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			<title>The Still, Sad Music of Humanity</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274626-still-sad-music-humanity.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Spirituality is often incorrectly associated with religion and with a belief in God. Being religious and being spiritual are two different things. We believe that the power of our thought, backed by natural spiritual laws, can heal, fulfill, and transform us. I read it in the book Spiritual Healing Books, Mind Body Soul, Inspirational Self Help Books, Spirituality New Age Books (http://bit.ly/mq3Px)</description>
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<div>Spirituality is often incorrectly associated with religion and with a belief in God. Being religious and being spiritual are two different things. We believe that the power of our thought, backed by natural spiritual laws, can heal, fulfill, and transform us. I read it in the book <a href="http://bit.ly/mq3Px" target="_blank">Spiritual Healing Books, Mind Body Soul, Inspirational Self Help Books, Spirituality New Age Books</a></div>


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			<dc:creator>James Heads</dc:creator>
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			<title>As The World Turns</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274592-world-turns.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:24:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>As the world continues to spin upon its weakening axis....

...all moments blur into One Moment...

...all destinies blur into One Destiny...

...all lives blur into One Life...

...One Creation...

...One Creator...

...One...

  I Am</description>
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<div>As the world continues to spin upon its weakening axis....<br />
<br />
...all moments blur into One Moment...<br />
<br />
...all destinies blur into One Destiny...<br />
<br />
...all lives blur into One Life...<br />
<br />
...One Creation...<br />
<br />
...One Creator...<br />
<br />
...One...<br />
<br />
  I Am</div>


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			<title>How come to spiritual?</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274471-how-come-spiritual.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:52:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Do spirits come through every time during a spiritual reading?
:spot:</description>
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<div><font color="Magenta">Do spirits come through every time during a spiritual reading?</font><br />
:spot:</div>


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			<title>project 5am</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274357-project-5am.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>5am




A moment that can happen at any time.
when everything falls into place,
clarity is at it’s clearest,
Confusion transforms in to oneness
and when fate…
Welcomes you with open arms.

 
www.project5am.org (http://www.project5am.org/) </description>
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<div><font color="#333333"><font face="Trebuchet MS">5am<br />
</font></font><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<font color="#333333"><font face="Trebuchet MS">A moment that can happen at any time.<br />
when everything falls into place,<br />
clarity is at it’s clearest,<br />
Confusion transforms in to oneness<br />
and when fate…<br />
Welcomes you with open arms.</font></font><br />
<br />
 <br />
<font color="#333333"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="http://www.project5am.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0068cf">www.project5am.org</font></a> </font></font></div>


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			<title>The Time For Change</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274322-time-change.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Time is running out and the clock is ticking faster and faster each day.  We have two paths to choose.  There are only TWO paths!  One must accept our Lord Jesus Christ and give God His Glory!
 
We have become so accumstomed to the increasing intensity of violence in storms, hurricans, tornado's, fires, floods, etc., haven't we?
 
Did any of us stop to think long enough that these are God's warnings!  Did any of us give Him glory?  Did any of us repent of our sins?  No, we are spiritual blind..........exactly how it is written in His Word!
 
We are about to meet our Creator Himself!  His people will be brought up before His great wraths begin.  EVERY SINGLE person will see our Savior.  Every knee will tremble and every hand will shake.  All will feel their own shame which will be on all our faces.  For we will realize how wrong the world has been and how deceived we have been.
 
Do we truly think that God will save each of us?  Will He save us when we haven't repented of our sins and inequities?  God hates evil and fleshy deeds.  We are not to worship idols.  He gets no pleasure of throwing man into the fire but He will indeed for He is TRUTH and JUSTICE!
 
Repent
Receive Him
Be "Born" Again
Rejoice Publicly
Read the WORD
Reach God in Prayer
Relate Your Experience to Others
Resist the Devil (temptation is not sin;it's yielding to that temptation)
 
God loves us so much.  Each of us!  There is only one way and that's through Jesus Christ!  NOT MY WAY, BUT HIS WAY
       AND NOT MY WORDS, BUT HIS WORD
*For those that have ears...may they hear!*
*For those that have eyes...may they see!*
 
