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- Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:03 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Meher Baba
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13037
Re: Meher Baba
We have also heard from Meher Baba and its clear he was not an avatar either Please elaborate. We have also heard from Meher Baba and its clear he was not an avatar either, and in fact this belief of his caused him some issues, but that he is now fused. Many gurus out of the sub-continent have lear...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:21 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Meher Baba
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13037
Meher Baba
I am very fond of the teacher Meher Baba, who blended teachings of Sufism, Hinduism and Christianity. Meher Baba was really popular among young people in the West in the 1960s. He specifically ministered to the hippie generation, explaining that drugs were not the answer. When a teacher like Ramakri...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:10 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
Other than the afterlife, there are similarities between the Urantia Book and Theosophy.
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:56 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
All I am asking is if you see the similarities between what the Urantia Book teaches regarding the afterlife and what New Age/Hinduism/etc. teaches regarding reincarnation as a path of spiritual development. I look at what new agers are getting at and then, like the Urantia Book, apply it to an inte...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:29 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
I think we might be having a difference of semantics. Beginning a new life on a mansion world, the life later ending, and then being re-personalized on the next mansion world would be moving from one lifetime to another. The purpose from one mansion world to the next is the further development of th...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:36 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
The way I understand it, the Urantia Book teaches reincarnation, but on an interplanetary scale, an interplanetary reincarnation. So when I look at other books that teach reincarnation, I see that as having only partial knowledge of what the Urantia Book more fully reveals about the next life. Eithe...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:05 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
Are there any spiritual teachers or books that teach reincarnation that you otherwise benefit from despite their teaching reincarnation?
- Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:07 pm
- Forum: The Urantia Book
- Topic: The Urantia Book and the Book of Mormon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12765
Re: The Urantia Book and the Book of Mormon
After reading, watching videos, and giving it much thought, I've realized why I can never be a Mormon. If you must tithe ten percent of your income no matter what, including workers' comp, unemployment benefits, and Social Security, even when you don't have enough money for groceries or electricity,...
- Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:06 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
I like their approach to truth, to follow your intellect and heart rather than outside human authorities. In the beginning of the Secret Doctrine, Blavatsky basically says keep what works for you and leave the rest.
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:19 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Re: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
Another similarity I forgot to mention is the Blavatsky and the Urantia Book both focus a great deal on the origin of human races. What explains these similarities that I've mentioned so far, and others that may come to mind later? Is it just by meaningless coincidence, did one borrow from the other...
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:15 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9959
Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky
Can someone please tell me about their experience of reading books related to Theosophy, such as the writings of Helen Blavatsky or Alice Bailey? There are some similarities between Theosophy and the Urantia Book, such as belief in a celestial hierarchy, the spark of the divine within, spiritual evo...
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:06 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The Spiritual Tempest of Bill Cosby
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20091
Re: The Spiritual Tempest of Bill Cosby
What is the spiritually healthy way to react to a story like this, where so far, it's just he said she said?
- Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:27 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The Spiritual Tempest of Bill Cosby
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20091
Re: The Spiritual Tempest of Bill Cosby
Don't get me wrong, I take the crime of rape very seriously. If Cosby is proved guilty, I'd be the first person to say lock him up and let him die in prison. But as an American citizen, Cosby deserves the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, so I don't really want to have a debate on his su...
- Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:26 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The Spiritual Tempest of Bill Cosby
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20091
The Spiritual Tempest of Bill Cosby
This article looks at the recent allegations against Bill Cosby from a spiritual viewpoint: What if he is guilty? Among many other things there may be a feeling of relief. Some criminologists speculate that criminals often wittingly or otherwise leave clues which lead to their apprehension because t...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:17 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5619
Re: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
Matt Fraser is a twenty year old psychic medium and former EMT who is, to me, the sincerest and most compelling psychic medium that I've seen: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimplyPsychic/videos I think that Urantia Book readers need to come to grips with the fact that the sleeping subject was, for al...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:55 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5619
Re: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
What do you think of how the Urantia Book says the dead do not contact people still living on this earth? Maybe I am misinterpreting it.
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:22 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5619
Re: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
This video shows some of the more memorable scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEanMc3Beqg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEanMc3Beqg
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:48 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5619
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey Online http://www.hulu.com/watch/364775/astral-city-a-spiritual-journey This film, based on the visionary experiences of Chico Xavier, is surprisingly similar to the mansion worlds as described in the Urantia Book. Though there are some obvious differences, I wonder ...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:37 pm
- Forum: Spiritual Books
- Topic: Conversations with God?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38949
Re: Conversations with God?
Doesn't ACIM teach reincarnation as well? Many Urantia Book readers also read ACIM and the CwG books, despite disagreeing with them in certain aspects.
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:04 am
- Forum: Spiritual Books
- Topic: Conversations with God?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38949
Re: Conversations with God?
I am only half way through the book, but here are some similarities, and I might think of more later. Even though Walsch's vocabulary does not include the morontial life, he does say that the purpose of the afterlife is to continue our spiritual development until we've realized our oneness with God....
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:38 am
- Forum: Spiritual Books
- Topic: Conversations with God?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38949
Re: Conversations with God?
I am currently reading the first Conversations With God, and I've been reading the Urantia Book for over two years. Can someone please elaborate on the similarities between these two books, instead of just the differences? I would appreciate your perspectives. If you look at the struggles Walsch ove...
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:46 am
- Forum: The Urantia Book
- Topic: The Urantia Book and the Book of Mormon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12765
Re: The Urantia Book and the Book of Mormon
The videos are very simple yet informative. They were made by an old lady whose family has been LDS for several generations. She's been reading the Urantia Book since the late 1960s. I've never been to a Mormon church service and I've never read the Book of Mormon, but I've watched lots of Youtube v...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Urantia Book
- Topic: The Two Inaccuracies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9578
Re: The Two Inaccuracies
This is true if you believe in the Teaching Mission.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Urantia Book
- Topic: The Urantia Book and the Book of Mormon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12765
The Urantia Book and the Book of Mormon
This article draws parallels between Urantia Book and Mormon doctrines, suggesting that the Urantia Book is the "greater record to come" as prophecized in the Book of Mormon: http://www.urantiabook.org/outreach/Mormons/parallels_UB_book-of-Mormon.pdf This is a series of Youtube videos dedi...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:36 am
- Forum: Spiritual Books
- Topic: Conversations With God
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3474
Conversations With God
What do you think of the Conversations With God books? Are they divinely inspired? Are their teaching compatible with the Urantia Book?