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panic in paradise

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Acts 20:22
And see, now I go bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem,
not knowing what will happen to me there.
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This to me seems like an example of karma and dharma:

"And see"

As if what can be seen is material or what is material is only what you perceive to be seeing; what is worth seeing more though is what is being said.

"now I go bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem"

"Now" the only point in time existing which is only existent to carry the individual soul amongst the spirit of all, to its final destination: Dharma.

"not knowing what will happen to me there."

Having faith in your current position mentally physically and spiritually: Karma.
Doing what is right not because you feel that there is promised land, or to avoid damnation, but simply for the progress of the self and in return the people know and love, or, dont know.



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21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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Definitely a passage, an example of the elemental passage...a passage of return or reunion of the soul with the Spiritus.

Yes this is Christian Theology, and here is a definition of that: "the enterprise to construct a coherent system of Christian belief and practice based primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and the New Testament as well as the historic traditions of the faithful." - wikiP

And we could word it to sound like new age.


"Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me."

The cities: 9 cities of sin and the time spent in passage through them, paired with the suggestion and apparent idealism of what what the soul could find to fixate on rather completing its journey.

Indeed there was the doorman.

"But none of these things move me"

The soul stays its course of transcendence, repenting the transgressions offered.

"neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy"

This is about the individual having strength in numbers, as the path and all else is not only pathed with, but constructed of numbers. The divination of life is the subject of the singular source, the illusion of fear numbers can create is one of the greatest distractions in life, the numbers on a clock are what is more distracting then the movement of the hands, and it is the hands that pass us by, us whom are the numbers.
 
Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the
tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through
the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike
down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you!

Best bible verse ever fictional or otherwise
 
Portillo said:
Im offended by this Bible thread. ;)
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.. Oh, well then, perhaps I can interest you in a tasty burger??

NSFW:

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“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Go on up, you baldhead!’ they said. ‘Go on up, you baldhead!’ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.”
 
qwe said:
“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Go on up, you baldhead!’ they said. ‘Go on up, you baldhead!’ He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.”
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From what I have gathered back then people with leprosy would either have all their hair fall out or their heads would be shaved. 42 "children"; if defined as those who have not found their place amongst themselves have no direction themselves and are attempting to discredit or single out Elisha as a threat to the rest of the group, all the while with full heads of hair.!

Maybe this is a sense of individuality becoming made aware of, and those idiosyncrasies, self doubts, self shame, self judgment and material insecurities being overcome by increasing and biting through the taunts that can only mean so much to the souls ego; the defensive army of "I". The true self rose above "You"; what is perceived as I in a creative form. Upon further ascension and reassembly the parts of the sum graduate further into a dual primal material form of wisdom, the Bear; earthly wisdom of the material. These two bears are his completion of the destruction of what did bind his soul.

The various commonalities of the law of the land are only truly justified by the source of the higher mind, which is inherent in us all, and as so is the only law that exists. To observe the self with this in mind is to see those who surround you begin to obtain the same ease and peace of mind; grace amongst fire.

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Portillo said:
Yummy. :)
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Yeah yummy but the cheese on the 'Royale' doesnt look melted enough to me.

Re passage..
People born of the spirit or filled with the spirit are said to be like the wind*.. you dont know what direction its going to go in. Paul being ' bound in the spirit' had no dea where he was going or what he would say when he got there.. He was kinda going with the flow and trusting in God.

John 3.8 one of my favorite passages
 
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"The foxes have their holes and the birds their nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
-- Luke 9:58

This is probably my favorite passage of the Bible. I read Jesus's cryptic "son of man" to mean a truly enlightened person, and this is a statement on the difficulty that enlightened people have in relating to other people, whose lives are more about clining to baser comforts.

As for the famous quote from Pulp Fiction, I was once told that this quote was not a real biblical quote at all, but from the beginning of Sonny Chiba's 1973 action film "Kiba the Bodyguard". But when I tried to look up this movie and the supposed quote on Google, all I got were a handful of hits making this same claim about Quentin Tarantino's plagiarism. Nowhere was I able to find the complete translated line from Kiba the Bodyguard. I was, however, able to find snippets of real bible passages that, cobbled together, make this quote. (Ezekiel was responsible only for the last sentence.) This makes me wonder if maybe the story about QT ripping off Sonny Chiba is a deliberate piece of disinformation, disseminated to become part of the popular lore surrounding Pulp Fiction, or possibly to separate the hippest of the hip from those who only think they're hip to Tarantino. Compare the nonexistent unabridged version of The Princess Bride, and its fictional "real author's" leegal difficulties. Compare the disinformation that made The Blair Witch Project a phenomenon. All just literary devices that (cleverly!) extend beyond the text itself.
 
"Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." - Judges 14:14

Who can solve Samson's riddle?
 
malakaix said:
Yeah same, i really do like that passage.
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You know quite a few gems from the Bible, malakaix, dont feel like sharing?
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"I was a trap for transgressors,
but healing for all who repented transgression;
prudence for the simple,
and a sustained purpose for all those of fearful heart."

Dead Sea Scroll
The Thanksgiving Psalms 2:8

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Portillo said:
"Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." - Judges 14:14

Who can solve Samson's riddle?
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panic in paradise said:
You know quite a few gems from the Bible, malakaix, dont feel like sharing?
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Oh not too many.. but im enjoying what others have posted.

Matthew 19:24: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

I suppose this passage is a popular one, or at least most people have heard it used somewhere. But the reason i mention this one is because it was the first verse from the bible that literally transformed my understanding of christian mysticism, i began to understand the verse's on a more metaphorical level. I honestly doubt i would of been able to realize this had i not already had an understanding of Buddhism and Zen.. which established the framework that allowed me to see christian mysticism from a completely different angle, and i find it's metaphorically poetic nature of expression absolutely inspiring.

Corinthians 15:31 - "I die daily"

This one is so simple, but so encapsulating.. recognizing that we are in a constant flux of dying and been reborn into each moment.. infinitely. I suppose i like this passage because it's simple, yet has enormous depth. I'm very drawn to passages in either christian mysticism or other traditions that have a focus on simplicity and through the words; simultaneously capture the whole. This is where i think some people become confused with the bible, so much of it is written in metaphor which in my experience is the best expression of what is otherwise impossible to describe in a literal sense.

But i digress.. there's a couple more passages, some of which have already been posted and others i can't remember at this point in time. :)

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John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Ah yes this one too. I quite like this one, Yeshu wasn't talking about himself.. but the truth within. The 'Father' been a metaphor for God/Enlightenment and 'Me' been the Truth. To me the way he spoke, the way the passages are written.. feels very representative of someone who was essentially a reflection of Spirit. But anyway, very cool thread.. i've enjoyed reading through this. :)

Hmm, i hope i made sense.. tis late. lol.
 
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28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels[a] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
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deuteronomy 22:28-29

this (along with other) bible verse killed christianity for me. a god who once commanded this bullshit isn't worthy of worship. how can this be explained or defended?
 
i against i said:
deuteronomy 22:28-29

this (along with other) bible verse killed christianity for me. a god who once commanded this bullshit isn't worthy of worship. how can this be explained or defended?
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Why defend it? It's easier to ignore snippets that carry no moral meaning for you, than it is to ignore the totality of Christianity. Perhaps it isn't even meant to be defended, instead, to signify your own moral truths? I'm speaking out my ass on this issue but it seems to me irrelevant when compared to the more interesting passages of the Bible.
 
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