leur séparation totale et définitive. La 1ère ligne fait état de la situation du monde, cette partie de l’humanité rebelle qui reste séparée de Dieu. On y voit la trace de plus en plus marquée de la révolte des hommes contre Dieu, révolte qui atteint culminate in the admiration of the animal by the whole world and his submission to his authority: Rev. 13.4. It's a line marked by misfortune and the manifestation of more severe wrath of God. The second line, the one that interests us most, is the situation of the people of God, certainly plunged down here in suffering and tribulation, but comforted, restored, healed over finally glorified in God's presence, and with him. The alternation of visions which we are exposed in the book therefore has a dual purpose: that we realize that live simultaneously lost and elected in that time when each will occur for the great denouement

After the first 6 seals vision of Judgement: Ch 6, and before the opening of the 7th: Ch 8, a pause is ordered by God for before the four winds of destruction come upon the earth: cf 7.2 Dan, a spiritual operation of marking and identifying elected from among the Jewish people takes place.

2. 1st vision: the 144 000 Jews marked with the seal of God

After church, nations, the cosmic elements, to Israel is that in the revelation he has received, John brings us to focus our attention. For Israel, despite his disobedience to God, which reached its maximum point in the rejection of Christ, is because of the appeal which has been the object and the faithfulness of God, the object of His grace and His election. The Apostle Paul, Apostle of the Gentiles, is completely clear about this:

a. It has never been in the mind of God to reject a final Israel Rom 11.1 . Those in Christendom, have been believe that Israel, since the death of Christ, totally ousted the plan of God, are wrong (the Catholic Church and Lutheran, Jehovah's Witnesses, for example ...)

b. The proof is that Paul, a Christian, is of Jewish origin: Rom 11.1-2 and, if the Church embraces believers of all nations, its root is Jewish Rom 11.17-18

c. Israel is at present a paradox: because of his fathers, he is loved by God because of his rejection of Christ, he is his enemy Rom 11.28

d. This paradoxical situation, which was the heyday of the Church, is tentative. Comes a time when the enmity between God of Israel will, after the time when God's grace is available to nations, Emergence: from 11.25 to 27 Rom

e. Purpose of the renewed blessing of God, Israel will be what it always should have been from the outset: the source of divine blessing of the first world Genesis 12.1-3; Rom 11.15

f. All these are due only a single cause: the gifts and the irrevocable nature of God's grace: Rom 11.29 to 32

These are the beginnings of this movement for reinstatement of Israel as an actor and bearer of God's blessing and witness of Christ we are set here. The Church of Jesus Christ no longer of this world, is handed over to Israel so that, at the time of trial and the apostasy at all, the testimony of God and Jesus continues to be heard world.

Who are the 144,000 Jews marked here on the front of the seal of God ? Much ink has flowed to try to decipher their identity, and whether or not it should be interpreted literally the vision of John, we're not going to add, but we simply raising the details given by Apostle about them:

a. they are equally the representatives of the twelve tribes of Israel: Revelation 7.5 to 8. Given the attention to detail that shows John in the list of tribes, there is a priori no reason to think that we should not take this the number reported in the letter. It is not in the habit of the Word of God to call numbers to indicate the amounts of figurative way: eg Numb from 31.3 to 6, 1 Kings 19:18; Acts 2.41

Note that List of last names of two tribes are not mentioned: Ephraim, represented by Joseph, and Dan. Some commentators believe that this omission is related to the entrance of idolatry in Israel during the reign of Jeroboam, 1 Kings 12.28 to 30. The absence of the names of two tribes faulty at the time that it would mean a new Israel, purified from all idolatry, which we would have to do in recent times.

b. They are marked on the forehead with the seal of God, probably the seal of the Spirit: Ephesians 1.13; 2 Cor 1.22 , property mark before there comes the moment when the beast imposes his own on the world : 13.16 to 17 Rev. and proof of their belonging to the family of God as a son: John 6.27. They will form the human force on earth resistance to the divine power of the antichrist.

c. They are the spiritual elite of Christ, men inhabited by a spirit of purity and truth impeccable : Rev. 14.4 , disciples made and perfect.

While the days of his incarnation, Christ had twelve disciples accompanied by weak, sinful, prone to error and ignorance, from among His people, they will be here twelve thousand of each tribe, filled with His Spirit and His power to proclaim and celebrate His praises his virtues: 1 Peter 2.9 !

3. Second vision: the innumerable multitude gathered before the throne: v 9-17

After describing the Jewish elite of Christ, the second vision takes us back to the throne of God before which is gathered from a multitude of the redeemed of all peoples and all nations of the world. Who are they? One of the elders who asked the question to John himself will provide the answer: they are, he says, all the martyrs who are killed at the time of great distress (or tribulation).

The two successive visions that John received here are complementary. While the Antichrist will crack, it shall be, under the impact of the testimony and the preaching of 144,000, millions of people worldwide will be converted. Although they do not enjoy a long history of freedom of religion and faith that we enjoy today in some countries. Soon, they will be arrested, tried and executed, when they will not fall without trial under the blows of police of the antichrist.

While we have so much trouble to win one soul to Christ, sometimes, the impact of the Gospel will be unprecedented. So will the power of the Word of God as it was with Jonah, the Jewish prophet Christ as seen by a sign: Mat 12.39 in his time. As Jonah was in disobedience, the testimony he gave to God, cons his will not bore little fruit: only a few sailors were convinced and believed: Jonas 1.16. This time of the prophet's life reflects the state of Israel today. Everything else will be there when the Prophet, in response to the call of God, will obey: thousands of repentant Nineveh escape while the trial was imminent fall upon them: Jonah 3 . It is the image of what will happen when the elite of Israel will begin to call people everywhere to repentance and faith in Christ before the day of wrath!

This time will be time to harvest all the people of God, a time when the seed sown by the Church and remained buried rise suddenly to the astonishment of the world, at which time the tree of God roots and branches will bear fruit: cf Rom 11.15 to 16. Certain that this prophetic vision motivates us today, even without seeing the fruits, to move forward, faithful to the call from God.