*May Peace Go With All Of Us!*]]></description>
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<div>Time is running out and the clock is ticking faster and faster each day.  We have two paths to choose.  There are only TWO paths!  One must accept our Lord Jesus Christ and give God His Glory!<br />
 <br />
We have become so accumstomed to the increasing intensity of violence in storms, hurricans, tornado's, fires, floods, etc., haven't we?<br />
 <br />
Did any of us stop to think long enough that these are God's warnings!  Did any of us give Him glory?  Did any of us repent of our sins?  No, we are spiritual blind..........exactly how it is written in His Word!<br />
 <br />
We are about to meet our Creator Himself!  His people will be brought up before His great wraths begin.  EVERY SINGLE person will see our Savior.  Every knee will tremble and every hand will shake.  All will feel their own shame which will be on all our faces.  For we will realize how wrong the world has been and how deceived we have been.<br />
 <br />
Do we truly think that God will save each of us?  Will He save us when we haven't repented of our sins and inequities?  God hates evil and fleshy deeds.  We are not to worship idols.  He gets no pleasure of throwing man into the fire but He will indeed for He is TRUTH and JUSTICE!<br />
 <br />
Repent<br />
Receive Him<br />
Be &quot;Born&quot; Again<br />
Rejoice Publicly<br />
Read the WORD<br />
Reach God in Prayer<br />
Relate Your Experience to Others<br />
Resist the Devil (temptation is not sin;it's yielding to that temptation)<br />
 <br />
God loves us so much.  Each of us!  There is only one way and that's through Jesus Christ!  NOT MY WAY, BUT HIS WAY<br />
       AND NOT MY WORDS, BUT HIS WORD<br />
<b>For those that have ears...may they hear!</b><br />
<b>For those that have eyes...may they see!</b><br />
 <br />
<b>May Peace Go With All Of Us!</b></div>


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			<dc:creator>KimberlyAnn</dc:creator>
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			<title>fair god...</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274289-fair-god.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I’ve lost all the money that I’ve had, 
I've lost many friends that I’ve had, 
I've lost the business that I’ve had, 
I've lost the pride that I’ve had, 
I’ve lost the power that I’ve had, 
I've lost the fame that I’ve had, 
I’ve lost the father that I’ve had, 
I’ve lost the goal that I’ve had 
but 
I’ve learned something others haven’t learned yet, 
I've found god that others haven’t found yet, 
I've felt the love that others haven’t felt yet, 
I’ve heard that others havn’t heard yet, 
I’ve realized that other haven’t realized yet 
 
god is fair.......
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<div><font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve lost all the money that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I've lost many friends that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I've lost the business that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I've lost the pride that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve lost the power that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I've lost the fame that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve lost the father that I’ve had, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve lost the goal that I’ve had </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">but </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve learned something others haven’t learned yet, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I've found god that others haven’t found yet, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I've felt the love that others haven’t felt yet, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve heard that others havn’t heard yet, </font></font><br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">I’ve realized that other haven’t realized yet </font></font><br />
 <br />
<font color="#0c0c0c"><font face="Gulim">god is fair.......</font></font><br />
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			<title>A Dialogue with the Devil on the Meaning of Life</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274286-dialogue-devil-meaning-life.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:17:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Our belief is that we live in a spiritual universe. A book Who Stole my Soul? After reading this book I feel that religion makes the pursuit of meaning a passive submission, whereas in truth it is an active pursuit independent of religious faith and orientation. You can try it. Spiritual Healing Books, Mind Body Soul, Inspirational Self Help Books, Spirituality New Age Books (http://bit.ly/mq3Px)</description>
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<div>Our belief is that we live in a spiritual universe. A book Who Stole my Soul? After reading this book I feel that religion makes the pursuit of meaning a passive submission, whereas in truth it is an active pursuit independent of religious faith and orientation. You can try it. <a href="http://bit.ly/mq3Px" target="_blank">Spiritual Healing Books, Mind Body Soul, Inspirational Self Help Books, Spirituality New Age Books</a></div>


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			<dc:creator>James Heads</dc:creator>
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			<title>Who are we?? Why are we here??</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274282-who-we-why-we-here.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Did any of you thought about this questions?
 
Who are you?  Why are we here for?  I have expericed spiritual awakening about 2 years now and i'm still shifting...
 
I finally found my definition of who am i and why am I here... I would like to hear from everyone who has experienced spiritual awakening...
 
Here is mine....
 
Who am i?
I'm a soul that is made of unconditional love which was hiding or sleeping behind my ego self...
 
