"I don't think we can ever judge from our current viewpoint. I understand the idea that some people just want to escape their soul contract by commiting suicide, and then still have to deal with those issues, which they are trying to escape, in…"

"I believe that everyone has a role in the evolution of the human race, even those who most would consider wayward or perhaps even evil. Such people give us an idea of the sort of person we don't want to be and allow us to evolve in the…"

"Before I realised what your posting was about, the heading reminded me of the Dalai Lama's recommendation that we can use difficult people to practise our compassion on - recognise that they, too, are suffering and deserve happiness. …"

"I believe that God is experiencing itself through all of its creation, and that we are all evolving to be more God-like (more llike ultimate reality, which is pure love). But before God could know itself as what it is, it had to decide first of all…"

"The other thing that has not been mentioned in this discussion is that the monastery or church is usually already paid for.  Usually the payment for a spiritual teacher has to pay for the hire of the venue, and wages for staff.  It would…"

"We all have access to God, and can have conversations with her, as God resides in each of us. There is therefore no reason to pay someone else to find out what is available to all, if you don't want to. If the teacher is speaking from his…"

"A quote from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle "Literally translated from the ancient Greek in which the New Testament was written, to sin means to miss the mark, as an archer misses the target, so to sin means to miss the point of human…"

"The lottery numbers which you paid $100 for have as much chance of winning as any others, but if you believe in them enough to pay $100 for them, your positive attitude might just cause the miracle you are hoping for. The placebo effect is well…"

"You don't have to believe in a Higher Power to have a Higher Power acting through you. We are all divine beings. It is just that some of us know it. If all of our decisions are based on love, we will be sure to be acting from that divine part…"

"No.  I read The Celestine Prophesy & the Tenth Insight. I guess I am missing no. 11. What book was  that in?  How was the 12th?"

"Ask and you shall receive. I have been taught to ask "What would love do now?" and the first answer that comes to you is the correct one. If the answer is to write, then you know that is what you are supposed to be doing. It could be…"

"Good luck with your book, Bobbi. I know that the editing is the difficult part.  When you feel like the book is inspired by God, it can be difficult to start messing with it. Just remember that God is with in that phase as well."

"Patricia, don't worry about being a Pollyanna.  In There a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem by Wayne Dyer, he says he has been accused of being a Pollyanna, and he takes that as a compliment.  Well done, Pollyanna.  We…"

"I believe that everyone is evolving spiritually, and that your guides and angels ensure that you receive the information that you need next to evolve to the next level.  Sometimes it will come in a novel, sometimes in the words of a friend, but…"

"Although I'd written a little bit here and there over the years, it wasn't until I'd done a healing course and been given an attunement procedure, about 5 years ago, that I knew that writing was my calling. I started writing the story…"