Several factors, identified by Jean characterize the status and activity of the martyrs from the great distress

a. They are a great multitude came from all peoples and all nations. Finally, after all missionary efforts, the goal set by Christ to the disciples before His departure is reached: Matthew 28:19-20. Note that if the Church has received the mandate of Christ, Israel, somehow, has received the first by Abraham: Genesis 12.1-3 . Because this is the case, it is in God's logic that it is also he who perform last.

b. They are held immediately before the throne and the Lamb without fear going through the trial. They are the full benefit of the salvation brought by Christ: John 5:24 .

c. They are clothed in white robes, not by virtue of their own qualities, but because of the purifying effect of the blood of the Lamb: 14 v . Remember that, although it corresponds to the highest price of loyalty, be a martyr of Christ confers no saving virtue. If the martyrs are clothed in white robes, their purity that comes from Him alone and nobody else!

d. They have palm branches in their hands, symbol of victory and peace: Leviticus 23.40

e. They celebrate God and the Lamb for the salvation of which they were subjected: v 10, and worship Him continually: v 15

f. They are forever subject to the protection, care and consolation to them in the Lamb: v 16 and 17. It is enjoyable for anyone to go through the martyr, but a better resurrection is after: 11.35 Hebrews.

Let our praise to join with the angels, elders and all living beings that are in heaven for God and the Lamb!

I am coming soon!

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Sathya Sai Baba, The Secret Swami

E n writing the previous blog about Castaneda, I realized it was time to publish a link for the BBC documentary on Sathya Sai Baba, The Secret Swami . Even if it's just touch on the subject, doc. gives a good overview of the scandals surrounding Sathya Sai Baba.

So here: The Secret Swami

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Travel potter by Carmen Abdallah

Who said potters

was rather sédenataires people?

In October 2010 I was part of two weeks Japan.

I just returned from an experience

ressourssante I wish for any potter.

The purpose of the trip was learning to build a wood oven anagama half and half noborigama. But AC is found to be much more. I met several local potters and experience of overseas visits were made several potters in the region or it was very well acueuilli. We saw their workplace, their ovens, especially noborigama, and pottery. We also attended a great demonstration by Tsuruta Yoshihisa, Petty Officer Mike.

The exchange of ideas, tips and approaches to pottery have been invaluable to me.

A typical day began around 8:00 am. After breakfast, we headed to the site of the oven. A nice 10 minute walk on a country road among the rice terraces, a dense forest and mountain views.

Once the site of the furnace, we found ourselves on a real construction site. Across the gravel, dirt, piles of excavated clay, wood, stacked bags of mortar, bricks and size of several tools of all kinds.

Craig Edwards was responsible for overall development of the construction of the oven. Mike Martino is the potter who organized the workshop. He lived in Japan for several years.

The morning was expected agendas. Shoveling the gravel a bit, digging deeper requested, preparation of mortar, brick display the range of the hand, measuring and cutting bricks, etc.. Everyone found a job and gave background on behalf of the advancement of the oven. This proved to be an accumulation of steps to solve constantly. Immediately a step taken, another aparaîssait.

I found the staff very patient and perseverance against the constant adjustments we all make to the daily. Result: a very nice oven makes a good team. everyone is happy.

And what about our beautiful late afternoon, despite the fatigue and hand cramps and back in, it always ended by a good dinner under the stars in Japan. What stories potters sipping delicious Sake end served in the beautiful pottery Karatsu colleagues.

For me, the most important in this whole experience is the contacts and exchanges between people. My path has never crossed the path of most people I met during my trip. Ironically, I went to Japan to get in touch with Daniel Gingras, one of my favorite potter Quebecers long. A meeting valuable.

"It's The Beginning Of A Beautiful Friendship"

To get in touch with Mike Martino www.karatsupots.blogspot.com

Denise Milani Nipples 2010

The BBC Carlos Castaneda

J e do not need to present Carlos Castaneda, his stories''psycho-shamanic''have sold millions of copies once and it is no exaggeration to consider him as a pioneer movement of spiritual / new age modern.

Those who are well informed know very well that his books are fiction (there never was a Don Juan), it is not authentic shamanic teachings and life of'' Witches''(women Carlos) ended tragically by suicide.

But Carlos is not an idiot, his books still reflect a spiritual mythology Universal in which millions of readers have found inspiration. It is for this reason have often heard:'' have them mad if it's fiction, his teachings have opened my mind''. Maybe they have opened people's minds (what does that really mean ?.... could debate a long time), but Castaneda does not seem to have benefited from his own teachings .... just read those who rub to understand that it was not a wise, but especially manifested''qualities''of a totalitarian and manipulative guru.

The inauthenticity of Castaneda is extremely well documented through the books of Richard De Mille , fikes Jay Courtney, Margaret Runyan Castaneda (his ex-wife) and Amy Wallace , one of many women who formed his''harem.''

For those not wishing to invest in extensive research, here is a BBC documentary that sums up the controversy: Tales from the Jungle: Carlos Castaneda and The Shaman.

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Apocalypse 6: Opening the first 6 seals

1. Introduction:

The throne of God prepared for trial, the Lamb, whom the Father has given, because of His humanity, the power to judge: Jean 5.27 , took the book on which was written lamentations, groans and lamentations: 2.9 to 10 Ezekiel to open the seals!

2. The first seal: the white horse: v 1 and 2

the question posed by His disciples about the signs they can recognize the time of His coming, the first response is that Jesus will "Take heed that no man deceive you or deceives you: Mat 24.4; Luke 21.8 . Not stopping there, Jesus goes on to describe what reside in the risk of error and seduction: Many will use my name saying, I am Christ! : Mat 24.5; Luke 21.8.

Seduction spiritual scale will on the part of the Lamb, the first means by which It will operate the world's judgment. This decision is using, in the words of Jesus himself, according to Justice: since the world did not want Him as Messiah, he condemns himself to be seduced by anyone else who pretend to be: John 5 , 43 . The Apostle Paul reminds the error is not a coincidence, but the inevitable consequence of the absence in the heart of the love of the truth: 2 Thess 2.9 to 10.

Seduction will be more effective than, apparently, the rider mounted on the white horse looks like line for line Christ himself: Rev. 19.11. This to the point that some commentators have thought of the Apocalypse that this is Jesus himself. Rather, we believe that after being seduced and deceived by his caricature is the true Christ, at the end of its history, the world will do. This misleading similarity should not surprise us. All Scripture is unanimous (and we shall see later when we study the personality of the animal) to warn us of the incredible power of imitation in which the devil can show to attract men 2 Cor 11.13-15 ; Rev. 13.11 .