Why am i here for?
I'm here to be loved and to love others and everything..  When we let go of our ego self you'll understand that we are made of love and everything in this world is made of love..   The sound of the birds, the sound of the wind, the trees moving from the wind and everthing is so beautiful and lovable but we don't realize that because we are hiding behind the ego self...  we came to this earth to find our true self or the god within to love and be loved...]]></description>
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<div>Did any of you thought about this questions?<br />
 <br />
Who are you?  Why are we here for?  I have expericed spiritual awakening about 2 years now and i'm still shifting...<br />
 <br />
I finally found my definition of who am i and why am I here... I would like to hear from everyone who has experienced spiritual awakening...<br />
 <br />
Here is mine....<br />
 <br />
Who am i?<br />
I'm a soul that is made of unconditional love which was hiding or sleeping behind my ego self...<br />
 <br />
Why am i here for?<br />
I'm here to be loved and to love others and everything..  When we let go of our ego self you'll understand that we are made of love and everything in this world is made of love..   The sound of the birds, the sound of the wind, the trees moving from the wind and everthing is so beautiful and lovable but we don't realize that because we are hiding behind the ego self...  we came to this earth to find our true self or the god within to love and be loved...</div>


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			<dc:creator>wireless213</dc:creator>
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			<title>My awakening and realization</title>
			<link>http://www.experiencefestival.com/forum/spiritual-awakening/274271-my-awakening-realization.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I was born in July 7 1979 los Angeles CA. I was raised by successful hard working parents. Only bad memory I have in my early childhood is that my father was an alcoholic. I moved to Korea when I was 3 yrs old. Due to my uncle being a secretary of defense in Korea, we lived real good life in Korea. At the time Korea was considered 3rd world country and if you’re related to royal family you were treated with special treatment. When I was 11 yrs old my family and I moved back to US. 
I remember having hard time at school due to my language barrier, couldn’t understand the teacher and friends. Until my high school year I lived good life but in high school year I was getting into trouble and fights. I got expelled from public high school and sent away to military school. 
I did very well in school and graduated with high honors. I applied and accepted to university of Washington but dropped out due to my family situation. My parents were going through divorce and my father was drinking heavily and I couldn’t stay on track, which lead me to drugs use and started to hang out with the bad friends again. My father sold his business and moved to Korea to start new business and I moved in with my mother in Los Angeles. After about two years my father lost all of his money and was murdered by so called his business partners. I feel bad just thinking about him going through hard times and pains. I remember being mean to him because only time he called me was when he was drunk. I remember last time he called me drunk I hung up on him and that was the last time I’ve spoke to him. That hurts me until now because I didn’t know that was going to be the last time talking to him, it would have been different if I knew that was the last. 
But I was just hopping him to stop drinking... but now I think of him he was going through bigger pain than anyone else. He lost his family and his money, literally everything... I don’t know what I would do if I was in his situation. Well I know who killed him but there was no justice for them because I think the killers was working with police. So case was unsolved and dismissed. During that period I was working for this company called flash page which is a wholesale company selling pagers to cellular phone companies. 
I have built myself up and started my own company in age of 24 with one of my business partner, who has cheated me out on my business. I’ve tried several other business but every time I was cheated by my partners and now I’m in a law suit against my business partners for my last business. Even though I was running business I was still addicted to my criminal life style and drugs. I’ve done many crimes such as selling drugs, credit card fraud, and involved in many gang activities. I was so called enterpur-criminal. I was arrested 2 times for selling drugs. First they gave me probation which was just a slap on the wrist. When I got caught for the second time it was no joke. They gave me six years in prison. That was the wakeup call for me and I stopped selling drugs. 
At the time everything was going bad, I lost my business due to my partners cheating me out and also getting arrested which didn’t help at all. I was heavily addicted to drugs as well. One day when I was sitting at home miserable I have experienced spiritual awakening. For some reason I was feeling wiered that day, getting goose bumps all day and tingling feeling on my head and my body. At night time all of sudden I started to cry because I was realizing that what I was doing was bad and I was living my life wrong. All of the sudden I felt so much at peace... Everything I was worrying about was gone… Some reason I was confident that god was going to take care of everything if I changed. I was so overwhelmed and happy. That was my happiest feeling I ever felt in my life. I thought I was in heaven. 
Next morning when I went out side, all of sudden I’m hearing birds and it sounded like they were singing to me. Mother nature looked so beautiful even the sound of the wind was just so peaceful. I was so overwhelmed about just being alive in this world and I was constantly thanking god for giving me the chance to live in this wonderful world. I have realized that living in this world was a privilege and I was realizing many things about life and the truth…. I knew everything was going to be good from that point. Due to help from pastor name Han. I was only sentenced to prison for 1 year instead of 6. I was blessed…. It was god working… While in prison I did lots of soul searching and try to find out where I stand. I have read bible and also many other spiritual books. I wanted to be a Christian but now I just want to be a spiritual man. 
I do believe in god but I don’t think just believing in Jesus Christ will send you to heaven. I think the work is more important such as being kind, showing compassion, love other and helping others is the key to heaven. I don’t like the fact that Christians and many other religions are focused on recruiting people and calming that they have the exclusive rights to god. I think the purpose of the religion should be making this place a better place to live and making people into a better person instead of recruiting. 
Well now I got out from the prison and still trying to find which path I need to go. I know one thing for sure I’m not the same person as before anymore. I do believe that I will be successful in life but it kind of hard to adjust to new life style from having everything to having nothing. I never thought that I would be in this position. I never thought that I would ride a bus to go around. It’s just new to me and hard. But I do have faith in god and this difficult life shall pass soon.  
