myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

Jesus said in Matthew 5 that you are the salt of the earth and salt is good but if a salt losses it’s saltiness, how can it’s saltiness be restored? It is good neither for the soil, nor for the manure pile, it is good...

I believe two ingredients make happiness: (1) The first is humility and respect and purpose and meaning and service and excellence and work (2) The second is kindness and sympathy and affection and mercy and sweetness and...

The bible says “Once has the Lord spoken, twice have I heard.” What I believe this verse means is that more is implied by God in the bible than what is directly said, so if God says “do not bear false witness,” what God...

TIP 1: Foster a Sense of Vision A) There are multiple keys to achieving this, the first is to follow the 12 visionary ideals that lead to inspiration 1 - Do not judge or assess people by physical or intellectual qualities...

The Buddha said that life is suffering and the cause of suffering was the pursuit of material happiness. I believe this is correct, and the bible suggests this in many places. One thing that causes suffering is the...

As a Christian, I believe that what goes around comes around and it does not just come around but it comes around to haunt you. This is not my word, but the word of a guy I used to talk to at school who became a doctor. I...

For those of you who have not heard of the book, a young shepherd boy travels all over the world to find treasure and than discovers the treasure he was seeking was hidden all along behind the church in his home town that...

In this story, a cripple chooses to situate himself in close proximity to a famed Angel capable of healing people by the waters of miraculous blessing but he lacks the auxiliary power and physical strength to open up his...

This image can be both a stairwell or an escalator depending on whether the manufacturer chooses to activate the electricity grid beneath it. In the same way, some of our goals are conquered by stair climbing up obstacles...

I believe that 666 is a symbol for deception and practicing deceit and falsehood. To carry the mark on the forehead is to be blind to God’s Justice. To carry the mark on the right hand, is to know God’s Justice but lie...

Lockdown has been an opportunity for me to grow spiritually. It has been a paradise for me. I had lots of time to reflect, ask questions and have new hobbies. I realised that I had been living a very robotic life....

The way I interpret this verse on a good measure that is shaken together is that giving people more social credit than the deserve leads to you being blessed beyond what you deserve so you must error on the side of...

The way I interpret this verse is that you must spend your riches wisely, when you have far more than you need, you must invest your extras in serving your family and your society and the charitable causes or institutions...

The cosmic universe has different degrees of internal architecture, some of that architecture is alterable and some of it is not, some of our powers are self imposed and other powers of ours are other imposed. The fact...

No I’m not saying that I’m a saint, there were times in the last few years where I felt upset over the achievements of others rather than happy, but God had been kind enough to show me that my way of thinking and viewing...

When Jesus says that a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand, I believe Jesus meant two things: First, that you cannot become great if you oppose the greatness of others, and also: that you cannot be a worship if...

A perfume bottle is a symbol for desire and it’s gold plated elucidator is a emblem of wealth. In the same way, a healthy person desires things that are good while an unhealthy person desires things that are bad. A...

Jesus said it is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God but many men like Jacob and Abraham and Solomon and David were rich in money and men like Moses...

To me when Jesus drives people out of the marketplace, he is saying you cannot serve both social status climbing and spiritual status climbing, that what God honours differs from what humans honour and what humans honour...