myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

In a previous post I said Light is a symbol for sweetness and connection Now I will add that Light is a symbol for purity and purification In a precious post I said dark was a symbol for warfare Now I will add that...

In the bible Jesus went to a mountainside to pray and spent the entire night in prayer to God In the morning he gathered his disciples together and chose 12 of them to be his apostles - one of which betrayed him So why...

There are two powers we can access to hear God’s voice and tap into God’s power The first is to multiply God’s blessing of love towards us by blessing others with God’s love and good will and joy and emotional blessing...

These are 7 journaling prompts I got from lavendaire’s channel on YouTube They are 1 - When do you feel alive? 2 - What are you doing when you feel that way? 3 - How can you feel that way more often? Next Series 1 - What...

A Buddhist named Jay Santi wrote a book called “The giving way to happiness” In one section of the book she discusses three things that have been effective even in reversing even the most stubborn of all depressive...

This is how I interpret Matthew 6 on getting rewards from God 1 - Show private generosity to God and to people and to work either by giving or by service 2 - Show private appreciation for God or for people or for work...

Jesus said you cannot serve both money and God This has different connotations One is that the competition to obtain money will make you hostile in disposition both to those who have achieved more than you and to those...

These are the 12 Principles of Prosperity. They are the 12 Pursuits of Salvation The correspond with the 12 minor prophets in the Old Testament bible . The Utopianism Pursuit // Hosea *The prophet Hosea encouraged...

I spent years trying to figure out what honey was a symbol of I finally concluded it is a symbol for pleasure The bible says if you eat too much honey you will vomit Meaning if you experience too much pleasure - you will...

1. Solve intelligent problems OR solve ordinary problems intelligently 2. Protect the weak and helpless 3. Hunger for progress and success 4. Experience the joys of life by cultivating happiness 5. Discover and use your...

WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION: Fortune telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that...

Three Things that attract evil are 1 - Suspicion 2 - Self Hatred 3 - Selfishness SUSPICION - The bible says that evil comes to those who search for it - A pastor at a bible study I used to go to is very very suspicious of...

In the bible, John the Baptist rebukes the Pharisees and Sadducees by referring to them as a brood of vipers The Pharisees are a symbol for religious egos The Sadducees are a symbol for religious and non religious vanity...

The kindergarten teacher suggested I don't advance to the next grade in kindergarten because I was developing slower than the other kids. In school, the kids called me "big retard“ and no one played with me. I would walk...

This is an old painting of a man touching God and His angels The love God has for us is different from a Care Bears or Tele tubby cartoon. It is a love built on blood and sweat and tears and days or nights of anxiety and...

1 - You teach each other respect Your respect for yourself and for God and for them and for your family and for society and for religion and for all humans is enhanced through your relationship with them and their respect...

1st Rule = You serve Gods principles and Gods children and not your own ego or appetite 2nd Rule = You serve Gods virtue and Gods compassion and not your favourable beauty or power 3rd Rule = You serve God’s forgiveness...

1 - Serve God’s glory and not your own ego 2 - Serve harmony and not vanity 3 - Serve compassion and not reputation 4 - Serve health and not possessions 5 - Serve patience and not freedom 6 - Serve goodness and not power...