I 'm currently attending zen meditation to find true self of me..  I don't know what to expect yet but i'm learning many things everyday...  One think i'm learning is that our true self is made with love, which christians say that is the holy spirit, buddhism calls that buddha.  I realized that our souls were hiding behind our ego...  when we clear that ego out of us we can feel that love.. unconditional love...]]></description>
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<div><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">I was born in July 7 1979 los Angeles CA. I was raised by successful hard working parents. Only bad memory I have in my early childhood is that my father was an alcoholic. I moved to Korea when I was 3 yrs old. Due to my uncle being a secretary of defense in Korea, we lived real good life in Korea. At the time Korea was considered 3rd world country and if you’re related to royal family you were treated with special treatment. When I was 11 yrs old my family and I moved back to US. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">I remember having hard time at school due to my language barrier, couldn’t understand the teacher and friends. Until my high school year I lived good life but in high school year I was getting into trouble and fights. I got expelled from public high school and sent away to military school. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">I did very well in school and graduated with high honors. I applied and accepted to university of Washington but dropped out due to my family situation. My parents were going through divorce and my father was drinking heavily and I couldn’t stay on track, which lead me to drugs use and started to hang out with the bad friends again. My father sold his business and moved to Korea to start new business and I moved in with my mother in Los Angeles. After about two years my father lost all of his money and was murdered by so called his business partners. I feel bad just thinking about him going through hard times and pains. I remember being mean to him because only time he called me was when he was drunk. I remember last time he called me drunk I hung up on him and that was the last time I’ve spoke to him. That hurts me until now because I didn’t know that was going to be the last time talking to him, it would have been different if I knew that was the last. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">But I was just hopping him to stop drinking... but now I think of him he was going through bigger pain than anyone else. He lost his family and his money, literally everything... I don’t know what I would do if I was in his situation. Well I know who killed him but there was no justice for them because I think the killers was working with police. So case was unsolved and dismissed. During that period I was working for this company called flash page which is a wholesale company selling pagers to cellular phone companies. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">I have built myself up and started my own company in age of 24 with one of my business partner, who has cheated me out on my business. I’ve tried several other business but every time I was cheated by my partners and now I’m in a law suit against my business partners for my last business. Even though I was running business I was still addicted to my criminal life style and drugs. I’ve done many crimes such as selling drugs, credit card fraud, and involved in many gang activities. I was so called enterpur-criminal. I was arrested 2 times for selling drugs. First they gave me probation which was just a slap on the wrist. When I got caught for the second time it was no joke. They gave me six years in prison. That was the wakeup call for me and I stopped selling drugs. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">At the time everything was going bad, I lost my business due to my partners cheating me out and also getting arrested which didn’t help at all. I was heavily addicted to drugs as well. One day when I was sitting at home miserable I have experienced spiritual awakening. For some reason I was feeling wiered that day, getting goose bumps all day and tingling feeling on my head and my body. At night time all of sudden I started to cry because I was realizing that what I was doing was bad and I was living my life wrong. All of the sudden I felt so much at peace... Everything I was worrying about was gone… Some reason I was confident that god was going to take care of everything if I changed. I was so overwhelmed and happy. That was my happiest feeling I ever felt in my life. I thought I was in heaven. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">Next morning when I went out side, all of sudden I’m hearing birds and it sounded like they were singing to me. Mother nature looked so beautiful even the sound of the wind was just so peaceful. I was so overwhelmed about just being alive in this world and I was constantly thanking god for giving me the chance to live in this wonderful world. I have realized that living in this world was a privilege and I was realizing many things about life and the truth…. I knew everything was going to be good from that point. Due to help from pastor name Han. I was only sentenced to prison for 1 year instead of 6. I was blessed…. It was god working… While in prison I did lots of soul searching and try to find out where I stand. I have read bible and also many other spiritual books. I wanted to be a Christian but now I just want to be a spiritual man. </font></font></font><br />
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">I do believe in god but I don’t think just believing in Jesus Christ will send you to heaven. I think the work is more important such as being kind, showing compassion, love other and helping others is the key to heaven. I don’t like the fact that Christians and many other religions are focused on recruiting people and calming that they have the exclusive rights to god. I think the purpose of the religion should be making this place a better place to live and making people into a better person instead of recruiting. </font></font></font><br />
<font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">Well now I got out from the prison and still trying to find which path I need to go. I know one thing for sure I’m not the same person as before anymore. I do believe that I will be successful in life but it kind of hard to adjust to new life style from having everything to having nothing. I never thought that I would be in this position. I never thought that I would ride a bus to go around. It’s just new to me and hard. But I do have faith in god and this difficult life shall pass soon.  </font></font></font><br />
I 'm currently attending zen meditation to find true self of me..  I don't know what to expect yet but i'm learning many things everyday...  One think i'm learning is that our true self is made with love, which christians say that is the holy spirit, buddhism calls that buddha.  I realized that our souls were hiding behind our ego...  when we clear that ego out of us we can feel that love.. unconditional love...</div>


