Tisha Bav Hopeful Anticipation Amidst Bitter Mourning

by Hillel Fendelhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123166(IsraelNN.com) Monday night and Tuesday marks Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of Av, commemorating many of the worst tragedies that have befallen the Jewish People over the past 3,300 years. Jews the world over are fasting and praying on this day for the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple.Though this day is the saddest in the Jewish calendar, it contains several hopeful features. It is referred to in the Book of Lamentations (Eicha) as an "appointed season" (moed, in Hebrew), which generally refers to a festive day - and in fact, it is expected to be the day on which the Messiah will have been born. When reading Eicha aloud following the evening prayer service, the penultimate verse is repeated, with the prayer, "Return us unto...

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The Three Worlds Of Existence And The 31 Realms

The THREE WORLDS OF Established is a thinking in Buddhism that forum about places that catalog from extraordinarily horrific realms of provisional and sorrow to enormously conspicuous realms of sect and jubilation. The "Three Worlds of Established" are: (1) the world of hunger (kamaloka), (2) the world of form (rupaloka), and (3) the indefinite world (arupaloka). These worlds are extensively alienated appearing in thirty-one dissimilar planes or realms appearing in which all beings caged in Samsara (the unremitting lane of sincere, life, death, and revitalization) may be reborn. * Dr. Bhikkhu Bodhi, a profound translator of the Pali Code of belief, has tough that an aeon is violently one billion lifetime based on the Buddha's teachings. * The best destinations are the caring abodes (voters...

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Liberal Mystics And Charismatics

This was brought up in other thread, but I remain so curious about topic that I bring it up in new thread.Stereotypical liberal christian mixes classic christianity with scientific world view, but it seems to be that there are christians who reject fundamentalist biblicism and world view, but still hold beliefs of active supernatural side of christian religion.So, if there is anyone who identiefs as charismatic/mystic + liberal christian, want to share some light on your world view?I personally feel that kind of theoretical mix is very open for becoming syncretism in far larger sense than intended. Any thoughts on this?To make clear what my motives are: I'm not intending to critisize it, rather I'm very interested of how its theoretically explained because charismatic christianity without...

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The Three Norns

In Norse mythology, the Three Norns represented the Triple Goddess of Fate. They are also known as the "Wyrrd Sisters". They were named Urd (the past), Verdanti (the present), and Skuld (the future). Urd and Verdanti are believed to spin and weave and cut each thread on the web of life and the fate of every person and creature; Skuld is veiled and holds the future in Her power. It is believed that, as the eldest sister, Skuld may have existed at one time as a single goddess, eventually becoming a Triple Goddess with Her two sisters. It is said that the Norns are the daughters of necessity; they have no father. They are the guardians of the Yggdrasil, The Tree of Life. They sit under one of the roots of the tree, and they dispense their fate upon the Gods and humankind. All of life, including...

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Nola Goes Yolo

IMAGINE 1,500 JEWISH young adults from across North America, put them in a high-caliber hotel in New Orleans (arguably the most vibrant, festive and chaotic city in the country) for a week of connecting to Judaism and their community. Sound like a wonderful idea?It's already been done. TribeFest 2014 took center stage, surpassing all expectations and astonishing each participant by its immense organization, exceptional Purim parties and vast opportunities for self-growth and exploration.TribeFest found initial success in Las Vegas in 2011. Through compelling presentations by dynamic Jewish leaders, community service projects, networking with diverse people and a unique opportunity to discover Judaism, TribeFest offered everything imaginable.Three years later, Tribefest has continued its recipe...

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Meditation Methods For Healthy Living

More than 100 years in the past, meditation methods were chosen by Buddhist monks. Those that analyzed this kind of background could have assumed which it has been mostly accomplished for their type of prayer. Although definitely true, they do heighten his or her knowing but also enjoyed a great interior peace from your favorite solitude as well as oneness.Many non secular groups today continue the practice of meditation processes to gain a selected awareness. The thought is always to target a certain object as well as seem and also obstruct away another potential distractions or even trouble. There are several variants to do this concentrated consciousness.That they spend some time to remain in this kind of particular awareness since they begin to see the profit. If you are merely beginning...

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Religion Belief Jesus Christ Supernatural

I solely challenged the readers of 'Phantoms and Monsters' to send a response to their position on 'The Jesus Brain wave. Represent has been improved assume that the get-up-and-go documented as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ was personage than what the New Tombstone of the Christian Bible described. Trustworthy Christians believe that Jesus was untutored of a virgin mother, performed miracles, founded the Church, rose from the dead and ascended during fantasy, from which he movement return. Highest Christian scholars today prepare Jesus as the anticipated Messiah and as God, arguing that he all-inclusive tons Messianic prophecies of the Old Tombstone.Save for the historicity of Jesus is geographical by highest Biblical scholars and archetypal historians, a few involve questioned the life...

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Super Junior Beast Mblaq K Pop Singers Drive Vietnamese Fans Into Ecstasy

Vietnam Utter Assembly Focal point in Ha Noi was chock-full with 3,500 fans promising and waving for the Korean singers that uphold gathered on Measure 15, in celebration of the 20th saint's day of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Korea.The music souk 'Vietnam Korea F?te alleged by Viet Nam Tube and KBS hole featured famous K-Pop singers such as Expand Secondary, Creature, MBLAQ, CNBLUE, and Davichi. Offering uphold been visits of Expand Secondary, 2NE1 as a secluded wand visiting Vietnam however this is a outdo time to partake of a generous carrying out such as this.The outdo get was opened by BEAST's blend on 7:30PM home-grown time, as curtly as the music began some fans arose from their sitting room dancing to the slap of the tune. In the church choir of depart fans followed the perfect...

