DWQA Questions › Tag: religious ritualsFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesWe were told that group prayers for healing illness, led by highly religious clergy, typically do not address deep karmic causation. Is that so, and if not, why not?ClosedNicola asked 8 months ago • Prayer201 views0 answers0 votesThe practice, for many years, of religious institutions housing nuns, monks, priests, and other devout religious people to live lives focused on prayer has been seen by some as a kind of limited, even selfish, devotion that does little good for the world. Was there, in actuality, a divine plan behind that, to create much prayerful human intention that could be repurposed in the future, once people understood that was possible? Is all that prayer now being amplified to further empower the Lightworker Healing Protocol sessions practitioners are launching to save and heal humanity, and which pool human intention as fuel?ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • Religions184 views0 answers0 votesAccording to Steiner, as a result of his out-of-body examination of John the Baptist and his mission, he discovered that baptism at the time truly was, in fact, an induced “drowning.” Practitioners such as John the Baptist would hold the seeker of baptism underwater until their consciousness either left the body or was “loosened” from the body, but before death could occur. This was a way to “jump-start” the inculcation of more profound intuitive abilities. What can Creator tell us?ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • Channeling Pitfalls271 views0 answers0 votesA practitioner asks: “As Creator advises that the healing of the fallen angels, also known as the spirit meddlers, is truly a divine problem calling for a purely divine healing solution, would it be worth exploring the idea of creating a codeword prayer solely for the removal and divine healing of the spirit meddlers, as is requested in the first part of the LHP? Or, based on the discussion today, would Creator most likely take a negative view toward such an effort?”ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Lightworker Healing Protocol473 views0 answers0 votesA practitioner asks: “As a longtime Buddhist practitioner and now a mindfulness teacher myself, I continue to struggle with trying to make sense of some of the core teachings in Buddhism. One of the three “marks of existence” that all Buddhist practices are centered around understanding through increasingly direct and deep insight/realizations on the path to enlightenment is “no self” or “not self” (annata), which includes that there is no such thing as a permanent, unchanging entity or “soul.” It is said that in his quest for enlightenment, the Buddha looked deeply for the “housebuilder,” the one behind the whole thing, this experience of “I, me, myself,” the doer, and he couldn’t find one, and found instead that all phenomena, including the experience of a fixed entity called a self or soul, were simply the result of interdependent causes and conditions coming together temporarily, including even consciousness itself, which arises temporarily to meet with sensory experiences (which includes the 6th sense of mind) and that this consciousness we experience, too, dies with the body. Of course, there is something that experiences rebirth, as Buddhism was very, very clear on that … Since the goal, enlightenment, involves the ONLY permanent death … The cessation of rebirth. One of my primary teachers stated that what gets reborn is not a “soul,” but our “habits.” I am really hoping that Creator can shed some light on these things, since the teachings of the Buddha are what I resonate with the most, and yet I am also an LHP practitioner and do believe in the divine realm and love the idea of having/being an “immortal soul.” The LHP itself I do see as basically a lovingkindness/compassion/sympathetic joy/equanimity (Divine Abodes) practice, and therefore an extension of Buddhist practice. I accept that especially because the teachings of the Buddha were not written down until hundreds of years after his death that they could have become corrupted, and that given the depth of dark manipulation on Earth they most certainly were. However, this teaching, that there is no soul, that there is no self, is basically THE most important teaching in all of Buddhism. The Suttas (sacred ancient Buddhist texts) quote the Buddha as saying, “Nothing whatsoever is to be taken as I, mine, myself. Whoever has understood this has understood all the teachings.” How are we to make sense of this?”ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions482 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “Does praying the rosary keep you from being earthbound after death?”ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Prayer374 views0 answers0 votesIs there any value in the average person purchasing a bottle of holy water through Amazon and using it?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions495 views0 answers0 votesCan Creator comment on the practice of “Baptism?” What exactly happened when John the Baptist baptized Jesus? Was this sacrament/ritual actually “necessary” for Christ to fulfill his divine mission?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions612 views0 answers0 votesWhile on the topic of blessings and automobiles, Catholics are generous in the use of St. Christopher medals. