DWQA Questions › Tag: divine teachingsFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesA practitioner asks: “As a longtime Buddhist practitioner and now a mindfulness teacher myself, I continue to struggle with trying to make sense of some of the core teachings in Buddhism. One of the three “marks of existence” that all Buddhist practices are centered around understanding through increasingly direct and deep insight/realizations on the path to enlightenment is “no self” or “not self” (annata), which includes that there is no such thing as a permanent, unchanging entity or “soul.” It is said that in his quest for enlightenment, the Buddha looked deeply for the “housebuilder,” the one behind the whole thing, this experience of “I, me, myself,” the doer, and he couldn’t find one, and found instead that all phenomena, including the experience of a fixed entity called a self or soul, were simply the result of interdependent causes and conditions coming together temporarily, including even consciousness itself, which arises temporarily to meet with sensory experiences (which includes the 6th sense of mind) and that this consciousness we experience, too, dies with the body. Of course, there is something that experiences rebirth, as Buddhism was very, very clear on that … Since the goal, enlightenment, involves the ONLY permanent death … The cessation of rebirth. One of my primary teachers stated that what gets reborn is not a “soul,” but our “habits.” I am really hoping that Creator can shed some light on these things, since the teachings of the Buddha are what I resonate with the most, and yet I am also an LHP practitioner and do believe in the divine realm and love the idea of having/being an “immortal soul.” The LHP itself I do see as basically a lovingkindness/compassion/sympathetic joy/equanimity (Divine Abodes) practice, and therefore an extension of Buddhist practice. I accept that especially because the teachings of the Buddha were not written down until hundreds of years after his death that they could have become corrupted, and that given the depth of dark manipulation on Earth they most certainly were. However, this teaching, that there is no soul, that there is no self, is basically THE most important teaching in all of Buddhism. The Suttas (sacred ancient Buddhist texts) quote the Buddha as saying, “Nothing whatsoever is to be taken as I, mine, myself. Whoever has understood this has understood all the teachings.” How are we to make sense of this?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Religions661 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “Whenever I read in the channelings of Creator promising us many blessings for future lifetimes for good deeds done in this life, I can’t help but think that this is something someone else will be profiting from. When I die I expect to become a different being than the one I am now, so technically I will be someone else and when I reincarnate I will be a different person then. I’m missing a connecting thread here. Can Creator explain to us how and why it will indeed be ourselves who will profit from good karma in the future?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma480 views0 answers0 votesA practitioner asks: “We are praying and we have prayed a lot, but as far as GetWisdom teachings shows us, they were wrong, incomplete, insufficient, generic etc. Is it possible to request a “prayer reset” for any prayer we have done in the past, and in the past extensions, so that our prayers would be complete as possible as Creator teaches us?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Prayer405 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “I have been thinking about the meaning of the “four horsemen of the apocalypse” in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Is this a reference to the four races of extraterrestrials who have been harassing humanity? We have been told that these predictions can be averted if enough humans turn to Creator and ask for assistance in healing these interlopers. Is this a correct interpretation of this prophecy?”ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Religions640 views0 answers0 votesA viewer, inspired by the Conversations with God, has begun channeling his own “conversations with God and with others off-planet.” He wants to have a dialog with us. What can we tell him about his channeling efforts and their implications? What guidance can we give to such channelers to help them from being misled or worse?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Channeling Pitfalls502 views0 answers0 votesA would-be good samaritan wants to help the homeless, who truly need assistance. He was not interested in providing money for booze and cigarettes. A woman on the street was shrieking “HELP ME! I’M HUNGRY!” Our would-be good samaritan offered to take her right then and there and buy her a sandwich. She declined and asked for money instead. He said, “no” and repeated his offer. This went back and forth for a couple rounds, but he stuck to his offer and refused to give her money. Suddenly she just “blew up” at him, swearing at him and telling him where to go (in so many words). Who was wrong here? Both of them perhaps?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma481 views0 answers0 votesThere was a career panhandler in a big midwestern city that would hold a cup at the same spot every day and say “Help the HomeLESS!” He’d been doing this for years – even decades. A fixture almost as much as the light post he leaned against. Turned out, he wasn’t truly homeless at all, and shared a rather expensive apartment with another career panhandler. When asked about the apparent hypocrisy, he said simply that he rented rather than owned, so he wasn’t really lying. The problem is this individual and his partner help to reinforce the impression that many if not most homeless were not in the dire straits they appear to be in. What is the divine perspective on this type of career?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma476 views0 answers0 votesA man was portrayed on a 60 Minutes television episode back in the 1980s, who would dress like a bum and drive to his favorite spot in his own newer car, park the car out of sight, and work a freeway entrance ramp. He was observed by a reporter to leave the spot every couple of hours to make a call at a payphone. He was approached and asked who he was calling. Turned out it was his stockbroker. He confessed he made approximately $60,000 a year panhandling (in the 1980s when $60,000 was an above-average income) and had a very successful investment portfolio. When challenged, he failed to see any moral dilemma in what he was doing, but in managing a successful stock portfolio, he was clearly capable of performing successfully in a more traditional occupation. What are the karmic implications of that man’s occupational choice?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma488 views0 answers0 votesThose wanting to be good samaritans would decline if they knew they were simply fattening someone’s portfolio and of course most panhandlers are truly homeless and in need of assistance. Yet the desire not to be taken advantage of is strong in most people and presents a genuine moral conflict for many. What advice can Creator give to those wanting to help the truly needy? When one gives to a beggar, does the REAL condition of the recipient have any bearing on the good karma earned by the donor?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma460 views0 answers0 votesA worker in a large city can run an obstacle course of multiple panhandlers twice a day going to and from the office. Many times both people will pretend not to recognize the other, which can reach heights of absurdity as this can go on for years. The career panhandlers are daily intruding on the privacy of the commuters who simply want to be left alone in peace and quiet but are constantly exposed to this twice a day for years. As no one with an average salary can possibly give to everyone asking them daily for handouts, what are the karmic implications of ignoring such recurring pleas? How can Creator help the simple commuter make a moral choice?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma468 views0 answers0 votes“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” When it comes to the homeless, are we collectively failing to teach them how to fish?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma462 views0 answers0 votesA century ago, it was mostly charities and churches that were looked to to provide help for those in need. Today many look to governments to provide help for the needy and many are failing to do an adequate job. Was having the governments step in to help a mixed motive undertaking? Was the goal to create further distance between the donors and the recipients?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma432 views0 answers0 votesWhat is Creator’s perspective on the welfare state?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma511 views0 answers0 votesHow can prayer and the Lightworker Healing Protocol help to someday fully resolve the problem of homelessness?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma442 views0 answers0 votesIs the golden rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” a good rule of thumb for avoiding everyday negative karmic entanglements, and maximizing positive ones?ClosedNicola asked 5 years ago • Karma408 views0 answers0 votes
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