I love this concept . . .

[doodlemaier]

. . . assignments or agreements were made prior to each of our births that organized the events of our physical lives. That each of our lives was nothing more than a random act of fate in which we lived in hope of occasional acts of Divine intervention was just too preposterous a notion for me, as preposterous perhaps as the idea might seem to some that we are given Sacred Contracts whose energy directs the unfolding of the opportunities and challenges of our lives. A belief in God is built into the theory of Sacred Contracts because a person is obviously making an agreement with someone or something cosmic, whereas a person is free to muse about the existence of God - any type of God - if life is seen as nothing more than a potpourri of random events. I deeply and profoundly believe that every single life is here by Divine design and that each of us has Sacred Contracts that must be - and will be - attended to during the course of a lifetime.

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[fenixinthedark.livejournal.com]

Interesting...

It reminds me of an argument (on the "pro" divinity side of the debate) that said that, in order for man to play at being God, he had to find ways to disprove God existed. Life then had to be a random series of chance happenings with no design or intent whatsoever.

I think many on both sides of the debate prove clearly that we, as a species, most times come up with a premise in which we believe and then seek the evidence to support it.

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying that I believe it, merely another nifty mental note for the "interesting" file. It makes more sense having read her book, Sacred Contracts.

But I have noticed that in the background, in between all the willfulness and failed attempts that is my personal history a more general pattern is appearing over time, and in spite of me. I don't pretend to understand it or know how to interpret it, but it happens (naturally) through interactions with other people. There are those who come into my life, ususally uninvited, who according to this concept I have a contract with. Because their presence is usually annoying, and sometimes genuinely frightening, I often have trouble recognizing them and accepting the messages they hold for me. The effect is that they tend to ruin the possibilities that I was trying to realize for myself, and bring about instead the context for me to discover exactly what I needed all along. My daughter is a perfect example.

Whenever I have a situation that I'm not necessarily happy about the idea provides me an alternate way of perceiving it. Placebo or not, it has profoundly calming effects on me and even helped wrench me out of a couple years of depression I fell into after D was born.

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

you know?
a very deeply 'technical' buddhist once asked me if i believed in destiny, and he was thoroughly shocked to hear me say 'yes'.. but, given the understanding that i believe that we are all GOD [if we choose to empower ourselves enough to nurture the divine within us] then, i would say we have a sacred contract with ourselves, which is tied into karmic balance from previous lifetimes. and we will continue to work these contracts out with ourselves until we learn the things we need to. then, we simply move forward. its spiritual evolution!

Please don't try this it home!

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

. . . and this (unfortunately) is where I lose a lot of folks.

Because, in my thinking, the further we move along any path of spiritual evolution the more that distinctions between individuals dissolve. We are disintegrated on this, our current level of human consciousness, trapped in a sense of "I" and "other" (or rather, five senses of "I" and "other") and enforced by the mind and its constant evaluation, rationalizations, labels, distinctions, etc. But eventually (yes, through nurturing that within us which is divine - regardless of the dicipline) we rediscover what was available to us all along - that all are one.

Is it really that much of a stretch of the imagination that all that keeps us separate is physical, and superficial?

yoga = union

as far as i am concerned, brother-

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

you can keep preaching to this choir!

i love it!
;)

You know how I love this subject

[dontshootthecat.livejournal.com]

Caroline Myss and Sylvia Browne have very similar beliefs and often quote each other:

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
The Other Side and Back is the most grounded and authentic ‘entry to the other side' that I have ever read. You know immediately upon reading the first few pages that Sylvia Browne is more than a psychic - she is a master at conveying the truth that exists in the fourth dimension. (Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of Anatomy of the Spirit)
— Caroline Myss

One of these days you've got to read one of her books, but let me recommend when you're ready.