Spiritual gifts

a monastery (the home of monks where they live to dedicated there life to their spiritual vows) to begin his education. The first Dalai Lama was Gedun Drupa. Dalai Lamas believe that when they die their soul is reincarnated into the next Dalai Lama to help more people achieve spiritual highness, and thus is how there continue to be a praised Dalai Lama, because they believe they are still the same high level spiritual soul they once were just in another body. Also in the Ming dynasty they…

according to Vaishnava principles one should not smoke weed.But Lord Shiva is so powerful that he can drink the whole ocean of poison without getting harmed. Similarly, he can smoke Marijuana without losing his stature of Vaishnava.
It is offered as a gift to Shiva by devotees, especially during the Shivaratri festival. This can be seen at the temples of Benares, Baidyanath, Tarakeswar & Pashupatinath. After the ritual & ceremony it is also consumed as Prasad by devotees & yogis. Consuming it in…

The ancient Egyptians were strong in this ray, and their artistic and architectural legacy demonstrate that their connection with Heaven and Earth, the material and the spiritual, were successfully harmonized. Magic was part of their lives, as magic includes the visible and the invisible with symbols and rituals. The animal associated with the fourth ray is the monkey. The power of the imagination is very real to this ray…

understand or they didn’t want to talk about sexuality, including sexual issues, gender, sexual orientation or sexuality as a multidimensional (Thorson-Smith, p. 232) spectrum. My life and human sexuality were replaced by worship and church, always with spiritual disciplines. Discovering my sexuality changed my whole life affecting my ethics and experience of God, and I have been reconstructed holistically. I cannot separate my life, relationship and my sexuality, because they are constantly…

Aquino, Adrian Sebastian P. 1Phl1 Siddhartha Book review Siddhartha was born in a rich family of Brahmins. Young Siddhartha was very is smart and handsome. He has the potential to become a great Brahmin among other Brahmins. The people around him know that Siddhartha may destine for a higher purpose. Siddhartha studied the different teachings of the Vedas and Hindu wisdom. He met Govinda and they became best friends. When Siddhartha was growing up he…

In Christianity, the purpose for believers to bring hope to the world through salvation in Jesus Christ. Everything that God has given us to spread the Gospel is through our spiritual gifts. Wolf explains that meaning comes from loving and engaging in something in a positive way (Wolf, 2007). Many would argue that finding religion doesn’t constitute as fulfillment. If we were to spend the rest of our life chasing endless pleasures…

theology of children begins with recognizing that children belong to God by creation because God's love embraces everyone and we all begin as children (Cully, 1983). Generally speaking the authors Bunge, Rigby and Cully gave descriptions of the spiritual characteristics of children, and how they are enhanced at various stages as they develop. This is a shared view from the theorist Erik Erikson developmental stages. He asserts that the stages are present at birth but, only begin to unfold…

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude-Denis Waitley The practice of gratitude is not new; it is one of deep innate soul wisdom passed down through the ages and the glue that sustains the best of society and our connection with others. If gratitude is a state of being that is essential to a good life, why then, do we not cultivate and express it on a daily basis? Perhaps the reason we do not make gratitude a part of our daily lives is that…

had been corrupted by those outside the church; in order to be assured of the integrity of the Christian proclaimed the apostolic preaching.” This quote emphasizes that the preaching of the gospel is important to its listeners and leads them to spiritual growth, proving that the church plays a necessary role in salvation. Another important role that the church plays in salvation is through baptism. In 8.2 of the Christian Reader it states, “Being baptized, we are enlightened: being…

There are two children, Huck and Tom, as main characters who go through lots of adventures in this novel. When Huck and Tom were trying to escape from Jim’s surveillance, it is very clear the contrasting attitude of them dealing with the situation. While Huck wanted to escape from this situation as quick as possible, Tom wanted to take even more risk to move Jim’s hat because of his spirit of adventure. Also, when Tom have created the gang, Tom Saywer’s Gang, there are many words that children…