[Mind's Eye] Re: Worship

Someone should send that suggestion to the gods.

On Jul 29, 5:18 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To my mind , God doesn't require worship rather commitment to humanity
> and compassion towards all creatures.
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> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We never went church while I was growing up. However, I do believe
> > that a higher power does exist. I also believe that we are somehow
> > connected to it. Worship for me has always been about giving thanks
> > and counting my blessings.
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> > On Jul 27, 8:25 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> If we are completely bound by the will of God it follows that
> >> everything is done by God , and hence it is God who would be
> >> worshiping God which to me appears ridiculous. If you believe yourself
> >> to be an emanation of God and completely controlled by Him it would be
> >> lack of wisdom to worship Him. God is our innermost being and is not
> >> separate from us , but you can only worship someone separate from you
> >> which is inconsistent with our belief that God is our essence. Either
> >> believe God to be separate from you , in which case it would be proper
> >> to worship Him like loving someone , or believe Him to be your Being
> >> and hence act with an attitude of equality to all and looking at
> >> everyone animate or inanimate with an equal eye. As for reaching a
> >> state of calmness and peace I am far from it but it is my resolve to
> >> be so.
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> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Menfranco Laws <menfra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I see what you mean and I believe that you have reached a stage of
> >> > calmness and peace, otherwise you would not have written what you have
> >> > written about we all being part of God in this thread. But I would
> >> > like to ask you a question to your statement where you say that there
> >> > is no wisdom in worshipping our creator; my objection to that is that
> >> > I believe that man needs to pray God, so that they may feel protected
> >> > from God; I believe that it is one of the needs and the reason why we
> >> > have religions?
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> >> > On Jul 26, 4:35 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> I do not say that I have reached a peaceful state , I only say that on
> >> >> gaining knowledge of the Truth one should strive to reach a state of
> >> >> calmness and peace. By Knowledge I mean a logical conclusion about the
> >> >> nature of Reality and not any transcendental experience.
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> >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Menfranco Laws <menfra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi, RP Singh; These are indeed words of wisdom when you say: What I
> >> >> > feel, think and do is totally bound by the spirit within me and the
> >> >> > same is true for everyone else; but then, you assume that you are part
> >> >> > of God and therefore everybody should be or feel that they are part of
> >> >> > God, so in reality you are saying that God is pandemic in nature and
> >> >> > we live within God life force, am I right?
> >> >> > But, I have to say that not everybody has reached this peaceful
> >> >> > feeling within them selves that you have achieved, I believe that you
> >> >> > are one of the few that has this feeling about being part of God and
> >> >> > you are blessed, the rest of us just think that we may not be worthy
> >> >> > enough of being part of God, therefore during our lives we are trying
> >> >> > to achieve what you have achieved for yourself and we hope to
> >> >> > understand you fully when we reach our goal.
> >> >> > I wish you all the best
> >> >> > Menfranco
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> >> >> > On Jul 24, 6:25 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> What I feel , think and do is totally bound by the spirit within me
> >> >> >> and the same is true for everyone else.  So , if I think of God
> >> >> >> separate from me I am thinking wrongly ; as our innermost being is the
> >> >> >> same in all and all of us follow his dictates totally there is no
> >> >> >> wisdom in worshiping  our creator as albeit we are Him. It is
> >> >> >> ignorance to worship yourself. God is in all and it is God who does
> >> >> >> everything as all our bound totally by Him. We should have a feeling
> >> >> >> of love for all as essentially we are one and not harbour enemity for
> >> >> >> those of us who are ignorant of the Truth and enjoy hurting others.
> >> >> >> When a person knows that all are One then he attains a state of
> >> >> >> calmness and if not he should try to achieve that peaceful state. But
> >> >> >> of course we cannot cut the ties that bind us through this body and
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