Gregg Braden posted a quote from Paolo Coelho (below) on Facebook that was very synchronistic and inspired the comment that follows.
“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.” Paulo Coelho
This quote inspired me to write the following comment on his post:
This quote is soooo appropriate and timely for me this morning. I was just listening to someone who had an awakening experience and is now telling everyone how it happened and her way is “THE” WAY (as in the ONLY way) to achieve an awakening. And, I see myself in her, because whenever I experience something so fantastic I want everyone to experience it, too. For me, it was only in hindsight that I realized, no matter how good intentioned I may have been, my evangelism was misguided by a masked egoistic desire.
Instead of trying to pull everyone onto MY “train to awakening,” I would have served people much better by visiting the platform of every train headed to the “Awakening Mountain,” and used my excitement to wish everyone who jumped aboard their chosen trains, a heartfelt, “Bon Voyage.”
I just downloaded this app called “Ghost Seance” the other day. Trust me guys this one isn’t like all those novelty paranormal apps out there. I probably shouldn’t have been using it by myself like I was, the same way you shouldn’t use a Ouija Board by yourself. Anyways this thing does chants and summons spirits to make signs etc. While the app was running and this prerecorded voice was saying these chants and stuff I heard scratching noises on my wall. Later that night a framed picture of a baby mysteriously fell off the wall in our bathroom and onto the floor. Freaky stuff. Check it out if you want ghostseance(.)com Has anyone else used this app and if so what have your experiences been??
And here is a reader’s response to the above post. Is it wrong of me to find humor in this response? Because, I laughed out loud when I read it.
I don’t know that you’d attract any quality spirits with an “app”. Probably just ghosts of people who crashed their SUV’s while talking on their own iphones!
As many times as I have watched this movie, it only occurred to me this year that this movie is about the supernatural. Yes, “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a movie about the experience of a religious apparition, and the impact and aftereffect of the experience. It goes to show, even with someone who has a trained eye for such things, the everyday and “always there” aspects of our lives to which we grow accustomed become the least noticed. The 10 minute clip below shows the time the main character meets an angel and what ensues.
Another interesting aspect in this clip is that others are able to see the angel as well. Of course, the angel looks like a regular man, and so his other-worldly qualities are missed. An interesting phenomenon that I believe illustrates how so many of us live our lives—the magic is overlooked or forgotten. How sad. Enjoy the clip from “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
What will the massive global addition to petroleum cause next? The pushers, Big Oil, see a new route to transport the oily smack; over the sacred ground of the Spirit Bear. But, how safe is sacred ground in light of billions blinded by the ease of obtaining their next fix; the plastic bags at the grocery store, the plastic bottles of water and “convenience” beverages, and, of course, the gasoline to power our vehicles to take us two blocks down the street to purchase said beverages sweetened with substances made of Genetically Modified sources. In the name of providing the petro junkies with what they want, no, what they demand, what will big oil threaten next? This, my friends, is when we sell our souls . . . again.
There have been several people in the United States who proclaim to have witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary, yet none of these events have been granted approval by the Vatican. That may change. The Catholic Church has sent investigators to Wisconsin to look into an apparition of the Virgin Mary witnessed by a nun, Sister Adele Brise. It is interesting to note that the apparition event took place 150 years ago. Yes, the Vatican takes it time in these matters. If this event is approved by the Vatican, it will be the first approved apparition site in the United States.
I found the comments at the end of this article interesting to read. People’s opinions and feelings vary, even to extremes.
In the last 3 days I have read a couple of posts on Facebook with a tone about them that reminded me of a schoolmate who had a conversion experience and became a hard core Christian. She separated herself from her metaphysical friends, particularly channels and psychics. She felt that Satan was at hand.
To me, she began to propagate a feeling of hatred brought on by fear. From that came a tone of hate mongering in her speech. Naturally, she separated herself from me. Even so, I was happy that she felt so blessed and safe to be closer to Jesus. I was, however, concerned about the negativity she radiated. It was this type of negativity I noticed in the Facebook posts.
Spreading negativity helps absolutely nothing when the goal is to spread love, because when we truly spread love, we are spreading it even to those who have done what we interpret as wrong. It is not always easy, because of how so many of us were mentored growing up, but we can make conscious decisions to be more positive.
This woman and her family feel blessed with a little gift from God—a sign of a blessing. These little images can have such a profound impact on the percipient. I find it fascinating how different people may see the images in different ways. Some people may not see the image as Mary, while it is clear as can be to others. Ultimately, it really doesn’t matter, except to the person (or people) who do see a spiritual image that they experience as a special blessing.
I’d say that these experiences are definitely mood and attitude changers, but for how long? In this case, that remains to be determined, But, for now, as Catholics, I have no doubt they are counting their blessings this Easter day.
