Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
To be honest, I think that's the common sentiment around here. We're all just trying to survive and stay afloat, stay sane, stay hopeful, keep our sense of humor and a good shoulder on our head at the moment and hopefully when Trump comes back things will get better.
As for spirituality and the afterlife.. what if I tell you we're all connected by God. What if I tell you God, Jesus, Holy Spirit live inside you. He's also experiencing through you. Look at the world as the oven, and you're the bread inside the oven. You should achieve for perfection within yourself, ascend and know you're not this body bind to earth, to this lower plane, and this is only temporary. You can also see this world as a school. Things in school are always tough and you have to do your homework, put in your time and effort, get dumped and rejected by the girl you like..from all the experiences you will grow and be ready for college and adulthood. That's what Earth is..a pit stop halfway house before we can ascend. The harder it is, the faster we grow and can get the heck out and Up!
Thanks!
I'm a retired Catholic...was an alter boy even...
I know it's literally impossible to be disconnected from God, although it is possible to beLIEve that you are...
I no longer pray in the typical Catholic/biblical sense anymore. I do however experience communion with God by becoming completely quiet. It's then I experience what it truly means to love my neighbor - it's a state of peace, love and compassion - some call that Christ consciousness. It's there I understand true unity with everyone...
However, playing this game of life, with its endless noise and distractions, I guess I get knocked off center... because it's an extreme contrast to communion with God. Especially when the idea that there even is a God is absent nearly everywhere now...I wonder how people go through life thinking there is no God and their thoughts on eternity....
We're all in this together, fren. And this board helps you can vent here and know others feel the same way as you and we can help one another get through this together like a support group.
The way I feel the past few years, the more I became more spiritual, loving Jesus, and getting to that mindset, the more opposition I get from the entire world. Now I see it as a sign that the devil reallly doesn't want me to be saved and be close to God, so the more opposition the more we have to chase after God, meditate, whatever works for you. I guess when Q said this is a spiritual battle it really is! The devil is in full battle mode working overtime trying to bring us down, our morale, our faith, our sanity, our patience, our wallets, through chaos, mayhem, inflation, stupidity, death, and destruction. Devil is throwing everything but the kitchen sink, so the more horrible things get in the world as we see it, the harder we have to pursue Jesus and hold on to him with all you got. Fast, pray, meditate, and surrender to God entirely. You'll see how much of a difference it can make in a matter of hours, days, or weeks.
P,S We are in the storm and what you do in the storm, hold on to the strongest thing on the ground so you don't get blown away. That's our relationship with God in a nutshell imo.
God bless you always.
I'm convinced it's definitely a spiritual war...
Some think hell spilled over...