I am a biginner , yea , every day I start anew !!!!

First I want to welcome ALL to this beginners forum !

May you find love here , may we together find the right words , to elevate ourselves above all fears , hurts , confusions , shame , condemnation , loneliness , pain , lacks , depression , being lost ...To elevate ourselves into pure joy and peace .

I guarantee you that nothing you've ever done , are doing or will do can separate you from Gods Love . Only in your mind do you experience separation from the source , from Gods love .

For fifty years I greatly suffered form all those things I mentioned above and more , like addiction to anything that helped me feel good and forget my sad state . At age fifty I wanted , almost committed suicide . As I was walking threw the garage looking for a place to tie the rope , having the other end already tied to my neck , I began to have flashes , recollections , of all the moments in my life where I felt deep love . A little bit like when you watch a great movie and you start to cry because you fell an explosion of love in you !! It was then that for the first time in my life I realized that love was the only reason to live , that it had been and is the only TRUTH . Under one hand I saw the result of just how futile almost everything I had done in my life , and on the other hand I saw how precious love had been !!!!

Now this is only a part of what had to happen !! I was still riddled with KNOWING that I was not worthy of Gods love , convinced that I was a vessel fitted for destruction , convinced that I had crossed the line of no turning back . And in my heart I had resolved that I was going to love God even if He did not love me , and I meant it . Because I do Love Him (hahahaha , I laugh now , looking back , because I know now HE loved me first !!!! The point is that I had discovered a place in my heart that loved Love !!!

Since then (About 2 years) I have been daily focusing on that love . The only thing worth focusing on . Not that all my shortcomings have all gone away , not that I don't fall to the flesh anymore , I do . But I will tell you this !!!!!! The more I focus on love(God) in me the less and less I have been falling and the more preciousness and joy-fulness has ARISEN in me , Ho Alleluia , bless God for ever and ever !!!!!!!!!!!

There is so much I can share here , and I will !!!!

As beginners , it is up to you to reach out , please do !!! They are many here , full of life and love who will step-up to give you guidance , hope and love !!!!!!

Yours , truly , Frank .

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Permalink Reply by Phillip Owen Morris on August 14, 2011 at 1:31pm

Thanks Frank For allowing Christ to be all He is Through you to the World. This is a great way folks folks to get to together, and Be what is missing to the World,Love, not hate or war over words.

Frank I believe we are close in Christ and very close in Geography I am just down the road from you in Hickory Flat south of Canton. My ancestors lived in Your part of Georgia back at the turn of the last century. I also have a Brother in Christ who owns the Campground there. John R.

Hope this note finds all folks well and resting in the absolute finished work of Christ.

Phillip Owen Morris

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Permalink Reply by Frank Phenix on August 14, 2011 at 2:01pm

Thanks Phillip , those were very very very kind words , and I sense the same from you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Straight and narrow is the way and with love as our guide we can not fail !!!!!!

You really are a Georgia native !!!! I love it here , live in the Coossawattee resort here in Ellijay , feels like a national park , all kinds of deers , rabbits , lots of woods , like a dream !!! (no firearms !!!).Spoiled , I know !!!

What is that saying here , oh yes , if you are lucky enough to live in the mountains you are lucky enough !!!

Wish it was that simple , we could all just move to mount Zion , oh , but we are aren't we !!!!!!!!!!!

Nice of you to introduce your self , would love to know you more !!!

We have time !!!! hehehehehehe

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Permalink Reply by Phillip Owen Morris on August 14, 2011 at 3:24pm

Deep has been calling out to the deep in Me for a long time. The internet has really been the tool of the Lord Christ I am sure to many, to fill that Void. The quest of Christ known as Phillip Morris in this world started in earnest in 1991 after being scared into a Church by fear. That was April 14th 1991, I heard out of fear then that my Day had come or else. As I look back on that Day, today, it was what it took for me to Hear what I Am is saying to me today. Not out of fear, but Love, and Truth.

My Mind has been open this entire time, but I have recently been hearing with my inner ears and seeing what God has prepared for me in My world for me and Mine. All of that being said up front. Christ has been formed in Me and there was nothing I did to receive it but show up on the planet we call Earth. He has been revealing himself to me my entire Life, but now I can really see all of the planning we did before I showed up here. I Am out of the Box of religion and only go when asked, but very reluctantly. I have a Wife with two Boys of Hers that I call mine Matthew 17 and Cory 23. They have been part of my life since 2001. I drive a Truck hauling heavy equipment for a rental Company that Built many of the skyline you now see called Atlanta Georgia. God has been faithful to bring me unto Himself, Little did I do but hear His voice of contentment with and for me. I am the receiver of Much that society might not be able to see outside of my earthsuit. I have exchanged the History of Jesus of Nazareth, for the Mysteries of Christ from Golgotha and ALL that, that has Finished.The stones of Religion have been rolled away so that I may see who I am in this world. Until resurrection takes place in our Golgotha of the mind, we cant see who we really are. Christ has done all he is going to do on our behalf 200years ago, all we can do is be still and know. I hope this shows you Frank a little about who Phillip Morris is today.

On behalf of Gary Sigler,Lynn Hayes, Ray Bazzill, Rick Bazzil, Norman Percy Grubb, Bob George, and many more I present to you the New man I have always been, since I woke up and heard father call my Name.

Phillip Morris

2011 8-14

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Permalink Reply by Frank Phenix on August 14, 2011 at 5:31pm

You mean you did not hear all that on the C.B. Radio , hahahahaha !!!!!!

I have been a construction worker all my life , except for a few odd jobs , including door to door vacuum saleman !!

Yes I have been religion scared S***less all of my life , t'was His love in the end that got me !!!!

Its incredible to me , Gods timing in my life , To hear brother Gary and a message of love just when I was coming to the end of my life . The truth is , I might not even have been willing to care before I was ready !!!

Thank you for sharing with me , hey lets talk some more soon !!!!! New man that always was !!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Bel on October 29, 2011 at 4:05pm

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."

A very wise Buddhist proverb! It starts out a book that I own and have read several times..and here is a Wiki page about it, brief but sufficient.

It says:

It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would.

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Permalink Reply by Frank Phenix on October 29, 2011 at 9:36pm

AS we grow and revisit what we thought and realized has changed a principle is born . Do you think that principle plays a part in God saying that it has not entered the mind of men yet what He has prepared for us ! Glory to Glory to Glory....

Thank you Bel and WELCOME to this Forum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Bel on October 30, 2011 at 9:32pm

Thank you for the welcome, Frank! Since I invited myself, more or less...

*grin*

My answer to the question you ask me in your reply, above:

Not really, I don't think...I think that what that verse says...and it is, what, Paul quoting Isaiah, right?...anyway...I am pretty confident that it is something even beyond the wonder of the continuous increase in our Mind that is Christ...which is what we refer to with this talk of the 'beginner's mind.'

I think that the things that GOD is hinting at...that He is preparing for us...these are gifts...they are not associated, in any way, to these ideas of our growth and evolution as souls and as the human race...these are just the things He's giving us because we are loved...and that the nature of these gifts is beyond any capability of human understanding...just by default...none of us, not even Jesus...can imagine these things...they are unimaginable...