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			<title>The spirit known as the soul is the real you</title>
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			<description>I call that place the world of spirit, although we originate from the divine source or God as I call it. When we are conceived our spirit enters what we call the body. Once in the body we forget where we have come from and why we are here. If you want to know more than click on Spiritual Healing Books, Mind Body Soul, Inspirational Self Help Books, Spirituality New Age Books (http://bit.ly/mq3Px)</description>
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<div>I call that place the world of spirit, although we originate from the divine source or God as I call it. When we are conceived our spirit enters what we call the body. Once in the body we forget where we have come from and why we are here. If you want to know more than click on <a href="http://bit.ly/mq3Px" target="_blank">Spiritual Healing Books, Mind Body Soul, Inspirational Self Help Books, Spirituality New Age Books</a></div>


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			<description><![CDATA[{New member - with my photo on my Web site below}
I am Posting my Web sites below instead of just the text; 
because I sometimes add music & pictures that are 
also part of the message, - I hope you enjoy them - 
John 
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<div>{New member - with my photo on my Web site below}<br />
I am Posting my Web sites below instead of just the text; <br />
because I sometimes add music &amp; pictures that are <br />
also part of the message, - I hope you enjoy them - <br />
John <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Love – Awakening, Ego & The Feeling Of Love I Lost Trust In]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A while ago I had something of an epiphany about the feeling of love I had always cherished and looked at as an important part in choosing a romantic partner.

 I had always avoided or ended intimate relationships where this “spark” or feeling didn’t exist from the get go or wouldn’t rapidly approach my “heart” when getting to know a person.

 My belief was that this feeling was actually love.

 One reason for this belief is probably the amount of romantic clichés we’re constantly bombarded with every day of our lives through art, poetry, movies, books, fairy tales, music and so on.

 Before my realization I had seen lots of people staying in relationships where this feeling of “love” wasn’t present and for many had never been there to begin with.

 Sadly I have to admit that I actually looked down on those relationships. I viewed them in a negative manner based on the assumption that what I had always felt when it was “right” was love.

 But it wasn’t.

 *David R. Hawkins Vs “Love”*

 I’ve read six of Dr David R. Hawkins’ books and also listened to hours of interviews with him and I found all of them very interesting in many ways.
 In one of the interviews Hawkins talks about the concept of love where he makes a distinction between what he calls “ordinary love” and “real love” and below is a summary of what he said about the two and what signifies them:

 *Ordinary ”Love” – Solar Plexus Based – Involvement – Possessiveness, Control, Attraction*

 You feel madly in love.

 If things go wrong suicide could be contemplated.