The intentions of the white horse rider amount we are clearly revealed here: it is not conditional, nor to be one of those who share power with others that s' elance, but rather to conquer all the earth: that was never done no man before him. The white horse rider of the devil will get what he tried to offer Jesus early in His ministry: Luke 4.5 to 6.

The fact that the rider judged on the white horse above the others should not surprise us. Every conquest large on the world based primarily on the formulation of a doctrine or ideology. Each conqueror or purporting to be universal was his book that was like our Bible, the word that should be believed and followed Hitler - Mein Kampf, Mao's little red book, Karl Marx and Capital, Muhammad and the Koran ... The first success of this rider will win the world thought that humanity will join in a comprehensive manner. No wonder he appears to everyone as the Messiah.

The instrument by which the rider straddling the white horse operates is the bow. Paul already warned Christians to beware of the fiery darts of the Evil: Ephesians 6.16. Gun fighters, the arc is often identified as that used by the evil lurking in the shadows, to bring down the righteous and the weak: Psalm 37.14. So attention to slogans and sayings that we hear. Using the name of Jesus and the word gospel is not a guarantee that the Spirit of God is there and those who use these words are true followers of Jesus Christ: 2 Cor 11.3-4 . In false christ, the white horse rider amount may be, like Satan himself, an expert in the citation of Bible verses: Luke 4.10 to 11.

3. The second seal: the red horse (or red): v 3 and 4

On the day of the introduction of His Son into the world, God kept through angels to deliver a message of peace the inhabitants of the earth: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among humans in whom he delights: Luke 2:14. The rider with the white frame introduced in the story is making a jumper with a red horse crew who immediately follows, with a goal and a mission: take peace from the earth and work that men kill each other (the red symbolizing the color of blood).

Note that the order of arrival of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse follows exactly the list of signs given by Jesus after the seduction of war: from 24.7 to 8 Mat. A link between cause and effect links the apparent emergence of the rider on the white horse on the scene of the story, following him, the rider on red horse.

Posing as the returned Messiah, it is not impossible to establish and enforce its authority over the world, the rider on the white horse starts, as has been done in Islam during the Crusades or in the wars known as "fair." However, this concept of just war, especially if undertaken in the name of Christ is totally alien and incompatible with the thought of Jesus and the Gospels: Mat 26.51-54; Jean 19.36. Just war presupposes to be justifiable, an axis of evil that categorically separates the good from the bad guys (rhetoric employed by George Busch its justification for war in Iraq). However, this vision of humanity is at odds the one we present the Bible as God's vision: Rom 3.9 to 18.

Protestant thinker, is the Koran that Jacques Ellul traces in his book "The subversion of Christianity," the father of the concept of holy war. "Until the advent of Islam, he says, war is not tolerated by the Christians. It remains, though led by a Christian emperor, suspicious and ill-judged. But the war is inherent in Islam. She is enrolled in her teaching, she is now a fact of civilization, now a religious, but can not be separated ... In Islam, war is always right and is a sacred duty. It is the duty of every Muslim. Islam must become the universal. we must extend the true faith to all peoples by forcing them by all means, and inevitably war. "

We can not say with certainty that the white knight will be Muslim. But what is certain is that he will find in the literature to serve as its support, the theological justification he needs to, in God's name, using the war to impose his authority to the world and his thinking.

4. The third seal: the black horse : V 5 and 6

As history always shows, the war never comes alone. It leads inevitably in the wake of famine. The rider on black horse holding her scales to weigh the small amount of grain that the average worker will be available, symbolizes the plight of the world after the passage of the first two riders. Like the others, the rider on the black horse is positioned exactly where Jesus is in the order of the signs preceding His return: 24.7 Mat. As the red symbolizes blood, black is, in biblical language, that which characterizes the famine : The 4.8 to 9 m .

At the time of the apostle John, the denarius was the wage of a day's work and allowed the purchase of eight die of flour or 24 measures of barley. When after the war, famine Universal occur, rationing only grant the individual the 8th of the usual portion.

If all people will be affected by the famine, the mention of saving the oil and wine, luxury goods, could mean that, as is often the case, it will be the countries poorest who are most affected by the scourge.

5. The 4th Seal: The pale horse: v 7 and 8

In tail crew of the first three riders, John sees a rise last horse greenish (Greek: chloros), ridden by one rider whose name is given to us: Death.

Death, says the apostle Paul, is always the wages of sin: Rom 6.23 . Following the release of the first three riders introducing, as a trial, lies, war and famine, the result can be death to the world that large scale. It is therefore not surprising to see the 4th rider with the credentials of those who preceded sword and famine. The fourth rider is like the Harvester, who mounted his horse, picked up the bodies and souls of all those killed the previous riders to fill the grave: Isaiah 5.14 to 15.

A sword and famine, John adds to the power of Death plague and wild beasts of the earth. Besides the direct mortality caused by famine and sword, each war brings inevitable diseases and epidemics. For the record, let us remember that the English flu, a century ago, has claimed more victims than the war itself: a billion people sick and 50 to 100 million deaths. The sword, famine, pestilence and wild beasts of the earth are, according to Ezekiel, the 4 terrible punishment of the wrath of God by which He exercises His revenge against men rebel: Ezekiel 14.21, punishment which, in law already, are the expression of His curse Deut 32.23-25; Lev 26.14 to 26. If they applied today, they will scratch, according to the prophecy of John, about 1.7 billion people in the world map.

6. The fifth seal: the martyrs of the faith: v 9-11

In agreement with the signs given by Jesus: Matt 24,9.10.13 , the 5th seal projects us, not in the arena the world, but live in what the witnesses of Christ in this turbulent period of history. If there was any time of persecution against the disciples of Christ, the final period of history will, under the leadership of the Antichrist, an incredible increase in the number of martyrs of faith. The days of judgments that will befall the world, for believers present, that of the great tribulation period when many shed their blood declared loyalty to Christ: Rev. 7.14; 12.7 18.24 .

If it is included in the seals of the trial, the persecution of believers is not one for them, but for the world. As it does as badly as it did to her child for a father, fanning the fierce anger of God on the rebellious Rom 12.19-21, 2.5 , claiming the blood of the martyrs revenge. For example, the massacre of St. Bartholomew in France, it was a misfortune for the Reformation, was a disaster for the country from plunging into a cycle of endless wars in f.

