Has anyone here ever read A Cousre In Miracles?
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Yes... I have read the book... and I still have it on my "favorite books" library shell... I also have the little cards in the box of Course of Miracles Sayings... It was very important in my spiritual development years ago... I feel that you "find" or are sent special books to help you in your personal spiritual development.  They become steps in your spiritual knowledge to progress up to a higher spiritual level... That book played an important role in my spiritual development 30 years ago... and I have gone on to other books that have been important to me also.\nThere is some good stuff in that book...  Good Luck!
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Yes I have, I have to say that book changed my life. The title can be decieveing.. just a little, because I felt the book was more about spirituality.. I'm not a big reader, and that book was like 300 pages.. it really is a book you cant stop reading, but sometimes you have to put it down cause its pretty deep.. and you need to just stop and obsorb the information. Its a really good, and you dont have to read the 1st book to get the others, I started w/ #4 I think..and it made me look at life very differently.
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I spend time in the word every morning.  I get up at 4:30 am and my husband is in the shower and every morning I come into our home office and spend time reading my devotional and my bible.  I usually pray "shooting to the Lord" on my way to work.  I have seen alot of "miracles" in my life.  Some people would call them "coincidences"  but i KNOW GOD was at work in my life.  I am involved in a prison ministry and I also am doing a little "newsletter" for a gentlemen in my Sunday School Class while he is recuperating in the hospital.  \nI spend alot of time on the internet, but it's not a "god" in my life.  I just wish I would spend more time in the bible....it calms my soul, just as it did David's.  I just need to be more disciplined to do that.
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Er...?  What, precisely, is the miracle?
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I haven't read it.  I have heard it's very good though.  It's by C.S. Lewis and is a parody-like book about a demon named Screwtape who writes to his cousin Wormwood about how to tempt Christians.  It's a pretty creative way of writing about temptations Christians have and I've always been interested in reading it since I first heard about it.\n\nFor a good synopsis of the book you can go to the book's website page on what it's about here:\n\nhttp://www.biblestudyinfo.com/screwtape/synopsis.shtml
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I have. I enjoyed it very much. It was great to see many spiritual concepts being shown and discussed in a movie, a rare treat these days. I had to watch it twice to digest it all.
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The holy Quran is full of such miracles but for people who like to think, analyze, and conclude; definitely not for rejecters. Look at such examples:\nChapter 15:22\nAnd We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.\nWhen did humans discover that the wind carries pollens from one male plant to another female plant?\nAnother example:\nChapter 6:125\nThose whom Allah (in His plan) willeth to guide, He openeth their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying, He maketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe.\nWhen did humans discover that when you go up high in the sky the oxygen will be gradually less and then you will fell your chest tight and constricted?
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If by "miracles" you mean "things that operate counter to the known laws of physics," then no.  If you mean "wildly improbable things that nevertheless happen," then yes.  These days the word "miracle" is often used to mean "coincidence" rather than the old style raising the dead/walking on water stuff.
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The famous Ganesha episode drinking the milk was the biggest miracle of all the times.\n\n\nMiracles are not to be. No human being on earth can create a miracle. It can never happen. Yes, some people... some renowned Saints while pursuing their Spiritual career gain some Tantric powers which helps them healing the needy.\n\nIt so happened a poor man turned up in presence of Bhagwan Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism and asked him for help. In his hands was the dead body of his young son. He begged of Bhagwan Mahavira to put back life into his son. Mahavira point blank refused... he stated he does not have the power to put life into someone... neither it is possible for any other human being to do so. Neither he could perform even a single miracle.\n\n\nHe repeatedly emphasized that every human being has the power within to invoke the positive energy of the Cosmos. This only happens when we develop a positive attitude towards life. This is practically what is being done in Reiki. Summing up in Reiki, one is taught to invoke the positive energy source and use it for curing the defective area of the body. It is like chanelising all the power within the means of human being towards a particular area as happens in the case of a dam.\n\nIn any hydroelectric project the principal means of generating energy is... a huge quantity of water is stored in a lake and this raw water is made to stand for a while. After the sedimentation of the particles floating in the water has occurred... the clear water is passed through tunnels, the starting point of which is located on a much higher platform than the outer end of the tunnel. This makes the water gush out with great pressure. This water is made to pass through a turbine before it reaches the outer end. The rotation of the turbine generates electricity.