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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: January 10, 2004
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Are we children of God?
Are we matter? Are we antimatter? Are we just an illusion...... |
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Senior Member Location: Every action is judged by intention - Muhammad
Registered:: April 04, 2005
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We are real.
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Member Registered:: March 08, 2008
Posts: 1182
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We are a projection of what goes on in our minds.
"As a man thinketh, so is he". Bible, book of Proverbs |
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Senior Member Location: wherever there is good food
Registered:: February 15, 2007
Posts: 12272
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We be sheep. The lord is my shepherd.
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Junior Peeper Registered:: May 16, 2007
Posts: 348
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I don't know what we are but "why are we here"
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Senior Member Registered:: September 13, 2001
Posts: 14912
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Considering there are definitive answers should we perpetually ponder these questions or just enjoy being? |
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Member Registered:: March 08, 2008
Posts: 1182
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This is a good one DS! |
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Member Registered:: March 08, 2008
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Imala, great to see you on board! |
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Senior Member Registered:: February 28, 2005
Posts: 10450
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Abdullah..servant of Allah
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Senior Member Location: wherever there is good food
Registered:: February 15, 2007
Posts: 12272
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SupaM: Have you ever read about the mystic rabia? She had a strange, yet magnificent view of Big G.
God..she believed G should be worshipped just for love of G, not for fear of hell or aspirations towards heaven. When u check out the actual root meaning of "islam" is does not have to do with submission (that is istislaam), but with seeking perfection. Interesting if one wants to compare it with hindu atman and moksha. |
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Junior Peeper Registered:: May 16, 2007
Posts: 348
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Obsessive love is worship. Rabia never married. Once she refused a marriage proposal because she said she never had room in her heart for any other love beside Allah's |
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Junior Peeper Registered:: May 16, 2007
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Hello Coco...:-) |
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Senior Member Registered:: February 28, 2005
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Bhai this stry too high fe mee...i gun stick wid what i noo until better knowledge comes. |
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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: January 10, 2004
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there are answers but none are definitive to the point of not an iota of doubt. Even science has an uncertainty principle, however, the deductions based on science seem more precise, than any other explanation or theories. what are the definitive answers that you know of. as far a pondering..sure why not..it is a public forum and if you are tired of the discussion(s) you need not partake :) |
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Senior Member Location: wherever there is good food
Registered:: February 15, 2007
Posts: 12272
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Wasn't this the dream about the prophet? Of course, one has to separate between hagiography and actual history...and Rabia's place in either is strange...she did exist..she was mystic..but to what extent all that is attributed to her is true..that is problematic. but her image does a good denouncing of the literalists... |
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Junior Peeper Registered:: May 16, 2007
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Never read anywhere that Rabia Al Basri dreamt the Prophet Muhammad (Salallahu Alaiyhi Wasalam). Maybe you are getting mixed up with the dream her father had when she was born. The stories about her are a deep source of spiritual inspiration to many. For a human being to have been like her is out of this world. One of her famous quotes, "I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages". |
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Senior Member Location: Every action is judged by intention - Muhammad
Registered:: April 04, 2005
Posts: 10271
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In my opinion, her pure painted image makes it seem kind of made up. |
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Junior Peeper Registered:: May 16, 2007
Posts: 348
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Ksazma, you must have done some research on Rabia Al Basri, enlighten us please on your discovery and what made you come up with your opinion. |
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Senior Member Location: Every action is judged by intention - Muhammad
Registered:: April 04, 2005
Posts: 10271
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If you are really interested in enlightenment, then you may be the first here. |
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Senior Member Location: wherever there is good food
Registered:: February 15, 2007
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nope..i am quite sure..teh tale is that the prophet came to her in a dream and proposed marriage...and her answer was that she could love none but god...the 'in between' the lines reading is quite illustrative of the power and polemic between the mystics and the literalists.
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Junior Peeper Registered:: May 16, 2007
Posts: 348
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Wow!! even more amazing :-) |
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Senior Member Location: wherever there is good food
Registered:: February 15, 2007
Posts: 12272
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hagiography--hagiology--aretalogy--three words every researcher into religion/history/anthropology should know...
oh yes...and to guyanize it..nancy story, himseh, sheseh... |
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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: February 10, 2006
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We are what we eat, go figure.
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Senior Member Location: wherever there is good food
Registered:: February 15, 2007
Posts: 12272
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Ai u blasted gaulding..is u trying to tell me i is mauby and black cake?
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Senior Member Location: Every action is judged by intention - Muhammad
Registered:: April 04, 2005
Posts: 10271
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In that case, I hope I am Cherie tomorrow. :) |
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Senior Member Location: Every action is judged by intention - Muhammad
Registered:: April 04, 2005
Posts: 10271
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strawberry shortcake aint too bad either. :) |