God that He has the ability to remain master of himself, does not shorten this difficult time provided for His children. The persecution by the Antichrist will be the means that God will use His people to get out of the world will be ripe for His Final Judgement. "God does nothing worse than to His children to enter heaven with whips: Thomas Watson. "

7. The sixth seal: a terrible earthquake: v 12-17

If the first five seals open presents us with phenomena already known, opening the sixth seal us into terrestrial and cosmic upheaval on a scale unequal . Repeatedly, Jesus, speaking of recent times, made reference to signs in the heavens and the earth causing the terror of men: Luke 21,11.25-26 . The phenomena reported here are not new in the prophecy: they echo many announcements made by the prophets of the Old and the New Covenant:

- a shaking of the earth: ESAE 13.13; Joel 2:10; Nahum 1.5; Haggai 2.6 to 7; Heb 12.26-29

- obscured the sun: Exodus 10.22, Isaiah 13.10, 34.9 to 10; Joel from 3.14 to 15: Matt 24.29-30

- the moon turned to blood: Ezekiel 32.7; Joel 2.30, 24.29 Mat

- the stars falling from the sky like green figs: Nahum 3.12; Rev. 8.12

- The sky rolled up like a book: Isaiah 34.4, 2 Pier 3.10 to 12

- The mountains and islands moved out: Psalm 97.5; Isaiah 54.10

The effect they produce upon all men, most largest to the smallest, the purpose of the message of the 6th seal is clear. It demonstrates beyond doubt that the true God is not someone who on earth is appointed as such, but one who lives and reigns in heaven. The inhabitants of the earth, like the magicians of Pharaoh recognizing the finger of God before the miracle product that Moses Exodus 8.15 , make no mistake: they identify with perfect accuracy who are the cause of this terrible plague that affects them: God and the Lamb: v 16.

Will they take the full measure of the warning sent to them? The result shows that, unfortunately, instead of repenting, the world, in its majority, will remain deaf to God's call to repentance!

I am coming soon!

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The Pentagram and Snowball

S f you live near Montreal, that you are interested in new age and spirituality and you're a rat library, you probably know bookstores The Pentagram (on St-Hubert) and Snowball (on St-Denis).

The pentagram is already closed for several months and Snowball for a month or two. Frontenac Street tells the story of Snowball and collects about the owner, Pierre Grenier. Although it was known to be more or less sympathetic, personally, my visits to the library and my contacts with him were always pleasant. I liked him because he was one of the few if not only, to offer its customers the texts published by the Institute Indian Civilization which published translations of Lilian Silburn and Abhinavagupta.

At first glance, this seems strange because it is undeniable that the beliefs derived from the new age and spirituality are more popular than ever. I think for example the popularity of December 21, 2012, issue If that were true to Canal Life or the TV series American Medium and so on ... it would have been unthinkable have this type of program twenty years ago. I already addressed this issue in a post titled Warning ... the new age would come or I stressed inter alia the popularity of Eckhart Tolle and attention that talkshows U.S. give Deepak Chopra, John Edward and Sylvia Brown of this world.

So if spiritual books are more popular, why do The Pentagram and Snowball close their doors? There is surely no single explanation, but two of them come to mind.

A, the availability of these books in major bookstores. Unlike the owner of Snowball , I do believe that prices have a big role to play, the books are not generally less at Renaud-Bray. For cons, I remember the early 90s or space allocated to the new age and spirituality in a big box bookstore was about a hundred titles. Go visit one of these libraries today, the new age and spirituality occupy entire blocks and have their own pyramids of books in the middle of the store. Customers abandon the bookstores because they are now they read everywhere ( Jean Coutu, Walmart, Loblaws ).

Two, some big publisher like Lu I have to start massive release of spirituality and new age, even the classic mystics like Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda of or Initiation of Elizabeth Haich . This affects the small bookstores that recess could boast, and rightfully so, to offer customers much more than best-sellers, and since a very small percentage of the public seeking highly specialized titles ( Steiner, Blavatsky, the Corpus Hermeticum or the Guide for the Perplexed ) they can help the new age bookstore that hard.

People no longer have the chance to be in contact with these books, demand reduction and since the large surface area bookstores still offer a good choice, it affects the bookstores who lose their usefulness quietly. This often happens when a sub-culture merges with popular culture, and this is precisely what is happening with the New Age and Eastern spirituality.

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On A Horoscope What Does Compatability Mean

Apocalypse

A. A throne prepared for trial:

From the land where he was, Chapter 4 of the Apocalypse carried the apostle John to the sky where the first vision that grew upon him was that the throne of God. The throne is established, the defined objective of the vision given to John is clearly stated: "Come up here," said the voice addressed to John, and I'll see what happens after: 4.1 . "This is the implementation of this afternoon presented to us here in Chapter 5.

Aside from the insertion Hebrews 4.16 of grace as an attribute attached to the throne, all other biblical references are to the throne in the same direction. The throne God is the place from which he dispenses justice and making judgments: Ps 9,4.7, 11.4; 29.10, 45.6, 89.14, 97.2 . The throne of God drawn, the time has come, after the period of the Church, go to the Judgement of the world. However, what the ruling, if the restoration of all things in good order, the order willed by God from the beginning: Proceedings 3.21 ? What is the ruling, if not the end of disorder caused by the rebellion launched by Malin at the beginning? It must, "said Paul, after Christ has put all things under His feet, that the Son Himself resubmit all things to His Father, so that, as it always should have been the perfect kingdom of God is established and again that He is all in all: 1 Corinthians 15.24 to 25.

throne prepared for the trial, John sees the one who sits in his right hand holding a book sealed with seven seals and bearing all sorts of statements as to the outside than inside (the front and back) : v 1 . The prophet Ezekiel, who also received from God in his time the vision of this book, tells us more about its content: 2.9 to 10 Ezekiel. The book that God holds in his hand is no tidings of joy, but great sadness, pain and mourning for humanity. This is the time when the world is accountable to God and pay for the crimes committed, the time when people will tremble Ps 99.1, a time when world leaders, powerless to His anger, pray the mountains to hide them: Rev. 6.15 to 17, a time when the spilling of innocent blood, which cries for vengeance from Abel: Genesis 4.10 will no longer be hidden Isaiah 26, 21 . After the long years of patience and grace of God, strikes the hour of the day of His wrath : Isaiah 61.1-2 .