\n\n\nMere channelising of water through a tunnel which has a very steep slope and keeping a turbine in the path of the water generates the requisite energy... similarly if we need to heal our body... we need to concentrate all the positive energies which either exist in the body or can be invoked from the mighty reservoir of Cosmos and directed towards a particular goal. This goal can be healing the ailing body or even pursuing a higher goal in life.\n\nIf we look at the matter deeply... the student who comes first in the class and the student who comes last... there is not much difference except in their thinking. The one who comes first sincerely concentrates his total energies towards the desired goal of life. The one coming last has yet to find a definite goal in life. One who comes last fritters away his energy to no avail.\n\n\nWhenever we expect of a saint to perform a miracle... what actually happens is that the words of the saint inspires us and makes us concentrate our energies towards a particular goal. Sometimes, he gives a Mantra to be chanted many times... or explains logically how the desired results can be achieved. Repetition of Mantras results in invoking positive energy from the Cosmos.\n\nYou and your brother have surrounded your mental self by negative energies... both of you have a habit of thinking negative. You have to change your attitude towards life... you need to think broad... you just cannot continue being narrow-minded. The more we think bad of someone... the negative flow of energy reflects back upon us. With passage of time this negative energy accumulates and there comes a time when hell breaks loose... the body unable to sustain the negative flow of energy falls ill. More here- http://www.vijaykumar.com/a_course_in_miracles.html
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I also want to know who has read that book
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No I haven't...but I read a book on it called "The Miracle\nDetective" by Randall Sullivan.\nThese apparitions are the untapped mysteries on the power of faith. You can make yourself believe in anything if you \nsurpass an area of your brain that make all other senses\nsubmit.  You may be asking ...well how can others see it too\nwhen the are there to seek proof knowing that their level of faith is not great.  Again the power of faith in just one individual can produce an extreme measure of physical or\nspiritual substance.  Faith alone must be focus only one\nperson and that is Jesus Christ alone.  Faith given to another person, place or thing can be dangerous especially when your life depends on it.  If these apparitions points\nsolely to Jesus Christ then by the grace of God seek Him and\nonly Him.  For they have appeared to deliver a message.\nBut if they come just to glorify themselves alone....then\nremember what the bible say.....Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life no one can come to the Father but\nthrough Him (Jesus His Son).
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T'was during the service of the Evil Stepmother (for real) when the priest asked everyone to pray so that her soul may ascend to heaven. At that moment lightning struck twice. I almost burst out laughing out loud! Now I believe there is a God!\n\n2nd time, it was a fieldmouse desperate to get out of the hole, jumping up n down on the casket.
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well, sis i havent noticed what you have noticed. but yes quran has many miracles.\n\ni have noticed one thing, if you read the chapter 2 uptil verse 24,, Allah has tell us all about himself, hereafter, messengers, salaah, charity, and in verse 24, Allah gives challenge to humankind to produce a chapter like thereunto. \n\nAnd if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Surah like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (if there are any) besides Allah if your (doubts) are true. But if ye cannot – and of a surety ye cannot – then fear the Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones – which is prepared for those who reject faith".\n[Al-Qur’an 2:23-24]\n\none thing i have noticed is that the first chapter of Quran also tell us our purpose of life. i.e. to remain on straight path. \n\nThere are many mathematical miracles of Quran in this site.. e.g. quran mentions the land and sea , 13:32 times respectively, and guess what , 13:32 is land to sea ratio of earth.. There are plenty of them.. see this site......www.islamnoon.com\n\ntake care. \nSalam alikum\n\n\n================\n\nTO WILL ... \n\n====\n\nBROTHER, THE CHRONOLOGY OF QURAN WAS CONFIRMED BY PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH HIMSELF. AS COMMANDED BY ALLAH SWT. ....NOT UTHMAN.\n\n=========\n\nTO tattie_herbert\n\n=========\n\nQURAN HAS MAINTAINED ITS PURITY SINCE 1400 YEARS ,, IT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED . IT CANNOT BE CHANGE BECAUSE ITS IN ARABIC AND ARABIC IS LIVING LANGUAGE, FURTHERMORE,,, QURAN HAS BEN MEMORIZED BY 9 MILLION PEOPLE TODAY IN THE WHOLE WORLD.... ITS NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A SINGLE CHANGE IN QURAN ..\n\nQuran(15:9). We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)\n\n\n==============================
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What I have experienced is answered prayer; maybe not as instant or as dramatic. I have prayed sometimes for situations that seemed impossible, and God answered in such a beautiful way. I can think of so many problems that have been solved, because they looked like they would have a bad outcome, but prayers, have turned it around. It restores my belief in praying, even more than ever, when I realize that miracles like this DO happen. I'm sure that in some way, somewhere, God is still creating these miracles. Some don't believe it to be true; but that's ok...I think that great FAITH is a requirement for miracles like this to happen. God Bless you and your friend.
