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The many avenues to knowing God
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The many avenues to knowing God
You can look at the extension,
And his rope extends to you,
Find him in the lowest earth,
Absent is he is not from you,

You can look towards the sky,
And see its endless expansion,
Knowing there is no limit,
To the skyward sword,

Or you can look towards the path,
And it's connection,
And where it's leading to,
Knowing diverting from it leads to perpetual wrath,

Or you can look towards the sacredness of love,
Of compassion, mercy, and gratitude,
Seeing a hidden language in this dove,
That flies to the sacred and drinks from it springs,
Where it not for the good acts aimed skyward,
It would die and burn its wings.

You can remember the vision you cannot escape
And rely on to value yourself and others,
The witness who defines us as we are,
Have no doubt he is ever with you,
Seeing and Hearing by which you know the truth,
So don't act like you have no clue

Or you can look towards life,
And it appreciate it,
And know that which ought to be appreciated most by definition,
Is proven to be a living being.
Not an imagination,
But greatness we are connected to,

Or you can look at the guidance emanating,
But from where?
Other than the witness and eternal judge,
There is no candidate

And the guide is a witness from him,
Sees through his light,
Vision from truth,
But even his perception is not absolute,

And all are created through that truth,
He perceives all perceptions but perceptions perceive him not,
You know this to be true,
So again, do not like you have no clue!
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#2
RE: The many avenues to knowing God
This poem contains a lot of wisdom. I thank God who guided me despite my dark moments in life and evil states, and showed gratitude for the little good I have done.
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#3
RE: The many avenues to knowing God
(January 20, 2018 at 6:13 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: This poem contains a lot of wisdom. I thank God who guided me despite my dark moments in life and evil states, and showed gratitude for the little good I have done.

No, it contains naked assertions and platitudes. 
 

Here is one for you.

"I don't need", By Brian37

I don't need
The claims of antiquity
The naked assertions
Of old mythology

I don't need Allah
I don't need Jesus
I don't need Yahweh
I don't need Venus

I don't need Thor
I don't need Apollo
I don't need superstions
Anymore than you need Yoda

I need love
Yes I feel pain
I have my ups and downs
In that we are the same

But what I don't do
Is assign the good or bad
To a fictional Sky Hero
Versus a troll in fiery underground land

I am fine with
Being finite
I love and live right now
Because this is really it.
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#4
RE: The many avenues to knowing God
I admit to not being much of a poet.  However, I once knew a man from Nantucket, but the stories about him were greatly exaggerated.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#5
RE: The many avenues to knowing God
Many avenues to self-delusion.
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#6
RE: The many avenues to knowing God
Fuck off!
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!






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RE: The many avenues to knowing God
(January 20, 2018 at 7:52 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Fuck off!

MK can be annoying, but I don't want him to go. Just wake up.

Alpha pisses me off far more. MK, reminds me more of when I pined after Ann McCarthy a HS cheerleader who wanted nothing to do with me. 

I actually like MK, but he really does remind me of my own youth when everything was a chase for a utopia and wanting to be the hero and Roy Rogers riding off into the sunset with the girl side saddle. I do think MK means well, I just think his logic SUCKS.

MK annoys me, far more than he pisses me off.
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RE: The many avenues to knowing God
(January 20, 2018 at 7:58 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(January 20, 2018 at 7:52 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Fuck off!

MK can be annoying, but I don't want him to go. Just wake up.

Alpha pisses me off far more. MK, reminds me more of when I pined after Ann McCarthy a HS cheerleader who wanted nothing to do with me. 

I actually like MK, but he really does remind me of my own youth when everything was a chase for a utopia and wanting to be the hero and Roy Rogers riding off into the sunset with the girl side saddle. I do think MK means well, I just think his logic SUCKS.

MK annoys me, far more than he pisses me off.
In my "fuck off" is not a request to exit. Just an expletive!
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!






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RE: The many avenues to knowing God
(January 20, 2018 at 6:13 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: This poem contains a lot of wisdom. I thank God who guided me despite my dark moments in life and evil states, and showed gratitude for the little good I have done.

You just did what everyone been doing without gods. You thank that idea on your mind.
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