B. The disqualified:

throne erected and ready for judging, one question arises: who in the universe, among all beings that exist, is worthy to execute Judgement of God upon the world ? The call for dignity, as qualification and competence to perform the part of God's Judgement on all beings, presupposes the combination of several factors not disqualifying. Addressed to all creation and all beings, everyone is called to examine itself to see if it has attributes appropriate. The fact is both terrible and shocking:

1. Father: while having the legitimacy to do so, it lacks, one might say, a qualification that, even if the criticism is not justified, could be made of him: the experience of life in the form human. Voluntarily, because of this gap in his experience, the Father chose to abandon the trial of men cf John 5.26-27, Acts 17.30 to 31.

2. Creatures that are in heaven also for the same reason, and perhaps for other : Job 4,18-19 , ne sont pas compétentes pour juger l’ensemble de la création.

3. Les créatures qui sont sur la terre. Ils sont nombreux les pouvoirs ou les régimes qui voudraient se placer, au nom de Dieu, en justiciers du monde : l’Islam, l’Amérique et son axe du mal… Tous, aux regards de Dieu et de Sa loi, sont enfermés dans le même culpabilité : Rom 3,9.19 . Jamais, nulle part, la colère de l’homme n’est le moyen par lequel s’accomplit la justice de Dieu : Jac 1,20

Soulignons que si les pouvoirs politiques ne peuvent être the instruments of the absolute justice of God, the Church, despite the fact that it is the royal bride of Christ, may be more so. Admittedly, the latter may associate with this privilege at one time or another: Mat 19.28, 1 Cor 6.2 to 3, but not in virtue of its own that it will but because of the grace which itself has been the object: John 5:24, Rom 8.1 .

4. creatures that are under the earth: the expression may mean those who already passed through death. Even if, among the men of the past, some were outstanding and exceptional in their walk with God: see Ezekiel 14,14.20, justice will be served to them to save themselves do not allow them to be much qualified to be judges of others! There is and always will be, even in the best man, enough traces of impiety and corruption, apart from the grace of God, sufficient to convict him.

Given the sad fact of the disqualification of all beings to make the justice of God, John is stunned. The question arises for him: So is there anyone in the world who can then put a definitive end to evil? The fate of the righteous is he to resign themselves to suffer without that repair can take place: cf Rev. 6.10 to 11? If this is the case, then the reaction of John is not too extreme: only despair remains!

Fortunately for him, John will not stay indefinitely in her affliction. One of the former comes to comfort. Yes! There is a being, a person who, in the universe, is qualified to practice in the name of God Justice and Judgement of Mankind!

C. The only qualified: The Sacrificial Lamb

This being qualified, the former means of two ways:

- It is said it first, the lion of the tribe of Judah from Genesis, through the mouth of Jacob, what is given to Judah's promise that it would be among his descendants that He would come who would stick Command: Gen 41.10 . Later, Micah confirm the prophecy stating that it is from Bethlehem, a small between all the cities of Judah that come out one whose origins date back to ancient times: Micah 5.1, which every scribe who read Scripture knew: Mat 2.4 to 6. Jesus, our Lord is a native of Judah: Heb 7.14 . Released as a lamb, it is because of the character here will be of His acts known as the lion Ps 7.2; Prov 19.12, 30.30; Isaiah 31.4.

- He is then presented as the offspring of David. If the tribe of Judah is the specific context of the origin of the Messiah, David's family, from the tribe of Judah is described as that of which He will come in human terms: Isaiah 11.1-5 . The prophecy fulfilled as well by Marie Joseph, Jesus' adoptive parents, both from both Judah and David: Matthew 1.2 to 16, Luke 3.23-34 .

Appointed by linking him to humanity, he discovers Being as the only qualified to practice, from the throne, the Judgement of God, do not appear as such. This being appears to him like a lamb to the singular appearance:

- A lamb standing, which seemed slain: He is the Lamb of God, sacrificed at Calvary for the sins of the world: John 1.29; Isaiah 53.7. The immolation of the Lamb for the sins of mankind is, above all, the major reason which qualifies him to be one who, at the end of time, is worthy of the judge: 1.18 to 1 Peter 20

- This lamb, symbol of docility and gentleness, is here with 7 horns, symbol of strength in its fullness: eg Deut 33.17, and provided with seven eyes, a symbol of knowledge of things in all their aspects: see Heb 4.13 .

The only Being worthy, qualified to exercise the decision of God to humanity rebellious to God therefore possesses the following characteristics:

- before Judge, He gave his life to be Savior. His first intention in coming to us not to judge us, but to save us: John 3.17. It is primarily because he was the extreme expression of God's love for us that the Son is qualified to judge us: John 3:16; Rom 5.8

- He is the one who received any power. While preparing to enter Jerusalem, the disciples approached Jesus fed a false expectation regarding what would happen. Using a parable, He made them understand that the time had not come for him to reign but to die: Luke 18.31-34, then leave to receive the royal investiture, before returning: Luc 19.11 to 13.15 . Indeed, despite having acquired by his death the liberation of humanity from the domination of evil, the procedure requires that the divine is not of Himself that He holds the kingship, but by a significant act of Father's will. Therefore, after His death, God will resurrect the Son and the student in The heavens to sit at His right hand until all His enemies be made his footstool: Proceedings 2.32 to 36. Only God could make Christ Lord Jesus who was crucified man.

- There is finally one who has any knowledge, knowledge not only of acts done by everyone, but the thoughts and intentions that were behind these acts: Rom 2.16; Heb 4.12 , 1 Cor 4.5 .

Note finally that if the trial is necessary to repeal permanently destroy the evil and its power, it is also to give the redeemed to take possession of their inheritance: Rev. 5.10. If Jesus does not judge the rebels, the situation, as we know it today, will continue without end. The question arises: what is the point then our salvation, if he stays forever unfinished? Only the completion of salvation, which can only be done by the conviction of irremediable followers of the rebellion, may allow the saints to enter into the enjoyment of their property are prepared. Hence the necessity for two reasons, one negative, but another positive year of God's justice in the world!

D. The worship rendered to the Lamb:

only be qualified to exercise the Judgement of God, the Lamb receives from all creatures before the throne met the same adoration which was returned to the Father: v 11-14 . There is and never between the Father and the Son one shade of rivalry or competition with respect to the glory of which they are subjected. The Father and the Son, despite having different roles are and have always been that in all things: John 10.30. Never in the sky, there is a risk Updated dethroned the Father Son and the Father's glory jealous creatures made by the Son.

