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Subject: Spiritual Sensitivity Author: FCRD (Javagrl8668) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:42:43 01/09/09 Fri I have had a fairly checkered history with regard to my experiences with spirituality. My earliest memories are of my father who was the 'guru' of a small cult suppossedly dedicated to the teachings of a Sri Aurobindo. His followers were all women and they had a regular meeting place on the weekends and life there was very much like living in a commune. Everything revolved around him and he was involved in everyone's business. As a child and eventually a teenager i remember feeling very confused and ill at ease with this situation. I felt like there was no place for me there and that I had to bide my time until i could leave and I did. I've had alot of trouble accepting being a part of a church or spiritual group of any kind as i am distrustful of what people can do when you give over your personal power to them. Alot of people trusted my father and he betrayed them all. He sought the help of dark entities to increase his own power and used that power to meet his own ends. I had a gut feeling as i was growing up that he wasn't who he said he was and most importantly that I needed to get away from him. I'm middle aged now and time has revealed to me many things that I suspected to be true. He told a woman who had cancer that he had cured her and she followed him to another state where she died and left him her worldly goods. He conned another woman out of her inheritance, i could go on and on about what a fraud he is but that is not the most important thing. What brings me to this post is a conviction I have: I feel that I have a guide or a connection to a higher power that has accompanied me throughout my life, that has insulated me from his influence and has kept me safe. I have not studied the Bible and am barely familiar with its scriptures but there are truths within it that resonate with me. I am seeking to have a stronger conection and understanding of this guide but feel fearful on how to proceed. I have studied Buddism and find that it makes sense to me but there's something missing. Could this guide be the Holy spirit? How can I begin to know? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Spiritual Sensitivity Connie 10:34:07 01/20/09 Tue Spiritual Curiousity -- Mellisa (Confused), 02:51:51 02/26/09 Thu Re: Spiritual Curiousity -- Shanna (ME TOO!), 09:13:11 03/12/09 Thu Re: Spiritual Curiousity -- Nik, 08:12:45 03/13/09 Fri Re: Spiritual Curiousity -- Mellisa, 08:47:05 04/02/09 Thu