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Daniel:
I had another waking moment when I was waking up this morning... Its something I've always thought about doing, but have always been too afraid to try it.
Remembering all that stuff from ten years ago got me thinking. There are a number of people in my life from back then that I never properly thanked; one of them being a young man named Nathanael who was one of the few people that was kind to me during that difficult time of my life. So I'm going to call his parents later on this morning and see if they can't give me his current phone number. I really need to thank him for that, and to apologize for the attitude of arrogant pride that I held onto in that difficult time as a way of preventing others from hurting me.
Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: Daniel on October 12, 2007, 10:32:09 am ---I had another waking moment when I was waking up this morning... Its something I've always thought about doing, but have always been too afraid to try it.
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Welcome to your personalized NEW life~! :D
{{Cyberhugs}}
br. p
Daniel:
Well, thank you, Brother Patrick... Is personalized the same as revitalized?
Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: Daniel on October 12, 2007, 12:15:00 pm ---Well, thank you, Brother Patrick... Is personalized the same as revitalized?
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If it is with you then I can go with that. Really, you have just begun! If I could make a wish for you, I wish that you could see twixt too. If only for a time, the pleasure would be mine.
{{Cyberhugs}}
br. p
Daniel:
Today's revelation:
I came upon, and I believe this is a scripture, but I'm not entirely certain. It was something I remember growing up with in my religious home, when it was taught to me as something that Jesus said. "Give up your wordily possessions and follow me."
Of course, the way it was taught to me made it a little difficult to do. Unless I wanted to join a monastary, which I've never felt a calling to do (except on alternate Thursdays).
But today, as I was lying in bed, I began to think of the word "possessions" differently. What if it was not referring to the things which we possess, but the things which possess us. Those things I would gladly give up, because I want to be a free mind. Which of course got me thinking, what if Jesus's "me" wasn't himself, but the free "Me" of each individual. So instead of meaning "Give up all your worldly goods and services and do not partake in the riches that life has to offer so that you can sacrifice all these illusions of being and focus on the true spiritual reality of the Messiah", he was saying "Free your body and mind from the worldly dominations, those things that control your life and prevent you from knowing who you really are."
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