Together in making the commitment required of our salvation: Heb 10.5-7, they were also in its realization: Acts 20.28, and will in its fulfillment! That praise, glory and honor to be returned forever!

I am coming soon!

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Thinking outside the box ...

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Bibliography of the Black Book of Memories Gurus

I hesitated to do so, it takes place, it does not play, but finally here it is, the bibliography of the Black Book of Gurus.

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- Alstad and Kramer. The Guru Papers: Mask of Authoritarian Power , Frog Ltd.., 1993.
- Bailey, David. A journey to Love, Sri Sathya Sai Towers Pvt Ltd, 1998.
- Balsekar, Ramesh. Everything is consciousness , Accarias The original 2007.
- Baskin, Diana. Divine Memories of Sathya Sai Baba , Birth Day Pub, 1990.
- Berger, Jacques and Louis Powell. The morning of the magicians , Gallimard, 1972.
- Bourseiller, Christopher. Carlos Castaneda: The truth lies , Rocher, 2005.
- Brooks, Tal. Avatar of Night , End Run Publishing, 1999.
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- Burton, Robert A. On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're not , St Martin's Press, 2008.
- Calder Christopher. Osho, Bhagwan Rajneesh and the Lost Truth , 1998.
- Caplan, Marianna. you said Guru Guru? Masters and disciples in an era of false prophets La Table Ronde, 2003.
- Carlson, Maria. No Religion Higher Than Truth: A History of The Theosophical Movement in Russia 1875-1922 , Princeton, 1993.
- Carter, Lewis F. Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram , Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- Cohen, Andrew. Awakening is a secret of Hardcover, 1994.
- Cohen, Andrew. Autobiography of a wake Highnesses, 1999.
- Collective. Gurus in America State University of New York Press, 2005.
- Courtney fikes, Jay. Carlos Castaneda: Academic & the Psychedelic Sixties opportunism , Millennia Press, 1993.
- De Mille, Richard. Castaneda's Journey: The Power And The Allegory, Hushion House, 1997.
- Richard De Mille. The Don Juan Paper: Further Castaneda Controversies , Santa Barbara Press, 1980.
- Desjardins, Arnaud. The spiritual friend La Table Ronde, 1999.
- Desjardins, Arnaud. paths of wisdom La Table Ronde, 1999.
- Desjardins, Arnaud. (Commentary by), Swami formulas Prajnanpad La Table Ronde, 2003.
- De-Vitray Meyerovitch, Eva. Anthologie du soufisme , Albin Michel, 1995.
- Donner-Grau, Florinda. Les portes du rêve , du Rocher, 1995.
- Engel, Susan. Context is Everything : The Nature of Memory, Freeman, 2000.
- Feuerstein, Georg.  Holy Madness : The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools, and Rascal Gurus , Paragon House, 1991.
- Feuerstein, Georg.  Le mystère de la lumière , Prosveta, 1996.
- Fine, Cordelia. A Mind of its Own : How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives , W.W. Norton, 2006.
- Fitzgerald, Frances. A Reporter at Large : Rajneeshpuram , The New Yorker, September 1986.
- Fitzgerald, Frances. Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visionary Communities Remaking the American Dream , Simon & Schuster, 1987.
- Franklin, Satya Bharti. The Promise of Paradise: A Woman's Intimate Story of the Perils of Life with Rajneesh, Station Hill, 1992.
- Frederic, Louis. Dictionary of Indian civilization , Robert Lafont, 1987.
- Frenette Marie-Louise. The life of a teacher in the West; Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov , Editions Robert Lachance, 2002.
- Garrett, Edmund. Isis Very Much Unveiled : Behind the Story of the Great Mahatma Hoax , Westminster Gazette, 1895.
- Geuter, Gaby. Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason , 1st Books Library, 2004.
- Gordon, James S. The Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh , The Stephen Green Press, 1988.
- Guenon, Rene. The Theosophy: History of a pseudo-religion , Traditional Publishing, 1922.
- Guest, Tim. My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru , Harvest Books, 2005.
- Hamilton, Rosemary. Hellbent For Enlightenment , White Cloud Press, 1998.
- Hirstein, William. Brain Fiction: Self-Deception And The Riddle of Confabulation , MIT Press, 2005.
- Hislop, John. Conversations avec Sai Baba , Sathya Sai France, 1996.
- Johnson, K. Paul. Initiate of the Theosophical Masters , SUNY Press, 1995.
- Johnson, K. Paul. The Masters Revealed : Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge , SUNY Press, 1994.
-  Kasturi, N. La vie de Sathya Sai Baba : les années 1926 - 1962 , Sathya Sai France, 1994.
-  Kida, Thomas. Don't Believe Everything You Think : the Six Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking , Prometheus Books, 2006.
-  King, Francis. Esotericism and sexuality, Payot, 2004.
- Krishnamurti, Jiddu. Freedom from the known , Stock, 1991.
- Kristal, Phyllis. Sai Baba: the ultimate , Sathya Sai Seva, 1988.
- Larsson, Conny. Behind the Mask Clown , B. Premanand Publishing, 2007.
- Lavallée, Gabrielle. The combination of sheep , I read 1995.
- Lozowick, Lee. Praise of crazy wisdom , The Hardcover, 2003.
- Lutyens, Mary. Krishnamurti & the Rajagopal, Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 1996.
- Ma Ananda Mayi. (Teaching) Albin Michel, 1988.
- Maharshi, Ramana. Be what you are , Jean Maisonneuve, 1988.
- Mandala, Patrick. Yoga Vasishta , Accarias The original 2001.
- Manitara, Olivier. Tribute to the master Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov , Ultima, 2006.
- Masson, Jeffrey M. My Father's Guru , Ballantine Books, 2003.
- Masson, Peggy and Ron Laigh. Sai Baba: the incarnation of love , Amrita Publishing, 1990.
- Amritananda Mata Mayi. Awaken Children Volume 7 , Mata Mayi Amritananda Centre 1995.
- Meade, Marion. Madame Blavatsky : the Woman Behind the Myth, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.
- Milne, Hugh. Bhagwan : The God that Failed , St Martin's Press, 1986.
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- Moatty, Yves. Kabir : Le fils de Ram et d'Allah , Deux Océans, 1988.
- Murphet, Howard. Sai Baba : L'homme des miracles , Amrita, 1994.
- Noël, Daniel C. Carlos Castaneda : Ombres et lumières , Albin Michel, 2000.
- Oakes, Lee. Prophetic Charisma : the Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities , Syracuse University Press, 1997.
- Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. Love and Sexuality, Volume 2 , Prosveta, 1996.
- Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. Aquarius and the advent of the Golden Age, Volume 1 , Prosveta, 1990.
- Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. What a spiritual master? , Prosveta Publishing, 1995.
- Osho. Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic , St Martin's Press, 2000.
- Osho. Osho Books on Cd-rom , Osho International Foundation, 1994.
- Paolini, Talita and Kenneth. 400 Years of Imaginary Friends: A Journey Into The World of Adepts, Masters, Ascended Masters, and Their Messengers , Paolini International, 2000.
- Premanand, Basavad. Murders in Sai Baba Bedroom , B. Publishing Premanand, 2001.
- Rajneesh, Osho. The Orange Book: The Book of Meditations Ronan Denniel, 1989.
- Rajneesh, Osho. My path, the path white clouds , Du Cange, 1995.
- Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree. The Book of Secrets , Albin Michel Spirituality, 1985.
- Rampa, Lobsang. Living with the Lama Du Rocher, 2000.
- Rampa, Lobsang. The third eye , Lu I, 2004.
- Rampa, Lobsang. The story of Rampa , Lu I, 2007.
- Revel, Jean-François. memoirs thief in the empty house , Plon, 1999.
- Runyan, Margaret. A Magical Journey With Carlos Castaneda , Hushion House, 1997.
- Sandweiss, Samuel. The holy man and the psychiatrist , L'or du temps, 1991.
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- Sloss, Radha Rajagopal. Lives in the Shadow with Krishnamurti , BackinPrint, 2000.
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- Siddharameshwar Sri Maharaj. Kissing immortality The two oceans, 2007.
- Stanke, Alain. Rampa: Impostor or insider? , Editions La Presse, 1973.
- Storr, Anthony J. Feet of Clay , Free Press, 1997.
- Swami Dayananda. Accompanied by a siddha, interviews and conversations with Swami Muktananda , Editions de la Main, 1981.
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Amritapuri (Ashram of Mata Mayi Amritananda)