 It’s a product of the animal, instinctual realm.

 Involving sex hormones, adrenaline, excitement and all kinds of melodrama.

 Usually not lasting long and infatuations come and go, lovers come and go.
 Having to do with desire, wanting, craving & addiction.

 Involvement(ordinary “love”) is more concerned with winning that seeing to that the other person is fulfilled.

 Real love cannot turn to hate. Hate has to do with jealousy, possession and control and if love turns to hate then it wasn’t love to begin with.

 If real love is lost one can feel regret and mourn but it doesn’t go into hate, murder or suicide.

 If you got a pet that leaves you you feel loss and you feel sad but you don’t seek revenge.

 Trying to possess a person automatically puts up a resistance in the other person because it’s like using emotional force.

 *R**eal Love – Alignment – Two parallel lines – No friction*

 Actual love is to align yourself with the other persons happiness and the good and the welfare of the relationship.

 In true love the happiness and fulfillment of the other person begins to take priority over satisfying ones own desires. Helping the other person fulfill their potential and achieve their happiness.

 Alignment(real love) is more concerned with long term goals.

 You need to know only one sentence to have a successful relationship and it’s :

 ”It’s Ok with me dear”.

 Whether you are right or not is irrelevant because what you want is for the other person to be happy.

 The more you forego you own wants, desires and cravings for the sake of the relationship mysteriously the happier you get. You didn’t get to see the movie you wanted to see at the movies but somehow your life is happier because it’s joyful to make those you love happy.

 You let your cat sleep where it wants to be happy. Do yo do the same thing with your spouse?

 Treat your relationship at least as well as your pet and you’ll be happy.

 The specialness of one person is all in your head. There is no specialness out there.

 Specialness is something within yourself that you then project onto the world.

 Specialness connected with survival and starts with your mother being very special and then projected onto other things and people.

 Learn to make everything in your life special.

 When you make something or someone special you see it’s real value which is divine.

 Making something special is giving something outside of yourself power over your life. Am I willing to give away power to that and make my life dependent on it?

 Alignment puts you in touch with purpose, goals and future developments and the goal becomes an attraction and an ideal that you strive for.

 If someone just loves you there’s nothing you can do about that – if someone wants and desires you there’s a lot you can do to resist that – but if they just love you for who you are there isn’t anything you can do to stop that.

 If you love someone just love them and stop trying to look for something out of it and if the relationship is karmically destined to begin with it will automatically come into fulfillment and if it’s not destined it won’t.

 If your alignment is with happiness then you try to follow the higher path rather than the lower path.

 *The Epiphany*

 I think there’s so much value in Dr. Hawkins’ words about love and relationships and these days I consider unconditional love to be the only “real love” there is but even though I had listened to this interview many times and pondered it and agreed with what he says the message just hadn’t made it’s way to my core level of knowing. It had been more of an intellectual understanding.

 A while ago I my perception of the “feeling of love” shifted when I started looking back at my life realizing that this great “pointer” didn’t point me in some “right” direction at all. It had just been ego based feelings of wanting, control, possessiveness and so on.

 So then and there I decided to start completely disregarding that feeling and finding other ways of deciding what person to get romantically aligned(not involved) with.

