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I remember The Jesus Army in the 1970s-80s rescuing many troubled people with only using words, no rough stuff. Unfortunately, it appears the organisation was closed down (in 2019) due to abuse-allegations against the founder and others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Army

You made me chuckle. England doesn't have an Independence Day but it does have a national day, April 23rd Saint George's Day, which I usually celebrate with a friend. No fireworks, just a good meal and talk about how we used to rule the waves. As the song goes "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules...

At the end of the above story she addresses belief: If I believe in anything, I believe that no matter how many times we sand the pavement, no matter how many books we read or sit-ups we do, there will always be cracks, and we, whether we're using our GPS or our A to Z or one of those silly...

Please expand / explain this profundity. I'm feeling thicker than usual this am. 🥸

I grew up in a Jewish household. We were members of an orthodox synagogue but not really orthodox. I became religious(Judaism) for a couple of short periods in my early 20s before I embarked on a Bhakti path. It was during this time that I married and had a daughter. I believed that my Guru was...

I do not believe so. (Just my thoughts on the subject of how belief came about) The life cycle. All things are made(created), preserved(exist for some time), and destroyed(their existence ends; death). An acronym of this which I have always liked is Generation(creation), Operation(in...

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Traditionally , the Buddha's birthday Vesak (Pali: Vesākha; Sanskrit: vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Jayanti,[8] Buddha Purnima,[9] Visak Bochea and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Tibet and Mongolia.[10] It is among...

I think that for any practising Jew, these thoughts( also called Tikun olam ) are present throughout their day, since it is in their prayers that they recite 3 times a day. From my early years, I remember the Amidah section rom the daily prayers, i.e morning, afternoon and evening. He...

@TheLightWithin Groovy tune and this from the comments italian band, singing about a swedish company, whilst worshipping nordic gods in hebrew, and with a scottish odin, this is globalism my friends

I think bigal is only used by the English. (Of course I like to blame the Americans for calling them bagels, particularly in all the American cop films/tv shows where the cops always are eating doughnuts(nb spelling) and scoffing bagels. :cool:

Correct, the Hebrew for 'to accept' is לקבל pronounced lekabel with root kbl or for the mystics qbl :)

Also do you remember Zen Flesh - Zen Bones? There is a very simple technique in that book which I found very useful. Be in a darkened room. Sit down comfortably and calm your mind(if necessary) by just closing your eyes and following the movement of your breath, then, when relaxed, touch your...

@EddieC I enjoyed journeying with Harold, I note with interest that things started to go a bit off for Harold(i.e. he suddenly 'became bigger') when he drew the trainlines diverging, which of course one does when representing 3D in 2D. I certain can relate the cartoon as similar to my own...

Sorry to read that about how Hackney has deteriorated. I was born there and lived there in the early 1950s and for the most part really enjoyed my early youth there. One nice memory is that every Sunday morning a vendor would come along on a tricycle selling bagels( or rather bigals as they were...