C 'était la deuxième fois que I set foot in India. My traveling companion suggested I go see, most of Sai Baba, a woman from southern India considered avatarini (incarnation of God in the feminine) name Amritananda Mata Mayi.

Amma or Ammachi as it is commonly called, gives darshan special way. The word darshan blessing translates the vision of the shape. That is to say that the presence of the guru is a blessing. In most of the gurus, the darshan is given simply by their presence, they sit and converse before the faithful (or not) with them. Sai Baba himself walking in the middle of his followers, Amma then it takes people into his arms to give them a long hug - yes, yes, a hug.

During this visit, the arshram (place of residence of the spiritual teacher) was almost empty. It was about 10am when we entered the hall where she sat surrounded by a thirty devotees. The atmosphere that reigned pleased me immediately. I lived at that time an experience that I had already lived in the presence of Sai Baba, that is to say a very distinctive physical warmth inside my body, accompanied by great emotion followed by a state of relaxation. The kind of experience that makes you say that you are on track, at least, that's how I interpreted this experience to this point in my life.

We got online to receive the hug. A few minutes later, I find myself in front of Amma, and she asks me:

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few hours - you sitting here next to Amma (like most wise / gurus, Amma speaks in third person)

So we sat a few feet of her during 7am - until the end of darshan, around 17h. This meeting had on me and my traveling companion, a profound impact. It is always difficult to describe these experiences to people who have not had the opportunity to be in the presence of someone they believe to be divine, because it is a unique experience.

Following this visit, I am quietly led to a spiritual discipline as a medium with the presence, life and teachings of Amma. Sai Baba had taken a secondary role in my life.

I tried, as suggested by most of the spiritual masters, to achieve a balance between reading, spiritual practices and practice in life daily. I adopted as bedside books, 9 volumes Awaken Children and two volumes of Eternal Wisdom (Q & A with Amma), I went to Amma's bhajans in my town, practicing the recitation of the Sahasranama (1000 names of the divine mother) and tried to implement the teaching of Amma in everyday life, to really practice.

Between 1995 and 2001, I moved to Boston, Michigan and India to go find her. Amma, as many''liberated''is extremely engaging and I was not alone in thinking so. Amma is followed by millions of people around the world, she founded charities that have won awards of distinctions - the most famous is undoubtedly the Gandhi-King award, presented by Jane Goodall at the UN headquarters in 2002 .

Small CNN report here.

So how could I go from devout to atheist materialist Amma in ten years? J'embêterais drive if I tried to explain the long process that led me, (I bother you with that another time) but I can say that after a change of perspective, certain situations around Amma became unjustifiable, even for a devotee like me satisfied.

Before addressing the subject, I must take the time to say I do not see Amma as a malicious guru Sathya Sai Baba like or Swami Muktananda example. I will not criticize it on the lucrative business that maintains his ashram and the many donations received since they use a portion of that money to help. It is of course easier to give other people's money, but at least they do. Many anomalies have been identified in these charities, but I will not address this issue today.

When people talk about Amma, they will mention the comfort it provides (through its presence and teaching) and the example she gives (through life). To agree with this we must of course believe in altruism total, unconditional love, we must believe that a person can be without personal interest and also consider the comfort that brings true guru , solid and not just a temporary comfort. I can not ignore the fact that the word comfort could be substituted by dependence, as the point of view.

must understand that Amma is not perceived as an ordinary human. For going out with the devotees of Amma for several years, I can attest to the incredible powers that he be given, such as omniscience and omnipresence. It is not uncommon to hear devotees say that if such a thing happened, it is by the grace of Amma, Amma who is wanted as well. Could have believed that the disciples who have invented or fantasy these skills and Amma has nothing to do with it, but it would be wrong.

Amma herself maintains this idea by repeating''Amma is always with you.'' Between them, the disciples openly affirm that belief, but in public they prefer to say that when she says this, she speaks of the divine mother and not herself. It would be impossible to compile the countless times that Amma said. The blog Cult of the hugging saint has listed a few.

Side totalitarian guru-disciple relationship also became problematic for me

In the presence of the guru, the disciple should be like a servant before his master. The servant has no opinions, that obedience to everything the teacher said - no opinion '

Amma (Awaken , Children, Vol. 1)

All your concepts and judgments belong to your mind and have nothing to do with the perfect owner who is beyond the mind.

