 Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:30 PM
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[Moderator's note: This message was originally posted by cunninghambruce in the New to Forums -- Introductions and Personal... » New member-coming to terms with grief re. CS thread]
Posted May 1, 2008 @ 3:43:00 PM
cunninghambruce
Newbie
Greetings. I am new to these forums.
I love the idea that God loves us all, unconditionally, irrespectively of where we are in life. Of what church we attend, or even no church. We can never be outside of His/Her love. And He/She offers us spiritual solutions to all our problems. If you have a problem, She has the solution. By the way, you will notice that both the masculine and the feminine are in the 'She.' I feel it is our task to be humble and open enough, and spiritually curious enough, to reach out, open up our thought enough to find these, solutions. We all, myself included, have so much more potential than we may realize. Finding and living our boundless potential can be such a wonderful, even fun adventure. There is no limit to what we can do when we have dedication and commitment, pure and loving motives, with a wide open thought.
Bruce of San Francisco, CA
Bruce Cunningham
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Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:52 PM
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| Welcome to the forums, Bruce!
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Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 10:10 AM
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Dear Bruce,
So much truth in what you wrote. Thanks. I am down today, not understanding stuff, how it all comes together. One thing I have learned is that I think, more than even death, we are afraid to know that we are not loved or loving. A life would seem a waste without that.
If you happen to see my posts, I also am a newbie. I've been trying to make sense of my Uncle's death and my own chronic disability in a way that has human meaning for me. I don' want life to be in vain.
Some CS people have been wonderfully kind and friends to me. One person I perceived as rejecting me and I let that give a lot of power over me, because I was seeking class instruction. But, for God is the God of, and life of All, it seems to me that these things are not going to happen as I expect or have an agenda for, and perhaps that is better because I will find God,and not just a limited and fragmented, cement like image of who I am.
I'm a nurse and it is hard for me to work because of my disability and also I felt that my Uncle's family were too "pure" for us (kind of sickening) when you think of it . Where's the Love in that? So when he died and then another, I felt "well there must be some way to make sense of this, or perhaps make up for this, some kind of atonement,maybe?" I thought maybe I'm meant to be a CS practitioner or something, that would rid me of my disability and make sense out of my uncle's life, somehow in my human understanding. Obviously it doesn't work that way. Can anyone believe I was even crying about this this morning and he died over 10 years ago?
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Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 10:14 AM
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| Hi, as absent-minded as I am I forgot to log-in again. I left a message for Bruce. Rosebud3
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Posted Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:59 AM
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| Hi Bruce...and welcome! Square Peg
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