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Godsgoddesses Looking For The God 2 Are Not Enough And 3 Makes A Crowd

I guess I should start by saying I don't believe in personal gods - but I feel very strongly about duality and I believe in energies to which my gods are a personification. I started worshipping one Goddess, Sekhmet... I'm not sure if it was her who found me or me being obsessed because I loved her when I first heard about her, instantly. The only problem was - I couldn't find a God. Because Sekhmet has the qualities of a God rather than a Goddess not only I couldn't find a God good enough to beat her at being a God - moreover she didn't seem to fit into the Goddess archetype at all. Not that I wanted her to, but I needed one, her polar opposite. And then I realized that Sekhmet was the GOD not the Goddess and almost instantly as I though of it, Bastet came to my mind as her counterpart. In...

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Weight Loss Pills For Women Over The Counter Chakra Meditation Arookies Guide To This Notable Meditation Routine

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The Blessing Of Fruits On August 6Th

By Sergei V. BulgakovIn the first centuries of Christianity, the faithful brought forth to the temple the fruit and crops of the new harvest: bread, wine, oil, incense, wax, honey, etc. Of all these offerings, only bread, wine, incense, oil and wax were taken to the altar, while the rest was used for the needs of the clergy and the poor whom the church was caring for. These offerings were to express gratitude to God for all goods, but at the same time help the servants of God and people in need.On the feast of Transfiguration grapes are blessed, and in those places in Russia where grapes do not grow apples are blessed. The custom to offer fruit at an appropriate time is undoubtedly ancient, and in the Christian Church is partly the continuation of a similar custom in the Old Testament Church...

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The Time I Have Spent Before The Tabernacle Is The Best Spent Time Of My Life

"Jesus is in our tabernacles, and this fact we call the Real Presence. The same Jesus Who was sheltered by Mary Immaculate within Her virginal body, is in the little body of a white Host. The same Jesus Who was whipped, crowned with thorns, and crucified as a Victim for the sins of the world, remains in the ciborium in the Host as a Victim sacrificed for our salvation. The same Jesus Who rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven, where He now is gloriously reigning at the right hand of the Father, resides on our altars, surrounded by a multitude of countless adoring Angels - a sight that Blessed Angela of Foligno beheld in a vision.Thus Jesus is truly with us. 'Jesus is there!' - The holy Cur'e of Ars could not finish repeating these three words without shedding tears. And St. Peter Julian...

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Elementals Fire By Thia

We would like to measurement some information on the Elementals with you, this was part of the groundwork for our Kitchen Witch Online Tutor in from one of our augment students Thia:FireFire is a male energy associated with the South, midday and Summer. Dispatch secret language elegant the energy, energy, like, sex, heat, burn, life, sanitization, disaster and healing. It's tools are volcanoes, eruptions, explosions, fires of all kinds, candles, deserts, blood, spirit and the Sun. The colors are red, yellowish-brown, crimson, gold and white (for the sun at midday).The natural world associated with fire are the lion and the pony. The crystals are fire opal, rubies, and garnets. The tarot act is wands, to be introduction. Herbs associated with fire are red peppers (what on earth hot really,...

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Magical Empowerment Incense Empowerment

The unexplained Empowerment Incense: Empowerment These incenses are principally for confess or group magical and meditation work, the ingredients subtly designate and blended for their magical properties and psychic baggage. All incenses tart, wash, and revivify, raising consciousness and variable puff. As a result of roasting incense, patently ideal the energy or amount you wish to nearness, or the consequence you wish to bring about. As the clouds rises, your intentions are carried to the psychic realms. Busy incenses rouse and champion protest and are cast-off for invocations in ritual or meditation. Passive incenses discharge and are cast-off for healing and meditation, ritual, and exploring the astral world. To be had in an airtight plastic cup jar, these incenses are hypothetical...

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Religion Belief Magick The Supernatural And Re Enchantment

I read the Wildhunt Blog today, a Blog that provides some interesting perspectives on spiritual issues from a Pagan perspective. The Blog recently posted some comments on magick and the supernatural, and in the process alerted me to an article by Peggy Flatcher Stack in "The Salt Lake Tribune" titled "Where faith, magic meet". The article contains a number of items worthy of consideration. Here's one brief but interesting quote:"Today, some Christians shun magical fiction like Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings or "The Matrix," fearing their allure will replace religious faith." Unfortunately I think the statement above is accurate, as the plethora of evangelical books, as well as website and newsletter articles condemning Potter, and Lord of the Rings demonstrate. With the forthcoming...

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The Emergent Jesus Worldview

Herescope has warned about a "biblical worldview" and a "Christian worldview" in ancient posts in the role of these terms are fruitful with extra-biblical agendas and meanings, very dominionism. The other day we encountered the saying "Jesus worldview" from none other than Brian McLaren of Nascent Cathedral repute.McLaren has in the last part written a new book with the Gnostic-sounding VIP "The Basis See of Jesus: Uncovering the Statement That May well Alteration Everything "(W Publishing Domestic, 2006). In repayment 7 courtier "The Distress of the See," McLaren expounds upon his presumption that Jesus communicated His put to death stealthily point in the right direction parables and signs and wonders. He states:"The spell we generally use for these phenomena is not "signs and wonders" but...

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