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5 Things You May Not Have Known About Jesus

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Alice Herz-Sommer, World’s Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at age 110

Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust, died Sunday morning in London at age 110. Her devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her through two years in a Nazi prison camp,  and … Continue reading

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Consciousness of a Servant ~ Kabbalistic Concepts by Kabbalah Centre

Are you comfortable asking for help? Dr. Brené Brown, author of the book, The Gifts of Imperfection, posed this question to an audience. About one third of the room raised their hand. She followed up with another question, “How many … Continue reading

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The Prostitute and the Guru

by Robert Adams There was once a young girl who was brought up in a house of prostitution. This was her destiny, at the time. She couldn’t get away from it. But she used to pray to God: “Oh Lord, … Continue reading

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Blessings & Curses

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Patience

Patience is a great virtue for all of us to practice. Patience gives us the power to overcome obstacles in life and work towards our goals. Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and other great religions all teach the virtue of … Continue reading

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Life is Glorious & Wretched

“Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that’s all that’s happening, we get arrogant … Continue reading

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Gnosis

“The term “Gnostic” implies something more than mere belief, it implies knowledge acquired through direct experience of the Living Christ and Holy Spirit; it is a faith born of experience, knowledge, of the Truth and Light. Thus, from a Gnostic … Continue reading

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Everything Is A Present – A Century of Wisdom

“I look where it is good. I know about the bad, but I look at the good.” ~ Alice Herz Sommer “The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom is Courage.” ~ Thucydides (471-400 BC) the-garden-of-eden-and-hell-could-your-problems-be-gifts-my-interview-with-alice-summers-108-year-old-survivor-of-a-nazi-concentration-camp

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Jesus “Eesa” and Buddhism

Gruber and Kersten (1995) claim that Buddhism had a substantial influence on the life and teachings of Jesus. They claim that Jesus was influenced by the teachings and practices of Therapeutae, described by the authors as teachers of the Buddhist Theravada school then living … Continue reading

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