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Post by charliegee on Nov 19, 2011 20:41:35 GMT
First off, I didn't know what to title this thread and figured I should write what I know. It is not only grief but suffering in general that propels some of us (all?) to pursue something different whether it be religious, spiritual or none of the above. My life drastically changed after my wife of forty-two years was taken by Ovarian Cancer. Not to go into too much detail but I was addicted to drugs and thought I'd die that way. Soon after she passed, I prayed for deliverance (a prayer I've uttered countless times before) and this time it took. So in effect, it was the experience of grief which was the impetus for this change. I live a grateful life today and feel free for the first time in many years. Just wanted to hear some thoughts on all of this and if anyone has had a similar experience.
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Post by withinsilence on Nov 19, 2011 21:22:20 GMT
Man always has the volition to be a co-creator of fear or love as these are the only two emotions there is as all others stem from one of these roots. Usually, after much self inflicted inner suffering the being is awakened to this fact and uses its volition as a catalyst to propel it into the refining flame of love. As the Law of Free Will never changes its options, it is solely up to the being as anything done out of compulsion is not done in truth. It is out of suffering that one is brought out of it.
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Post by gurthbruins on Nov 25, 2011 9:43:26 GMT
First off, I didn't know what to title this thread and figured I should write what I know. It is not only grief but suffering in general that propels some of us (all?) to pursue something different whether it be religious, spiritual or none of the above. My life drastically changed after my wife of forty-two years was taken by Ovarian Cancer. Not to go into too much detail but I was addicted to drugs and thought I'd die that way. Soon after she passed, I prayed for deliverance (a prayer I've uttered countless times before) and this time it took. So in effect, it was the experience of grief which was the impetus for this change. I live a grateful life today and feel free for the first time in many years. Just wanted to hear some thoughts on all of this and if anyone has had a similar experience. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'd like to know more. The sequence suffering (in this case grief) -> prayer -> change (to freedom). I'd like to know in what state of belief you were when you prayed at various times. What were your beliefs, could you describe them? How much faith did you have in the outcome? Did you have feelings or thoughts about the God you were praying to, and what was your attitude towards God? You live a grateful life now - would you equate the feeling of gratitude to love? Do you continue now with any form of religious practice, public or private, and would you be prepared to describe you present-day attitudes and prayers to God, if any? How would you describe the truth that you have now reached? All such detail would fill in the picture and be more instructive to others. By the way, I am not one of those that think people have a right to having their questions answered. I do think people have a right to not be harassed with questions. They are perfectly entitled to reply to any question with a "no comment" or simple refusal to answer, for which refusal no explanation or apology is needed. And if they are harassed by repeated questions or insistence on answers, they may ignore such questions or insistence. Such is my view.
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Post by freethinker on Nov 25, 2011 15:14:29 GMT
I too am interested in those details of charliegee's 'process', and also subscribe to the same restraints on nosiness. [Which you stated well, Gurth.]
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Post by jus on Jan 8, 2012 19:22:35 GMT
Sad to here of your loss Gharliegee. You seem to have recovered though in more ways than one. Good luck.
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