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher “Legends about the life and death of Saint Christopher first appeared in Greece in the 6th century and had spread to France by the 9th century. The 11th-century bishop and poet Walter of Speyer gave one version, but the most popular variations originated from the 13th-century Golden Legend. According to the legendary account of his life, Christopher was initially called Reprobus. He was a Canaanite, 5 cubits (7.5 feet (2.3 m)) tall and with a fearsome face. While serving the king of Canaan, he took it into his head to go and serve “the greatest king there was.” He went to the king who was reputed to be the greatest, but one day he saw the king cross himself at the mention of the devil. On thus learning that the king feared the devil, he departed to look for the devil. He came across a band of marauders, one of whom declared himself to be the devil, so Christopher decided to serve him. But when he saw his new master avoid a wayside cross and found out that the devil feared Christ, he left him and enquired from people where to find Christ. He met a hermit who instructed him in the Christian faith. Christopher asked him how he could serve Christ. When the hermit suggested fasting and prayer, Christopher replied that he was unable to perform that service. The hermit then suggested that because of his size and strength Christopher could serve Christ by assisting people to cross a dangerous river, where they were perishing in the attempt. The hermit promised that this service would be pleasing to Christ. After Christopher had performed this service for some time, a little child asked him to take him across the river. During the crossing, the river became swollen and the child seemed as heavy as lead, so much that Christopher could scarcely carry him and found himself in great difficulty. When he finally reached the other side, he said to the child: “You have put me in the greatest danger. I do not think the whole world could have been as heavy on my shoulders as you were.” The child replied: “You had on your shoulders not only the whole world but Him who made it. I am Christ your king, whom you are serving by this work.” The child then vanished. Christopher later visited Lycia and there comforted the Christians who were being martyred. Brought before the local king, he refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods. The king tried to win him by riches and by sending two beautiful women to tempt him. Christopher converted the women to Christianity, as he had already converted thousands in the city. The king ordered him to be killed. Various attempts failed, but finally Christopher was beheaded. Therefore, he is the patron saint of travelers, and small images of him are often worn around the neck, on a bracelet, carried in a pocket, or placed in vehicles by Christians.” Is the story of St. Christopher, as recounted in Wikipedia, accurate?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions471 views0 answers0 votesDoes a St. Christopher medal tucked in a glove box actually impart divine protection to the vehicle? Will its efficacy vary depending on the priest who blessed it? What if the priest blessed many at the same time?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions388 views0 answers0 votesIf St. Christopher medals really are effective, does the material they are constructed with make any difference? If a child in Sunday school were to draw a stick figure of St. Christopher and say a sincere prayer to St. Christopher that the drawing protect any and all who possess it, can that serve the same purpose and impart the same level of blessing and protection?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions369 views0 answers0 votesIs the story in this post on the Internet of a miraculous power of holy water true? If so, did the faith the author’s great-grandmother had in the efficacy and potency of the holy water she possessed, help play a critical role, if not THE critical role, in effecting the cure for her uncle born with a serious skin condition? https://forums.catholic.com/t/a-real-story-of-miraculous-power-of-holy-water/379977ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions352 views0 answers0 votesDid the holy water itself have additional energetic properties and efficacy that made it an indispensable component for the cure? If somebody had, let’s say, opened and accidentally spilled the water, and replaced it with locally sourced water without telling the owner, would it have made ANY difference in effecting the cure?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions350 views0 answers0 votesAssuming the priest’s level of belief is paramount, does the addition of holy water to the exercise make any genuine difference?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions379 views0 answers0 votesHow much will the owner’s belief quotient and partnership status detract from the power of the blessing conferred? If a priest blesses the car of an atheist husband at his wife’s request, and the husband is never told, what are the likely long-term benefits, if any?ClosedNicola asked 4 years ago • Religions330 views0 answers0 votes
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