rabbi Min wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2007, Merlyn Blaize <mblaize@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> lamented:
>>Like actors watching one another from backstage, our true selves watch
>>each other as we submerge ourselves into this world and then back out
>>again. To our true selves, these lives are but fancies made to pass
>>the time, to give us a sense of "happening" which our knowledge has
>>made virtually impossible. That means we've learned so much at that
>>stage of the game, that our only choice to keeping the "newness" of
>>our lives is to forget who we are and to sink into this world and to
>>live without any of the knowledge we've obtained over there.
>>It's very depressing when something goes wrong and you remember
>>everything. These bodies we use here, they weren't designed to be
>>emotionally equipped for handling the full knowledge of "what we
>>really are". Most of those who remember everything end up killing
>>themselves so they can start again in a body that is once more
>>ignorant of its origins. It's one of the most difficult things to
>>remain in this life, in this world, when you remember what it really is.
>>Yet even that, worthless as it is, is a test which we force ourselves
>>to endure. All in the name of existing...
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> Good grief! In all seriousness, and with all due respect, you really
> do sound like a person who is, and I mean deadly-seriously, suicidal.
> Depression is the 4th stage of grief. The fifth, and final stage, is
> Acceptance--divine ecstacy--in the Light (the "whiteness of Neptune").
>
> Plenty of people have casually talked about, or joked about, suicide,
> but have rarely actually *committed* suicide. You sound more serious...
>
> I know, you'll wax indignant, and retort "but I didn't mean to imply
> that" or "you misunderstood my words". Nonetheless, what you said is
> what you said. You sound suicidal. People who are seriously suicidal
> frequently cry out for help, but few have the trained ears to listen,
> until it's too late: and that soul actually does murder him/her-self!
> Murder is the most maligned affliction of Mars. Thou shalt not murder.
> Suicide is murder, self-murder. That's why it is a Cardinal Sin. See?
>
> Wiser souls than I have consistently advised us mere, mortal sinners
> to practice attenuating our attention on our own fleshly, ego-selves
> and actively sharpen our focus on what Cayce called "the other self".
> Even our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ said very much to that effect.
>
> But that does not mean we mortally-incarnate sinners, verily Lucifer-
> incarnate every one of us, should revile our incarnate experience on
> the earth. Love God with your all -and- love thy neighbor as thyself.
> This can be easy or difficult, but it is always a choice of freewill.
> Life is sacred, to be celebrated, and cherished! The LORD giveth and
> the LORD taketh away. (As I'm grateful to God for life, He knows it.)
>
> The immortal physical temple of our immortal soul, the Human body, is
> verily of God's creating, not man's. Whereas, the body's mortality is
> manifestly-inherent on account of each and every man's own individual
> rebellion against God--each according to his own works of good & evil.
>
> Jesus said "My yoke is easy, and my burden is light" [Matthew 11:30].
> We Christians believe that all souls are of the One and Infinite. We
> believe that As you do to the least, even your-self, *you* do to Him!
> So Do What Thou Wilt (refer to Leviticus 5:17... good luck with that).
>
> Enjoy Life!
> Daniel Joseph Min
> http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/
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Although I appreciate what you are trying to do, that kind of exhortation
doesn't do any good.
HOW does the Lord Jesus Christ help? By giving us self-respect. Each of
us
is an immortal individual, loved by God, and precious in His sight. (GROW
wisdom, also Desiderata) It was James who said that even saying this is
not
enough. We need to get in there beside the suffering person - pretty
impossible from the other side of the world (I am in Bendigo, Australia.)
Have you ever been depressed, Daniel? Depression is an insidious thing.
It
warps our thinking in spite of ourselves. I inherited it - a genetic
defect. All the "right thinking" in the world won't change that.
Positive
thinking or counting our blessings just bounces off. Fortunately, I am
not too bad, and I have learned to cope. When suicidal thoughts came to
me, I was able to beat them. But some are worse. BTW, in a depression
group, mention of suicide or anything relating to self-harm is a
"spoiler";
it is flagged in the Subject: line to warn susceptible individuals.
To the OP, I can only say: you have a right to be here. You are im****tant
to
me. Hang in there, and take one day at a time. You may not be able to
beat depression entirely, but you can live each day until bedtime and let
tomorrow look to itself, as Jesus, psychologists and many others have
said. "Each day is a new life to the wise man" was the stay of one
person.
I like Desiderata, which encourages the same attitude. If religion helps,
I am not decrying it. From here, I can't tailor the Christian message to
your needs. Talk to friends; get out in the sunlight if you can. The
same
Vitamin D that is generated in sunlight and cures rickets also helps the
kind of depression known as SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder.)
Doug L. (aged 60+, depressed since about age 10, and still here.)
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Imagine all the people living for today.
- John Lennon. He says it too.
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