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Dear Friend,\n     I have experienced many miracles in the form of answers to prayers.  This is one such situation:\n     I was driving home from work one evening on very cold, icy roads.  I lived approximately 30 miles out of town, and the way home was over open, country roads.  I was driving a small Toyota Tercel.  There were no other cars on the road, and the moon was bright.  I was not paying much attention to the driving, and I was probably driving faster than I should have been (approximately 50 mph).  Suddenly in the headlights, I saw two deer standing, head-to-head, in the middle of the road.  One deer completely blocked the left side of the highway.  The other deer completely blocked the right side of the highway. They were standing slightly apart, so that there was a very small space between them.  \n     I knew that it would be disasterous to use the brakes, because the car would lose control, spin on the ice, and smash into the deer.  I also knew that if I kept the car pointed straight ahead, the deer would most likely smash through the windshield and cause severe damage and injury.  Even if the deer went under the car at the time of impact, the car would spin out of control on the icy road, and would wreck.  \n     I did not have time to pray.  I just called out, "Jesus!!!" and closed my eyes.  I gripped the steering wheel tightly, and I waited for the impact, but I only felt the car shift slightly to the right and then to the left.  It was very strange, because I did not turn the steering wheel myself, and I did not feel the steering wheel turn, only the wheels.  After this slight shift from side to side, the car continued speeding down the road.  When I finally opened my eyes, I could no longer see the deer in the road ahead of me.  I looked in the rearview mirror and the deer were behind me, still standing in the middle of the road.  I was stunned, and very, very humbled.  I just sang praises to God for the rest of the way home.  \n     I have been told that the name of "Jesus" means "God with us."  It is a prayer in itself, and that is why we should never use this name to swear or dishonor God.  Many times, people do not have time to pray, and the name of Jesus alone is a prayer that will be heard in Heaven.\n     Albert Einstein once said, "Either your life is filled with miracles, or it has none."  What do you think he meant by that???  When you look around at nature, at the stars, at the blue sky, do ever just say to yourself, "WOW....!!!! This is AMAZING! This is MIRACULOUS!!"  Have you ever wondered how your heart can keep beating steadily and consistently for years and years??? Isn't that miraculous?  Isn't it indisputably miraculous???  Unfortunately, I believe that many people lose sight of the miracle and beauty of life that is all around us!  How tragic!!!  \n      If you seek God with all your heart and mind, He will show you incredible beauty.  You will witness His miracles, and rest in His awesome power.  Trust me, you will not be disappointed!!!
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I'm reading the book now.  It is about a supposed secret society that protected the secret that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalen and had a son.  The artist da vVnci was supposed to have been a member of that secret society, and hid clues about it in his paintings.\n\nRemember, it is a work of fiction.  Not a bad read, and makes you think, but still fiction.
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I was raised in a Christian home but as I grew into adulthood I began to have doubts.  I think some events in vietnam made me question a lot.  Then going to school afterward I began to explore other philosopies eventually labeling myself an agnostic.  However I always remained curious and would on occasion read the Bible as well as other philosophy books.  One night about twenty years ago I was reading the Bible and had just started a new chapter and as I read it was like I could hear the words audibly...and in an instant..I believed.  I knew it was true like never before.  I didn't hope it was true.  I didn't wish it was true.  It wasn't a matter of faith for me then.  I knew it was true as certainly as I am sure that I exist.  I never had an experience like that before or since.  well..i guess that's religous but it's the most spiritual thing that's ever happened to me...kinda made me feel strange.