Amma (Awaken Children, Vol. 7)

These quotes are major cases of spiritual totalitarianism.

In totalitarian gurus, there is a double discourse, the discourse that says I'm just a vehicle - my happiness to see you happy - I'm just a village / village I do not know - you too you are divine, etc. .... and speeches saying "God is a true Mahatma him / herself''. Amma ( Awaken Children, Vol. 7).

few years after me being away from Amma, I discovered the Yahoo discussion group for ex-disciples Amma , while the reasons I had to get away from Amma revolved around his teaching and his cult of personality, I was unpleasantly surprised by the testimonies that were on this forum. For example, the idea that Amma broke indirectly families had never brushed mind.

Years have passed and how I see Amma has changed. As Ramakrishna and Ma Ananda Mayi, his religious experience is overwhelming and without doubt one of the most powerful that India is seen. The songs and melodies she has made are of great quality. But there are things she does not see things or leave it make that call into question the powers of her attributes: electronic counters mantras, Amma dolls, attempted criminal prosecution against an author of a book critical of him, and acts of violence perpetrated in one of his Ashrams are some examples. Amma seems blind to what is happening around her at many levels.

For people who are not on the spiritual path, what I say here has nothing too outrageous, especially since I am taking the time to say that Amma has done more in his life that most of us will do, it has real talent and is extremely warm and attractive. But people who see it as a holy I fall over just to have said she has some human traits. Amma is like his organization portrays it, that's it, if you say otherwise, then you're blind to the sanctity of Amma or simply wicked to say the''evil''of such a person .

An Indian once told me it was a sacrilege to speak of the faults of a person who gives to the poor, but do good deeds a person is really a reason to keep silent on its darker aspects? Should we immunize Amma any questions as it has great qualities?

Photo: my photo, Amritapuri, Kerala, India, 1995 or 98 ... I'm not sure my


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A blog with or without comments?

V his is a month Ballairgeon Norman ended his blog abruptly by simply saying''I stop this blog ''. The many comments, they added'' Quit because I do not have the patience to endure vicious trolls and that multiply here.''

I have less visitors than on his blog, therefore, less comments, but if I continue to blog and eventually I find myself before a lot of feedback drives, is what I'll react like Mr. Ballairgeon?. .. Sincerely, I do not know.

Have recently told me that this blog merely add to the confusion and suffering of the world that like dirty what is beautiful that I spread calumnies, that I talking about what I do not know that I take full head, or that I am hypocritical and bigoted .

For now, these comments go well, but perhaps with time it will become heavy. How does one live with that? Some bloggers do not let the opportunity to leave comments, I could do that, but I do not want to block views. There of course can not answer what I do sometimes, especially when the spiritual are not nice.

I must remain aware that these comments are from people who are engaged on the spiritual path, and considering the beliefs and certainties that this channel provides, I should not surprise me to force responses to criticism, I think, among others, the comments that followed the article Olivier Manitara''representative of the people Essene ''.

When I receive these comments, I try to remember how I reacted to this kind of criticism and what emotions it aroused in me at the time. Sometimes it helps to calibrate my responses and avoid and respond with the same harshness as do people who are offended by my opinions. Moreover, this is not the first time I see spiritual people flipping out, I know it's patronizing to say this, but my experience taught me that people are spiritual air of wisdom, but if you replace their beliefs in question, another person appears, and spirituality is revealed for what it often is, the cult of the ego and vanity in disguise.

I'll let people comment, and continue to respond to those who are able to remain calm despite the anger that eats away.

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Which Part(s) Of The Body Are Affected By Malaria

societies without God

J e have just order it, so I'm not going to comment, but it is a topic that arouses my curiosity for some years. The findings of Zuckerman's book is this: the Scandinavian countries among its peoples and religious beliefs are virtually absent, yet they enjoy a quality of life
exceptional ... less crime, more social equality and a strong economy.

- Before He Began His recent travels, it seemed to Phil Zuckerman as if humans all over the globe were "getting religion"-praising deities, performing holy rites, and soberly defending the world from sin. But most residents of Denmark and Sweden, he found, don't worship any god at all, don't pray, and don't give much credence to religious dogma of any kind. Instead of being bastions of sin and corruption, however, as the Christian Right has suggested a godless society would be, these countries are filled with residents who score at the very top of the happiness index and enjoy their healthy societies, which boast some of the lowest rates of violent crime in the world (along with some of the lowest levels of corruption), excellent educational systems, strong economies, well-supported arts, free health care, egalitarian social policies, outstanding bike paths, and great beer.
Zuckerman formally interviewed nearly 150 Danes and Swedes of all ages and educational backgrounds over the course of fourteen months. He was particularly interested in the worldviews of people who live their lives without religious orientation. How do they think about and cope with death? Are they worried about an afterlife? What he found is that nearly all of his interviewees live their lives without much fear of the Grim Reaper or worries about the hereafter. This led him to wonder how and why it is that certain societies are non-religious in a world that seems to be marked by increasing religiosity. Drawing on prominent sociological theories and his own extensive research, Zuckerman ventures some interesting answers.
This fascinating approach directly counters the claims of outspoken, conservative American Christians who argue that a society without God would be hell on earth. It is crucial, Zuckerman believes, for Americans to know that "society without God is not only possible, but it can be quite civil and pleasant."


NYU Press

- Most Americans are convinced that faith in God is the foundation of civil society. Society Without God reveals this to be nothing more than a well-subscribed, and strangely American, delusion. Even atheists living in the United States will be astonished to discover how unencumbered by religion most Danes and Swedes currently are. This glimpse of an alternate, secular reality is at once humbling and profoundly inspiring- and it comes not a moment too soon. Zuckerman's research is truly indispensable.

Sam Harris, founder of the Reason Project and author of the New York Times best sellers The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation

Society without God ; What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment, par Phil Zuckerman, NYU Press, 2010.

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The Landing Strip Waxing

face between the faces of Maria Celso Bugenia

I have of you is your face
Who never was everything to me.
Your smile is Sharing,
equal emphasis in your voice too.

I have of you is your face
which you give to all eyes,
And these words which I am sure that he did not
only half my hand.

But I do not know whose face
The most troubling expressions Despite
you I have yet
elusive drop.

Bugenia Celso Maria (Brazil)