Article #31
Subject: Meaning of the statement, "Anything is possible!"
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 5/17/2009 12:17:50 PM

Meditation:
What do we mean when we say that we believe (or know)
that, "Anything is possible!"

We do not mean that "Anything is real!" do we ?
No, because reality or what is called Sat in Sanskrit is something
that can interact with us (kicks back) isn't it? And sometimes
the possible doesn't seem to demonstrate any capacity to interact with us.

Nor does is mean that "Anything is true!" does it?
No, because truth is a correspondence between consciousness and itself
, isn't it? And,sometimes the possible does seem to want to correspond with
itself, doesn't it.

But, I believe that for us to believe that "Anything is possible" is the same
as for us to believe that we know that God exists and corresponds with
himself through us and will always interact with us if we participate in
things with him. Also, just because a possibility doesn't want to interact
with us as a reality doesn't mean it won't ever. For we have had many
experiences with God not seeming to want interact or participate in answering
our prayers. But, all in all, so much good has already happened these prayers
that seem unanswered for the moment are not what is most important.

What follows from this? We should be very careful to conclude that any given
thing is not possible (which is often not very easy) . For, we we say this we
will lose our faith in God. And, since the former case often seems to be much
the easier course, if we want to keep our faith we need to work at it
(meditate often to see the good in everything).

Article #76
Subject: the eternal nature of our spiritual bodies
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 7/5/2011 08:29:07 PM

Some Yogic Advaiti philosophers have said, "Reality cannot be what kicks
back, since karmas and vasanas kick back but they are only temporary, only
lasting until the soul/spirit is rid of them becomes enlightened." But, many
Christians Jews and others and I assert, someetimes temporary things are
reality. For all mortal flesh and the world around us is temporal yet it is
reality (it can be experimentally tested) and not all of it is just illusion
or maya. For what is temporary and yet still exists after its "temporary
destruction", in order to be reborn, still exists after it loses the
temporarity of its temporary nature can be considered immortal and is real
and everlasting in this since.

Andrew