 And even though I believe you probably have to be enlightened/free of ego to truly love a partner unconditionally I am now closer to real love than ever before in my life.]]></description>
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<div>A while ago I had something of an epiphany about the feeling of love I had always cherished and looked at as an important part in choosing a romantic partner.<br />
<br />
 I had always avoided or ended intimate relationships where this “spark” or feeling didn’t exist from the get go or wouldn’t rapidly approach my “heart” when getting to know a person.<br />
<br />
 My belief was that this feeling was actually love.<br />
<br />
 One reason for this belief is probably the amount of romantic clichés we’re constantly bombarded with every day of our lives through art, poetry, movies, books, fairy tales, music and so on.<br />
<br />
 Before my realization I had seen lots of people staying in relationships where this feeling of “love” wasn’t present and for many had never been there to begin with.<br />
<br />
 Sadly I have to admit that I actually looked down on those relationships. I viewed them in a negative manner based on the assumption that what I had always felt when it was “right” was love.<br />
<br />
 But it wasn’t.<br />
<br />
 <b>David R. Hawkins Vs “Love”</b><br />
<br />
 I’ve read six of Dr David R. Hawkins’ books and also listened to hours of interviews with him and I found all of them very interesting in many ways.<br />
 In one of the interviews Hawkins talks about the concept of love where he makes a distinction between what he calls “ordinary love” and “real love” and below is a summary of what he said about the two and what signifies them:<br />
<br />
 <b><i>Ordinary ”Love” – Solar Plexus Based – Involvement – Possessiveness, Control, Attraction</i></b><br />
<br />
 You feel madly in love.<br />
<br />
 If things go wrong suicide could be contemplated.<br />
<br />
 It’s a product of the animal, instinctual realm.<br />
<br />
 Involving sex hormones, adrenaline, excitement and all kinds of melodrama.<br />
<br />
 Usually not lasting long and infatuations come and go, lovers come and go.<br />
 Having to do with desire, wanting, craving &amp; addiction.<br />
<br />
 Involvement(ordinary “love”) is more concerned with winning that seeing to that the other person is fulfilled.<br />
<br />
 Real love cannot turn to hate. Hate has to do with jealousy, possession and control and if love turns to hate then it wasn’t love to begin with.<br />
<br />
 If real love is lost one can feel regret and mourn but it doesn’t go into hate, murder or suicide.<br />
<br />
 If you got a pet that leaves you you feel loss and you feel sad but you don’t seek revenge.<br />
<br />
 Trying to possess a person automatically puts up a resistance in the other person because it’s like using emotional force.<br />
<br />
 <i><b>R</b></i><i><b>eal Love – Alignment – Two parallel lines – No friction</b></i><br />
<br />
 Actual love is to align yourself with the other persons happiness and the good and the welfare of the relationship.<br />
<br />
 In true love the happiness and fulfillment of the other person begins to take priority over satisfying ones own desires. Helping the other person fulfill their potential and achieve their happiness.<br />
<br />
 Alignment(real love) is more concerned with long term goals.<br />
<br />
 You need to know only one sentence to have a successful relationship and it’s :<br />
<br />
 ”It’s Ok with me dear”.<br />
<br />
 Whether you are right or not is irrelevant because what you want is for the other person to be happy.<br />
<br />
 The more you forego you own wants, desires and cravings for the sake of the relationship mysteriously the happier you get. You didn’t get to see the movie you wanted to see at the movies but somehow your life is happier because it’s joyful to make those you love happy.<br />
<br />
 You let your cat sleep where it wants to be happy. Do yo do the same thing with your spouse?<br />
<br />
 Treat your relationship at least as well as your pet and you’ll be happy.<br />
<br />
 The specialness of one person is all in your head. There is no specialness out there.<br />
<br />
 Specialness is something within yourself that you then project onto the world.<br />
<br />
 Specialness connected with survival and starts with your mother being very special and then projected onto other things and people.<br />
<br />
 Learn to make everything in your life special.<br />
<br />
 When you make something or someone special you see it’s real value which is divine.<br />
<br />
 Making something special is giving something outside of yourself power over your life. Am I willing to give away power to that and make my life dependent on it?<br />
<br />
 Alignment puts you in touch with purpose, goals and future developments and the goal becomes an attraction and an ideal that you strive for.<br />
<br />
 If someone just loves you there’s nothing you can do about that – if someone wants and desires you there’s a lot you can do to resist that – but if they just love you for who you are there isn’t anything you can do to stop that.<br />
<br />
 If you love someone just love them and stop trying to look for something out of it and if the relationship is karmically destined to begin with it will automatically come into fulfillment and if it’s not destined it won’t.<br />
<br />
 If your alignment is with happiness then you try to follow the higher path rather than the lower path.<br />
<br />
 <b>The Epiphany</b><br />
<br />
 I think there’s so much value in Dr. Hawkins’ words about love and relationships and these days I consider unconditional love to be the only “real love” there is but even though I had listened to this interview many times and pondered it and agreed with what he says the message just hadn’t made it’s way to my core level of knowing. It had been more of an intellectual understanding.<br />
<br />
 A while ago I my perception of the “feeling of love” shifted when I started looking back at my life realizing that this great “pointer” didn’t point me in some “right” direction at all. It had just been ego based feelings of wanting, control, possessiveness and so on.<br />
<br />
 So then and there I decided to start completely disregarding that feeling and finding other ways of deciding what person to get romantically aligned(not involved) with.<br />
<br />
 And even though I believe you probably have to be enlightened/free of ego to truly love a partner unconditionally I am now closer to real love than ever before in my life.</div>


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