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Post by Susan Peabody on Oct 11, 2008 12:01:27 GMT -8
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God
that a man should have to seek Him first to find her
Maya Angelou
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Post by LovelyJune on Oct 12, 2008 12:20:16 GMT -8
Wow.
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Post by loveaddicted on Jan 28, 2010 9:32:24 GMT -8
Thanks for sharing this I was also told that when you break a Woman's heart you break the heart of God. Patty
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Post by akinrecovery on Oct 18, 2011 8:39:23 GMT -8
This is so nice. A man has to find Him before he finds me. I think all the men I met were not even on the spiritual path.
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Post by akinrecovery on Oct 18, 2011 8:40:11 GMT -8
I must be special
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Post by nvr2late on Oct 18, 2011 8:41:36 GMT -8
THAT statement is going on my Values list. It's my top priority, I just never saw it stated that way.
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Post by margot on Oct 18, 2011 8:59:13 GMT -8
Yes, very good. Your friends, men or otherwise must know HP.
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Post by bklynrn on Dec 25, 2011 11:43:09 GMT -8
WOW, that saying gave me goosebumps...I'm not kidding.
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Post by go12 on Dec 26, 2011 11:52:37 GMT -8
That's a very good explanation.
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Post by Loving My Life on Dec 26, 2011 12:07:13 GMT -8
when you have faith in god/hp it is a feeling and you know he is there with you (blind faith). And if you are walking a spiritually path any man/women should be on that same path. I know when I met my poa, i was not acting very spiritual, I made my poa my hp, and it was a disaster. so i will stick with my hp.
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Post by Susan Peabody on Dec 26, 2011 15:36:57 GMT -8
I personified God as a handsome man, framed a picture and wrote erotic poetry. I just fell in love. Very odd experience at the time.
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Post by margot on Dec 26, 2011 15:41:55 GMT -8
Try reading a trilogy called: "Conversations With God" by Neale Donald Walsch. I found it wonderful. It might help you.
In conjunction with that, begin a practice of regularly talking with God.......any of your ideas of God will work because God is really ALL and is everywhere so all can reach God. God is not hiding. With the regular practice going, you will eventually increase the amount of time practicing and eventually you will know the presence of God. Like I said...........use/imagine your idea of an HP - Higher Power - and this power manifesting itself as a thinking and spiritual and occasionally physical being. The higher power will not ignore you if you truly seek it.
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Post by Loving My Life on Dec 26, 2011 15:48:46 GMT -8
I have always believed in god/hp, I just know when im praying and things in life are not going easy, i just have a peace from within. It is not like magic and the god is not magician. So i would advise you to get some books about spiritually, Im not sure what your beliefs are, but that would be a good place to start. everyone does not believe in god, nor is everyones god the same. so it is a personal choice, as to who you make your HP. But whoever your HP is, the only requirement is to just believe your life will be better, if you lean on your HP.
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Post by lacypooh on Dec 26, 2011 19:48:25 GMT -8
Thanks for reminding me of this quote Susan
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Post by margot on Dec 26, 2011 21:18:32 GMT -8
Yes FM2............that is a beautiful way to think.
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Post by overcomer on Dec 27, 2011 2:14:04 GMT -8
Okay, then how do I love God and become passionate for God? It's not as obvious to me as to some of you. What are the concrete practices of doing this? How to "love" a feeling that something spiritual is "there with me"? You can pray for it and read the Bible, attend fellowships, listen to podcast, anything and everything to get to know God. And once you get to know Him you will become passionate for Him so much so that you cannot stop praising and thanking Him. Just knowing how much He loves you unconditionally, what He did for you, etc, will "melt your heart" into loving Him. It's all done in faith and by faith. For "without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." God said, if you seek Him w/ all your heart you will find Him. He is knocking at your door (heart), if you will let Him come in, you will never be the same again inside of you. You will be a woman whose heart is hidden in God's and you will attract a man that is after His heart too.  |
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Post by Susan Peabody on Dec 27, 2011 14:13:42 GMT -8
Yes we are pre-programmed to look for and find the "ideal." If there is no one to explain to you that the "ideal" is God you read a romantic novel and think the "ideal" is a man or woman and the connection is passion (limerence)
Our "ideal" is also a composite of the parents we wished we had and we project this on to people we are attracted to (Hendrix).
As we get older and wiser we understand that the "ideal" is God in whatever manifestation you want.
My "ideal" is the Trinity---the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (female).
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Post by Susan Peabody on Dec 27, 2011 14:38:05 GMT -8
Love is within. Project that love to a image of God. Make that image perfect. Fantasize about this ideal object of your desire.
I was thinking about God and we were in a platonic relationship.
Then something just clicked. I realized that God had saved my life by sending me to a 12-Step program. I was so grateful I just fell in love and had a good cry.
Gratitude is sometimes a stepping stone.
Your imago list can be transferred on to an image.
Absent a personified image of God I don't know what to suggest.
Maybe God as a blanket of warmth on a cold day. Have you ever been cold as ice and lit a campfire. For a moment I love that file.
It is all in the mind. God is somewhere and also within (Gospel of Thomas)
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For a scientific explanation get the book, A Variety of Religious Experiences by William James. (Brilliant but not an easy read. I have tried to get past the 4th chapter for 30 years.)
plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/
This is my personification of the Holy Spirit.
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Post by jhonamy2011 on Jun 4, 2016 7:01:40 GMT -8
hi nice post thank you so much
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