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My current incarnation of this debate is:
I'm made in the image of God, so I was endowed with Christ like qualities.
This includes what John Bradshaw says in his "Right Brain Healing- The Jesus Nature" about Christ being precognitive, and powers of telekinesis
But I'm humble before my creator.
so in my world it's God (the creator) and I'm a sort of 'god' lowercase.
a junior partner so to speak.
I do have a large degree of control over what happens to me, and total
control over what choices I make.
Additionallly, I have total control over my reaction to what happens to me.
Human beings are the only animals who get to choose how they react to X, Y or Z stimuli.
It's not the snake bite that kills you, it's the venom
We get to choose whether or not X, Y or Z is venomous to us.
I also believe in (for lack of a proper name) manifesting, I manifest my
experience (which is a form of mind over matter, and a spiritual kind of thing)
At the very least, I manifest how I react to stimulus X, Y or Z.
However, my will is suspect compared to the creators will.
He knows better than I.
It would serve me well to stay attuned to what his will is.
So how does someone know what God's will is?
IF you don't have the antenna up, you'll never be able to receive
his transmission, or even be aware if there was a transmission.
I heard an AA saying that applies:
"God gave us one mouth and two ears for a reason"
Frequently acoa's (adult children of alcoholics) are grandiose.
http://victimbehavior.com/codependency/index.html
http://software4yourmind.com/victimcharacteristics/index.html
It is, in my mind, not appropriate to bolster your self esteem, by yourself.
having your antenna up, to receive God's will is more than appropriate
with this in mind.
ACOA's in need of recovery are 'King Baby'
they are grandiose
Additonaly, I belive that all of our culture's agnostic belief system stems from
the shift the West took 400 yrs ago with Issac Newton. I say this based on
the author Morris Berman-
http://software4yourmind.com/change.html#enchantedworld
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