Atwater Vitki
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Welcome to our little family of friends here at the forum! I hope you will give us the opportunity to get to know you better and look forward to your contributions to the many discussions. It's always a pleasure to meet new people, thus new perspectives and new ideals to throw in the mix. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to ULC.net forum! We're glad to have you! We hope that you will find many ways in which to apply information found here to your ideas and chosen path. We always welcome fresh perspectives and understandings of both traditional and non-traditional Beliefs. So let's hear about yours! Blessings of Peace, A good place to start is Forum Rules and Policy, New Members and FAQ's, all under the "Administration" header on the main page. Blessings of Peace, Al.
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I'd like to take this opportunity to Welcome you to the forum! Thank you for joining and I hope you'll find our little Family of Friends to be a place you come home to on a regular basis. We always enjoy new perspectives and fresh ideas, so let's hear yours! Blessings of Peace, Al
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I'd like to take this opportunity to Welcome you to the forum! Thank you for joining and I hope you'll find our little Family of Friends to be a place you come home to on a regular basis. We always enjoy new perspectives and fresh ideas, so let's hear yours! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We're pleased you decided to join our growing family of friends and ever so look forward to getting to know you. We're always happy to have new perspectives that give us all something to ponder. Blessings of Peace,
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I'm sorry i'm just now seeing this...was not aware of this feature. Thank you for the welcome and I plan on getting to know others as well.
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Welcome to the forum! We're pleased you decided to join our growing family of friends and ever so look forward to getting to know you. We're always happy to have new perspectives that give us all something to ponder. Blessings of Peace,
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Welcome to the forum! We're pleased you decided to join our growing family of friends and ever so look forward to getting to know you. We're always happy to have new perspectives that give us all something to ponder. Blessings of Peace,
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Welcome to the ULC.net forum! Take a look around, join in on the discussions and let us know a little about yourself in New Members and FAQ's. We are always glad to see new perspectives. We're glad you've chosen our forum to expand your path and understanding! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the ULC.net forum! Take a look around, join in on the discussions and let us know a little about yourself in New Members and FAQ's. We are always glad to see new perspectives. We're glad you've chosen our forum to expand your path and understanding! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the ULC.net forum! Take a look around, join in on the discussions and let us know a little about yourself in New Members and FAQ's. We are always glad to see new perspectives. We're glad you've chosen our forum to expand your path and understanding! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the ULC.net forum! Take a look around, join in on the discussions and let us know a little about yourself in New Members and FAQ's. We are always glad to see new perspectives. We're glad you've chosen our forum to expand your path and understanding! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the ULC.net forum! Take a look around, join in on the discussions and let us know a little about yourself in New Members and FAQ's. We are always glad to see new perspectives. We're glad you've chosen our forum to expand your path and understanding! Blessings of Peace, Al
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(Emphasis added) (Emphasis added) (Emphasis added)IMHO, the basic context of these statements point out a very important, rudimentary human behavior. Those who believe something to please others, and those who believe something because it makes rational sense to their Higher Self. I am not making a comparative as to any of you 3 personally, just your statements. Thank you for understanding the difference. In some ways I envy someone who has been able to maintain one Belief System their entire life, in many other ways, it really scares me. I say that as I've only met a very few who have resolved all issues and contradictions to their Beliefs through a litmus test of truly understanding all other Beliefs, and have been able to allow others the same freedom. At a very young age I recognized blind faith as being destructive to Self, and no I'm not talking about Eric, Steve, Ric and Ginger's one album hit. I'm talking about those who satisfied others 'because that's how they were raised' and those who had firm Beliefs in a truth. There's absolutely nothing wrong about tradition, family ways and such, however when those beliefs verge on hypocrisy and denying ones Self truth in the process, there is something wrong there. It's difficult to even discuss this issue without giving the appearance of "dissing" someone else's Beliefs, so I'll try to be as sensitive as I can. Even some of the Pagan texts and manuscripts I've read, in regard to my own Beliefs, have a "warning" in the foreword reminding the reader not to believe anything but what is written therein and/or to trust the author because s/he had a vision or inspired insight. But how can I just ignore the provable history that contradicts what the author(s) wrote? How can I cling to the mysticism that bona fide science has deemed irrelevant? Why should I have unbending faith in something that overwhelming evidence shows is, at minimum, different in the chain of events or biography of the characters?These, and many other questions/scenarios are exactly why I choose to follow my path. I am allowed to glean the meaning and thrust of the writing while also being allowed to apply facts and new knowledge since the manuscript was written to my understanding. I am not bound to the ridiculous notion of "because I said so, and my daddy said so and his daddy said so and his daddy said so and"....you get the picture. No matter how well intentioned or progressively thought out and rationalized, every Scared text on the planet was written by the hand of man. The Gita's, Koran, Bible, Book of Toth, Edda, etc etc. Regardless of how inspired or moved the author was by his Spiritual Self or omniscient deity, s/he wrote it down. Along the timeline of history and the many copies set forth before the age of the printing press, each one may have but a few words changed, a meaning edited or an idea truncated for space, I have to question if it still maintains the integrity of the original. Worse was the period some 5,000 years ago when our oral history was first being put to clay tablet. And worse yet, somewhere along this timeline authorities, that were not the author(s), got together and decided which myth, personal account or historical fact was to be included in future copies. Giving all this an acceptable amount of regard, do any of us believe what our Faith dictates or do we have faith in what our Beliefs dictate? Does the satisfaction of our Higher Self account for anything, or do we also ignore that in lieu of what we are told to believe? My Belief is a never ending, evolving thing....that is one of the very few things I have total Faith in. Blessings of Peace,
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Welcome to the forum, we sincerely hope you find everything spiritual you are looking for here. Our little family of friends will hopefully help you along your journey. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. I've enjoyed your posts so far and look forward to hearing more from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Thank you, glad to be here.
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek while venturing down your path. Please post when you can as this is a forum for all beliefs and we genuinely look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! We hope you find everything you seek in your Spiritual Search and join in on the ULC community outreach. Please post when you can as we look forward to hearing from you. Blessings of Peace, Al
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Thanks Al!
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Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you here and that you've posted. Central Calif here and other members are places inbetween us! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you here and we hope you find everything you're looking for. Join in when you can! Blessings of Peace, Al
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Namaste, Thank you for your time & energy,I've been here before in one of my many past lives.So its good to be back home where NO ONE will ever Judge me,or how I became so powerful within my Talents.Be Blessed & Happy New Year 2013!!
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